E R I C A . H E A T H .
C L A S S I S VIII. O R D O I.
OCTANDRIA MO NOG Y ¡Sí I A.
C H A B . A C T E R G E N E R I C U S.
CALYX. Perianthium tctraphyllum; foliolis ovatooblongis,
perfiltcntibuh.
COUOLLA raonopctala, campanulata, quadrifída,
Qepé ventricofa.
STAMISA. Filamento, octo, capillarU, receptáculo
infería. Anthera ápice bífida;.
PISTILLUM. Germán fubrotundum, íuperum.
Stylus filiformis, crectus, itaminibus lungior. Stignui
comntdaturn, tetragonurn, quadrifidum.
PEIUCARPIÜM. Cap/ula fubrotunda, calyce
minor, tecta, quadrilocularis, quadrivalvis; dif-
Jepimentis cum futuris coenntibus.
SEMINA numeróla, minima.
Obf, Dantur/pedes calyíe duplice.
Figura CorolízE ex ovala, tttbidofa, vmtricofa, et
oblonga, in dtverfts varia eji.
Anthcne in alus einargittat*, in aiiis bkornutx,
enflata, ariftaU, mut'tce, vel penieiilaU ¡ incluf,
e vel exjerta.
E S S E N T I A L I S C H A R A C T E R.
Calyx tetraphyllus. Corolla quadriüda.
Fihimenla receptáculo inferta.
Anthera; bifida?. Capfida quadri-locularis. Diffepimenia
valvularum margine.
C L A S S VIII. O R D E R 1.
Eight Chives. One. Pointal.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
EM i* A L KM E S T . Cup four-leaved; leaflets between
cgg-Hiuped and oblong, remaining.
BLOSSOM one petal, bell-fhapcd, four-clcli,
often lx-Mied.
CHIVES. Threads eight, hair-like, inferted into
the receptacle. Tips two-cleft at the end.
POINTAL. Seed-hud roundifh, above. Shaft
thread-fhaped, upright, longer than the chives.
Summit crowned, four-cornered, four-clefl.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule roundilht lefs than
the cup, covered, four-celled, four-valved; partitions
meeting with the futures.
SEEDS numerous, very small.
Obf. There are fome/pedes with a double cup.
The figure of the bloflbm as to egg-fkape, tubular,
bellied and oblong, differs in different
/pedes.
The Tips in fame are notched at the end, in others
two-horned, ctefted, bearded, beardlefs, or pencilled
; within the blqffom, or without.
E S S E N T I A L C H A R A C T E R.
Cup four-leaved. Bloffom four-cleft.
Threads inierted into the receptacle. -
Tips two-cleft. Capfule four-celled. Partitions
from the edge of the valves.