266 - ERICACEAE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 



color, spotted within with yellow or green. Shady banks of streams on the 

 mountains of Georgia, and northward. July. Stem 6 - 20 high. Leaves 

 4' 10' long. Corolla I 1 ' in diameter. 



6. R. Catawbiense, Michx. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse at each end, 

 mncronate, smooth ; the young ones and branchlets tomentose ; calyx-lobes 

 small ; corolla purple ; pedicels and capsule rusty-pubescent. Highest sum- 

 mits of the mountains of North Carolina. June. Shrub 3 - 6 high. Leaves 

 3' -5' long. 



' 7. B. punctatum, Andr. Leaves elliptical, acute at each end, glabrous ; 

 the lower surface and dense corymbs thickly dotted with resinous globules ; 

 calyx-lobes small, rounded; corolla somewhat funnel-shaped, rose-color, spot- 

 ted within, longer than the pedicels ; capsule elongated. Varies with smaller 

 (!'-!') oval or obovate obtuse leaves, minute calyx-lobes, and shorter capsule 

 (4"- 5" long). Mountains of Georgia and North Carolina; the variety in 

 the sandy pine barrens of West Florida. May and June. Shrub 4 - 6 high. 

 Leaves 2' -3' long. 



13. LEIOPHYLLTJM, Pers. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla of 5 spreading petals. Stamens 10, exserted : 

 anthers opening lengthwise. Style filiform. Capsule 3-celIed, 3-valved, many- 

 seeded. A low, smooth, much branched shrub, with very numerous thick, oval, 

 entire evergreen leaves, and small white flowers in terminal clusters. 



1- L. buxifolium, Ell. Sandy pine barrens, and on the mountains of 

 Carolina. May. Shrub 6' - 10' high. Leaves ' long, alternate or opposite, 



14. BEJARIA, Mutis. 



Calyx 7-lobed or 7-toothed. Corolla of 7 oblong spreading petals. Stamens 

 14 : anthers versatile, opening by terminal pores. Style elongated : stigma de- 

 pressed. Capsule depressed-globose, 7-celled, 7-valved, many-seeded. Shrubs, 

 with alternate entire coriaceous leaves, and white or purple flowers in racemes 

 or corymbs. 



1. B. racemosa, Vent, Branches rough witli scattered rigid hairs; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, smooth; racemes terminal, elongated; calyx 7-toothed. Dry 

 sandy soil, Georgia and East Florida. June and July. Shrub 3 -4 high. 

 Flowers white, showy. 



SUBORDER III. PYROL.EJE. THE PYROLA FAMILY. 



15. PYROLA, L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, concave, deciduous. Stamens 10 : anthers some- 

 what 4-celled, opening by terminal pores, inverted in the bud. Style long, 

 mostly declined : stigma 5-lobed or 5-rayed. Capsule globose, 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 opening through the cells from the base upward ; the sutures pubescent. Seeds 



