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Style. The Linnean class Syngenesia corresponds to 

 this Natural Order. 



Nat. Order 5. Campanulacece. — Herbs or under- 

 shrubs with usually hermaphrodite flowers, inferior 

 2- to 5-celled ovary, 4 to 6 stamens, anthers sometimes 

 syngenesious, corolla regular or irregular. Lobelia 

 trigona and Wahlenbergia gracilis are common herbs 

 of North Bengal. Pratia begoni- 

 folia is a herb of Khasi Hills. Of 

 little importance in Bengal. 



Nat. Order 6. Vacciniacece. — 

 Trees or shrubs with hermaphrodite 

 flowers, inferior 5- to 10 -celled 

 ovary, 10 stamens, anthers open- 

 ing by apical pores, corolla tubular 

 or urceolate, sepals usually persis- 

 tent. Jalamut {Agaptes variegata) 

 is an epiphytic shrub of Chitta- 

 gong, and Vaccinium Griffithianum 

 (fig. 202) a small tree of the Khasi 

 Hills. Of little importance in 

 Bengal. 



Nat. Order 7. Ericaceae are trees, 

 shrubs, or herbs with hermaphro- 

 dite flowers, ovary superior, usually 5-celled, stamens 

 usually 10, anthers opening by apical pores, often 

 produced upwards into tubes, sometimes spurred, 

 corolla campanulate or urceolate. Gaultheria fra- 

 grantissima, a shrub, and Pieris ovalifolia, a tree, are 

 common in the Khasi Hills. Rhododendron Hookeri 

 is the shrub of Darjiling and the Sikim Himalayas 

 well known for its red blazing clusters of flowers, as 

 also is Azalea with clusters of large white or yellowish- 

 white flowers. 



Nat. Order 8. Sapotacece. — Trees or shrubs bearing 



Fjgf. 202. — Vacciniuvi 

 Griffithianum — flowers 

 with urceolate corolla 



