462 ERICACEAE 
3. HYPOPITYS, Adams 
White, succulent, parasitic herb. Scape slender, with a number of 
flowers in a narrow cluster at summit. Lower flowers with 3 or 4 petals, 
terminal one with 5; stamens 8 to 10; capsule 4- to 5-celled. Root a 
mass of fibers. 
H. americana, Small. (Fig. 3, pl. 118.) Prine Sap. (H. Hypopitys, 
Small.) Scapes 4 to 12 in. high, clustered, more or less hairy. Flowers 
yellowish-white. The lateral flowers have 8 stamens and 4 petals; the 
terminal one 10 stamens and 5 petals. Woods, throughout our area. 
June-Oct. 
Famity IV.—ERICACEAE. THe HeatuH FAmMILy 
Mostly shrubs, rarely, in our region, small trees. Leaves often 
evergreen, not divided or lobed. Flowers regular or slightly ir- 
regular; commonly stamens twice as many as lobes of the corolla, 
free from the petals. Stamen summits (anthers) often sending 
out on each side a projection or so-called “horn.” Ovary 2- to 
5-celled. Fruit a berry. 
Low undershrubs mostly with the general aspect of herbs 
Corolla egg-formed. 
Leaves oblong-linear. 
Hiowers. “erech =~. . 2. . .  Chamaecistus 
Flowers nodding. 
Plant heath-like . . . . . . . Phyllodoce 
Plant mosslike .  . . . « «.. |; : ae 
Leaves spatula-formed or pear-shaped. 
Berry red. . . .°:s . © « ~~ Aretostapiiyies 
Berry black... =< =) 6 » “ (2) «> csp 
Leaves oval. 
Fruit ared berry... . - . . . . ,Gaulthems 
Fruit a globose capsule . . . . . +. «. Epigaea 
Erect shrubs 
Corolla of separate petals. 
Leaves brown, woolly beneath. . . . . . . Ledum 
Leaves not woolly beneath. . . . . . . Dendrium 
Corolla formed of united petals. 
Corolla very irregular, 2-lipped . . . . . ». ~ Bhodora 
Corolla slightly irregular. 
Bell-shaped, stamens 10 . . . . . +. Rhododendron 
Funuel-form, stamens 6 . ...- ~~. « . Agales 
