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HEPTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



1. TRIENTA'LIS. CHICKWEED WINTER-GREEN. 



Calyx inferior, of seven linear, acute, spreading, permanent 

 leaves. Corolla of one petal, wheel-shaped, deeply divided into 

 seven elliptical, flat, spreading segments. Filaments thread- 

 shaped, spreading, shorter than the corolla ; anthers oblong, 

 recurved. Germen superior, round. Style cylindrical, as long 

 as the stamens ; stigma obtuse. Capsule globose, one- celled, 

 seven-valved. Seeds few, roundish, tunicated. Name of un . 

 known origin. 206. 



1. T. Europcea. European Chickweed Winter-green. Leaves ob- 

 long ; stem solitary, simple, erect, from three to six inches high, 

 crowned with a tuft of leaves. A singularly elegant and beautiful 

 plant : flower-stalks from among the leaves, hair-shaped, simple : 

 flowers white, often tinged with red, and sometimes having only 

 six segments, with six stamens. Perennial : flowers in June and 

 July : grows in woods and on dry heaths, in Scotland and the 

 north of England: rare. Eng, Bot. voL i. pi. 15. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 208. 578. 



CLASS VIII. OCTANDRIA. 



Plants bearing Flowers with Eight Stamens. 

 Order I. MONOGYNIA. One Pistil 



* Flowers having both calyx and corolla. 



9. A'CER. Petals five. Calyx five-cleft, inferior. Capsule winged. 



2. EPILO'BIUM. Petals four. Calyx four-cleft, superior. Cap- 



sule four-celled. Seeds bearded. 



1. (ENOTHE'RA. Petals four. Calyx four- cleft, superior. Cap- 

 sule four- celled. Seeds beardless. 



3. CHLO'RA. Corolla deeply divided into eight or six segments. 



Calyx of eight or six leaves, inferior. Capsule one-celled. 



4. VACCPNIUM. Corolla of one petal. Calyx four-cleft. Berry 



inferior. 



5. MENZIE'SIA. Corolla of one petal. Calyx of one leaf. Cap- 



sule superior ; partitions double, from the margin of the valves. 



7. 3RTCA. Corolla of one petal. Calyx of four leaves. Capsule 



superior ; partitions simple, from the centre of the valves. 



6. CALLU'NA. Corolla of one petal. Calyx double, each four- 



leaved. Capsule superior ; partitions from the column, alter- 

 nate with the valves, and unconnected with them. 



(Monotropa.) 

 ** Flowers destitute of corolla, 



8. DA'PHNE. Calyx four-cleft, coloured, inferior. Berry one- 



seeded. 



Order II. DIGYNIA. Two Pistils. 



(Polycfonum. Chrysosplenium. Scleranthus.) 

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