and | stigma; pericarp a 4- or 5-celled 4- or 5-valved cap- 
sule, often accompanied by the calyx, many-seeded, with cen- 
tral placenta, or a 4- or 5-celled berry, crowned by the teeth 
of the persistent calyx; seeds minute, with a fleshy albumen. 
The true Ericinee have a superior ovary, and a capsular 
pericarp. The Vaccinee have an inferior ovary (adhering 
the calyx), and the pericarp a succulent berry: perhaps 
the Vaccine might be placed under Epicorollez. : 
-Exameres, — Ericinee ; the Rhododendrons, Azalea, 
: Winter-green, Bearberry (Arbutus), Heath (Erica) : Vae- 
cinee; Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). 
Economicat Properties.—The use of Cranberries for 
tarts, &c. is well known ; they are the berries of Vaccinium 
Oxycoccos (Oxycoccos palustris), and V. macrocarpum. The 
Bilberry or Whortleberry, (V. myrtillus) is much eaten in 
Scottish Highlands. The berries of the Strawberry- _ 
(Arbutus Unedo) are eaten in some places, and wine is — 
from them. In Canada the leaves of Ledum palustre 
used by the hunters in lieu of tea.—Dr. Hooker. 
Mepricrnat Prorertres.—A sharp, sour, or bitter taste, 
the characteristic of almost all the organs of the plants 
hich compose the Ericinee, and they are generally diure- 
tic and astringent. The leaves of Bearberry, Arctostaphylos 
Uva-ursi (Arbutus wa-ursi), are tonic, diuretic, and astrin- 
gent, and contain tannin and gallic acid. The herb of 
ves of Golden-flowered Rhododendron (R. chrysanthum) 
astringent, bitter, and narcotic. This, and another spe- 
R. ferrugineum, are much used in Russia. — é 
‘maximum (American Rese-by) i stringent ond 
be a narcotic poise: 
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inter-green (Pyrola umbellata or Chimaphila u.) is diu- : : 
and tonic, and much used in North America. The — 
