DICOTYLEDONS. MONOTROPE.E. 23 1 



honis. Caps, superior, 4 — 5 -celled, the partitions from the 



middle of the valves. 

 1. A. polijolia, leaves alternate lanceolate, their margins revolute 



glaucous beneath, flowers on short racemes terminal, p. 125. — 



Peat bogs. 



6. ARBUTUS. 

 Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. ovate, its base pellucid. Stam. 10. Berry 



5-celled. 



1. A. alpina, stem procumbent, leaves rugose serrated, p. 126. 

 — Mountains. 



2. A. Uva Ursi, stems procumbent, leaves entire (evergreen). 

 p. 126. — Heathy, rocky places. 



Order XXIX. VACCINE.E. Beccmd. Thhrie, 

 ed. 1. 216. 



{Ericece, part of, Juss.) 



Cal. adherent, persistent, 4 — 5-cleft. Corolla monopetalous, 

 pcrigynous, 4 — 5-cleft, deciduous. Stamens definite, epigy- 

 nous. Anthers 2-celIed, emitting their pollen thiough a pore 

 or cleft. Ovary 5- celled. Ovi/les many. Style \. Stigma 

 simple or toothed. Berry many-seeded, crowned by the per- 

 sistent calyx. Seeds minute, attached to central receptacles. 

 Embryo cylindrical, in the axis of a fleshy albumen. 



Shrjd'S. Leaves alternate, shining, entire, without stipules. 

 Flowers usually racemose ; sometimes solitary. 



1. VACCINIUM. 



C«/. adherent, 4-dentate. Co;-, campanulate, 4-fid. Stam. S. 

 Anthers with 2 pores. Berry globose, 4-cellcd, many-seeded. 

 *■ Leaves deciduous. 



1. V. Alyrlillus, peduncles 1 -flowered, leaves serrate ovate de- 

 ciduous, stem angular, p. 1 18. — IVoods and heathy places. 



2. V. uliginosnrn, peduncles 1-flowered, leaves obovate entire 

 veined deciduous, stems rounded, p. 118. — Highlands. 



** Leaves persist en I, evergreen. 

 a. V. Vitis IdcBa, racemes terminal droO])ing, leaves evergreen 



obovate dotted beneath, their margins revolute nearly entire. 



p. lis. — Heaths, 7nountains, and woods. 

 4. V. Oxycoccos, flowerstalks terminal single-flowered, leaves 



ovate evergreen glaucous beneath, their margins revolute and 



entire, cor. 4-partite revolute, stem filiform, p. 1 U). — Peatbogs. 



Order XXX. MONOTROPE.E. A^utt. Geji. 1.272. 



Calyx inferior, 5 -leaved or none. Corolla mcnopt-taio^is or po- 



