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* Anthers opening by pores. 



Tribe I. ARBUTEyE. Fr. baccate, jleshy, superior. Disk 

 andstam. kypogynous. Petals cohering. — L. usually broad. 



1. Abbutus. Cal. 5-parted. Oor. globose or ovoid witt a 

 small contracted 5-cleft reflexed border, deciduous. Stam. 

 10, witb flattened filaments. Anth. compressed, with 2 

 pores at the apex, fixed at the back beneath the apex and 

 there furnished with 2 refiexed appendages. Berry glo- 

 bose, tuhercled ; cells 5, many seeded. 



2. Abctostaphtlos. Fr. with 5 1-seeded cells, smooth. 

 Otherwise like Arbutus. 



Tr. n. ERICEjE. Fr. capsular, dry, superior. Anth. 2-celled. 

 Disk and stam. hypogynous. Testa close. Petals cohering. 



3. Andeokeda. Caps, of 5 cells and -5 valves, dry. Other- 

 wise like Arbutus. — L. usually broad. 



4. Calltjna. Cal. 4r-parted, membranous, coloured, longer 

 than the 4-cleft bellshaped persistent but fading corolla, 

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

 ments. Caps. 4-ceHed ; dissepiments adhering to the axis ; 

 valves opening at the dissepiments and separate from them. 



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

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

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

 ing a part with them. 



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

 mouth contracted, 5-toothed. Stam. 10, included ; filaments 

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

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

 Caps. 6-celled with 5 valves opening at the dissepiments. 



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

 toothed. Stam. 8, included ; filamentsjlattenedj shorter than 

 the linear anthers, which are sagittate below ; cells loosened 

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

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

 sepiments. 



8. Azalea. Cal. 6-parted. Cor. bellshaped, 5-cleft. Stam 

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

 opening by a longitudinal fissure. Stigma capitate. Caps. 



