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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICU:.!. 



wise, 

 raceaiosc 



Stigma truncate. 



Leaves coiiaccoLis. Flowers drooping, tcnriitial. 



B. Capsule ivilh the JDekiscence septicidal. 



Phvllo'doce Sal. Calyx with 5 segments. Corolla globose, with a con- 

 tracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, not protruded. Filaments slen- 

 der, glabrous. Anthers with short truncate cells. Stigma peltate, with 

 5 tubercles. 



Brya'nthus Gmel. Calyx 5-leaved, imbricate. Corolla deeply 5-parted, 

 spreading. Stamens 10, shorter than the corolla. Filaments flattened, 

 glabrous. Cells of anthers short, awned behind. Stigma obtuse. Capsule 

 5-ccUed. 



Dauce"c//J D. Don. Calyx with -i segments. Corolla oval, inflated ; its 

 mouth 4-toothed. Stamens 8, enclosed. Filaments dilated, glabrous. 

 Anthers linear, sagittate at the base, their cells parallel, loosened at the 

 apex, opening lengthwise. Stigma truncate. Capsule 4-celled. 



C Calyx: and Corolla each with 5 Segments, 



the Corolla. 



Stamens 10, not protruded hcTjond 



J'rbutus Camer. Corolla globose or ovate, with a small refiexed border. 

 Antliers compressed at the sides, opening at the tip by 2 pores, fixed by 

 the back beneath the tip, and there furnished with 2 reflexed av/ns. Ovary 

 with 5 cells, ovules in each cell many. Berry externally granulate. 



Jrctosta'phylos Adans. All as in yl'rbutus, except that the fruit is not 

 externally granulate, and that the cells, which are 5 in number, include 

 each but 1 seed. 



Perne'tty^ Gaudichaud. Corolla globose, with a revolute lijnl). Anthers 

 with the 2 cells 2-lobed at the tip, the lobes bifid. Hypogynous scales 10, 

 3-lobed, surrounding the ovary. Berry with 5 cells and many seeds. 



Gaulthe'r/>4 L. Coroila ovate, inflated. Anthers bifid at the tip, each 

 lobe with 2 awns. Ovary half-inferior. Hypogynous (? perigynous) scales 

 10, usually united at the base. Capsule with 5 cells, the dehiscence 

 loculicidal. 



EpiGiE^ L. Corolla salver-shaped. Capsule with 5 cells. 



Cle^tiira L. Corolla so deeply 5-parted as to seem 5-petaIed. Filaments 

 membranous. Capsule with 3 cells, many seeds, and a loculicidal dehis- 

 cence. 



D. The Characteristics as under. 

 > 

 Phaleroca'rpus D. Don. Calyx 4-cleft, with 2 bracteas at its base. Co- 

 rolla short, campanulate, 4-cleft. Stamens 8. Filaments ? hairy. Anthers 

 semibifid. Hypogynous disk 8-Iobed or 8-toothed. 



Sect. H. 7?H0D0''RE^. 



Sect. Char. Calyx not connate with the ovary. Disk nectariferous, hypo- 

 gynous. Buds of inflorescence resembling strobiles in form, and in 

 being scaly. Leaves flat, callous at the extremity of the midrib. 



/("hodode'xdron D. Don. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla somewhat funnel- 

 shaped, 5-cleft. Stamens 5 10. Anthers opening by terminal pores. 

 Capsule 5-Velled, 5-valved, opening at the tip. 



Ka'lm/^ L. Corolla of the sliape of a wide-spread bell, and with 10 cavitie'^ 

 on the inside, in which the anthers of 10 stamens repose before sheddinj: 

 their pollen. Capsule 5-celled. Dissepiments marginal. 



Menzie's/.^ D. Don. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla globose, ^-cleft. Stamens 8., 

 Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved. ! 



Aza'lea Z). jDo. Calyx 5-parted Corolla bell-shaped, S-cleft. Stamens 5j 

 Cells of anthers opening Icngthv/ise. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, openin< 

 at top. 



