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five alternate ones of which are smallest, as 

 in the strawberry tribe. Petals five, ovate, 

 yellow, shorter than the calyx, and inserted 

 betwixt its segments. The five stamens 

 also proceed from the calyx. Pistils from 

 five to ten, capitate at their summits, af- 

 fixed laterally to the middle of the seeds, 

 as in Alchemilla. (See the remarks of Lin- 

 nceus, respecting the natural order of this 

 plant, in Fl. Lapp. n. 111). 



3. Dillenia. Stem woody. Flower pur- 

 ple. {^Azalea procumhens.) Calyx colour- 

 ed, small, five-cleft, acute, purple, per- 

 manent. Petal one, erect, bell-shaped, 

 five-cleft half way down, acute, purple. 

 Stamens five, shorter than the petal. Pistil 

 one, seated on the embryo, the length of 

 the calyx. Stigma capitate. Seeds nume- 

 rous, roundish. Pericarp globose, of five 

 cells and five valves. Leaves ovate, ever- 

 green, opposite, resembling those of the 

 Cranberry. (Vaccinium Oxycocctis.) 



4. Baiwistera. {Diape7isia lapponica.) 

 Calyx of large, ovale, imbricated leaves, 



