332 BOTANY. 



Family Myrsinaceae ; Trees and slirubs with alternate (or oppo- 

 site) leaves ; stamens opposite tlie petals ; ovules usually fevi ; fruit 

 a drupe or berry. (Sp. 550.) 



Sub-order Ericales : Flowers regular, perfect ; stamens alter- 

 nate with the corolla-lobes ; cells of the ovary, or placentae 2 to many ; 

 seeds minute. 



Family Vaooluiacese (Huckleberries) : Shrubs and trees with mostly 

 alternate evergreen leaves ; ovary inferior, 2- to 10-celled ; fruit 

 fleshy or succulent ; anthers dehiscing by an apical pore. (Sp. 230.) 



Family Ericaceae (Heaths) : Shrubs and trees with alternate oppo- 

 site or whorled mostly evergreen leaves ; ovary superior, 2- to 10- 

 celled ; fruit usually a capsule ; anthers dehiscing by an apical pore. 

 (Sp 1080.) 



Family Monotropese (Indian Pipes) ; Pale, leafless, parasitic herbs ; 

 ovary superior, 1- to several-celled ; fruit a capsule ; anthers de- 

 hiscing by a slit. (Sp, 13.) 



Family Epacrideae (Epacrids) : Shrubs and small trees with mostly 

 alternate evergreen leaves ; ovary superior, mostly 2- to lO-celled ; 

 fruit capsular or drupaceous ; anthers dehiscing by a slit. (Sp. 325.) 



Family Diapenaiaceae : Low underslirubs with alternate evergreen 

 leaves ; ovary superior, 3-celled ; fruit a capsule ; anthers dehiscing 

 by a slit. (Sp. 9.) 



Family Lennoaceae : Parasitic leafless herbs; ovary superior, 10- to 

 14-carpellary, 20- to 28-celled ; ovules solitary ; anthers dehiscing 

 by a slit. (Sp. 4.) 



SuB-ORDEK Ebenales : Flowers regular, perfect, or diclinous ; 

 stamens opposite to the corolla-lobes ; ovary 2- to many-celled ; seeds 

 mostly solitary or few, usually large. 



Family Sapotacese (Star-apples) : Trees and shrubs with mostly 

 alternate leaves ; flowers mostly perfect ; stamens attached to the 

 corolla ; ovary superior. (Sp. 400.) 



Family Ebenaceae (Ebonyv^'orts) : Trees and shrubs with mostly 

 alternate leaves ; flowers mostly dioecious ; stamens usually free 

 from the corolla ; ovary superior. (Sp. 250.) 



Family Styracaceae (Storaxworts) : Trees and shrubs with alternate 

 leaves ; flowers mostly perfect ; stamens attached to the corolla ; 

 ovary usually inferior. (Sp. 235.) 



Order 49. BICABFELLAT£. Bicaepals. 



Flowers gamopetalous ; pistil usually of two united carpels, its ovary 

 generally superior ; stamens as many as the corolla-lobes or less. 



Sun-ORDBR POLEMONIALES : Corolla regular ; stamens alternate 

 with the corolla-lobes, and of the same number; leaves mostly alternate. 



