POPULAR FLORA. 169 



Ovary with many ovules in each cell, making small seeds. 



Stamens 10, rarely 8, included in the cylindrical or oblong-bell-shaped 5-toothed 



corolla. Berry blue or black, sweet, many-seeded, ( Vaccinium) Blueberry 



Stamens 10, longer than the open bell-shaped 5-oleft corolla. Berry ripening few 



seeds, mawkish, ( Vaccinium stamineum) Deerberry 



Stamens 8, much projecting beyond the deeply 4-parted reflexed corolla. Berry 



4-celled, many-seeded,' red, sour, [Vaccinium,^ Oxycdccus) Ckakberry. 



II. HEATH Subfamily. Calyx, corolla (generally monopetalous), and stamens free from the 

 ovary, inserted on the receptacle. Shrubby plants (except Checkerberry), sometimes small trees. 



1. Corolla remaining dry after blossoming. Stems covered with very small and narrow 



leaves. Only house-plants in this country, ( Erica) *Heath. 



2. Corolla falling off after blossoming. 



Fruit a berry or berry-like. 



Trailing small-leaved evergreen. Corolla roundish, (Arctostdphylos) Bearberry. 



Fruit a dry pod enclosed in a berry-like calyx, {Gaullheria) Ciieckerberky.* 



Fruit a naked dry pod. 



Corolla salver-shaped, with a slender tube. A trailing, scarcely woody ever- 

 green, with round-heart-shaped leaves, {Epigma) MAY-FLOWER.f 

 Corolla ovate or oblong-cylindrical, 5-toothed, (Andrdmeda) Andromeda. 

 Corolla of 6 separate petals, regular, white. 



Flowers in panioled racemes, appearing in summer, ( Clethra) Swert-Peppeebush. 



Flowers in umbels. Leaves rusty-woolly beneath, (Ledum) Labrador-Tea. 



Flowers irregular, rose-purple, two of the petals nearly separate, (Rhodbra) Rhodoha. 

 Flowers bell-wheel-shaped, 6-lobed, with 10 pouches, (Kdlmia) American Laurel. 

 Flowers bell-shaped or short funnel-shaped without pouches, 6-lobed. 



Stamens 10. Leaves evergreen, (Rhododendron) Rhododendron. 



Stamens 5. Leaves falling in autumn, (AzaUa) Azalea. 



III. WINTERGREEN or PYROLA Subfamily. Calyx, &o. free from the ovary; the 5 separate 

 petals and 10 stamens on the receptacle. Low and herbaceous, or nearly so, and with evergreen leaves. 

 Flowers in a raceme. Petals not widely spreading. Style long, (Pyrola) Wintergreen. 

 Flowers in a general corynib or umbel, or only one or two. Style very short, ( Chimdphila) PipaissEWA. 



IV. INDIAN-PIPE Subfamily. Low herbs growing in leaf-mould in woods, destitute of green 

 foliage (parasitic on roots), having white or flesh-colored scales in place of leaves. 



Flower one, nodding at first. Calyx of 2 to 4 scales : petals of 5 spatulate scales : 



stamens 10, (Mondtrqpa) Indian-Pipe. 



Flowers several in a scaly raceme; the terminal blossom with 5 petals and 10 stamens, 



all the others with only 4 petals and 8 stamens, (Bypdpiiys) Pinesap. 



* Called Wijjtekgreen in the country in most places ; also Boxberry or Partridge-beery ; but 

 the latter name rightly belongs to Miichetta, and that of Wintergreen to Pyrola, which is so named in 

 England. 



t Also called Teailino-Akbutus and Ground-Laukel. Nearly the earliest-flewering plant in the 

 Northern States- prized for the rich spicy fragrance of its pretty rose-colored blossoms. 



