306 70. AEISTOIOCHtACEiB. — 72. ETJPHOEBIACE^. 



1. Aeisioio'chia Linn. Birthwort. 



[1. A. Chmatitis (L.) ; creeping;, st. erect simple, 1. cordate 

 stalked glabrous, fl. clustered.—^ B. 398. St. 6. 16.— El. pale 

 yellow. — Establislied near old ruins. P. VII. VIIL] E. 



2. As'aeitm Linn. Asarabacoa. 



1. A. europcB'um (L.) ; 1. reniform blunt. — -B. B. 1083. — St. 

 sbort, with 2 leaves, between which there is a solitary drooping 

 dull-gTeen flower. Perianth-segm. ovate and incurved. Fila- 

 ments extending beyond the authers. — Woods and banks, very 

 rare. P. V. E. 



Order LXXI. EMPETEACE^. 



Dioecious. Perianth of hypogynous scales imbricate in several 

 rows. Stam. equal in number to the inner row of scales and 

 alternate with them, free. Ovary free, on a fleshy disk, 2 — 9- 

 ceUed. Ovules solitary, ascending. Style 1. Stigma radiant. 

 Er. fleshy with bony cells. Embryo in the axis of fleshy albu- 

 men. Radicle inferior. — No stipules. 



1. Empetkim. Cal. 3-parted. Pet. 3. Stam. 3 in the male 

 flowers. Style short ; stigma dilated, peltate, with 6 — 9 

 rays in the fern, flowers. Berry globose, 1-celled. Seeds 

 6—9. 



1. EMPE'iBtTM Linn. Crowberry. 



1. U. nigrum (L.) ; procumbent, 1. linear-oblong their mar- 

 gins meeting in a white line beneath. — ^. B. 529. — A small 

 procumbent leafy heathlike shrub. Fl. axillary, small, purple. 

 Stigma with 9 rays. Berries black. — Mountain heaths. Sh. V. 



E. S. I. 



Order LXXII. EUPHOKBIACE.^. 



Fl. monoecious or dioecious. Perianth lobed or 0. Male 

 flowers of 1 or more stamens. Anth. 2-celled. Fern. fl. of 1 

 superior 2 — 3-lobed and -celled ovary. Styles 2 — 3. Stigma 

 compound or simple. Caps, opening with elasticity ; cells 2 — 3, 

 with 1 or 2 suspended seeds in each. Embryo in fleshy albu- 

 men. Radicle superior. — Stip. often present, but very de- 

 ciduous. 



1, Btrxus. Fl. moncBcious. — Male. Cal. 3-parted. Pet. 2. 

 Statn.4. — Fem. Cal. 4-parted. Pet. 3. Caps, vsdth 3 horns, 

 3-celled, 6-seeded. 



2. EtrpHOKBiA. Fl. incomplete, collected into monoecious 

 heads consisting of 1 female and many m.ale Jlow&rs. Inyo- 



