Ericaceae 295 



Capsule loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds very numerous, 

 minute, the loose cellular coat much larger than the 

 almost undifferentiated embryo. 



1. CHIMAPHILA Pursh. 



Perennial herbs with decumbent stems, ascending 

 leafy branches, opposite or verticillate evergreen short- 

 petioled serrate leaves, and spreading or nodding white 

 or purplish flowers in terminal corymbs or rarely soli- 

 tary. Pedicels mostly bracteolate. Calyx 5-cleft or 

 5-parted, persistent. Petals 5, concave, nearly orbicular, 

 sessile, spreading or recurved. Stamens 10, the filaments 

 usually dilated above and somewhat pubescent. Ovary 

 globose, 5-lobed, 5-celled ; styles very short, obconic ; 

 stigma large, orbicular, 5-crenate. 



1. C. Menziesii Spreng. More or less branched from the 

 base, 1-2 dm. high; leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 12-36 mm. 

 long, sharply serrulate, the upper surface often mottled with 

 white ; peduncle 1-3-flowered ; bracts ovate or roundish ; fila- 

 ments slender, with a round dilated portion above the middle, 

 villous; flowers about 1 cm. in diameter. 



Mount Wilson under pines. Frequent in the San Antonio, San Bernardino 

 and Cuyamaca Mountains. 



SARCODES SANGUINEA Torr. (SNOW-PLANT.) Stems stout, red- 

 dish, 15-35 cm. high, more or less glandular-pubescent, clothed 

 with firm fleshy scales, the upper narrower, passing into the 

 linear bracts, these ciliate-margined, exceeding the flowers; 

 corolla cylindraceous-campanulate, 5-lobed, persistent; stamens 

 10, unappendaged ; ovary 5-lobed, 5-celled. 



Frequent in the coniferous forests of the San Antonio and San Bernardino 

 Mountains above 7000 feet. This interesting parasitic plant belongs to the 

 closely related family Monotropaceae. 



Family 70. ERICACEAE. HEATH FAMILY. 



Shrubs, perennial herbs or trees, with simple exstipu- 

 late leaves, and mostly perfect sympetalous or rarely 



