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8. CHIOGENES. Stamens 8 ; anthers with short cella minutely 2-pointed, and opening 

 by a large chink down to the middle. Ovary 4-oelled, in fruit a white many-seeded 

 berry. 



II. HEATH SUBFAMILY PROPER ; shrubs or small trees 

 with calyx free from the ovary. 



* Monopetalous (or in one of No. 12 with two of the petals nearly separate). 

 +- Fruit berry-like, containing 5-8 seeds or very small stones. 



4. AECTOSTAPHYLOS. Corolla urn-shaped, 6-toothed, inclosing the 10 stamens; 



their anthers opening at the top, and 2-awned on the back. Drupe 5-10-seeded. 

 Calyx dry underneath. Leaves alternate. 



5. GAULTHERIA. Corolla oblong or shortHcylindrical, 5-toothed. Anthers 10, 4-awned 



or 4-pointed at top, opening only there. Fruit a dry and many-seeded pod, but 

 inclosed in the calyx which becomes thick and fleshy, so that the fruit imitates a 

 berry, but has a dry pod inside. (Lessons, Figs. 866, 36T.) Leaves alternate, broad, 

 often spicy-aromatic, evergreen. 



i- -i- Fruit dry, not berry-like ; calyx separate from the pod, 

 ++ Corolla salver-shaped, 5-lobed; anthers opening lengthwise, not appendagtd. 



6. EPIG^EA. Sepals 5, thin and scale-like, ovate-lanceolate, style slender. Leaves ever. 



green, reticulated, roundish. 



H- ++ Corolla cylindrical, urn-shaped, ovate, or globular, very rarely bell-shaped, the 

 orifice b-toothed ; anthers opening wholly or mainly at the top. 



7. ANDROMEDA. Calyx valvate in the early bud ; no brackets. Corolla various. Pod 



globular or short-ovate, 5-valved, loculicidaL Shrubs. 



8. OXYDEXDRUM. Calyx valvate in the bud ; no bractlets. Corolla ovate. Anthers 



awnless. Pod conical or pyramidal, 5-valved, loculicidal. Tree. 



9. LEUCOTHOE. Calyx of 5 almost separate sepals a little overlapping in the bud. 



Corolla ovate-oblong or almost cylindrical. Anthers without tubular tips. Pod 

 flattish from above, 5-valved, loculicidal. Shrubs. 



10. CASSANDRA. Calyx of 5 ovate and acute rigid sepals overlapping in the bud, and a 



pair of similar bractlets at its base. Corolla almost cylindrical. Anthers with tubular 

 tips to the cells, and no awns on the back. Pod flattish from above, when ripe split- 

 ting into an outer layer of 5 valves and an inner cartilaginous one of 10 valves. 

 Shrub, with leaves rather scurfy. 



H- -H- -H- Corolla (usually large) open bell-shaped, saucer-shaped, funnel-form, etc., 

 5-lobed or cleft ; anthers short, without awns or other appendages, opening only 

 by holes at the top ; filaments long and slender, as is also the style ; pod septi- 

 cidal; leaves entire. 



-= No scaly buds; bracts green, firm and persistent. 



11. KALMIA. Corolla broadly open, slightly 5-lobed, and with 10 pouches in which the 



10 anthers are lodged until extricated by insects, when the bent elastic filaments fly 

 up and discharge the pollen. Pod globular. Leaves evergreen. Flowers in umbels 

 or corymb-like clusters. 



= Flowers in umbel-like clusters, from large, scaly, terminal buds, their thin scale- 

 like bracts or bud scales falling as the blossoms are developed. Calyx often 

 minute or obsolete. 



1?. RHODODENDRON. Corolla bell-shaped, funnel-form, or various, in one species 

 strongly irregular, the upper part 3-lobed, the lower of 2 almost or quite separate 

 petals. Stamens 5-10, often curved to the lower side. Leaves evergreen, or 

 deciduous. Pod mostly oblong. 



