152 ERICACEAE. 



entire^ leaves on bristly stalks ; more or less imperfect rela- 

 tively large fragrant pinkish funnel-shaped gamopetalous flow- 

 ers crowded at the ends of the shoots ; and round many-seeded 

 capsules infrequently seen. 

 Leaves elliptical or ovate, often cordate. E. repens. 



GAULTHERIA. Wintergreen. 



Underground trailing plants with erect scarcely woody 

 short stems few-leaved at top ; or shrubs with rather 3-sided 

 branches ; alternate somewhat raised crescent-shaped or sub- 

 elliptical leaf-scars with i bundle-trace ; no stipule-scars ; ovoid 

 solitary buds with several pairs of scales ; slightly revolute 

 more or less toothed short-stalked leaves ; pinkish urceolate 

 perfect flowers in terminal racemes or axillary ; and thin-walled 

 capsules in fleshy berry-like calyx. 



1. Erect stems short and simple, few-leaved. G. procumbens. 

 Bushy. 2. 



2. Leaves round or cordate at base : fruit blackish. G. Shallon. 

 Leaves cuneate : fruit blue. G. Veitchiana. 



ERICA. Heath. 



Usually delicate evergreen shrubs with brown close wood 

 with minute diffused ducts, sometimes sparser in autumn, and 

 fine medullary rays ; slender twigs with raised round leaf-scars 

 with i bundle-trace ; no stipule-scars ; small solitary buds ; small 

 narrow spreading short-stalked leaves decurrent as raised 

 ridges on the stem ; small perfect urn-shaped mostly pinkish 

 gamopetalous flowers crowded at the ends of the branches ; and 

 small roundish capsules with small seeds. 



1. Leaves bristly, in whorls of 4. E. Tetralix. 

 Leaves not bristly. 2. 



2. Leaves in whorls of 4: stamens protruding. E. carnea. 

 Leaves in whorls of 3: stamens not protruding. E. cinerea. 



CALLUNA. Heather. 



Delicate small evergreen shrubs with slender terete twigs ; 

 minute angular homogeneous pith ; opposite roundish minute 

 leaf-scars with I bundle-trace; no stipule-scars; very small 



