992 ERICACEAE 
Filaments unappendaged: corolla several times ex- 
ceeding the calyx 
Capsule longer Ta thick, prominently angled : 
lepidote shrubs with persistent leaves: flowers 
in axillary clusters 19. XOLISMA. 
^i oe not angled : pubescent shrubs 
uous leaves: flowers in panicled 
Mer 20. ARSENOCOCCUS, 
III. EPIGAEAE 
Plant with creeping stems and e n leaves: ao in 
axillary clusters: corolla ivr oan ene -lobes dry 21. EPIGAEA. 
GAULTHERIEAE 
Stem erect from a horizontal rootstock: leaves evergreen 
flowers solitary in the axils: corolla urceolate: calyx-lobes 
fleshy. 22. GAULTHERIA. 
BEFARIA Mutis. Evergreen shrubs with erect branches. Leaves 
eei blades thick. Flowers large in long erect spike-like racemes. 
Calyx-lobes 6 or 7. Petals broadened upward, spreading. Stamens 12 or 14: 
anthers with terminal pores. Ovary 6- or 7-celled. 
Capsule sear ——About 15 species, ees trop- 
ical Ameriean.—Sometimes spelled Bejaria 
B. osa Vent. Shrub 1-2.5 m. tall, the 
nate hirsute: leaf- uidi ri elliptie to oval, 
2—5.5 em. long, often somewhat hirsute: calyx-lobes 
about 4 mm. long: pet white, sometimes pink- 
eN m pend Es oe -spatulate, 2-3 cm. long, 
glutin di d capsu ule depressed- 
Eu pone mm. x diameter.— (TAR-FL Hubs FLY- 
MAP ud pnm Plain, Fla Ga. 
Spr.—fall.—This ye of a typieally Mexican South American genus is 
shape 2n ant when in flower. Bouquets made of the HE as it B 
o flower, will Ae to bloom for nearly or quite a w 
2. ELLIOTTIA Muhl. Deciduous shrubs, with more or less spreading 
branches. Leaves alternate: blades thinnish. Flowers small, numerous, in 
short panicles. Calyx-lobes 3 or 4. Petals not 
broadened upward. Stamens 4-10: anthers with longi- 
tudinal valves. Ovary 3-5-celled. Capsule subglo- 
e.—One species 
acemosa Muh Shrub 1-5 tall, the 
Bn es glabrous: eal ates elliptic, al or elliptic- 
e te, 4-12 em. long: calyx-lobes about tim 
long: nd s white, een ‘elliptic, 12-14 mm. long, a 
glutino filam ents glabrous: capsule ovoid- -globose 
Eni ti Ones ridges and sandhills, Co astal 
j j. pro .& 
S. C. — Sum — One 
f the rarest of American shrubs, known to have Pu hse at but 7 or 8 
stations, and at some of these now exterminated. At each station pus a. single 
were is. represented, ie though this may often ica into a large patch 
by its rootstocks. Being sterile to its own pollen, seeds are only Bui d when 
cross- “fertilization from one clump to another is brought about. Before the 
eoming of the white man, meds plants must have grown close enough ies for 
