ERICACEÆ. (HEATH FAMILY.) 257 
1. S, perfoliata, A. DC. Pubescent; stem angled, simple or branched ; 
leaves round-cordate, crenate, clasping ; the lowest narrowed at the base ; flowers 
single or clustered, sessile, the lower ones apetalous. (Campanula, Z.) — Fields, 
Florida to Mississippi, and northward. May — Aug. — Stem 1° high. 
OrDER 76. ERICACEJE. (HEATH FAnILY.) 
Shrubs or small trees, rarely herbs, with undivided alternate ex- 
stipulate leaves, and regular flowers. — Calyx 4 — 5-parted. Corolla 
` 4-b-parted or toothed, or 4 — 5-petalous, imbricated in the bud. Sta- 
mens free from the corolla, and as many or twice as many as its divisions: 
anthers 2-celled, often variously awned, opening commonly by terminal 
pores. Style 1: stigma entire or 3-lobed. Fruit 3 -—10-celled. Seeds 
anatropous, attached to a central placenta. .Embryo small, in fleshy 
albumen. 
! Synopsis. 4 
Susorper L VACCINIEÆ. Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary. 
Corolla superior. Anther-cells prolonged into a slender tube. Fruit a 
berry. — Shrubs. Corolla monopetalous. 3 J ; 
L GAYLUSSACIA. Berry 8-10-celled ; the cells 1-seeded. Anthers awnless. 
2% VACCINIUM. Berry 4-5-celled, or partially 8-10-celled by false partitions, many- 
seeded. 
_Susorper IL ERICINEZ. Calyx free from the ovary. Corolla 
hypogynous. Fruit a eapsule. — Shrubs or small trees. 
Teme I. ANDROMEDEUKE. — Capsule loculicidally dehiscent. 
* Anther-cells opening lengthwise. Corolla monopetalous. 
8 EPIGJEA. Corolla salver-shaped. Leaves cordate. 
* * Anther-cells opening at the apex. Corolla monopetalous. 
& GAULTHERIA. Calyx becoming berry-like in fruit. Anthers 4-awned at the apex. 
5. LEUCOTHOR. Calyx imbricated in the bud. Valves of the capsule entire. MTS 
$ CASSANDRA. Calyx imbricated in the bud. Pericarp separating into two layers; the 
. Outer one 5-valved, the inner 10-valved. Sur d 
.*. ANDROMEDA. Calyx valvate in the early bud. Capsule globular. Seeds pendulous. 
8 OXYDENDRUM. Calyx valvate in the bud. Capsule pyramidal. Seeds ascending. 
* * « Anthers inverted in the bud, opening by terminal pores. Corolla 5-petalous. 
^ GLETHRA. Stamens 10. Style 3-cleft. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved. 
ae Tews IL RHODORE 2%. — Capsule septicidally dehiscent. 
* Corolla monopetalous. 7 
W. EALMIA. | Corolla wheel-shaped, with 10 cavities n which the anthers are lodged. 
n IA. Corolla (small) ovoid, 4-toothed. Stamens 8, included. : 
12. RHODODENDRON. Corolla (large) funnel or bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5 or 
Ri — exserted. tae as ATO T $ gik 
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