CXXVIIT. EEICmE^. 



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Heath. 



Stamen with 



anther-cells 



appendiculate at 



the hase (mag,)' 



Heath. 

 {Einca cinerea.) 



Heath. , 

 Flower cut TerticaUy (mag.). 



Heath. 

 Pistil and andrcecium with 

 tl;e corolla removed (mag.), 



Heathi 



Transverse section of 



ovary (mag.), 



Heath. 

 Seed cut 



vertically Heath, 



(mag.). Pistil (mag.) 



them, not adhering to the corolla, and inserted like it on the disk, or scarcely 

 adherent to its base ; filaments free, sometimes more or less monadelphous {Lageno- 

 carpus, Philippia) ; anthers dorsi- or basi-fixed, variously appendaged or not ; cells 

 2, hard, dry, separate at -the base or top, opening by terminal or lateral more or less 

 oblique pores which are sometimes prolonged into 2 longitudinal slits {Loiseleuria, 

 Leiophyllum). Ovaet free, surrounded by a disk at its base, of several many-ovuled 

 cells, rarely few-ovuled {Galluna) or 1-ovuled (Arctostaphylos) ; style simple ; stigma 

 capitate, peltate or cyathiforra ; ovules anatropous. Feuit a capsule berry or drupe. 

 Seeds inserted on central placentas, small, numerous ; testa very adherent and dotted, 

 or loose reticulate and arilliform. Embryo straight, cylindric, in the axis of a fleshy 

 albumen; cotyledons short ; radicle opposite the hilum. 



Tribe I. Arbute^. — Corolla deciduous. Fruit a berry or drupe. — Evergreen 



shrubs. 



PRINCIPAL (JENERA. 



Pernettia. * Arbutus. Arctostaphylos. 



Tribe II. Andromede^. — Corolla deciduous. Capsule loculicidal. — Shrubs with 

 persistent or deciduous leaves. Buds generally scaly. 



PRINCIPAL GENERA. 



* Clethra. * ZenoWa. * Oxydendrum. * Cassandra. 



"■ Bpigssa. * Pieris. * Leuoottoe. * Cassiope. 



"* Gualtheria. * Lyonia. 'Andromeda. 



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