258 ERICACEAE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 



SUBORDER HI. PYROLE^. Calyx free from the ovary. Corolla 

 5-petalous. Low nearly herbaceous plants. Leaves evergreen. 



* Capsule 6-celled. 



15. PYROLA. Flowers racemose, on scape-like stems. Style filiform, elongated. 



16. CHIMAPHILA. Flowers umbellate. Style very short, top-shaped. 



* * Capsule 3-celled. 

 17- SHORTIA. Flower solitary, terminating the scape-like scaly stem. 



SUBORDER IV. MONOTROPE^}. Calyx of 4-5 scale-like or 

 bract-like sepals. Corolla 5-lobed or 5-petalous. Seeds very minute. 

 Fleshy scaly herbs, parasitic on roots, and destitute of green foliage. 



18. SCHWEINITZIA. Corolla monopetalous, bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Anthers 2-celled. 



19. MONOTROPA. Corolla 4 -5-petalous. Anthers kidney-shaped, opening across the top. 



SUBORDER I. VACCINIE^E. THE WHORTLEBERRY FAMILY. 



1. GAYLUSSACIA, Kunth. HUCKLEBERRY. 



Corolla tubular, ovoid, or bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Stamens 10 : anthers awnless. 

 Fruit a berry-like drupe containing 10 seed-like nutlets. Low branching mostly 

 resinous-dotted shrubs, with white or reddish nodding flowers, in lateral bracted 

 racemes. 



1. G. frondosa, Torr. & Gray. Leaves entire, oblong or obovate, obtuse, 

 rugose, glaucous, and, like the spreading branches, slightly pubescent ; corolla 

 small (2"), short-bell-shaped, reddish ; berry depressed-globose, blue, glaucous ; 

 bracts small, oblong. (Vaccinium frondosum, Ell.) Low ground, Florida to 

 Mississippi, and northward. April. Shrub 1 - 2 high. 



2. G. dumosa, Torr. & Gray. Branches and racemes pubescent ; leaves 

 thick, oblong-obovate, serrulate, mucronate, soon smooth and shining; corolla 

 (4" long) bell-shaped, angled, white ; bracts ovate, leafy ; berry globose, smooth, 

 black. (Vaccinium dumosum, Ell.) Var. HIRTELLA. Stem taller (l-2 

 high) ; branches, leaves, and berries hirsute or hairy. Low sandy pine barrens 

 and swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. April and May. Shrub 

 6' - 12' high. Berry 4" - 6" in diameter. 



3. G. resinosa, Torr. & Gray. Stem much branched ; leaves oblong or 

 obovate, entire, coated, like the branchlets, &c., with resinous viscid globules ; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered ; bracts small, deciduous ; corolla small, ovoid or cylindrical, 

 reddish ; berry black, smooth. (Vaccinium resinosum, Ell.) Sandy woods in 

 the upper districts of Georgia, and northward. April and May. Shrub 2 - 3 

 high. 



4. G. ursina, Gray. Leaves large (2' -3' long), thin, lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, entire ; the veins, like the branches, rusty-tomentose ; racemes remotely 

 few-flowered ; bracts minute ; corolla bell-shaped ; berry black. (Vaccinium ur- 

 sinum, M. A. Curtis.) Mountains of North Carolina. Shrub 2 -3 high. 



