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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS. 



854. Suboi'd. EpacridcSB (Epacris Family). Shrubby plants of 

 the Southern hemisphere, with the aspect and character of Heaths, 

 but the anthers one-celled are not appendaged. 



855. Sllbord. PyrolCK (Pyrola Family). Ovary free from the 

 calyx. Petals distinct. Anthers two-celled. Fruit a capsule. 

 Seeds with a very loose cellular testa. Mostly herbs. Leaves flat 

 and broad, evergreen. — Ex. Pyrola, Chirnaphila. 



856. Sllbord. MonotropCtC (Indian-Pipe Family). Ovary free from 

 the calyx. Petals distinct or united. Anthers two-celled, or con- 

 fluently one-celled. Pollen simple. Fruit a capsule Seeds with 

 a loose or winged testa. Parasitic herbs, destitute of green color, 



FIG. 911 Gaultheria procumbens (Checkerberry, &c.) 912. The enlarging calyx in the im- 

 mature fruit. 913. Vertical section of the pulpy or berry-like calyx and the included capsule 

 (the seeds removed from the placenta in one cell). 914 Horizontal section of the same, show, 

 ing the five-celled capsule, with a placenta proceeding from the iuner angle of each cell 915. 

 Section of a seed, magnified. 916. Flower of a Vaccinium (Blueberry). 917 Vertical sec- 

 tion of the ovary and adherent calyx 918. Anther of Vaccinium Vitis-ldoea ; each cell pro- 

 longed into a tube, and opening by a terminal pore. 919 Anther of Vaccinium Myrtillus; the 

 connectivum furnished with two appendages. 920 Stamen of an Andromeda (Cassiope), show- 

 ing the appendages of the connectivum 921 Stamen of Aictostaph}los Uva-Ursi, showing 

 the separate auther-cells, opening by a terminal pore, the appendages of the connectivum, and 

 the filament, which is swollen at the base. 



