44 NATURAL ORDERS AND 
deep logitudinal fissure above. Stamens five, inserted into the calyx, 
alternate with the lobe of the corolla. Anthers cohering. Pollen 
oval. Ovary inferior, mostly two celled. Style simple. Stigma sur- 
rounded with a cup-like fringe. Jruit a two rarely four celled cap- 
sule, opening at the apex. Seeds numerous, attached to the sides or 
axis of the cells. Hmbryo straight in the axis of fleshy albumen, 
radicle pointed towards the hilum.—Herbaceous plants or shrubs. 
Leaves alternate, exstipulate. Flowers axillary, or terminal. 
GENERA. 
Corolla two lipped............0ssceeseeees oooese LOBELIA, V. 1. p. 287. 
ORDER XLIX. ERICACEA.—Luinp. 
Perianth double. Calyx four or five-cleft, inferior,) persistent. 
Corolla hypogynous, monopetalous, four or five-cleft, occasionally 
separable into four or five pieces, regular or irregular, often persistent, 
imbricated in wstivation. Stamens definite, equal in number to the 
segments of the corolla, or twice as many, hypogynous, or scarcely 
inserted into the base of the corolla. Anthers two celled, the cells 
hard and dry, separate at the apex or base, where they are furnished 
with some kind of appendage, and opening by a pore. Ovary sur- 
rounded at the base by a disk, or secreting ‘scales. Style single, 
straight. Stigma undivided, or toothed. Fruit capsular, many 
celled, placenta central, dehiscing variously. Seeds numerous, mi- 
nute, testa firmly adhering to the nucleus. mbryo cylindrical in 
the axis of fleshy albumen. Radicle opposite the hilum.—Shrubs or 
undershrubs Leaves evergreen, rigid, entire, whorled or opposite, 
exstipulate. Inflorescence variable, the pedicels generally bracteated. 
GENERA. 
Fruit baccate. 
Anthers with two pores at the apex; 
DEWEY PTAMUIBLCE isccssescseesan«n ARButus, v. 2. p. 592. 
Anthers without pores; berry smooth ArcrosTaPHYLOS, V.2.p. 594. 
Fruit dry, capsular. 
Calyx five-cleft. 
Calyx Coloured <1. ssssvecaserress aseuss AZADEA, Va en Ke 
Calyx green ......4.. Sanat guedasenae ... ANDROMEDA, V. 2. p. 691, 
Calyx four-cleft. 
Calyx coloured ......... sos ssecsdecesee UALLUNA, ¥. o. cmemm 
Calyx green. 
Capsule dehiscing at the middle 
Of the valves ...ccseesecseeeeee MENZIESIA, V. 2. p. 555, 
Capsule dehiscing at the sutures Erica, vy. 2. p. 557, 
