596 56. ERICIN^i. PLex.caL 



Farn. I. 36. ERICIN^E, Desvaux, Ericacece. et Bicornes, 

 Ventenat. Erico' et Rhododendrce, Jussieu. 

 lihododendracece^ Mirbel. Bicornum parSy 

 Linnaeus. Mo)ioirop<r, Nuttall. 

 Calyx 1-leaf, 4- or 5-cut, persisting, free; corolla hypo- 

 gynous, 1-petaled, 4 or 5-cut or parted, regular, falling off 

 or withering; aestivation imbricate; stamens definite, 3, 8, 

 or 10, opposite,* equal or double the number of the lobes, 

 hypogynous, i.e. inserted into the lobes of the corolla; 

 ovary many-celled, girt at bottom with a scaly or secreting 

 disk; ovules many; style 1; stigma 1, not nicked or toothed; 

 pericarpium a capsule or berry, many-celled ; spermophore 

 central, axillary ; seeds many ; perisperra fleshy ; corculum 

 axillary, straight ; radicle near the hylum. — Shrubs or 

 imdershrubs ; leaves perennial or annual ; alternate or op- 

 posite; iiifioreseence various; peduncles mostly 2-bracteated. 



Stamens 3 or 9 ; calyx 3-parted ; corolla 

 3-parted Empetrum. 1 64. 



Stam. 5; corolla bellshape Cham^cistus. 163. 



Stam.8; coro//a bellshape; 

 capsule dehiscent, septicidal Menziesia. 155. 



Stam. 8 ; anthers enclosed ; corolla ven- 

 tricose; capsule dehiscent, loculicidal Eremocallis. 157. 



Stam. 8 ; anthers exserted ; corolla bell- 

 shape; capsule dehiscent, loculicidal . . Gypsocallis. 158. 



Stain, 8 ; horned ; corolla tubular ; 

 capsule dehiscent, septifragal Calluna. 1 59. 



Stam. 8 or 1 ; corolla 4 or 5-parted ; 

 an^/^er^ 1 -celled, peltate; /j/««^ parasitic Monotropa. 166. 



Stam. 10; corolla ovate, 5-cut; 

 capstde dehiscent, loculicidal Andromeda. 160. 



Stam. 1 ; corolla 5-parted ; 

 anthers 2-celled ; capsule 5-celled Pyrola. 165. 



Stam. 10; corolla 5-parted; 

 anthers 2-celled, 2-horned ; cap- 

 sule 5-celled Moneses. 166. 



Stam. 10; corolla bellshape; 

 capsule dehiscent, septicidal Phyllodoce. 156. 



iS/am. 10; villous; /'erry many-seeded .. Arbutus. 161. 



Stam. 10', bald; Z^m?/ 5-seeded .' Uva-ursi. 162. 



