Heath (Rricacece) 171 



pointed, persistent bracts at base. Stamens, ten. 

 Anther-cells, each with two awns at apex. Seed-case, 

 free from the calyx. June, July. 



Leaves, one to two and one half inches long, alternate, 

 smooth, oblong to oval or reverse egg-shape, more 

 or less pointed, fine-toothed. Leaf-stem, about one 

 twelfth of an inch long. 



Fruit, globular, depressed, five-celled, many-seeded, with 

 the remains attached of the calyx and its two bracts 

 and the long style. Seeds, angled not winged. A 

 capsule. 



Found, in moist woods and thickets from Canada to 



Florida, mostly near the coast. 



A shrub four to ten feet high. The dry brown fruit- 

 spikes of the previous year, with persistent calyx and 

 bracts and style, often remain among the blossoms and 

 green leaves of the new season. The plant is well 

 worthy of cultivation. 



(5) Genus CASSANDRA, Don. 



Cassandra was a daughter of Priam and Hecuba. 



Fig. 79. Leather- Leaf. Cassandra. C. calyculata ( L .), Don. 



Flowers, white, with short stems, solitary in the axils of 

 the twenty to thirty small upper leaves, so forming a 

 long, one-sided leafy spike. Corolla, cylindrical, 

 five-toothed. Calyx, with two persistent, egg-shaped 

 bracts at its base. Stamens, ten. Anther-cells, each 

 tapering into a beak that opens at its apex, without 

 awns. Seed-case, free from the calyx. April, May. 



