258 ERICACEZ. (HEATH FAMILY.) 
SusogpER IN. PYROLEZ. Calyx free from the ovary. Corolla 
5-petalous. — Low nearly herbaceous plants. Leaves evergreen. 
x æ Capsule 5-celled. 
15. PYROLA. Flowers racemose, on scape-like stems. Style filiform, elongated. 
16. CHIMAPHILA. Flowers umbellate. Style very short, top-shaped. 
* * Capsule 3-celled. 
li. SHORTIA. Flower solitary, terminating the scape-like scaly stem. 
.SusonpeR IV. MONOTROPEJE. Calyx of 4-5 scale-like or 
bract-like sepals. Corolla 5-lobed or 5-petalous. Seeds very minute. 
— Fleshy scaly herbs, parasitic on roots, and destitute of green foliage. 
18. SCHWEINITZIA. Corolla monopetalous, bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Anthers 2-celled. 
19. MONOTROPA. Corolla 4~5-petalous. Anthers kidney-shaped, opening across the top- 
Sugorver L VWACCINEEJE. Tur WnuonrLEBERRY FAMILY. 
l GAYLUSSACIA, Kunth. HuckrEBERRY. 
Corolla tubular, ovoid, or bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Stamens 10 : anthers awnless. 
Fruit a berry-like drupe containing 10 seed-like nutlets. — Low branching mostly 
resinous-dotted shrubs, with white or reddish nodding flowers, in lateral 
racemes. 
1. G. frondosa, Torr. & Gray. Leaves entire, oblong or obovate, obtuse, 
rugose, glaucous, and, like the spreading branches, slightly pubescent; corolla 
small (2"), short-bell-shaped, reddish; berry depressed-globose, blue, glaucous; 
bracts small, oblong. (Vaccinium frondosum, Ell.) — Low ground, Florida es 
Mississippi, and northward. April. — Shrub 19-20 high. 
2. G. dumosa, Torr. & Gray. Branches and racemes pubescent ; leaves 
thick, oblong-obovate, serrulate, mucronate, soon smooth and shining; corolla 
(4" long) bell-shaped, angled, white; bracts ovate, leafy; berry globose, smooth, 
black. (Vaccinium dumosum, Ell.) — Var. mimrErra. Stem taller (1°-2° 
high); branches, leaves, and berries hirsute or hairy. — Low sandy pine barrens 
and swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April and May. — Shrub 
6-12’ high. Berry 4" — 6' in diameter. i 
.9. G. resinosa, Torr. & Gray. Stem much branched; leaves oblong a 
obovate, entire, coated, like the branchlets, &c., with resinous viscid globules; 1% 
 €emes few-flowered ; bracts small, deciduous ; corolla small, ovoid or cylindrical 
reddish ; berry black, smooth. (Vaccinium resinosum, Ell.) — Sandy woods x 
fhe upper district of Georgia, and northward. April and May. — Shrub 22-3? 
. 4 G. ursina, Gray. Leaves large (2/3! long), thin, lanceolate‘oblong, 
acute, entire; the veins, like the branches, rusty- tose ; racemes ren 
sinum, M. | — Mountains of North Carolina. — Shrub 29- 3° high- 
