SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



sepiments by their iiiflexed margins, and bursting between 

 them — Low hardy shrubs, with alternate or scattered 

 leaves, and terminal racemose floivers. 



6. Eri'ca, [Page 657.] Calyx of four pieces. Corolla cam- 



panulate, ovate or ventricose, with a four toothed limb. 

 Capsule four celled, four valved, the dissepiments from the 

 middle of the valves. 



7. Callc'na, [Page 562,] Calyx of four coloured pieces, 



longer than the corolla, and accompanied with four bracteas, 

 coloured like the calyx. Corolla campanulate, four-cleft. 

 Capsule four celled, four valved, the dissepiments adhering 

 to the axis, the valves opening at the dissepiments, and 

 separating from them. 



8. Chlo'ba, [Page 564.] Calyx eight-partite. Corolla nearly 



rotate, with a short tube and an eight- partite limb. Stamens 

 short, inserted into the orifice. Style with a two-cleft 

 emarginate stigma. Capsule of one cell, two valved, many 

 seeded. 



***** Perianth single, inferior. 



9. Da'phne, [Page 565.] Perianth single, inferior, four-cleft, 



deciduous. Style short, terminal. Fruit a one celled 

 single seeded berry. 



(See Monotropa in Class 10.) 



DiGTNiA. — 2 Styles. 



(See Polygonum in Order 2, Chrysosplenium and Scleranthus 

 in Class 10.) 



Order II. Trigtnia. — 3 Pistils. 



10. Poxt'gonum. [Page 568.] Pmaw//j single, inferior, in four 

 or five deep coloured segments. Stamens equal in number 

 to the segments of the perianth, or twice as many, but fre- 

 quently part of them are abortive. Styles two or three. 

 Fruit a single seeded compressed or angular nut. 



Order III. Tetragynia 4 Pistils. 



11. Pa'ris, [Page 579.] Calyx of four pieces. Petals iour. 

 Stamens with the anthers of two cells, one on each side of 

 the filament. Style four, with simjjle stigmas. Fruit a 

 berry, of four cells, each cell from four to eight seeded. 



