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land. 3, Plantago. Pyxidium 1-4-celled, 1- qo-seeded. Q. 2|.. Lvs. 

 Irom rhiz. ; rosulate, alt., or opp., fls. spicate. Many spec; weeds. 

 P. major, Great Plantain; lvs. large, ribbed. Fig. 13B. Eur. 

 Naturalized, U. S. P. virginica, J 9 . Small, spatulate lvs. Sands, 



0. States. Sev. other Am. species. 



Heath Alliance. — Pis. g (diclinous by arrest in some Epacridese), 

 4-5-6-8-10-merous ; sta. as many or twice as many as corolla-lobes ; 

 ova. 1- oo-celled, cells 1- oo-seeded ; sds. minute. Herbs, Shrubs, Trees. 

 62. Lennoaceae. 63. Diapensiaceae. 64. Ericaceae. 



Ord. 62. Lennoaceae — Fleshy, leafless root-parasites resembling 

 Monotrdpese; fls. 6-8-10-merous ; sta. epipetalous; anth. 2-eelled, 

 dehisc. longitudinal. Ova. oo-celled ; fr. fleshy, dehisc. irreg. 3 gen., 

 4 spec. 1. Ammobroma ; fls. covering the upper surface of a concave 

 receptacle. Sonora. 2. Pholisma ; fls. 6-merous, spicate. Cal. 8. 

 Lennoa ; fls. 8-merous, sta. 2-seriate. Mex. 



Ord. 63. Diapensiaceae.— Fls. 5-merous. Boll 3- rarelv 4-eelIed; 

 oc-seeded. Under shrubs or Herbs. 4 gen., 2 Tribes. Tribe 1. Stem- 

 less herbs from Q|. rhiz. ; lvs. evergreen, petioled, dentate ; scape tall, 

 leafless. Staminodes 5, sta. 5, anth. 1-celled, dehiscing transversely. 



1. Galax aph'glla, only spec; scape white, P-2° high; fls, small, 

 white, racemed. Woods, Va., S. 2. Shbttia. galaci^olia. Similar; 

 scape 1- or few-flowered. Japan ; Mts. of N. Car. Tribe 2. No 

 staminodes, anth. 2-celled, dehisc. transverse. Fls. sol. Dwarf 

 evergreens, stems tufted, lvs. small. 1, Diapensia. Fls. white, 

 peduncled. D. lapponica, Lapland, N. Eur,, N. Asia, "White Mts., 

 N, H. D. himaldica, Himalaya Mts., Asia, 2. Pyxidanthera bar- 

 buldta, only spec. ; prostrate, creeping ; fls. sessile, white or rose. 

 Pine barrens, N. J., southward. 



Ord. 64. Ericaceae.— 5 Sub-Orders. Sub-Ord. 1. Epacrideae. 

 Australian Heaths. Fls. 5- rarely 4-merous. Anth. 1-celled. 

 Drupe, with oo 1-seeded pyrenes ; or boll, oc-seeded. Shrubs or small 

 trees; lvs. alt., rarely opp. 32 gen., 3-36 spec. Australia, New Z., 

 Ind. Archipelago. Tribe 1. Boll. Many gen., sometimes trees. 1. 

 £pacris. Shrubs, heath-like ; fls. tubular, red, white, purple. Many 

 ornamental spec. Australia, Now Z. Tribe 2. Berry, eranberry-lilse, 

 often edible. Numerous gen. 1. Styphelia, 2. Lissinthe. Shrubs. 

 Australia. 



Sub-Ord. 2. Vacciniae. — Ova. adh. Corolla-lobes 4-6-6; sta. 

 twice as many, on an epigynous disk; anth. 2-celled, dehiscing by 2 

 pores at top. Berry or drupe, 4- oo-seeded. Branching shrubs or 

 small trees, often evergreen. 15 gen. 1. Vaccinium, Whortle- 

 berry. Berry, oo-seeded. Corel. 4-5-fid, urn- or bell-shaped, white 

 or red-tinged ; berries blue or black, edible. Shrubs or small trees ; 

 fond of mts. V. arbbreum. Tree W. 8°-15° high, evergreen ; fls. 

 rose-white. N. C. to S. 111., southward. V. corymbbsum, 5°-10° 

 high ; swamps. Can. to Fla. V. uUginosum, 6'-18' high, lvs. decid. 

 Gt. Brit., N\ Eur. Sta., Fig, 168, P. V. myrsinites, l°-2° high; 

 fls. pink. N. C. to Pla. V. pennsylvdnicum, 6'-18' high, fls. red- 

 white. Penn. to N. 111., North. 2. Gayluss^cia, Blueberry. 

 Corol. 5-merous, Drupe with 10 pyrenes; blue or black, edible; fls. 

 red or white ; lvs. often terminating in a spine. G. resinbsa, V-W 

 high ; berries black. G. frondbsn, 3°-6° high, berries blue ; all from 

 N. Eng. to Ky., south, G. brachi/eera (buxifblia), Box-Whortle- 



