204 47, ERICACEA. 
Order XLVII. ERICACER. 
Cal. 4—5-parted, persistent. Cor. monopetalous, 4—5-parted, 
usually regular and marcescent. Stam. 8—10. Anth. 2-celled, 
opening by pores and often appendaged. Ovary surrounded by 
a disk or scales, free or adhering to the corolla. Fr. capsular or 
baceate with several cells, many-seeded. 
Tribe I. ARBUTE AL. Fr. baceate, fleshy. Anth.2-celled. Disk 
hypogynous. 
]. ArButus. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. globose or ovate-cam- 
panulate with a small contracted 5-cleft reflexed border, de- 
ciduous. Stam. 10 with flattened filaments. Anth. com- 
pressed, with 2 pores at the apex, fixed at the back beneath 
the apex and there furnished with 2 reflexed awns. Berry 
globose, granular ; cells 5, many-seeded. 
2. ARcrosTaPHyYLos. Fr. with 5 1-seeded cells, not granular 
externally. Otherwise like Arbutus. 
Tr. Il. ERICE A. Fy. capsular, dry. Anth. 2-celled. Disk 
hypogynous. Testa close. 
3. ANDROMEDA. Caps. dry, of 5 cells and 5 valves. Other- 
wise like Arbutus. 
4. Cattuna. Cal. 4-parted, membranous, coloured, longer 
than the 4-cleft campanulate corolla, surrounded by 4 green 
bracts. Cor. persistent, fadmg. Stam. 8, with dilated fila- 
ments. Caps. 4-celled; dissepiments adhering to the axis ; 
valves opening at the dissepiments and separate from them. 
5. Erica. Cal. 4-parted. Cor. campanulate or ovate often 
ventricose, 4-toothed, persistent, fading. Stam. 8. Caps. 
4-celled; valves opening between the dissepiments and carry- 
ing a part with them. 
6. PHytuopoce. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. ovate 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. 5-celled with 5 valves opening at the dissepiments. 
7. Daseocia. Cal. 4-cleft. Cor. ovate, ventricose, limb 4- 
toothed. Stam. 8, inchided ; filaments flattened 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. 
