84 VACCINIACEAE. 



Corolla rotate : capsule septicidal. 1. Kalmia. 



Corolla not rotate : capsule loculicidal. 



Anther-sacs opening by pores : capsules very short, sometimes 



depressed. 2. Xolisma. 



Anther-sacs opening lengthwise : capsules elongate. 3. Oxydendeon. 



1. "KATiMIA L. Evergreen shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, opposite, 

 or whorled: blades entire. Calyx persistent: lobes 5, leathery. Corolla regu- 

 lar, white or pink, rotate, the lobes obtuse: tube short, with 10 sacs. Stamens 

 10: filaments elastically straightening at maturity: anthers short, attached 

 near the top. Capsule spheroidal. 



1. K. latifolia L. Tree becoming 12 m. tall or shrub, the twigs often fuzzy 

 when young: leaf -blades elliptic to oval, 5-12 cm. long, glabrous: sepals oblong 

 to oblong-ovate, about 2 mm. long: corolla white or pink, 20-25 mm. v^ide: 

 capsules 5-7 mm. wide. — Spr. & sum. 



The Calico-bush grows in woods or on shaded banks in western Florida. The 

 brown and red-tinged heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, hard, and strong. Also 

 known as Laurel or Mountain-laurel. (Cont.) 



2. XOLISMA Eaf. Evergreen or deciduous-leaved shrubs or trees. 

 Leaves alternate: blades entire or nearly so. Flowers in racemes, panicles, 

 or clusters. Calyx-lobes typically 5- (4-6-)lobed. Filaments unappendaged: 

 anthers awnless. Capsule erect on an erect pedicel, with thick valve-margins, 



1. X. ferruginea (Walt.) Heller. Evergreen tree sometimes 5 m. tall or shrub: 

 leaves not much reduced in size at the ends of the branches ; blades elliptic, oval, 

 obovate, or oblanceolate, 2.5-7 cm. long, scarcely reticulate: corolla 2.5-3 mm. 

 long, angled at the base: capsules 4.5-5 mm. long. — Spr. 



The Xolisma grows in hammocks and scrublands in northern Florida and in the 

 peninsula as far south as the Everglade region. The brown and red-tinged heart- 

 wood is close-grained, heavy, and hard, but weak. (Cont.) 



3. OXYDENDEON DC. Deciduous-leaved shrubs or trees. Leaves alter- 

 nate: blades serrate. Flowers drooping in horizontally expanded panicles. 

 Calyx-lobes 5, persistent. Corolla white, ovoid or conic, 5-lobed. Filaments 

 dilated, pubescent all over: anthers linear, awnless, narrower than the fila- 

 ments. Stigma entire. Capsule ovoid, erect on a recurved pedicel, the valve- 

 margins thickened. 



1. O. arboreum (L.) DC. Tree becoming 20 m. tall or shrub: leaf -blades 

 oblong, elliptic, or oblong-lanceolate, 8-20 em. long, acuminate: panicles 1-2 

 dm. long, the pedicels strongly curved at maturity: calyx-lobes ovate: corolla 

 6-7 mm. long, pubescent like the calyx: capsules 4-6 mm. long, pubescent. 

 — Sum. 



The SoiiE-wooD grows in open woods in western Florida. The brown and 

 red-tinged heart-wood is very close-grained, heavy, and hard, but rather weak. Also 

 known as Sorrel-tree. (Cont.) 



rA:i[iLY 2. VACCINIACEAE. Huckleberry Family. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades simple. Flowers perfect, 

 regular, solitary or variously clustered, drooping. Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals. 

 Corolla of 4 or 5 usually partially united petals. Androecium of twice as 

 many stamens as there are corolla-lobes. Gynoecium of several united 

 carpels, the ovarj' wholly or J inferior. Fruit a berry or a drupe. 



1. BATODENDRON Nutt. Shrubs or trees. Leaves somewhat persistent : 

 blades firm, sometimes glandular-denticulate. Flowers in leafy-bracted racemes 

 or panicles. Sepals 5. Corolla canipanulate or globular-eampanulate. Stamens 



