56. [Lobeliaceæ] ([p. 305]). Corolla irregular, 5-lobed. Stamens united, at least by the anthers. Capsule 2-celled or with two placentæ.
57. [Campanulaceæ] ([p. 307]). Corolla regular, 5-lobed, valvate. Stamens usually distinct. Capsule 2–several-celled.
[+][+] Juice not milky nor acrid; capsule 3–10-celled.
58. [Ericaceæ] ([p. 309]). Flowers mostly regular, 4–5-merous. Stamens distinct, more usually twice as many as the corolla-lobes or petals. Ovary inferior or superior. Herbs or shrubs.
59. [Diapensiaceæ] ([p. 326]). Flowers regular. Stamens 5, on the corolla, or monadelphous with 5 petaloid staminodia. Ovary superior, 3-celled.
[*] 3. Ovary superior; stamens as many as the corolla-lobes and opposite them.
60. [Plumbaginaceæ] ([p. 327]). Stamens 5, on the base of the petals. Styles 5. Fruit an achene or 1-seeded utricle. Herbs; leaves radical.
61. [Primulaceæ] ([p. 328]). Stamens 4–8, perigynous. Style 1. Fruit a capsule with several seeds on a central placenta. Herbs; leaves radical or opposite or alternate.
62. [Sapotaceæ] ([p. 332]). Flowers small, 4–5-merous. Style 1. Ovary few–several-celled; fruit fleshy, bearing a single bony-coated seed. Shrubs or trees, with milky juice and alternate entire leaves.
[*] 4. Ovary superior or more or less adnate to the calyx, few–several-celled, the cells 1-ovuled; stamens twice as many as the corolla-lobes or more; trees or shrubs, with alternate leaves.