156 OCTANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. [Daphne. 



4 — 5-celled, the dissepiments formed by the inflexed margins of 

 the valves, and opening between these dissepiments. — Nat. Ord. 

 E:ucE^, Jtiss. — Name, — " Nomen dedi," says the learned foun- 

 der of this Genus, "in honorem Archibahti Me?izies Scotici, pere- 

 grinatoris et botanic! indefessi, priscae fidei ac urbanitatis viri." 



4. Erica. Cat. inferior, of 4 leaves. Cor. of 1 petal, cam- 

 panulate or ovate, often ventricose. Capsule 4-celled, 4-valved, 

 dissepiments from the middle of the valves. — Nat. Ord. Erice^e, 

 Juss. — Named from igr/.(,i, to break ; because it was formerly sup- 

 posed to have the power of destroying calculi in the bladder. 



5. Calluna. Cal. inferior, of 4 coloured leaves, concealing 

 the cor., accompanied by 4 bracteas, resembling an outer calyx. 

 Cor. campanulate. Caps. 4-celled, 4-valved ; dissepiments ad- 



liering to the axis of the fruit ; valves opening at the dissepi- 

 ments and separating from them. — Nat. Ord. ERiCEiE, Juss. — 

 Named from -/.aXXwu, to cleanse or adorn, and hence peculiarly 

 applicable, as Sir J. E. Smith observes, to this plant, whether 

 we consider the beauty of its flowers, or the circumstance of 

 Brooms being made of its twigs. 



6. Vaccinium. Cal. superior, 4 — 5-toothed. Cor. of 1 petal, 

 ovate, campanulate or rotate, 4 — 5-fid. Anthers with two pores. 

 Berry globose, 4-celled, many-seeded. — Nat. Ord. Vaccinie,^, 

 De Cand — Name ; — some say the vr/,-x,iv6og, of the Greeks, and 

 hence synonymous with Hyacinthus ; but the true etymology 

 of the word is unknown. 



7. (Enothera. Cal. superior, tubular, with a deeply 4-cleft 

 limb ; the segments reflexed, more or less combined. P,et. 4. 

 Caps. 4-valved, with many naked seeds. — Nat. Ord. Onagra- 

 RiEyE, Juss. — Named from o/v«c, ^vine, and (J/jpa, searching or 

 catching, from the root having caught the perfume of wine. 



8. Epilobium. Cal. superior, 4-partite, segments free, de- 

 ciduous. Pet. 4. Capsule elongated, 4-sided, 4-celled, 4-valved, 

 many-seeded. Seeds with a tuft of hairs at one extremity. — 

 Nat. Ord. Onagrarie^, Juss — Named from st/, upon, and 

 \o^o?, a pod : the flower being placed upon the top of the elon- 

 gated seed-vessel. 



** Flowers incomplete. 



9. Daphne. Perianth single, inferior, often coloured, 4-fid. 

 Berry with one seed. — Nat. Ord. THYMELEiE, Juss — Named in 

 allusion to the Nymph Daphne, who was changed into a Laurel ; 

 some of the plants of this Genus having the habit of Laurels. 



(See Monotropa in Cl. X.) 



(DiGYNlA. 2 Styles. 

 See 'Polygonu7n'm Ord. \l.,Chrysosplenium and Scleranthus iu Cl. X.) 



