CXXXI. VACCINIE^. 



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inferior, many-celled-, OVULES anatropous. FRUIT fleshy. EMBRYO albuminous. STEM 



woody. 



Branching SHKUBS. LEAVES scattered or alternate, simple, entire or toothed, 

 exstipulate. FLOWERS solitary or racemed. CALYX 4-5-6-partite, deciduous or 

 persistent. COROLLA nionopetalous, epigynous, in 4-5-6 segments, deciduous, sesti- 



V. Myrtillus. 

 Flower (mag.). 



V. Hyrtillus. 

 Flower cut vertically (mag.)- 



Vaceinivm Vitis-id&a. 



Vaccinium. 



Stamen with anther 



2-horned at the top and 



2-;iristate on the back 



(mag.). 



Vaccinium. Diagram, 



Vaccinium. 



Transverse section of ovary 

 (mag.).; 



Vactinium, 

 Fruit (mag.). 



Vaccinium. 



Seed entire and cut vertically, 

 (mag.). 



vation imbricate. STAMENS twice as many as the corolla-segments, inserted on a 

 disk crowning the ovary ; anthers dorsifixed, vertical, 2-celled ; cells parallel, often 

 separate at the top, and terminating in a narrow tube, open at the tip. OVARY in- 

 ferior, of 4-5-6-1 0-many 1-ovuled cells ; style simple ; stigma usually capitate ; ovules 

 [one, few or many, on placentas projecting from the inner angles of the cells,] ana- 

 tropous. FRUIT a berry or drupe. SEEDS inserted on central placentas. EMBRYO 

 straight, in the axis of a fleshy albumen. 



Thibaudia. 



PRINCIPAL GENERA. 

 Vaccinium. Oxycoccos. 



Macleania. 



Vacdniece only differ from Ericinece iu the epigyny ; many botanists therefore persist in keeping them 

 in the same family. To this structural affinity are added analogous properties. The berries of Vaccinium 



