E'mpetrum.'] lxxvii. eupiiorbiace^e. 
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II. Flotvers generally separated , monoecious or dioecious. 
(Ord. LXXVI.-LXXXVII.) 
* Flowers scattered or tufted. Ovary superior. 
(Ord. LXXVI.-LXXXI.) 
Ord. LXXVI. EMPETRACE/E Nutt. 
Dioecious. Perianth of 4 — 6 hypogynous persistent scales in 
two rows (often surrounded by several imbricating similar 
bracteas); scales of the inner row ( petals?) alternating with 
those of the outer, rarely united into one piece. Stamens 2 — 3, 
opposite to the scales of the outer row. Filaments elongated, 
protruded, persistent. Anthers ‘2-celled, opening longitudinally. 
Ovary free, on a fleshy disk, 2 — 9-celled : ovules solitary, erect 
or ascending from near the base of the cell. Style 1, short. 
Stigma rayed, with as many or twice as many divisions as there 
are cells ; each division usually laeiniate, rarely subulate and 
entire. Fruit fleshy, with 2 — 9 bony nucules. Seeds solitary, 
ascending. Embryo slender, in the axis of fleshy watery albu- 
men Radicle inferior. — Small shrubs, with heath-like leaves, 
without stipules and with small flowers. — Of dubious affinity. 
1. E'mpetrum Linn. Crow-berry. 
Barren jl. Perianth of 6 scales (with external imbricating 
similar bracteas), of which the 3 inner are spreading, and peta- 
loid. Stum. 3. Rudiment of a pistil, with a many-cleft stigma. 
— Fertile jl. Perianth as in the barren. Germen globose. 
Style short. Stigma dilated, peltate, 6 — 9-rayed; rays lacini- 
ate. Fruit globose, with 6 — 9 seeds. — Named from ev, in, and 
irtTpoQ, a stone ; growing in stony places. 
1. E. nigrum L. ( black C., or Crake-berry) ; procumbent, 
leaves linear-oblong, stigma with 9 rays. E. B. t. 526. 
Heaths in the North, abundant, chiefly in mountainous parts, but 
sometimes close to the sea, as near Gonroek on the Clyde, h- 4 — 6- 
— A small procumbent, much-branching shrub, whose leaves have 
their margins so recurved as nearly to meet behind, leaving only a 
white central line. Flowers axillary towards the summit of the 
branches, small, purplish. Berries, or rather drupes, black, affording 
abundant food to the moor-game. 
Ord. LXXVII. EUPIIORBIACE/E Just . 
Anthers and pistils in distinct flowers. Perianth free, 3-4-(or 
more) cleft, or wanting. — Barren flowers. Stamens 1 or many. 
Anthers 2-celled. — Fertile flowers. Ovary 1 , 2 — 3 celled. 
Ovules solitary or in pairs, pendulous. Styles 2—3. Stigmas 
