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HEATH FAMILY 



Rarely cultivated in Minnesota owing to the readiness with which it 

 is killed back by winter; native of China; grown from suckers or from 

 seed. 



Ericales Heath Order 



Ericaceae Heath Family 



Shrubs or rarely herbs or trees, often evergreen ; sepals 4-5, free or 

 more or less united, petals 4-5 rarely free, usually united more or less 

 completely, stamens usually <S or 10, but sometimes the same in. number 

 as the petals, inserted with the petals, and free from them ; anthers often 

 appendaged, usually opening by pores, disk often present between the 

 stamens and the pistil; ovary superior or inferior, 3-10 celled, style 1, 



