CLASS VIII. 
OCTANDRI A, 
MONOGYNIA. 
(1) Flowers complete. 
A'CER. Barren Flowers many: Bloss. five petals: Cal. five- 
cleft: Capsules (Samarce) two or three ; each one-seeded, 
(sometimes two; E.) winged with a long membranous 
expansion. 
(ENO'THERA. (Cal. with four divisions, superior: Bloss. four 
petals : Caps, four-celled, beneath : Seeds beardless. E.) 
EPILO'BIUM. Bloss. four petals: Cal. with four divisions, 
deciduous, superior : Caps, four-celled, elongated : Seeds 
downy. 
CHLO'RA. Bloss. eight-cleft: Cal. eight leaves, beneath: 
Caps, one-celled, two-valved, many-seeded. 
VACCIN'IUM. Bloss. eight-cleft: Cal . four-toothed, supe¬ 
rior : Anthers awned in the middle : Fruit a Berry. 
(MENZIES'IA. Bloss. one petal: Cal. one leaf: Caps, supe¬ 
rior; partitions double, from the margins of the valves. 
Sm. E.) 
ERI'CA. ( Cal. four-leaved: Bloss. monopetalous : Caps, four- 
celled, four-valved; dissepiments from the middle of 
the valves: Anthers before flowering connected by two 
lateral pores. E.) 
(CALLU'NA. Bloss. one petal: Cal. double, each of four 
leaves: Caps, superior; partitions from the column, 
alternate with the valves. Sm. E.) 
POPULUS. Flowers in catkins ; B. and F. on distinct plants: 
Cal. a ragged scale of the catkin : Bloss. turban-shaped, 
oblique, entire. 
F. Summit four-cleft: Caps, superior, two-celled, two- 
valved : Seeds many, downy. 
[Monotropa Hipopithys.] 
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