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TEIBE II. ANDBOMEBE^. 



Fruit capsular, loculicidally dehiscing, valves septiferouss 

 tsorolla deciduous. — Shrubs; leaves evergreen or deciduoosi 

 leaf-buds almost always scaly. 



GEmJS IV. GUALTHTERIA. 



Secandrla monogyniak Sexi Sysi: 



Deriti. N'aiped after Gualthier, a Physician and Botanist of 

 Canada. 



Gen. Char. ' Calyx S-lobed, afterwards enlarged, more or less 

 baccate and surrounding the capsule : corolla ovate, often contracted 

 at the mouth, 5-toothed : stamens included^ filaments often villoust 

 anthers 4-awned, cells 2-awned, very rarely mutic : style filiform : 

 stigma obtuse : scales hypogynous, 10, distinct or united : capsule 

 depresso-globose, 5-celled, 5-furrowed, 5-valved, valves septiferous, 

 loculicidally dehiscing-: placenta adnate to the axis : seeds numer- 

 ous, small. 



(1) G. Lesche-naultii. (Dee.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VII. p. 593. 



Syii. Andromeda Kotagherrensis, Hoolt. Icon, t, 246. — Leu* 

 cothoe Kotagherrensis, Dec. prod. VII. p» 606. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1195. — Spieil. II. t. 130. 



Spec. Char. Glabrousj branches somewhat 3-cornered : leaves 

 petioled, ovate or obovate, terminating in a gland, crenulate, punc- 

 tuate beneath : racemes axillary or lateral, pubescent, shorter than 

 the leaves, erect : bracts concavct acute, glabrous, one under the 

 pedicel, two near the flower : flowers pure white : berries blue. 



Neilgherries, flowering all the year. 



GENUS V. ANDROMEDA. 



neeandrla monogynla. Sex: Syst: 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partite : segments acute, not imbricated : 

 corolla globose-urceolatej contracted at the mouth, 5-toothed: sta- 

 mens included : filaments bearded : anthers short : cells 1-awned : 

 stigma truncate: capsules 5-celled, 5-valved, loculicidally dehis- 

 cing : placentae 5-lobed : seeds elliptic, compressed. — Undershrubs : 

 leaves alternate, quite entire, revolute at the margin, glaucous- white 

 below, short-petioled : flowers subterminal, almost umbellate, pedi* 

 celled, erect : bracts ovate : corolla white or rose-coloured. 



