224 47. EEICACEiE. 



Stam. 10 ; anth. inverted, ■with 2 cells each opening hy a 

 round pore at the base. Style 6-lobed. Caps. 5-valved, open- 

 ing from near tlie base to the top ; margins of the valves 

 connected by a web. 



11. MoNESBS. Cal. .5-parted. Cor. of 5 petals connected 

 below. Stam. 10 ; anth. inverted, with '2, cells each furnished 

 ■with a tubular horn opening at the aid. Stigma 5-pmied, 

 radiant. Caps. 2-celled, 5-valved, opening fi-om the top to 

 the base with glabrous sutures. 



* * Antliers opening by a transverse fissure. 



Tr. V. MOKOTROPE.-E. Fr. capsular, dry, superior. Seeds 



with a loose testa. Disk 0. Petals scarcely cohering. 



12. MoNOTROPA. Cal. 4 — 5-parted. Cor. of 4 — 5 petals 

 each with a flooded honey-bearing base. Stam. 8 — 10. Anth. 

 Hdney-sbaped, 1-celled, 2-valved. Stigma peltate. Caps. 

 5-celledj 6-valved, many-seeded. 



Tribe I. ArbvtenB. 



1. Ab'butiis Linn. Strawberry-tree. 



1. A. TJnddo (L.) ; bark rough, 1. elliptic-lanceolate serrate 



coriaceous glabrous, panicle terminal nodding, pedicels glabrous. 



— An evergreen tree. Fl. whitish, pendulous. Fr. red. — Kil- 



lamey, where it is truly wild. T. IX. X. I. 



2. AECTOSTAPH'rLOS AdaYis. 



1. A. alpina (Spr.) ; procumbent, I. thin wrinkled serrate 

 fading but persistent, clusters terminal. — Arbutus Sm. St. 6. 8. 

 — St. woody, trailing, long. L. obovate, netted. Fl. white, 

 hairy about the mouth. Berry smooth, black. — Dry barren spots 

 on the Highland mountains. Sh. V. S. 



2. A. Tlva-ur'si (Spr.) ; procumbent, I. coriaceous obovate en- 

 tire shining evergreen, clusters terminal. — Arbutus Sm. St. 6. 8. 

 — St. woody, trailing, long. L. blunt, quite entire, rigid. Ft. 

 rose-coloured, smooth. Berry globose, scarlet, superior. — Dry 

 stony mountain heaths. Sh. VI. E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Ericece. 



3. Andeom'eda Linn. 



1. A. polifolia (L.) ; 1. alternate lanceolate with revolute 

 margins glaucous beneath, fl. clustered long-stalked terminal. — • 

 St. slender, woody, prostrate below. Fl. drooping, ovate, pink, 

 occasionally 4-fid. and 8-androus. L. evergreen, acute. Pe- 

 duncles 2 or 3 times as long as the flowers — Peat bogs. Sh. 

 v.— IX. E. I. 



