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Order XLVII. EEICACEiE\ 



Cal. 4 — 5-parted, persistent. Cor. gamopetalous, 4 — 5-parted, 

 Usually regular and marcescent ; or sometimes only slightly 

 cohering below. Stam. 8 — 10, hypogynous. Anth. 2-ceUed, 

 opening by 2 pores or slits and often with spurlike appendages 

 at the base. Ovary surrounded by a disk or scales, free or 

 adhering to the corolla. Fr. capsular or baccate, with several 

 cells, maiiy-seeded. — No stipules. 



* Anthers opening by pores. 



Tribe I. AMSUTE.K Fr. baccate, fleshy, mperior. Disk 

 and stam. hypogynous. Petals cohering. — L. usually broad. 



1. Aebutits. Cal. 5- parted. Cor. globose or ovoid with a 

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

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

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

 there furnished with 2 reflexed appendages. Bta-ry glo- 

 bose, tubercled: cells 5, many-seeded. 



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

 Otherwise like Arbutus. 



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

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



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

 wise like Arbutus. — L. usually broad. 



4. CALLtTNA. Cal. 4-parted, membranous, coloured, Imiycr 

 than the 4-cleft bellshaped persistent but fading corolla, 

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

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

 valves opening at the dissepiments and separate from thejn. 



■5. Eeica. 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 with them. 



6. Phyllodocb. Cal. 6-parted. Cor. ovoid, deciduou=i ; 

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

 slender, longei- than the anthers ; cells short, trancate, open- 

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

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



' MonotropesB, Vacciniese, and Pyrolaceje are considered distinct 

 orders by Maout and Decaisne. 



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