258 ERiCACE^. (heath family.) 



Suborder III. PYROLE^E. Calyx free from the ovary. Corolla 

 5-petalous. — Low nearly herbaceous plants. Leaves evergreen. 



* Capsule 6-celled. 



15. PYROfjA. Flowers racemose, on scape-like stems. Style filiform, elongated. 



16. CHIMAPHILA. Flowers umbellate. Style very short, top-shaped. 



* * Capsule 3-celIed. 



17. SHORTIA. Flower solitary, terminating the scape-like scaly stem. 



Suborder IV. MONOTE.OPE.E. 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-Iobed. Anthers 2-ceIled. 



19. MONOTROPA. Corolla 4 - 5-petalous. Anthers kidney -shaped, opening across the top. 



Suborder I. TACCIWIEJE. The Whortleberry Family. 



1. GAYLUSSACIA, Kunth. Huckleberry. 



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 bracted 

 racemes. 



1. G. frondosa, Torr. & Gray. Leaves entire, oblong or obovate, obtuse, 

 nigose, glaucous, and, like the spreading branches, slightly pubescent ; corolla 

 small (2"), short-bell-shaped, reddish; beriy depressed-globose, blue, glaucous ; 

 bracts small, oblong. (Vaccinium frondosum, Ell.) — Low ground, Florida to 

 Mississippi, and northward. April. — Shrub l°-2° high. 



2. G. dumosa, Torr. & Gray. Branches and racemes pubescent ; leaves 

 thick, oblong-obovate, sermlate, mucronate, soon smooth and shining; corolla 

 (4" long) bell-shaped, angled, white ; bracts ovate, leafy ; berry globose, smooth, 

 black. (Vaccinium dumosum, Ell.) — Var. hirtella. Stem taller (l°-2° 

 liigh) ; branches, leaves, and berries hirsute or hair^^ — Low sandy )>ine barrens 

 and swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April and May. — Shrub 

 6'- 12' high. Berry 4" - 6'' in diameter. 



3. G. resinosa, Torr. & Gray. Stem much branched ; leaves oblong or 

 obovate, entire, coated, like the branchlets, &c., with resinous viscid globules; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered ; bracts small, deciduous ; corolla small, ovoid or cylindrical, 

 reddish; berry black, .smooth. (Vaccinium resinosum, i^//.) — Sandy woods in 

 the upper districts of Georgia, and northward. April and May. — Shrub 2° -3° 

 high. 



4. G. ursina, Gray. Leaves large (2' -3' long), thin, lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, eniirc; the veins, like the branches, rusty-tomentose ; racemes remotely 

 few-flowered; bracts minute ; corolla bell-shaped; berry black. (Vaccinium ur- 

 sinum, M. A. Curtis.) — Mountains of North Carolina. — Shrub 2° -3° high. 



