70. ARISTOLOCHIACE^. 71. EMPETRACE^. 289 
Ovary 3 — 6-celled. Style simple ; stigma radiant. Fr. many- 
seeded. Seed with a minute embryo at the base of fleshy albu- 
men. — For tig. of genera see G.F. G.Monochl. 50, 51. 
[1. Abistolochia. Perianth tubular, swelling at the base ; 
mouth dilated on one side. Anth. 6, adnate to the short 
columnar style under the G-lobed stigma. Caps. 6-celled.] 
2. AsARUM. Perianth bellshaped, 3-fid. Stam. 12, inserted 
at the base of the style. Auth. attached to the middle of 
the filaments. Stigma 6-lobed. Caps. 6-celled. 
1, Aeistolo'chia Linn. Birthwort. 
[1. A. Clematitis (L.) ; creeping, st. erect simple, 1. cordate 
stalked glabrous, fl. clustered.— ii'. B. 398. St. 6. 16.— Fl. pale 
yellow. — Established near old ruins. P. VII. VIII.] E. 
2. A'sARUM Linn. Asarabacca. 
1. A. europcB'um (L.) ; 1. renifomi blunt.— i^. B. 1083. St. 2. 7. 
— St. short, with 2 leaves, between which there is a solitary 
.drooping duU-gTeen flower. Segments of the perianth ovate and 
incurved. Filaments extending beyond the anthers. — Woods 
in the North, rare. P. V. E. 
Order LXXI. EMPETEACEJ3. 
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- 
celled. Ovules solitary, ascending. Style 1. Stigma radiant. 
Fr. fleshy with bony cells. Embryo in the axis of fleshy albu- 
men. Radicle inferior. 
1. Ejipetrum. Cal. 3-parted. Pet. 3. Stam. 3 in the male 
flowers. Style short; stigma dilated, peltate, with 6 — 9 
rays in the fem. flowers. Berry globose, 1-ceUed. Seeds 
6— 9.— G. F. G-. Monochl. 42. 
1. Empe'trum Linn. Crowberry, 
_ 1. E. nigrum (L.) ; procumbent, 1. linear-oblong their mar- 
gins meeting in a white line beneath. — E. B. 526. — A smaU 
procimibent leafy heathlike shrub. Fl. axillary, small, pm-ple. 
Stigma with 9 rays. Berries black.— Mountain heaths. Sh. V 
• E. S. I. 
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