258 ERICACEJE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 



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

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



• Capsule 6-celled. 

 15. PYKOLA. Flowers racemose, on scape-like stems. Sty le filiform, elongated. 

 1G. CUIMAPHILA. Flowers umbellate. Style very short, top-shaped. 

 • . Capsule 3 -celled. 



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



Suborder IV. MONOTROPE.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-lobed. Anthers 2-celled. 



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



Suborder I. VACCINIEiE. The Whortleberry Family. 



1. GAYLUSSACIA, Kunth. Huckleberry. 



Corolla tubular, ovoid, or bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Stamens 10 : anthers awnlcss. 

 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 obovatc, obtuse, 

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

 small (2"), short-bell-shapcd, reddish; berry 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-obovatc, 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 (l°-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 l"-G" in diameter. 



8. G. re8inOSa, Torr. & Gray. Stem much branched; leaves oblong or 

 obovatc, entire, coaled, like the branclilets, &c., with resinous viscid globules : ra- 

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

 reddish; berry black, smooth. (Vacciiiium resinOBUDl, Ell.) — Sandy w [sin 



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

 high. 



4. G. ur-8ina, Gray. Leaves large (2'-.V long), thin, lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, entire ; the reins, like the branches, rusry-tomentose : racemes remotely 

 few-flowered; bracts minnte ; corolla bell-shaped ; berry black, (Vaeeinium ur- 

 Miium, .1/. A. Curtis.) — - Mountain- of North Carolina. — Shrnb £°- 8° high. 



