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nally pubescent. Stamina included; filaments hirsute, 
equal in length with -the anthers opening by 2 terminal 
pores, each pore bicornute. Torus, internally 10-toothed, 
dentures alternating with the stamina. Style cylindric 
tubulous, the base immersed in the germ; stigmas 5, in- 
ternally adnate. Germ roundish, 5-angled, 5-celled, cells 
about 20-seeded. Seeds attached to the 5 lobes of the 
‘ central axis.—-Very nearly allied to Pyrola, although mono- 
petalous, 2. Shallon. Pu. Apparently an Arbutus; the ca- 
lix is not caliculate, the peduncle appears to be merely 
bibracteolate below the middle. 
Of this small genus there appears to be 4 other species 
indigenous to the mountains of tropical America, and 1 in 
New Zealand. : 
79. VACCINIUM. L. (Whortle-berry, Huckle- 
berry.) 
Caliz superior, 4 or 5-toothed. Corolla ur- 
ceolate or campanulate, 4 or 5-cleft; border re- 
ficcted. Filaments inserted upon the germ. 
Berry 4 or 5-celled, many-seeded. (Stamina 
sometimes 8.) ies 
Suffruticose or shrubby, gemmaceous; bud scales often 
persistent, on the base of the small branches; leaves alter- 
nate in some species sempetvirent; often scattered with 
résinous atoms; flowers pedicellate, solitary, axillaty fas- 
ciculate, or racemose. Berries edible, mostly dark pur- 
ple. ae ; 
“3 § 1. Leaves deciduous. 
Spectes. 1. V. stamineum. Berries large, partly pyriform 
and green when ripe; bitter and. scarcely. pie: ae . 
hate : species of the genus 
_ ed. B. co it subacid,.and 
lowing. 9. amoerum. 
