CXXXI. VACCmiEiE. 



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inferior, many-celled; ovxjhss anatropom. Yrvii fleshy. 'Embryo albuminous. — Stem 

 woody. 



Branching sheubs. Leaves scattered or alternate, simple, entire or toothed, 

 exstipulate. Flowees solitary or racemed. Calyx 4-5-6 -partite, deciduous or 

 persistent. Corolla monopetalous, epigjnous, in 4-5-6 segments, deciduous, gesti- 



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V. MyrtiUus. V. Mj/rtUlus. 



Flower (mag.)- Flower cut vertically (mag.). 



Vaccinmin VUis-id(sa. 



Vaccinium, 



Stamen witli anther 



2-liorned at the top and 



2-nristate on the back 



(mag.). 



Vacciniym. Diagi-am, 



Vaccinium. 

 ' TranSTerse sectiou of ovary 

 (mag.).; 



Vacemium. 

 Fruit (mag.). 



Vaccinium, 



Seed entire and cut vertically, 



(mag.). 



vation imbricate. Stamens twice as many as the corolla-segments, inserted on a 

 disk crowning the 6va,rj ; anth&rs dorsifixed, vertical, 2-celled ; cells parallel, often 

 separate at the top, and terminating in a narrow tube, open at the tip. Ovaet in- 

 ferior, of 4-6-6-10-many 1-ovuled cells ; style simple ; stigma usually capitate ; ovules 

 [one, few or many, on placentas projecting from the inner angles of the cejls,] ana- 

 tropous. Tkuit a berry or drupe. Seeds inserted on central placentas. Embrvo 

 straight, in the axis of a fleshy albumen. 



* Thibaudia. 



PRINCIPAL GENERA. 

 * Vaccinium. Oxycoccos. 



' Macleania. 



Vaccirdeai only differ from Ericinece in the epigyny ; many botanists therefore persist in keeping them 

 in the same family. To this structural aifinity are added analogous properties. The berries of Vnocinium 



