HEATH FAMILY 83 



ERICACEAE HEATH FAMILY 



Sepals 4-5, separate or united, petals 4-5, separate or united, stamens 

 4-10, ovary 2-5-celled, stigma globose or shield-shaped, fruit a capsule, berry 

 or drupe; flowers solitary or clustered; shrubs, or perennial herbs with 

 simple leaves. 



1. Petals separate LEDUM 



2. Petals united 



a. Leaves in 4 rows, overlapping, blunt awl- 



shaped CASSIOPE 



b. Leaves alternate, flat, spreading 



(1) Corolla flat, saucer-shaped KALMIA 



(2) Corolla bell- or urn-shaped 



(a) Flowers 4-parted ; stamens 8 MENZIESIA 



(b) Flowers 5-parted; stamens 10 



x. Low erect shrubs with linear leaves PHYLLODOCE 

 y. Creeping shrubs with broad leaves 

 (x) Leaves entire; flowers in terminal 



clusters ARCTOSTAPHYLUS 



(y) Leaves toothed; flowers- solitary, 



axillary GAULTHERIA 



ARCTOSTAPHYLUS Adanson 1763 BEARBERRY, KINNIKINNIC 



(Gr. arktos, bear, staphyle, grape) 



PL 16, fig. 10. 



Sepals 4-5, united at base, petals 4-5, white or pink, united, stamens 8-10, 

 included, ovary 4-10-celled, style slender, fruit a drupe, with 4-10 seed-like 

 nutlets coherent into a solid stone; flowers nodding, stalked, in terminal 

 racemes, panicles or clusters; leaves alternate, petioled, firm, persistent, 

 evergreen ; creeping shrub. 

 Stems creeping; leaves oblong to spatulate, 1-3 cm. 



long; flowers 7-10 mm. long A.uva-ursi 



CASSIOPE Don 1834 CASSIOPE 



(Named for Cassiope) 



PI. 15, fig. 5. 



Sepals 4-5, petals 4-5, white or pink, united, stamens 8-10, included, 

 ovary 4-5-celled, style 1, stigma simple, capsule globose or ovoid, 4-5- 

 valved, each valve 2-cleft at the apex ; flowers with stalks, solitary, nodding, 



