880 ERICACEAE 
terminal (earliest) with usually 5 members in each perianth-whorl, the lateral with 3-4 
members. Calyx regular or nearly so: sepals dissimilar from the bracts. Corolla colored: 
petals distinct, as many as the sepals, saccate at the base. Stamens 6-10. Anthers hori- 
zontal : sacs confluent, opening by 2 unequal valves, the smaller erect, the larger spreading 
or reflexed. Disk 6-10-toothed. Ovary 3-5-celled, confluent with the disk at the base. 
Stigma funnelform or disk-like, sometimes retrorsely bearded. Capsule 3-5-celled, erect, 
loculicidally 3-5-valved. Seeds numerous, minute. PINE-sAP. FALSE BEECH-DROPs. 
Stigma not retrorsely bearded : style sparingly pubescent: sepals and petals with short cilia. 
1. H. Americana. 
Stigma retrorsely bearded : style copiously pubescent : sepals and petals with long cilia. 2. H. lanuginosa. 
1. Hypopitys Americana (DC.) Small. Plants tawny or deep pink, finely pubes- 
cent. Stems 1-3 dm. tall: scales crowded at base of the stem, 4-12 mm. long, the upper 
ones sometimes irregularly toothed : flowers several: sepals spatulate to oblanceolate, 7-10 
mm. long, often irregularly toothed, ciliate with very short hairs: petals mainly cuneate, 
8-13 mm. long, sparingly pubescent and ciliate like the sepals: style sparingly pubescent: 
stigma not retrorsely bearded : capsule oval or oblong-oval, 7-10 mm. long. [H. multiflora 
B Americana DC.] 
In woods, Newfoundland to Ontario and New York and southward in the Alleghenies. 
2. Hypopitys lanuginósa (Michx.) Nutt. Plants yellowish and crimson, markedly 
or copiously pubescent. Stems 0.5-3.5 dm. tall: scales 5-15 mm. long : flowers few : sepals 
cuneate, oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic-spatulate, 6-9 mm. long, acute or acuminate, 
ciliate with relatively long hairs : petals cuneate to almost oblong, 10-11 mm. long, mark- 
edly queen without, ciliate like the sepals: style copiously pubescent : stigma retrorsely 
bearded : capsule globular, 4-5 mm. long. 
In woods, Nova Scotia southward, especially in and near the mountains, to South Carolina, 
Tennessee and Florida. 
3. MONOTROPSIS Schwein. 
Succulent herbs, with glabrous more or less colored foliage and scape-like stems. 
Leaves reduced to scales. Flowers perfect, fragrant. Calyx persistent: sepals 5. Corolla 
campanulate, gamopetalous: tube 5-saccate at the base: lobes 5, erect or spreading. 
Stamens 10, included. Anthers awnless: sacs confluent, opening by large terminal pores. 
Disk 10-toothed. Ovary 5-celled, slightly lobed. Stigma rather discoid, 5-angled. Cap- 
sule 5-celled. Seeds minute, very numerous. [Schweinitzia Nutt.] SWEET PINE-8AF. 
: i i . M. odorata. 
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1. Monotropsis odorata Ell. Stems scape-like, usually clustered, 5-10 cm. tall, 
purple or purplish brown: scales several, remote, ovate, 3-8 mm. long, acute, appressed, 
membranous in age: flowers fragrant, 4-9, more or less nodding, becoming erect: spikes 
continuous: calyx usually subtended by 2 bracts: sepals oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
acute or acutish: corolla pink, about 1 em. long; lobes ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse. 
In moist woods in or near the mountains, Maryland to Kentucky, Georgia and Tennessee; rare. 
Early spring. CAROLINA BEECH-DROPS. 
2. Monotropsis Reynóldsiae (A. Gray) Heller. Stems scape-like, clustered, 9-12 
em. tall, purple: scales numerous, imbricated, ovate, 4-6 mm. long, obtuse or acutish, ap- 
pressed or ascending, membranous in age: flowers usually 5-14, nodding or spreading : 
racemes continuous : calyx short-pedicelled : sepals linear, acute: corolla white, 7-9 mm. 
long, surpassing the sepals, persistent ; lobes ovate, acute. 
In sandy thickets, Florida; local. Fall. 
FAMILY 4. ERICACEAE DC. Heats FAMILY. 
Perennial herbs, or shrubs or trees, sometimes aromatic. Leaves alternate, 
opposite or whorled, without stipules: blades commonly leathery and peni 
sistent. Flowers perfect or typically so. Calyx of 4-7 distinct or partially bert 
sepals. Corolla regular or slightly 2-lipped, of 4-7 distinct or partially unt 
petals. Androecium of as many or twice as many hypogynous stamens as there 
are petals or corolla-lobes. Filaments usually distinct. Anthers 2-celled : -— 
sometimes prolonged into terminal tubes, like the filaments often awned, oed 
ing by terminal pores or chinks, or lengthwise. Gynoecium of 2-5 united cà 
