Part 2

OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

CHARACTER GENERICUS.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ovato-oblongis, persistentibus.

COROLLA monopetala, campanulata, quadrifida, sæpé ventricosa.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ apice bifidæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, superum. Stylus filiformis, erectus, staminibus longior. Stigma coronulatum, tetragonum, quadrifidum.

PERICARPIUM. Capsula subrotunda, calyce minor, tecta, quadrilocularis, quadrivalvis; dissepimentis cum futuris coeuntibus.

SEMINA numerosa, minima.

Obs. Dantur species calyee duplice.

Figura Corollæ ex ovata, tubulosa, ventricosa, et oblonga, in diversis varia est.

Antheræ in aliis emarginatæ, in aliis bicornutæ, cristatæ, aristatæ, muticæ, vel penicillatæ; inclusa vel exsertæ.

ESSENTIALIS CHARACTER.

Calyx tetraphyllus. Corolla quadrifida.

Filamenta receptaculo inserta.

Antheræ bifidæ. Capsula quadri-locularis. Dissepimenta valvularum margine.

HEATH.

CLASS VIII. ORDER I.

Eight Chives. One Pointal.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets between egg-shaped and oblong, remaining.

BLOSSOM one petal, bell-shaped, four-cleft, often bellied.

CHIVES. Threads eight, hair-like, inserted into the receptacle. Tips two-cleft at the end.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, above. Shaft thread-shaped, upright, longer than the chives. Summit crowned, four-cornered, four-cleft.

SEED-VESSEL. Capsule roundish, less than the cup, covered, four-celled, four-valved; partitions meeting with the sutures.

SEEDS numerous, very small.

Obs. There are some species with a double cup.

The figure of the blossom as to egg-shape, tubular, bellied and oblong, differs in different species.

The Tips in some are notched at the end, in others two-horned, crested, bearded, beardless, or pencilled; within the blossom, or without.