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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 superior, 
winged, 3-celied, 1-seeded, seed subulate, (buckwheat-tree.) S. 
Me'lia. Calyx minute, 5-parted; petals 5; nectary 10-toothed, eylindric; 
drupe 5-celled, 5-seeded. (pride of China.) S. 
Jus // si j ea. Calyx 4 or 5-parted, superior,.persistent; petals 4 or 5, ovate; cap¬ 
sule many-seeded, seeds minute. S. 
Swiete'nia. Calyx 5-cleft; petals 5; capsule 5-celled, opening at the base, 
woody; seeds winged, (mahogany-tree.) S. 
Dio nee'a. Calyx 5-parted or 5-ieaved ; petals 5; stigma fringed; capsule 
roundish, gibbous, 1-celled, many-seeded; petals sometimes 6. (Venus’ fly¬ 
trap.) >$V 
C. Flowers monopetalous. 
Areu'tus. Calyx inferior, 5-parted, minute; corolla ovate, pellucid at the 
base; border small, 5-cleft, revolute; filaments hairy; berry 5-celled. (bear- 
berry.) 
Epigjs'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-seed.ed ; receptacle 5-parted. (trailing arbutus.) 
GrAULTHEhiTA. Calyx inferior, double ; outer 2-leaved, inner 5-cleft; (or calyx 
5-cleft, with 2 bracts;) corolla ovate ; border small, 5-cleft, revolute ; filaments 
hairy; 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, many-seeded. The foreign species are sometimes 
octan drous, (whortleberry.) 
Androm^eda. [Lyonia.] Calyx 5-parted or 5-toothed, inferior ; corolla ovate, 
roundish or sub-cylindric, with a 5-cleft, reflexed mouth; 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 /a dron. Calyx 5-parted ; corolla 5-cleft, 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 wikhowk a calyx; ( or with a coloured petal-like one ;) whole plant des¬ 
titute of green herbage . 
Monot"ropa. Corolla confusedly polypetalous, permanent; petals about 5, 
with nectariferous hollows at their bases; anthersreniform,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, reflexed 
margin, enelosingthe stamens; anthers2-eelled,2-bristled,sub-peltate; filaments 
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 one, 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. 
Hydrangea. Calyx 5-toothed, superior; corolla 5-petalled; capsule 2-celled, 
S-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.) 
Mitei/'la. Calyx 5-cleft, permanent; petals 5, pinnatifid, inserted into the 
calyx \ eapsule 2-celled, 2-valved, valves equal. 
