VACCINIACE 43 
Order XLVIII.— VACCINIACE. 
Flowers regular ; calyx 4—5-lobed, often minute ; corolla 
regular, 4—5-cleft ; stamens 8—Io, anthers opening by ter- 
minal pores or slits; ovary inferior; fruita berry. Small 
woody usually evergreen shrubs, often with edible berries, 
belonging to the colder parts of the globe, mostly Ameri- 
can. 
I. VACCINIUM, L. 
Flowers solitary or in racemes, white or red; calyx- 
tube short; style filiform. 
V. Myriillus, L., Whortleberry, Bilberry; stem erect, 
somewhat winged, leaves deciduous, flowers solitary, pale- 
green tinged with red, berry blue-black ; woods, common. 
V. Vites-I[de@a, L., Cowberry ; prostrate, evergreen, flowers 
in terminal racemes, corolla campanulate, white or red, 
berry red; woods, common. JV. uliginosum, L.; creep- 
ing, leaves deciduous, flowers in small clusters, corolla 
pale pink, berry black; bogs, not uncommon. JV. Oxj- 
coccos, L. (Oxycoccos palustris, Pers.), Cranberry; stem 
filiform, creeping, leaves small, evergreen; flowers on 
long stalks, nodding, red, corolla rotate, berry red; bogs. 
Order XLIX.—ERICACE. 
Flowers regular; calyx 4—5-lobed, often minute ; corolla 
4-5-lobed, campanulate; stamens 4-10, hypogynous, 
anthers opening by terminal pores or slits, often awned ; 
Ovary superior; fruit a berry, drupe, or capsule. Chiefly 
in the cooler parts of the globe; especially abundant in 
Western Europe, the Himalayas, and at the Cape. 
