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° Fruit u berry, or berry-like drupe; corolla-tube inflated or urn-shaped, 5-toothed. 
Evergreen. 
Tree; ovary 5-celled; berry many-seeded......... araveweedie waists ces janie aiedie Arbutus. 2 
Shrub; ovary 5-10-celled; drupe few-seeded. ..........00-cee eee Arctostaphylos. 3 
Shrub; low; berry purple-black......... MEARE TATRA TRE .Gaultheria. 4 
** Fruit a naked capsule; corolla funnelform or campanulate, large, 5-lobed. 
Shrubs, with showy flowers............... eatin Meee e teasers Rhododendron, 5 
Suzp-orpER 3. PYROLEZ. 
Calyx free. Corolla of 5 (rarely 4) separate petals. Anthers extrose in the bud, the 
pores downward; introse (by bending downward on the end of the filament) in the open 
flower, the pores upward. 
Stem woody, leaves whorled............. ecdatcys mona erdsteudeteie «+es+-..Chimaphila. 6 
Flowers O0 & SCAPC... 1... sec e cece cece es ceneccce afosabuiavaih Gysteteerecaavemesiorouners Pyrola. 7 
Svus-orDER 4. MONOTROPHZ. 
Root-parasitic, scaly-bracted herbs, wholly destitute of green foliage. 
Flowers racemose, corolla globular-ovate .................. -eeeeeeee Fe terospora, +8 
1. VACCINIUM, L. Btvrperry, Bitsrrry, Erc, 
Calyx 4-5-toothed on the summit of the ovary. Corolla various. Stamens 8 to 10; 
' the anthers with the two cells separate, tapering upward into a tube opening at the top. 
Style long. 
1. V. ovatum, Pursh. (Catrrornia Huckieperry). Shrub, erect, 3 to 5 ft high; 
evergreen; leaves thick, shining, ovate, acute, serrate; flowers with the parts in fives, 
stamens 10; corolla campanulate, pink; berries purple-black. 
2. ARBUTUS, Tourn. Manprono. 
Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla ovate, 5-toothed; the teeth recurved. Stamens 10, included; 
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anthers flattened, furnished with a pair of reflexed awns. Style rather long; berry 
with a rough surface. 
1. A. Menziesii, Pursh. A handsome tree, with smooth bark turning brownish- 
red, which exfoliates except on the trunks of the larger trees; corolla white; berries 
deep orange. 
3. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. Adan. Manzanita. 
Flowers like those of Arbutus (but occasionally 4-merous and 8-androus), except that 
the 5 to 10 cells of the ovary contain each « single ovule, and the berry-like fruit has 5 
