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POPULAR FLORA. 



63. HEATH FAMILY. Order ERICACEAE. 

 Distinguislied generally by the anthers opening by a pore or small hole at the top of each . 

 cell, and from all the other orders with a monopetalous corolla, except the two foregoing, 

 by having the stamens free from the corolla, as many or twice as many as its lobes. But 

 the petals are sometimes entirely separate, especially in the third and fourth sub-families. 

 Fruit several-celled. Style one. This large order comprises four very distinct sub-fami- 

 lies, viz- ; — 



413, Half ©ra Cranberry-blossom, magnified. iU A Checkerberry plant. 

 Tiatic Wintergreen, 415. Slice across the " berry," and the pod in- 

 side. 416. Wintergreen, No. 3. 417. A flower, natural size. 418. Asia- 

 men. 419. Pod cut across. 420. A pistil. 421. A seed. 



I. HUCKLEBERRY Subfamilt- Teeth of the calyx, corolla, and stamens on the ovary, the tube 

 of the calyx coherent with its surface. Style and stigma one. Anthers of two nearly separate cells, 

 tapering upwards into a tube or tip, which opens at the end. Shrubs, &c. 

 Ovary 10-celled with one ovule in each cell; berry with 10 largish seeds, or rather stones, 



in a circle, (Gaylussacia) Huckleberry. 



