roril.AK FLORA. 



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iirnta 



Ovary with many oViilos in cucli cell, making small seeds. 



Stamens lo. rarely 8, inclu.' :.i in the cylindrical or ohlong-bell-shapcd 5-toothed 



corolla. JJt-rry blue or liiack, sweet, m.iny-sfoded, {yni-c'inium) BLl'EBEnHY. 



Stanjens 10, longer than the open bell-shaped 5-cleft corclln. Berry ripening few 



scccls, niuwkisii, {Vai'ciiiinm .ildiiiinnnii) Dkkkijekuy. 



Stamens 8, much inojeoting beyond the deeply 4piirted lellrxed corolla. Berry 



4-celled, many-seeded, red, sour, (Vatriniuin, ^Ojrix'orrus) CnANnKHliY. 



II. HKATH Sl'BKAMII.Y. C'lilyx, curolla (generally monopotilous), and stamens free from tli« 

 ovary, inserted on the receptacle. Sliiuliliy plants (except Clieckerberry), sometimes small trees. 



1. Corolla remaining dry after blossouiiug. Stems covered witli very sniidl and narrow 



le:ives. Only hi>use-plants in this country, {Kiiva) *}Il';ATir. 



2. OoioUa falling off after blossoming. 



Frnit a berry or bcrrylikc. 



Tniiling small leived evergreen. Corolla roundish, (Aycfn.tfdpliiifus) BkahhK!;i'.y. 



Fruit a dry jiod enclosed in a berry -like calyx, {(I'aitlt/trrin) ClIi.CKKKifKluiY.* 



Fruit a Ti.^ked dry pod. 



Corolla salver-shaped, with a slender tube. A trailing, scnrcely woody ever- 

 green, with round heart-.shaped leaves, (h'/)i::<i(t) .M.\v Kr.owKH.f 

 Corolla ovate or oblong-cyliiulrical, 5-toothed, (Andioincda) AnduoMI.d.V. 

 Corolla of 5 .separate petals, regular, white. 



Flowers in paniclcd racemes, ajipearing in summer, ((VctJn-a) SwKirr-rillM'KunisH. 

 Flowers in umbels. Leavt's rusty-woolly betieatli, {Lnliiin) i.AISKAlioij-'i'KA. 



Flowers irregular, rose-purple, two of the petals nearly sejjarate, ( Ttlioluni 1 I tin mo:; a. 

 Flowers bell-wiieelsliape<l, 5-lol)ed. with to pouches, {h'dlniin) A.mkiucan Lai;ki:i. 

 F'lowers bell-shaped or short funnel-shaped without iiouches, 5 lobed. 



Stamens 10. Leaver evergreen, (lihixiidindron) IIiioixidknihiiiN'. 



Stamens 5. Leaves falling in autumn, {A:iilc(i) A/..\i.i a. 



III. AVINTFRGIIKEN or PYUOLA SUBFAMILY. Calyx, kc, free fiom the ovary; the 5 

 separate i»etals and 10 stamens on tiie receptacle. Low and herbaceous, or nearly so, and with 

 evergreen leaves. 



Flowers in a r.iceme. Petals not widely spreading. Style long, {Pip'ola) WiNTEUdltKK.V. 



Flowers in a general corymb or umbel, or only one or two. Style very short, 



{('/'liind hila) Pll'sissKW A. 



IV. INDIAN-PIPE Subfamily. Low herbs growing in leafm< Id in woods, destitute of green 

 foliage (i)arasitic on roots), having white or tlesli-coloured scales in place of leaves. 



F'lower r, nodding at first. Calyx of 2 to 4 scales: petals of 5 spatulate scales: 



stamens 10, i .]f')ii('ti-'>/i(t) Lndian-Ph'K. 



Flowers several in a scaly rnceme : the terminal blossom with 5 petals and 10 stamen-, 



all the others with only 4 petals and 8 stamens, (f/iipo/iif/is) Pinksat. 



* Called "\VinteK(!I!I".1':n' in the country in most places; aNo I'.oxbkukv or Paktuii)(;f-HKI!UY ; but 

 tlie latter name rightly l)elo;igs to Mitrltelht, and that of Wintergreeu to Piirulu, wliicb is so named 

 in I'higliind. 



+ Also called TKAILlN(J-.\RBt;Ti'i^ and Guot nd-Lauuel. Nearly the earliest-ilowering plant in 

 the Northern States : prized for the rich spicy fragrance of its pietty rose-coloure-l blos.soms. 



