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2. Abctostaphylos. Fr. with 5 l-seeded cells, smooth. 

 Otherwise like Arbutus. 



'[t. 11. SSICJEJE. Fr. capsulai-, dry, superior. Anth. 2-celled. 

 Disk hypogynous. Testa close. Petals cohering. 



3. Andromeda. Caps, of 5 cells and 5 valves. Otherwise 

 like Arbutus. 



4. CAiLUNA. Cal. A-parted, memhranous, coloured, longer 

 than the 4-oleft bellshaped persistent but fading coroUa, 

 surrounded by 4 green bracts. Stam. 8, with dilated fila- 

 ments. Caps. 4-celled ; diss&piments adhering to the axis ; 

 values opening at the dissepiments and s^arate from them. 



5. EaiCA. Cal. 4-parted. Cor. bellshaped or ovoid, often 

 ventricose, 4-toothed, persistent, fading. Stam. 8. Caps. 

 4-Celled ; valves opening between the dissepiments and carry- 

 ing a part tvith them. 



6. Pjeyllodocb. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. ovoid, deciduous ; 

 mouth contracted, 5-toothed. Stam. 10, included ;^fam«»<s 

 slender, longer than the anthers ; cells short, truncate, open- 

 ing by pores at the apex. Stigma peltate, with 5 tubercles. 

 Caps. 5-ceUed with 5 valves opening at the dissepiments. 



7. Dabeocia. Cal. 4-cleft. Cor. ovoid, ventricose, limb 4- 

 toothed. Stam. 8, included ; filaments flattened, shorter than 

 the linear anthers which are sagittate below ; cells loosened 

 and opening by obKque pores at the apex. Stigma simple, 

 truncate. Caps. 4-ceUed, with 4 valves opening at the dis- 

 sepiments. 



8. Azalea. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. bellshaped, '5-cleft. Stam. 

 5, equal, shorter than the corolla ; ' anth. roundish ; cells 

 opening by a longitudinal fissure. Stigma capitate. Caps. 

 2 — 3-celled with 2 or 3 hfid valves whose inflexed edges form 

 the double partitions. 



Tr. in. VACCINIEM. Fr. baccate, fleshy, inferior. Disk 

 epigynous. Petals cohering. 



9. Vaccinium. Cal. entire or 4 — 5-toothed or lobed. Cor. 

 4 — 5-cleft or toothed. Stam. 8 — 10 ; anth. oblong, bifid at 

 the summit. Berry globose, crowned by the persistent limb 

 of the calj'X, 4 — 5-celled, many-seeded. 



Tr. IV. PTROLEJEK Fr. capsular, dry, superior. Seeds with 

 a loose testa. Disk 0. Anth. opening by pores. Petals 

 scarcely cohering. 



10. Pyrola. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. of 5 connivent petals. 

 1 Considered a distinct Order by Cosa. and Germ. {Fl. Par. 85).. 



