ERICACEAE. (lIEATII FAMILY.) 29a 



9. CASStOPE, Don. Cassiope. 



Calyx without bractlcts, of 4 or .'> nc;u-ly distinct ovate scpali;, imbricated in 

 the bud. Corolla broadly campanulate, deeply 4 - 5-clcft. Stamens 8 or 10 : 

 nnthcrs fixed by their apex ; the ovoid cells each opening by a larpc terminal 

 pore, and bearing a long recurved awn behind. Pod ovoid or globular, 4-5- 

 ccilcd, 4-5-valvcd; the valves 2-cleft : placenta; many-seeded, pendulous from 

 the .'iummit of the columella. Seeds smooth and wingless. — Small, arctic or 

 alpine evergreen plants, resembling Club-Mosses or Heaths. Flowers solitary, 

 nodding on slender erect peduncles, white or rose-color. (Cassiope was the 

 motiicr of Andi-unicila.) 



1. C. hypnoides, Don. Tufted and procumbent, moss-like (1' - 4' high) ; 

 leaves necdle-siiaped, imbricated ; corolla 5-clcft ; style short and conical, (An- 

 dromeda liyi)noides, L.) — Alpine summits of the Adirondack Mountains, New 

 York (Dr. Patri/), White Mountains of New Hampshire, Mount Katahdin, 

 Maine (Mr. Youmj), and high uorthwatd. (Ku.) 



10. ANDROMEDA, L. (in part). Axduomed.\. 



Calyx without bractlcts, of 5 nearly or partly distinct sepals, valvate in the 

 bud, but vcrj- soon separate or o\vin. Corolla 5-toothed. Stamens 10 : anthers 

 fixed near the middle, the cells opening by a terminal ])orc. Pod globular, 5- 

 celled, 5-valvcd ; the many-seeded jilaccntix; borne on the sunnnit or middle 

 of the columella. — Shrubs, with umbelled, clustered, or paniclcd and raccmed 

 (mostly white) flowers. (Fancifully named by Linnajus for A. poliiulia, in al- 

 lusion to the fable oi Andromeda.) 



§ 1. ANDROMEDA proper. Corolla gldHdar-urn-slmped : JUaments bearded, 

 not (ijifuiidarjrd : anthers short, the cells tach surmounted bij a slender ascending 

 awn : sc(ds turned in all directions, oval, with a close and hard snioiAk coat : 

 Jloivers in a terminal umbel: pedicels from the axils of ovate persistent scaly 

 bracts ; leaves evergreen. 



1. A. polif61ia, L. Smooth and glaucous (G'- 18' high; leaves thick, 

 lanceolate or oblong-linear, with strongly revolutc margins, white beneath. — 

 Cold bogs, from Pennsylvania northward. May. (Eu.) 



§ 2. PORTONA, Nutt. Corolla ovoid-urn-shaprd and b-angled : filaments not 

 appcndaged : anthers oblong, the cells each bearing a long refl'xrd awn near the 

 insertion : .leeds moslli/ pendulous, and icilh a loose cellular coat : flowrs in axil- 

 larij and terminal naked racemes, formed in summer, but the lilossoms expanding 

 the following spring: pedicels \ -sided, bnicted and uuth minute bractlets, re- 

 curved : leaves thirl- and fverqrcen, 



2. A. floribtinda, Pursh. Branches bristly when young ; leaves lance- 

 oblong, acute or jiointcd (2' long), pctioled, serrulate and bristly-ciliate ; racemes 

 dense, crowded in panicles. — Moist hills, in the Alleghanics from Virginia 

 southward. April.— Avery leafy shrub, 2° - 10° high, bearing abundance 

 of hand.somc flowers. 



§3. PIERIS, Don. Corolla nvoid-iJibmij or rijlindraccous : Jilaments slender and 

 awi-sluiped, usually appendnged with a spreading or recurved bristle on each side 



