258 ERICACE^. (lIKATII FAMILY.) 



Suborder HI. PYROLE.E. Calyx free from the ovary. Corolla * 

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



* Capsule 6-c<!Ued. 



15. PYROLA. Flowers racemose, on scape-like stems. Style fllifgrm, elongated. 



16. CUl.MAl'illLA. Flowers umbellate. Style very short, top-shaped. 



« * Cap.'ule 3-celIed. 

 17- !^I10KTIA. Flower solitary, termiuating the scape-like scaly stem. 



Suborder IV. MONOTROPE.E. Calyx of 4-5 scale-like or 

 bract-like .»*i'pals. Corolla 5-lobed or 5-petalous. Seeds very minute. 

 — Fleshy scaly herbs, parasitic on roots, and destitute of green foliage. 



18. SCinVEINITZIA. Corolla monopetalous, bell-shaped, 5-Iobcd. Anthers 2-ceIled. 



19. MONOTllOPA. Corolla 4 - 5-petaIou3. Anthers kidney -shaped, opening across the top. 



Suborder L VACCIIVIEJE. The AViiortleberry Family. 



1. GAYLUSSACIA, Kunth. Huckleberry. 



Corolla tubular, ovoid, or bcll-shapcd, ."i-cleft. Stamens 10 : anthers awnless. 

 Fruit a l)crry-likc drupe contaiuini^ 10 sccd-likc 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 obov.atc, 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 groiuid, Florida to 

 Mississii>pi, and northward. April. — Shrub lo-2° high. 



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

 thick, oblong-ubovate, serrulate, 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 (I°-2*' 

 high) ; branches, leaves, and berries hirsute or hairy. — Low sandy pine barrens 

 and swanii)S, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April and jNIay. — Shrub 

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



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

 obovatc, entire, coated, like the branchlcts, &c., with resinous viscid globules ; ra- 

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

 reddish; berry black, smooth. ("Vaccinium resinosum, 7^//.) — Sandy woods in 

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

 high. 



4. G. ursina, Gray. Leaves large (2'-.T long), thin, lanceolate-oblong, 

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

 few-flowered ; bracts minute ; corolla bell-shaped ; i)erry black. (Vaccinium ur- 

 einum, M. A. Chj/Zs.) — Mountains of North Carolina. — Shrub 2° -3° high. 



