266 ERICACEAE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 



color, spotted within with yellow or green. — Shady banks of streams on the 

 mountains of Georgia, and northward. July. — Stem 6° -20° high. Leaves 

 4'- 10' long. Corolla 1' in diameter. 



6. R. Catawbiense, Michx. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse at each end, 

 mucronate, smooth ; the young ones and branchlets tomentose ; calyx-lobes 

 small ; corolla purple ; pedicels and capsule rusty-pubescent. — Highest sum- 

 mits of the mountains of North Carolina. June. — Shrub 3° -6° high. Leaves 

 3'- 5' long. 



7. B. punctatum, Andr. Leaves elliptical, acute at each end, glabrous ; 

 the lower surface and dense corymbs thickly dotted with resinous globules ; 

 calyx-lobes small, rounded; corolla somewhat funnel-shaped, rose-color, spot- 

 ted within, longer than the pedicels; capsule elongated. — Varies with smaller 

 (\'-\y) oval or obovate obtuse leaves, minute calyx-lobes, and shorter capsule 

 (4" -5" long). — Mountains of Georgia and North Carolina; the variety in 

 the sandy pine barrens of West Florida. May and June. — Shrub 4° - 6° high. 

 Leaves 2' -3' long. 



13. LEIOPHYLLUM, Pers. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla of 5 spreading petals. Stamens 10, exserted : 

 anthers opening lengthwise. Style filiform. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valvcd, many- 

 seeded. — A low, smooth, much branched shrub, with very numerous thick, oval, 

 entire evergreen leaves, and small white flowers in terminal clusters. 



1. L. buxifolium, Ell. — Sandy pine barrens, and on the mountains of 

 Carolina. May. — Shrub G' - 10' high. Leaves £' long, alternate or opposite, 

 glossy. 



14. BEJABIA, Mutis. 



Calyx 7-lobed or 7-toothed. Corolla of 7 oblong spreading petals. Stamens 

 14 : anthers versatile, opening by terminal pores. Style elongated : stigma de- 

 pressed. Capsule depressed-globose, 7-celled, 7-valved, many-seeded. — Shrubs, 

 with alternate entire coriaceous leaves, and white or purple flowers in racemes 

 or corymbs. 



1. B. racemosa, Vent, Branches rough with scattered rigid hairs; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, smooth ; racemes terminal, elongated ; calyx 7-toothed. — Dry 

 sandy soil, Georgia and East Florida. June and July. — Shrub 3° -4° high. 

 Flowers white, showy. 



StrBOBDBB III. PYBOLE^l. Tiik PYBOLA Family. 



15. PYROLA, L. 



Caly* 5-parted. Petals 5, concave, deciduous. Stamens io : anthers some- 

 what 4-celled, opening by terminal pores, Inverted in the bud Style long, 

 mostly declined : stigma 5-lobed or 5-rayed. Capsule globose, ■"> celled, ■> valvcd, 

 opening through the cells from the base upward; the Buturos pubescent Beedi 



