ORDER 73.—HEATHWORTS. 235 
Orpen LXXITI. ERICACEA. Heathworts. 
Herbs, or more generally shrubs, with simple, often evergreen leaves ; 
flowers regular or nearly so, 4 or 5-parted; petals rarely almost distinct; 
stamens as many or twice as many as the lobes of the corolla, and the 
anthers oddly appendaged and generally opening by two terminal pores; the 
style 1, and the ovary 4-10-celled, with albuminous seeds. 
Fig. 532. Azalea procumbens. 8, A flower enlurged. 4. A stamen, much enlarged, showing 
the lengthwise opening of each of the cells. 5. Cross-section of a 5-celled capsule of Rhododen- 
dron, showing the inflexed margins of the valves. 6. Pyrola secunda 7. A flower enlarged. 
8. A stamen enlarged, showing the terminal tubes and pores. 9, Cross-section of a 5-celled, 
many-seeded capsule. Fig. 540. Checkerberry (Gaultheria). 1. A flowerenlarged. 2. A berry. 
8. Vertical section of the ovary, showing the free, fleshy calyx 4 Anther of the Vaccinium 
Vitis-Idew@. 5, Stamen of Bearberry (Arctostaphylos). 6. Awned stamen of a Blueberry (Vao 
ciniwm). 
