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3. CHIOGENES. Stamens S ; anthers wth short cells minutely 2-pointe(l, and opening 



by a larfre chiuk down to the middle. Ovary 4-(;clled, in fruit a white many-seeded 

 berry. 



II. HEATH SUBFAMILY proper; slimbs or snudl trees 

 with calyx tree i'roia the ovaiy. 



» Monopeialous (^or in one of No. \-2 tcith two of the petals nearly separate). 

 +■ Fruit herrij-like, containing 'o-S seeds or very small stones. 



4. AKCTOSTAPHYLOS. Corolla urn-shaped, 5-toothed, inclosing the 10 stamens; 



their anthers opening at the top, and -^J-awiied on the back. Drupe 5-10-seeded. 

 Calyx dry underneath. Leaves alternate. 



5. GAULTHKHIA. Corolla oblong or short-cylindrical, o-toothed. Anthers 10, 4-awned 



or 4-pointed at top, opening only there. Fruit a dry and many-seeded pod, but 

 inclosed in the calyx whicli becomes thick and Ueshy, so that the fruit imitates a 

 berry, but has a dry pod inside. (Lessons, Figs. 360, 367.) Leaves alternate, broad, 

 often spicy-aromatic, evergreen. 



-h- -K Fruit dry, not berry like ; rnly.v separate from the pod. 



++ Corolla salver shaped, 5-lobed; anthers opening lengthwise, not appendaged. 



6. EPIG.-EA. Sepals 5, thin and scale-like, ovate-lanceolate, style slender. Leaves ever- 



green, reticulated, roundish. 



++ ++ Corolla cylindrical, urn-shaped, ovate, or glohalar, very rarely bell-shaped, the 

 orifice 6-toothed; anthers opening wholly or mainly at the top. 



7. ANDROMEDA. Calyx valvate in the early bud ; no bractlets. Corolla various. Pod 



globular or short-ovate, 5-valved, loculicidal. Shrubs. 



8. OXYDENDPUM. Calyx valvate in the bud ; no bractlets. Corolla ovate. Anthers 



awnless. Pod conical or pyramidal, 5-valved, loculicidal. Tree. 



9. LEUCOTHOE. Calyx of 5 almost separate sejials a little overlapping in the bud. 



Corolla ovate-oblong or almost cylindrical. Anthers without tubular tips. Pod 

 flattish from above, 5-valved, loculicidal. Shrubs. 



10. CASSANDRA. Calyx of 5 ovate and acute rigid sepals overlapping in the bud, and a 



pair of similar bractlets at its base. Corolla almost cylindrical. Anthers with tubular 

 tips to the cells, and no awns on the back. Pod flattish from above, when ripe s]»lit- 

 ting into an outer layer of 5 valves and an inner cartil.iginous one of 10 valves. 

 Shrub, with leaves rather scurfy. 



+<■ +f +^ Corolla (usually large) open bell-shaped, saucer-shaped, fannelform. etc., 

 li lobed or cleft ; anthers short, without awns or other appendages, opening only 

 by holes at the top ; filaments long and slender, as is also the style ; pod septi- 

 cidal ; leaves entire 



=< No scaly buds ; b}-acts green, firm and persistent. 



11. KALMIA. Corolla broadly open, slightly 5-lobed, and with 10 pouches in which the 



10 anthers are lodged until extricated by insects, when the bent elastic lilaments fly 

 up and discharge the pollen. Pod globular. Lciues evergreen. Flowers in umbels 

 or corymb-like clusters. 



^ = Flowers in umbel like clusters, from large, scaly, terminal hiids, their thin scale- 

 like bracts or bud scales falling as the blossoms are developed. Calyx often 

 minute or obsolete. 



12. RHODODENDRON. Corolla bell-.shaped, funnel-form, op various, in one species 



strongly irregular, the upper part 3-lobed, the lower of 2 almost or quite separate 

 petals. Stamens 5-10, often oirved to the lower side. Leaves evergreen, or 

 deciduous. Pod mostly oblong. 



