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Leiophyllum. Calyx deeply 5-parted. Petals 5, scarcely unite«l. 

 Stamens exserted. Capsule 5-celled, opening at the summit. (Small 

 shrub.) Ericacece, 12. 



Clethra. Calyx 5-parted, persistent. Petals 5. Style 1 — 3-cleft at 

 the summit. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, inclosed by the calyx. Eri- 

 caceae, 72. 



Mylocarhon. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stigma capitate, 3-cornered. 

 Capsule 3-celled, angular. Ericacece, 72. 



Melia. Sepals 5. Petals 5, hypogynous, often cohering at the base. 

 Stamens united by their filaments. Fruit globose, 5-celled, 5-seeded. 

 (China Tree.) Meliacece, 35. 



Swietetiia. Calyx short, 5 cleft. Petals 4 — 5. Stamens alter- 

 nately shortened. Ovary 5-celled, on a torus. Fruit a woody 3 — 5- 

 celled capsule. (Mahogany.) Cedrelacece, 36. 



Dionea. Calyx parted. Petals 5. Stigma fringed. Capsule round- 

 ish, gibbous, 2-celIed, many-seeded. (Venus' Fly-trap.) Droceracece, 17. 



Jussicea, Calyx 4 — 5-parted, superior, permanent. Petals 4 — 5, 

 ovate. Capsule 4 — 5-celled, oblong, ribbed. Seeds numerous. Ona- 

 gracea;, 50. 



Limonia. Calyx 4 — 5-cleft, urceolate. Petals 4 — 5. Anthers cor- 

 date. Fruit 4 — 5-celled, or by abortion fewer. Aurantacece, 30. 



Kallstroemia. Sepals 5. Petals 5, obovate. Ovary 5-carpeled, 10- 

 celled, lO-seeded. Zygophyllacex, 27. 



c. Floioers monopetalous. 



Epigaea. Calyx 5-parted, with 3 bracts at the base. Corolla hypo- 

 crateriform, border 5-parted, tube villous within. Carpels 5-celled. 

 Ericacece, 72. 



Gaultheria. Calyx 5-cleft, with 2 bracts at the base. Corolla ovate. 

 Filaments hairy. Capsule 5 celled, baccate. Ericacece, 72. 



Vaccinium. Calyx superior, 4 — 5-cleft. Fruit globose, 4 — 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. Vaccinacecc, 71. 



Andromeda, Zenobia, Lyoni, Oxydendrum, Leucothcc, Caasandra. 

 Calyx inferior, small, S-parteJ. Corolla ovate, roundish, a sub-cylin- 

 dric border, 5-cleft. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. Stamens sometimes 

 8. Ericacece, 72. 



Ealmia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-form, continuing at the 

 base into 10 cornute protuberances, in the cavities of which the authcrd 

 are concealed. Capsule 5-celled. Ericacece, 72. 



Rhododendron. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-cleft, funnel-shaped, 

 with an irregular border. Stamens declined. Capsule 5-celled. Sta- 

 mens varying from 5 — 10. Ericacece, 72. 



. d. Flowers without green herbage. 



Schweinitzia. Sepals 5, erect, unguiculate, gibbous. Corolla cam- 

 panulate, 5-cleft. Nectary 5-cleft, in the base of the corolla. Ovary 

 sub-globose, 4 — 5-angled. Flowers in terminal spikes, emitting the odor 

 of violets. Ericacece, 72. 



Monotropa. Calyx 5-parted, cucuUate at the base. GorolLa 6- 

 petaled. Capsule 5-valved, 5-celled, many-seeded. (Parasite.) 

 (Indian Pipe.) Ericacca;, 72. 



