CHAP. LXIX. RICA V CE/E. 1077 



dagcs at the base : their cells end in a point, and open lengthwise. Stigma 

 capitate. " Capsule concealed by the inflexed, permanent calyx, orbicular, 

 a little depressed, with 4- furrows, 4 simple valves, and 4 cells ; the partitions 

 simple, flat, alternate, and unconnected with the valves, fixed vertically to a 

 large, ovate, pitted, permanent, central column." (Smith, Eng. Flora, ii. 

 p. 224.) Leaves arrow-shaped at the base, obtuse at the tip ; in transverse 

 section triangular, imbricate in 4 rows. 



ii. ANDROME % D^. Corolla deciduous. Stamens, in most, not protruded 

 beyond the Corolla. 



A. The following 7 Genera have all been instituted out of the Genus Andromeda ; 

 and all have 10 Stamens, 1 Pistil, and Fruit that has a locididdal Dehiscencc. 



ANDRO'MED^ L. Calyx with 5 acute segments. Corolla globose, with a con- 

 tracted, 5-toothed mouth. Filaments bearded. Anthers with short, 

 1-awned cells. Stigma truncate. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers in 

 terminal, umbel-like groups. 



CASSI V OP D. Don. Calyx with 5 leafy segments, imbricate at the base. Co- 

 rolla bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Filaments glabrous. Anthers with short, tumid, 

 1-awned cells. Style dilated at the base. Stigma obtuse. Capsule with 

 its valves bifid at the tip. Small heath-like shrubs. Leaves imbricate. 

 Flowers solitary. 



CASSA'NDR^ D. Don. Calyx with 2 bracteas at its base ; its segments 5, leafy, 

 imbricate at the base. Corolla oblong, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. 

 Filaments glabrous. Anthers with cells elongated at the tip, and tubular 

 there. Stigma annulated. Leaves with short petioles, and elliptic oblong 

 disks, that have peltate scales on both surfaces. Flowers axillary, disposed 

 as if in racemes along the terminal parts of the branches. 



ZENO V B/^ D. Don. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla bell-shaped, with a revolute 

 5-lobed limb. Filaments glabrous. Anthers with cells elongate, tubular, 

 and 2-awnedat the tip. Stigma truncate. Leaves dilated, with the margins 

 usually toothed. Flowers in racemes. 



LYO V N/^ Nutt. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla ovate or tubular, with a contracted, 

 5-toothed mouth. Filaments short, flat, downy. Anthers with membra- 

 nous cells that open lengthwise. Style 5-cornered. Stigma obtuse. Capsule 

 5-cornered. Flowers for the most part terminal, disposed in racemose panicles. 



LEUCO'THO D. Don. Calyx with 5 leafy segments, imbricate at the base. 

 Corolla tubular, toothed. Filaments flat, downy. Anthers with short trun- 

 cate cells. Stigma large, capitate. Flowers white : in racemes. 



PI^ERIS D. Don. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular or ovate, with a con- 

 tracted, 5-toothed, revolute mouth. Filaments dilated, furnished with 2 

 bristles at the tip. Anthers with short incumbent cells that open length- 

 wise. Style 5-cornered. Stigma truncate. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers 

 drooping, terminal, racemose. 



B. Capsule with the Dehiscencc septicidal. 



PHYLLO'DOC^ Sal. Calyx with 5 segments. Corolla globose, with a contracted, 

 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, not protruded out of the corolla. Filaments 

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

 5 tubercles. 



DABOZ^CL* D. Don. Calyx with 4 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, open- 

 ing lengthwise. Stigma truncate. Capsule 4-celled. 



C. Calyx and Corolla each with 5 Segments. Stamens 10, not protruded 

 beyond the Corolla. 



yf'RBurus Corner. Corolla globose or ovate, with a small reflexed border. 

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



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