258 ERiCACE^. (heath family.) 



Suborder III. PYROLE^. Calyx free from the ovary. Corolla 

 a-petalous. — Low nearly herbaceous plants. Leaves evergreen. 



* Capsule 6-celled. 



15. PYROLA. Flowers racemose, on scape-like stems. Style filiform, elongated. 



16. CHmAPHILA. Jlowers umbellate. Style very short, top-shaped. 



* # Capsule 3-eelled. 



17. SHORTIA. Flower solitary, termiuating the scape-like scaly stem. 



Suborder IV. MONOTROPEJE. Calyx of 4-5 scale-like or 

 bract-like sepals. Corolla 5-lobe(l or 5-petalous. Seeds very minute. 

 — Fleshy scaly herbs, parasitic on roots, and destitute of green foliage. 



18. SCHWEINITZIA. Corolla monopetalous, bell-shaped, 5-Iobed. Anthers 2-celled. 



19. MONOTROPA. Corolla 4 -5-petalous. Anthers kidney-shaped, opening across the top. 



Suborder I. TACCINIEJE. The Whortleberry Family. 



I. GAYIiTJSSACIA, Kunth. Huckleeeeey. 



Corolla tubular, ovoid, or bell-shaped, 5-eleft. Stamens 10 : anthers awnless. 

 Truit a berry-liko drupe containing 10 seed-like nutlets. — Low branching mostly 

 resinous-dotted shrubs, with white or reddish nodding flowers, in lateral braeted 

 i-acemes. 



1. G. frondosa, Torr. & Gray. Leaves entire, oblong or obovate, obtuse, 

 rugose, glaucous, and, like the spreading branches, slightly pubescent ; corolla 

 small (2"), short-bell-shaped, reddish; beriy depressed-globose, blue, glaucous ; 

 bracts small, oblong. (Vaccinium frondosum, Htl.) — Low ground, Plorida to 

 Mississippi, and northwai-d. April. — Shrub l°-2° high. 



2. G. dumosa, Torr. & Gray. Branches and racemes pubescent ; leaves 

 thick, oblong-obovate, serrulate, mucronate, soon smooth and shining; corolla 

 H" long) bell-shaped, angled, white ; bracts ovate, leafy ; berry globose, smooth, 

 black. (Vaccinium dumosum. Ell.) — Var. hirtella. Stem taller (l°-2° 

 liigh) ; branches, leaves, and berries hirsute or hairy. — Low sandy pine barrens 

 and swamps, Florida to JJississippi, and northward. April and May. — Shrub 

 6' - 12' high. Beriy 4" - 6'' in diameter. 



3. G. resinosa, Torr. & Gray. Stem much branched; leaves oblong or 

 obovate, entire, coated, like the branchlets, &c., with resinous viscid globules ; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered ; bracts small, deciduous ; corolla small, ovoid or cylindrical, 

 reddish ; berry black, smooth. (Vaccinium resinosum, Ell.) — Sandy woods in 

 the upper districts of Georgia, and northward. April and May. — Shrub 2° - 3° 

 high. 



4. G. ursina, Gray. Leaves large (2' -3' long), thin, lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, entire ; the veins, like the branches, rusty-tomentose ; racemes remotely 

 few-flowered; bracts minute ; corolla bell-shaped ; beri-y black. (Vaccinium ur- 

 sinum, M. A. Cwrtis.) — Mountains of North Carolina. — Shrub 2° -3° high. 



