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264 L. ERICACEAE. 



A, Stamens free from the Corolla. (Ord. L.— LII.) 



Okd. L. ERICACE^. 



* Corolla marcescent. Fruit dry, capsular. 



^' ^^^IL valvS" '™^^^" ^^^^""^^ loculicidal, dissepiments adlaering to 

 2. CALLUN.V Calj^ double (surrounded by 4 coloured bracteas similar 



valves '''' ' ®^P^'^'^^'' dissepiments detached from the 



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53. Aquifoliace^. Cor. regular, 4— 6-partite. Stam. 4— G. Stio-mn« 1 , f^ 



sessile. ^ ^ m .■ > 



54. Oleace^e. Cor. regular, valvate in aestivation. Stam. 2. Leaves 



opposite. 

 64. YEHBENACEiE. Cor sliglitly irregular, ivitli a cylindrical tube and 



5 -cleft limb, imbricated in aestivation. Stam, 4. Leaves opposite 



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f f Ovules in pairs in each cell and superposed, or more titan 2. 



57. PoLEMo>[iACEzE. Cor, regular. Stigmas 3. Ovarv and capsule 



3 -celled. 



55. ArocYNACE.E. Cor. regular, twisted in sestivation. Stam. as manv 



as the lobes of the cor. Stvle with a ring below the stio-ma 

 Stigma 1. Fruit of 2 folhcles. "" 



56. GentianacezE. Cor. regular, tAvisted in aestivation. Stam. as many 



as the lobes of the cor. Style without a ring below the stii^ma 

 Stigmas 1—2. Fruit imperfectly 2-celled, not follicular. Leaves 

 opposite. 



CO. Sclanaoe^e, Cor. with 5 lobes and stamens. Fruit 2- (or spu- 

 riously 4-) celled. Seeds more or less perit ropal. Embryo hetero- 

 tropal. Leaves alternate. Flowers usually extra-axillary. 



62. ScRorHULARTACE.E. Stamciis usually fewer than the lobes of the 



cor. Fruit 2-celled, Seeds ascending. Embryo homotropal. 



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[C. Stamens inserted upon the corolla, 8, diadelphous, 



IL PoLYGALACE^. Cor. irregular, coloured. Style 1, terminal. Ovules 



solitary in each cell.] 





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_ Cahjx of 4 or 5 divisions, persistent. Corolla of 4 or 5 

 divisions, regular or irregular almost hypo<rynous, marcescent 

 or deciduous. Stam. 8—10. A7ithers 2-celled, the cells sepa- -» 



rating at the apex or the base, opening by pores or rarely by a 

 longitudinal fissure, often appendaged. OmrT/ seated upon an 

 hypogynous dssk, with 4 or more cells. Style 1. Stiirma 1, ^'^ 



often lobed. Fruit a capsule, many-celled, with an axile pla- 

 centa, many-seeded. Seeds with the outer coat of the same 

 form as and close-pressed to the nucleus, very rarely chaffy 

 Albumen fleshy. — Shrubs with opposite or whorled, mostly ever- 

 green and rigid leaves, ivitliout stipules. — Manj are astringent 



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