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liformly dilated. Squamules 4, interior to receptacle, of which 4 

 deflexed oppositipetalous, and 4 erect alternate. Sepals 4, valvate. 

 Petals as many obovate, 2-lobate. Stamens 8, 2-seriate; anthers 

 introrse, not revolute. Germen 4-locular, go -ovulate ; style at apex 

 stigmatose capitate, 4-lobed. Fruit capsular ; cells 4 (complete or 

 incomplete) ; valves septiferous within, solute from columella. Seeds 

 co , oblong, at apex (to chalaza) long hairy. — A small ramose shrub ; 

 leaves alternate (or the lower subopposite) sessile elongate, entire or 

 denticulate; flowers axillary solitary. {California.) — See p. 467. 



(3. Epilobium L. — Flowers nearly of Glarkia (or Œiwthera) 4 

 nierons, sometimes subirregular ( Chamœnerîum) ; receptacle not or 

 very slightly produced beyond germen. Sepals 4, valvate, deciduous. 

 Petals as many, obovate or obcordate. Stamens 8, sometimes deflexed 

 ( Cha.mœnerium). Germen 4-locular ; ovules ascending, 2-seriate ; 

 style slender, at apex stigmatose 4-lobed, sometimes clavate and finally 

 expanded fimbriate ( Grossostigma). Capsule loculicidal and seeds long 

 hairy to chalaza (of Zauschneria). — Undershrubs or herbs; leaves 

 alternate and opposite, entire or dentate ; flowers axillary solitary or 

 in terminal spikes or racemes. (All cold and temp. regions.) — Seep. 407. 



7. Hauya Moç. & Sess. — Flowers (nearly of Œ 'not liera) 4-merous ; 

 receptacle cylindrical enclosing adnate germen and produced above to 

 infundibuliform tube. Sepals 4 coriaceous, valvate. Petals 4, sessile, 

 contorted or imbricate. Stamens 8, 2-seriate ; filaments subulate, 

 anthers elongate, introrse, at base aristate-appendiculate. Germen 

 4-locular ; style long erect cylindrical, at apex stigmatose subglobose 

 scarcely lobate. Ovules in cells co , ascending. Fruit oblong woody 

 capsular, loculicidal ; valves 4, septiferous within at middle, thick 

 strong recurved, solute from 4-winged seminiferous columella. 

 Seeds co , ascending, above alate imbricate ; cotyledons of exalbumi- 

 nous embryo oblong fleshy compressed. — A tomentose shrub ; leaves 

 alternate petiolate, ovately oblong entire, whitish beneath ; flowers 

 axillary solitary sessile. (Mexico.) — See p. 469. 



8 ?Montinia L. f. — Flowers dioecious 4-5-merous; receptacle of 

 male flower short. Sepals short, dentiform, not contiguous, persistent. 

 Petals much longer rather fleshy, highly imbricate, deciduous (in 

 female flower 0). Stamens 4, 5, inserted under central thickly cupu- 

 lar disk; filaments thick subulate, apically inserted within connective; 

 anthers oblong, finally extrorse, 2-locular, 2-rimose, recurved after 



