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CLASS X. ORDER II. 
Ru'ta. Calyx 5-parted; petals concave;, receptacle surrounded by 10 nectarif- 
erous dots; capsule lobed ; petals sometimes 4, and stamens 8. (rue ) Ex. 
Le'dum. Calyx minute, 5-toothed; corolla 5-petalled, spreading; stamens 
exserted ; anthers opening by 2 terminal pores ; capsule sub-ovate, 5-celled, 5- 
valved, opening at the base. (Labrador tea.) 
Myloca'ruum. Calyx 5-toothed; petals 5; stigma sessile; capsule superiofj, 
winged, 3-celled, 1-seeded, seed subulate, (buckwheat-tree.) S. 
Me'lia. Calyx minute, 5-parted; petals 5; nectary lO-toothed, cylindric; 
drupe 5-celled, 5-seeded. (pride of China.) S. 
Jus'^si^A. Calyx 4 or 5-parted, superior, persistent ; petals 4 or 5, ovate ; cap- 
sule many-seeded, seeds minute. S. 
Swietf/nia. Calyx 5-clefi; petals 5; capsule 5-celled, opening at the base,, 
woody ; seeds winged, (mahogany-tree.) S. 
Dion^'a. Calyx 5-parted or 5-leaved ; petals 5 ; stigma fringed ; capsule - 
roundish, gibbous, 1-celled, many-seeded; petals sometimes 6. (Venus' fly- 
trap.) 
C. Mowers monofelalous. 
Arbu'tus, Calyx inferior, 5-parted, minute; corolla ovate, pellucid at the 
base ; border small, 5-cleft, revolute ; filaments hairy ; berry 5-celled. (bear- 
berry.) 
Epig^b'a. Calyx double, outer 3-leaved, inner 5-parted ; (or calyx 5-parted, with 
3 bracts ;) corolla salver-form; border 5-parted, spreading; tube villose with- 
in ; capsule 5-celled, many-seeded ; receptacle 5-parted. (trailing arbutus.) 
Gaulthe'ria. Calyx inferior, double ; outer 2-leaved, inner 5-cleft; (or calyx 
5-cleft, with 2 bracts ;) corolla ovate ; border small, 5-cleft, revoixite ; filaments 
liairy; receptacle 10-toothed, (or with a 10-pointed nectary ;) capsule 5-celled,. 
invested with the berry-like calyx, (spicy wintergreen.) 
Vaccin'''ium. Calyx superior, 5-toothed or 5-parted ; corolla bell or pitcher- 
form, 5-cleft, the divisions reflexed; filaments inserted on the germ with the 
corolla; berry 4 or 5-celled, m.any-seeded. The foreign species are sometimes 
octandrous. (whortleberry.) 
Androm'^eda. [Lyqnia.] Calyx 5-parted or 5 toothed, inferior ; corolla ovate, 
roundish or sub-cylindric, v/ith a 5-cleft, reflexed month; capsule 5-celled, 5- 
valved, with partitions contrary; stamens sometimes 8. (white-bush, leather- 
leaf.) 
Kal'^mia. Calyx 5-parted ; corolla wheel-salver-form, with 10 horns beneath 
and 10 cavities within, containing the anthers until the pollen is mature; cap- 
sule 5-celled, many-seeded, (laurel.) 
Rhododen^dron. Calyx 5-parted ; -corolla 5-c;left, somewhat funnel-form and 
oblique; stamens declining, varying from 5 to 10; anthers opening by 2 ter- 
minal pores ; capsules 5-celled, 5-valved, opening at the top. (rose-bay.) 
D. Flowers without a calyx ; {or with a coloured, petal-like one ;) whole plant des- 
titute of green herbage. 
Monot"ropa. Corolla confusedly pol^ petalous, permanent; petals about b, 
with nectariferous hollows at their bases; anthers reniform, sub-peltate, 1-celled, 
giving out pollen by 2 holes near the middle; stigma orbicular, not bearded- 
capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. (bird's-nest.) 
Pterospo^'ra, Corolla 5-parted; nectary ovate, with a 5-toothed, reflexev.i 
margin, enclosing the stamens ; anthers 2-celled, 2-bristled, sub-peltate ; filamei 
flat; style short ; stigma capitate ; capsule sub-globose, 5-celled. The nectary 
is considered as a corolla and the corolla as a calyx, by some. " But the three 
genera in this section," says Eaton, " should be united in ane, by altering two 
or three words in the definition." (Albany beech-drops.) 
MoNOTROP^sis. Corolla 5-petalled, withering; ovate, acuminate, close pressed 
to the nectary ; nectary bell-form, fleshy ; anthers clavate. 
ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 
Hydran^gka, Calyx 5-toothed, superior; corolla 5-petalled; capsule 2-celled, 
2-beaked, dehiscent between the beaks, (hydrangea.) See Hortensia. 
Saxifra^ga. Calyx 5-parted, half superior ; corolla 5-petalled ; capsule 2- 
celled, 2-beaked, opening between the beaks ; many-seeded, (saxifrage.) 
Mitel^'la. Calyx 5-cleft, permanent ; petals 5, pinnatifid, inserted into th«j 
calyx ; capsule 2-ceUed, 2-valved, valves equal 
