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stalked alternate, st. filiform ])rostrate, jicduncles solitary, “ seeds 
punetate .” — Campanula Sm., E. B. 73. — St. branched and creep- 
ing to a great extent. Pedniieles longer than the leaves. FI. jiale 
blue, at first nodding, afterwards erect. Cal. -segments subulate. 
Caps, nearly globose. — Damp peaty places in the south and west. 
P. V'll. VIII. Imj-leaved Bell-flower. 
Order XL VIII. ERICACEiE. 
Cal. 4— 5-partcd, persistent. Cor. monopetalous, 4 — 5-parted, 
usually regular and marcescent. Stam. 8 — 10. Anth. 2-celled, 
opening by pores and often appendaged. Ovjiry surrounded by 
a disk or scales, free or adhering to the corolla. Fr. capsular or 
baccate with several cells, many-seeded. 
Tribe I. ARBUTE.^. Fr. baccate, fleshy. Anth. 2-celled. Disk 
hypogynous. 
1. Arbutus. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. globose or ovate-cam- 
panulate with a small contracted 5-cleft reflexed border. 
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 awns. Berry globose, gra- 
nular; cells 5, many-seeded. 
2. Arctostaphylos. Fr. with 5 1-seeded cells, not granular 
externally. Otherwise like Arbutus. 
Tr. II. ERICE.^. Fr. capsular, dry. Anth. 2-celled. Disk 
hypogynous. Testa close. 
3. Andromeda. Caps, diy, of 5 cells and 5 valves. Other- 
wise like Arbutus. 
4. Calluna. Cal. 4-parted, membranous, coloured, longer 
than the 4-cleft campanulate corolla, surrounded by 4 green • 
bracts. Stam. 8, with dilated filaments. Caps. 4-celled ; 
dissepiments adhering to the axis ; valves opening at the dis- 
sepiments and separate from them. 
5. Erica. Cal. 4-parted. Cor. campanulate or ovate often 
ventricose, 4-toothed. Stam. 8. Caps. 4-celled; valves 
opening between the dissepiments and carrying apart with 
them. 
6. Phyllodoce. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. ovate with a contracted 
5-toothed mouth. Stam. 10, Included ; fllaments slender, 
longer than the anthers ; cells short, truncate, opening by 
pores at the apex. Stigma peltate with 5 tubercles. Caps. 
5-celled with 6 valves opening at the dissepiments. 
