450 



BOTANY 



FIG. 439. A-(J, Jjoa^catheon Mvadia. D, Lysimachia nummularia. 



Many of the Ericales have flowers of great beauty, like the Rhododendrons, 

 Azaleas, Kalmias, etc., and several of them furnish edible fruits, e.g. Cranberry, 



Huckleberry, Wintergreen, and 

 others. 



A number of forms are chloro- 

 phylless saprophytes. Of these the 

 Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora) 

 and the Snow-plant (Sarcodes 

 sanguinea) are striking examples. 

 The Ericales comprise six families 

 Clethraceae, Pyrolacese, Lenno- 

 acese, Ericaceae, Epacridaceae, Dia- 

 pensaceae. 



Order II. Primulales 



The second order of the Sym- 

 petalse contains three isocarpous 

 families, Myrsinacese. Primulacese, 

 and Plumbaginaceae. The most 

 important is the Primulaceae. which 

 includes the beautiful Primroses (Primula) as well as several other characteristic 



FIG. 440. Diospyros Virginiana. 



