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feet high, simple. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, taper- 

 pointed, serrate. Moist rich soil. 



4. C. rapuneuloi'des, L. Flowers nodding, single in the 

 axils of bracts, forming a raceme. Stem-leaves pointed, 

 lanceolate, serrate ; the lower cordate, long-petioled. Atl. 

 Prov. ; int. from Europe. 



5. C. Seheuehz'eri, Vill. Stem low, from a filiform 

 rootstock, bearing usually a single erect flower. Leaves 1-2 

 inches long, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, all more or less 

 dentate. Calyx-lobes much longer than the tube, and ex- 

 ceeding the tube of the shallow reddish-purple corolla. 

 N.W. 



2. SPECULA' RI A, Heister. VENUS'S LOOKING-GLASS. 

 S. perfolia'ta, A. DC. Flowers purplish-blue, only the 

 latter or upper ones expanding. Stem hairy, 3-20 inches 

 high. Leaves roundish or ovate, clasping. Flowers solitary 

 or 2 or 3 together in the axils. Sterile open ground, chiefly 

 south-westward . 



ORDER LIII. ERICA'CE.32. (HEATH FAMILY.) 

 Chiefly shrubs, distinguished by the anthers opening, as a 

 rule, by a pore at the top of each cell. Stamens (as in the two 

 preceding Orders) free from the corolla, as many or twice as 

 many as its lobes. Leaves simple and usually alternate. 

 Corolla in some cases polypetalous. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



SUBORDER I. VACCINIE^I. (WHORTLEBERRY FAMILY.) 

 ^ Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary. Fruit a berry crowned 

 with the calyx-teeth. 



1. Gaylussa'cla. Stamens 10, the anthers opening by a pore at the 



apex. Corolla tubular, ovoid, the border 5-cleft. Berry 10-celled, 

 10-seeded. Flowers white with a red tinge. Leaves covered with 

 resinous dots. Branching shrubs. 



2. VJU-HII iiim. Stamens 8 or 10, the anthers prolonged upwards into 



tubes with a pore at each apex. Corolla deeply 4-parted and revo- 

 lute, or cylindrical with the limb 5-toothed. Berry 4-celled, or 

 more or less completely 10-celled. Flowers white or reddish, soli- 

 tary or in short racemes. Shrubs. 



