138 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



3. Chiog'enes. Stamens 8, each anther 2-pointed at the apex. Corolla 



bell-shaped, deeply 4-cleft, Limb of the calyx 4-parted. Flowers 

 very small, nodding from the axils, with 2 bract lets under the 

 calyx. Berry white, 4-celled. A trailing slender evergreen. 



SUBORDER II. ERICINE^l. (HEATH FAMILY PROPER.) 

 Calyx free from the ovary. Shrubs or small trees. Corolla 

 gamopetalous, except in No. 10. 



4. Arctostapli'ylos, Corolla urn-shaped, the limb 5-toothed, revolute. 



Stamens 10, the anthers each with 2 reflexed awns on the back. 

 Fruit a berry-like drupe, 5-10-seeded. A trailing thick-leaved 

 evergreen, with nearly white flowers. 



5. Epigee'a. Corolla salver-shaped, hairy inside, rose-coloured. Sta- 



mens 10 ; filaments slender ; anthers awnless, opening lengthwise. 

 Calyx of 5 pointed and scale-like nearly distinct sepals. A trail- 

 ing evergreen, bristly with rusty hairs. 



6. Ganlthe'ria. Corolla ovoid or slightly urn-shaped, 5-toothed, 



nearly white. Stamens 10, the anthers 2-awned. Calyx 3-cleft, 

 closing the pod and becoming fleshy and berry -like in fruit. Stems 

 low and slender, leafy at the summit. 



7. Cassan'dra. Corolla cylindrical, 5-toothed. Stamens 10, the 



anther-cells tapering into beaks with a pore at the apex, awnless. 

 Calyx of 5 overlapping sepals, and 2 similar bractlets. Pod with 

 a double pericarp, the outer of 5 valves, the inner cartilaginous 

 and of 10 valves. A low shrub, with rather scurfy leaves, and 

 white flowers. 



8. Audrom'eda. Corolla globular-urn-shaped, 5-toothed. Calyx of 5 



nearly distinct valvate sepals, without bractlets. Stamens 10 ; 

 the filaments bearded 5 the anther-cells each with a slender awn. 

 A low shrub, with white flowers in a terminal umbel. 



9. Cnllu'iin. Corolla bell-shaped, 4-parted, persistent, becoming 



scarious. A low evergreen shrub, with numerous minute oppo- 

 site leaves. Flowers rose-coloured or white, in mostly 1-sided 

 racemes. 



10. Kal'mia. Corolla broadly bell-shaped, with 10 pouches receiving as 



many anthers. Shrubs with showy rose-purple flowers. 



11. Le'diim. Calyx 5-toothed, very small. Corolla of 5 obovate and 



spreading distinct petals. Stamens 5-10. Leaves evergreen, with 

 revolute margins, covered beneath, with rusty wool. 



12. Rhododcn'dron. Corolla irregular (in our species), nearly an 



inch long, 2-lipped, the upper lip 3-lobed, the lower of 2 oblong- 

 linear curved nearly or quite distinct petals. Stamens 10, as long 

 as the rose-coloured corolla. A shrub with alternate oblong 

 somewhat pubescent leaves. Atl. Prov. 



