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.

ESSENTIAL CHARACTER.

Cup four-leaved. Blossom four-cleft.

Threads inserted into the receptacle.

Tips two-cleft. Capsule four-celled. Partitions from the edge of the valves.[Pg 12][Pg 11][Pg 10]


ERICA aitonia.