Ericaceae. 97 



III.— ANDROMEDA. 



Androm'eda poHfo'lia (29). Marsh Andromeda. 6 — 8. Stem rigid 

 (917) shrubby much branched, leaves alternate lanceolate glabrous glaucous 

 beneath margin revolule, flowers purplish drooping in short racemes. 

 [G. {between Helwiih Bridge and Moughton.) 



lY.— VACCINIUiM. 



Calyx superior 4 — 5 toothed, stamens 8 — 10 inserted into an epigynsou 

 disk. 



VACCIN'IUM MYRTIL'LUS (100). Whortleberry, Bilberry. 4—6. 

 (913) A shrub, stems erect 6 — 18 in. high, leaves deciduous ovate serrate, 



corolla rose-coloured globose, flowers drooping in umbels, berries black. 



Heaths. Fig. p. 90. 



VACCIN'IUM VITIS-IDiE'A (62). Cowberry. 6—8. Stem pro- 



(911) cumbent, leaves evergreen obovate, corolla pale-pink campanulate, 



flowers in short terminal racemes, berries red. Mountain heaths. 



VACCIN'IUM OXYCOC'CUS (66). Cranberry. 7—8. Stem filiform 

 (910) creeping, leaves small alternate ovate evergreen, corolla pale-pink 

 rotate, segments reflexed. Heaths. 



V.—PYROLA. 



Herbs, flowers racemose, stamens 10 hypogynous. 



Py'rola rotundifo'lia (21). Wintergreen. 7—9. Stamens erect, style de- 

 (928) curved bent at the end longer than the stamens, leaves orbicular 

 obovate, flowers \ in. in diameter pure white, [G. {Kilnsey. ) 



PY'ROLA MI'NOR (65). Lesser Wintergreen. 6—7. Stamens incurved, 

 /930) style decuived straight equal in length to the stamens, leaves orbicuLu 



ovate, flowers | in. diameter drooping globose white tinged with pink. 



Woods, heaths, and commons. 



Nl.—MONOTROPA. 



Monot'ropa Hypop'itys (44). Bird's-nest. 7—8. Parasitic on roots of 

 (93.S) fir and beech. Stem 6 — 12 in. stout fleshy pale-brown, scales oblong 

 brown, flowers in a terminal raceme, corolla campanulate yellowish 

 brown, sepals nearly as long as the petals. [W. C. CI. 



To this Order belong also the Rhododendron, Azalea, and Arbutus of oui 

 shrubberies and the Epacris of our greenhouses. 



