Tuckermaniane. N. O. Empetree. 
TAB. DXXXI. 
Oaxkes1Aa Conrapi. Tuck. 
Gen. cuar. Flores dioici. Masc. Cal. triphyllus, deciduus, 
foliolis membranaceis, equitantibus, apice obtusis, basi at- 
tus bractea squameformi munitus. Corolla 
tenuissime membranacea cyathiformis, apice truncata et 
Boreali-Americanus, depressus, ramosissimus, ramis retroflexis, 
e 
dioicis, terminalibus, glomeratis, sessilibus ; capitulis extus 
squamis aridis cinctis. Klotzsch. 
OakesiaConradi. Tuckerm. in Hook. Lond. Journ.of Bot. v.1,p.446- 
Ceratiola ericoides. Herb. Lamb. 
Empetrum Conradi. Torr. in Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 
TuckermaniaConradi. Klotzsch in Wiegmann’s Archiv. April, 1842. 
Has. Newfoundland, Cormack; New Jersey, Conrad, 
Jinesque ; Plymouth, Massachusetts, Oakes, Tuckerman, Russel; 
Kennabeck R. Maine, Nuttall. 
specimens of this interesting plant are unfortunately 
deficient in fruit; nor are the flowers in so good a s I 
could desire, which I regret the more, as I do not find them to 
accord so well with my friend Dr. Klotzsch’s description as I 
after him. 
Fig. 1. Upper, and f. 2. underside of a leaf. f. 3. Head of 
male flowers. f. 4. Single male flower. /f. 5. Abortive pistil of 
ditto. jf. 6. Head of female flowers. f. 7. Single female 
flowers. f. 8. Pistil:—magnified. 
