2 1 2 Ericaceae 



ovary 4-5 -parted, mostly persistent; corolla 

 regular, 4-5 -toothed, -lobed or -parted; 

 stamens usually as many or twice as many 

 as the corolla lobes; anthers 2 -celled, at- 

 tached to the filaments by the back or base, 

 the sacs, often prolonged upwardly into 

 tubes; ovary 2 -5 -celled; fruit a capsule, 

 berry or drupe. 



Fruit a berry or drupe. 



Calyx becoming large and fleshy. Gaultheria. 



Calyx small. 



Leaves thick and leathery; drupe reddish-brown. 



Arctostaphylos. 

 Leaves membranous, veiny; drupe scarlet. 



Mairania. 

 Fruit a dry capsule. 



Anther cells each with a recurved tip. Cassiope. 



Anther cells not appendaged. 

 Corolla with united petals. 



Bracts firm, persistent; no scaly leaf -buds. 

 Leaves heath-like ; corolla without pouches. 



Phyllodoce. 

 Leaves lanceolate; corolla with pouches. 



Kalmia. 

 Bracts thin, deciduous ; leaf-buds scaly. 



Corolla funnel-form, 5 -lobed. Azaleastrum. 

 Corolla globose, 4-toothed. Menziesia. 



Corolla with distinct petals. 



Flowers white, umbelled; leaves evergreen. 



Ledum. 



