DICOTYLEDONS. MONOTROPE^E. 23 1 



horns. Caps, superior, 4 5 -celled, the partitions from the 



middle of the valves. 

 1. A.polifolia, leaves alternate lanceolate, their margins revolute 



glaucous beneath, flowers on short racemes terminal, p. 125. 



Peat bogs. 



6. ARBUTUS. 

 Cat. 5-cleft. Cor. ovate, its base pellucid. Stam. 10. Berry 



5-celled. 



1. A. alpirta, stem procumbent, leaves rugose serrated, p. 126. 

 Mountains. 



2. A. Uva Ursiy stems procumbent, leaves entire (evergreen), 

 p. 126. Heathy, rocky places. 



ORDER XXIX. VACCINES. Dccand. Thlorie, 

 ed. 1. 216. 



(Ericece, part of, Juss.) 



Cal. adherent, persistent, 4 5-cleft. Corolla monopetalous, 

 perigynous, 4 5-cleft, deciduous. Stamens definite, epigy- 

 nous. Anthers 2-celled, emitting their pollen thiough a pore 

 or cleft. Ovary 5 -celled. Ovules many. Style 1. Stigma 

 simple or toothed. Berry many-seeded, crowned by the per- 

 sistent calyx. Seeds minute, attached to central receptacles. 

 Embryo cylindrical, in the axis of a fleshy albumen. 



Shrubs. Leaves alternate, shining, entire, without stipules. 

 Flowers usually racemose ; sometimes solitary. 



1. VACC1NIUM. 



Cal. adherent, 4-dentate. Cor. campanulate, 4-fid. Stam. 8. 

 Anthers with 2 pores. Berry globose, 4-celled, many-seeded. 

 * leaves deciduous. 



\. V. Myrtillus, peduncles 1 -flowered, leaves serrate ovate de- 

 ciduous, stem angular, p. 1 IS. Woods and heathy places. 



2. V. uliginosum, peduncles 1-flowered, leaves obovate entire 

 veined deciduous, steins rounded, p. 118. Highlands. 



** Leaves persistent, evergreen. 



3. V. Vitis Idesa, racemes terminal drooping, leaves evergreen 

 obovate dotted beneath, their margins revolute nearly entire, 

 p. 118. Heaths, mountains, and woods. 



4. V. Oxycoccos, flowerstalks terminal single-flowered, leaves 

 ovate evergreen glaucous beneath, their margins revolute and 

 entire, cor. 4-partite revolute, stem filiform, p. 1 1 0. Peal logs. 



ORDER XXX. MONOTROPB^. Nutt. Gen. 1.272. 

 Calyx inferior, 5 -leaved or none. Corolla monopetalous or po- 



