266 ERICACEAE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 



color, spotted within with yellow or green. Shady banks of streams on the 

 mountains of Georgia, and northward. July. Stem 6 - 20 high. Leaves 

 4'- 10' long. Corolla 1' in diameter. 



6. R. Catawbiense* Michx. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse at each end, 

 mucronate, smooth ; the young ones and branchlets tomentose ; oalyx-lobes 

 small ; corolla purple ; pedicels and capsule rusty-pubescent. Highest sum- 

 mits of the mountains of North Carolina. June. Shrub 3 - 6 high. Leaves 

 3' -5' long. 



7. R,. punctatum, Andr. Leaves elliptical, acute at each end, glabrous ; 

 the lower surface and dense corymbs thickly dotted with resinous globules; 

 calyx-lobes small, rounded ; corolla somewhat funnel-shaped, rose-color, spot- 

 ted within, longer than the pedicels ; capsule elongated. Varies with smaller 

 (!'- l') oval or obovate obtuse leaves, minute calyx-lobes, and shorter capsule 

 (4" -5" long). Mountains of Georgia and ftbrth Carolina; the variety in 

 the sandy pine barrens of West Florida. May and June. Shrub 4 - 6 high. 

 Leaves 2' -3' long. 



13. LEIOPHYLLUM, Pers. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla of 5 spreading petals. Stamens 10, exserted : 

 anthers opening lengthwise. Style filiform. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, many- 

 seeded. A low, smooth, much branched shrub, with very numerous thick, oval, 

 entire evergreen leaves, and small white flowers in terminal clusters. 



1. L. buxifolium, Ell. Sandy pine barrens, and on the mountains of 

 Carolina. May. Shrub 6' - 10' high. Leaves ' long, alternate or opposite, 

 glossy. 



14. BEJARIA, Mutis. 



Calyx 7-lobed or 7-toothed. Corolla of 7 oblong spreading petals. Stamens 

 14 : anthers versatile, opening by terminal pores. Style elongated : stigma de- 

 pressed. Capsule depressed-globose, 7-celled, 7-valved, many-seeded. Shrubs, 

 with alternate entire coriaceous leaves, and white or purple flowers in racemes 

 or corymbs. 



1. B. racemosa, Vent. Branches rough with scattered rigid hairs; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, smooth ; racemes terminal, elongated ; calyx 7-toothed. Dry 

 sandy soil, Georgia and East Florida. June and July. Shrub 3 - 4 high. 

 Flowers white, showy. 



SUBORDER III. PYROLJEL3E. THE PYROLA FAMILY. 



15. PYKOLA, L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, concave, deciduous. Stamens 10 : anthers some- 

 what 4-celled, opening by terminal pores, inverted in the bud. Style long, 

 mostly declined : stigma 5-lobed or 5-rayed. Capsule globose, 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 opening through the cells from the base upward ; the sutures pubescent. Seeds 



