212 47. ERICACE^. 



2. Arctostaphylos. Fr. with 5 1 -seeded cells, not granular 

 externally. Otherwise like Arbutus. 



Tr. II. ERICE^. I'r. capsular, dry. Anth. 2-celled. Disk 

 hypogynous. Testa close. 



3. Andromeda. Caps, dry, of 6 cells and 5 valves. Other- 

 wise like Arbutus. 



4. Calluna. Cal. 4-parted, membranous, coloured, longer 

 than the 4-cleft campanulate corolla, surrounded by 4 green 

 bracts. Cor. persistent, fading. Stam. 8, with dilated fila- 

 ments. Caps. 4-celled ; dissepiments adhering to the axis j 

 valves opening at the dissepiments and separate from them. 



5. Erica. Cal. 4-parted. Cor. campanulate or ovate often 

 ventricose, 4-toothed, persistent, fading. Stam. 8. Caps. 

 4-celled ; valves opening between the dissepiments and carry- 

 ing a part with them. 



6. Phyllodocb. Cal. b-parted. Cor. ovate, deciduous; 

 mouth contracted, 5-toothed. Stam. 10, included ;_^ZameBis 

 slender, longer than the anthers ; cells short, truncate, open- 

 ing by pores at the apex. Stigma peltate with 5 tubercles. 

 Caps. 5-celled with 5 valves opening at the dissepiments. 



7. Dabeocia. Cal. 4-cleft. Cor. ovate, ventricose, limb 4- 

 toothed. Stam. 8, included ; filaments flattened shorter than 

 the linear anthers which are sagittate below ; cells loosened 

 and opening by oblique pores at the apex. Stigma simple, 

 truncate. Caps. 4-celled with 4 valves opening at the dis- 

 sepiments. 



8. Azalea. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. campanulate, 5-cleft. Stam. 

 5, equal, shorter than the corolla ; anth. roundish ; cells 

 opening by a longitudinal fissure. Stigma capitate. Caps. 

 2 — 3-celled with 2 or 3 bifid valves whose inflexed edges form 

 the double partitions. 



Tr. III. VACCINIEM. Fr. baccate, fleshy. Anth. 2-celled. 

 Disk epigynous. 



.9. Vaccinium. Cal. entire or 4 — 5-toothed or lobed. Cor. 

 4- — 5-eleft or toothed. Stam. 8 — 10 ; aath. oblong, bifid at 

 the summit. Berry globose, crowned by the persistent limb 

 of the cal)'x, 4 — 5-celled, many-seeded. 



Tr. IV. PYROLEM K Fr. capsular, dry. Seeds with a loose 

 testa. Disk 0. Anth. opening by pores. 



• Combined with Broseracem by Coss. and Germ. {Fl. Par. 66) under 

 the name of Roridulem. 



