er det. dirciuwr \ 
Ericaceaes Heath Family. 
tt Shrubs, sanetimes herb-like and prostrate, or~tenem, with alternate, 
P simple, leathery and, persistent,leaves without stipules. Flowers perfect, 
symmetric or agsymmetric, solitary or in corymbs. Sepals 4 or 5, usually 
* persistent on the fruit. Corolla,with 4-5 petals usually united, either 
<Bancer-shaped or globose,/ sometimes free. Stamens twice as many as the e 
ein ieee. hypogynous or epigynous, the anthers opening by terminal pores  @) 
or slits, the sacs frequently bearing prong-like appendages. Ovary superior — | 
or inferior, 2-l0-chambered. Fruit a berry, ee drupe, or capsule, the latter = 
loculicidal or septicidal, opening either fran the base or fron the apex, 
Seeds not numerous. Leaves deciduous in Rhododendron, Vaccinium and Menziesia,: 
© Ovary inferior; fruit a berrygy 2 Ay Pr ia 
~~ Prostrate, creeping shrubs with slender stems 
4 Petals free, recurved; berry red; leaves 
& glabrous and glaucous }. Oxycoccus 
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4 Petals united, berry white; leaves hispidulous 2 Chiogenes 
te 
‘2, rect shrubs often with angled stems; Corotiw 3 Vaccinium -4 
. VU, < sagee te one 
© Ovary superior; fruit a small capsule, less often 
4 berry-like 
qi) &, Leaves 2-4 mn. long, overlapping, crowded on 
€é the stems in 4 ranks; flowers axillary 4 Cassiope 
rl CLO Bs hk : a2 
Leaves not as, above 
4 Low prostrate plants; fruit a drupe or berrye> =| 
& like; flowers solitary in the axils 
6 Leaves obovate; filaments hairy XS Arctostaphylos 
6 Leaves ovate or rotund, not obovate, filaments 
/o glabrous 6 Gaultheria 
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4 Erect or ascending shrubs or, if procumbent, 
§ (heather-like with linear leaves; fruit a 
- \capsule; flowers in umbels or corymbs 
( Lew procumbent shrubs with linear leaves 
/O 1-1.5 mm. wide 7, Phyllodoce 
(, rect or ascending shrubs with broader leaves 
© Petals distinct, not united; lower surface 
(2, of leaves bearing mumerous resin dots 8, Ledum i 
Seemann 
= Petals united; lower surface of leaves not 
qi}: (2 glandular-punctate 
10 Corolla shallow, saucer-shaped, the 
/4- lobes more or less spreading 
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