2.")8 EUICACEii:. (IIKAIII lAMIKY.) 



SiitounKU Tir. I*VIU)LE/E. C'alyx fnu" from the ovary. Corolla 

 .Vpctaltuis. — Low marly lierbai-eous plants. Leaves evergreen. 



• Capsule 6-celled. 

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

 10. CIIIM.M'IIIIyA. Flowers umbellate. Style very short, top-shapcJ- 



» # Cap.«ule 3-celled. 



17. SHOUTIA. Flower solitary, termiuatiug the scape-like scaly stem. 



SunoHDF.R IV. MOXOTROPE.E. Calyx of 4-5 scale-like or 

 braet-like sipals. Corolla 5-lobed or .j-petalous. Seeds very minute. 

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



18. SCinVEIMTZIA Corolla monopetalous, bell-shapcd, 5-lobed. Anthers 2-celled. 



19. MONOTKOI'A. Corolla 4- 5-pctalous. Authers kiduey-shaped, opening across the top. 



SUBORDEU I. TACCINIE^II. TlIK WlIOKTI.EBERUY FaMH.Y. 



1. GAYLUSSACIA, Kuuth. IIucklehekky. 



Corolla tubular, ovoid, or hell-sliapcd, ,5-clcft. Stamens 10 : antlicrs a^vnless. 

 Fruit a bcrry-likc drupe contaiiiitii;- 10 seed-like nutlets. — Low branching mostly 

 resinous-dotted .shrubs, with white or reddish nodding flowers, in lateral bractcd 

 racemes. 



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

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

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

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

 Mississipjii, and northward. April. — Shrub \°-2° high. 



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

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

 H" long) bell-sha])ed, angled, white; bracts ovate, leafy; berry globose, smooth, 

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

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

 and swamjjs, 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, EU.) — 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, entire ; the veins, like the branches, rusty-tomentose ; racemes remotely 

 few-flowered ; bracts minute ; corolla I)ell-shai)ed ; berry black. (Vacciniimi ur- 

 sinum, M. A. Curtis.) —Mountains of North Carolina. — Shrub 20-3° high. 



