VACCINIACE^ 43 



Order XLVIIL— VACCINIACE^. 



Flowers regular ; calyx 4-5-lobed, often minute ; corolla 

 regular, 4-5 -cleft; stamens 8-10, anthers opening by ter- 

 minal pores or slits ; ovary inferior ; fruit a berry. Small 

 woody usually evergreen shrubs, often with edible berries, 

 belonging to the colder parts of the globe, mostly Ameri- 

 can. 



I. Vaccinium, L. 



Flowers solitary or in racemes, white or red ; calyx- 

 tube short ; style filiform. 



V. Myrtillus, L., Whortleberry, Bilberry ; stem erect, 

 somewhat winged, leaves deciduous, flowers solitary, pale- 

 green tinged with red, berry blue-black ; woods, common. 

 V. Vitis-Idcsa, L., Cowberry ; prostrate, evergreen, flowers 

 in terminal racemes, corolla campanulate, white or red, 

 berry red ; woods, common. V. uliginosum, L. ; creep- 

 ing, leaves deciduous, flowers in small clusters, corolla 

 pale pink, berry black ; bogs, not uncommon. V. Oxy- 

 coccos, L. {Oxycoccos palustris, Pers.), Cranberry ; stem 

 filiform, creeping, leaves small, evergreen; flowers on 

 long stalks, nodding, red, corolla rotate, berry red ; bogs. 



Order XLIX.— ERICACEAE. 



Flowers regular; calyx 4-5-lobed, often minute ; corolla 

 4-S-lobed, campanulate; stamens 4-10, hypogynous, 

 anthers opening by terminal pores or slits, often awned ; 

 ovary superior; fruit a berry, drupe, or capsule. Chiefly 

 in the cooler parts of the globe ; especially abundant in 

 Western Europe, the Himalayas, and at the Cape. 



