ERICACEAE— PRIM U LACE AE 



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pcoccus Cranberry 



(Op, oxyi, lour, kokkos, i 



1. L< avea oval blong, obtuse 



J. Leaves ovate, acute 



( hidgenes Snowberry 



chlon, snow, frenes, born) 



Creeping evergreen shrubs with oval leaves; flowers white 



< >. macrocdrpus 

 1 1. oxycdccus 



C. hispid u la 



I'i we 7: A. Pirola secunda; H, Arctostaphylus uva-ursi, 1, flower, 2, fruit; C, Vacciniuna 

 pennsilvanicum, 1, flower. 2, fruit: 1), Primula farinosa; E, Dodecatheon meadia ; F, 

 Trientalis arnericana; G, Androsace occidentalis; H, Forsythia suspensa. 



Vaccinium Huckleberry, Blueberry, Cranberry 



(L. vaccinium., blueberry) 

 PI. 7, fig. C: 1, 2 



1. Flowers mostly 4-parted and stani' 



2. Flowers 5-parted and stamens 10 

 a. Leaves entire, pubescent beneath 

 li. Leaves serrulate, glabrous beneath 



Primulales 



V. uliginosum 



V. canadense 



V. pennsilvanicum 



Primrose Order 



Primulaceae — Primrose Family 

 Herbs with simple leaves; sepals usually 5. petals 5, rarely wanting, stamens 5, opposite the 

 corolla lobes, ovary 1-celled; flower syncarpous. sympetalous, hypogynous, regular. 



I. Stem leafless 



1. Flowers erect, salverform 



2. Flowers inverted, corolla reflexed 



II. Stem leafy 



1. Flowers yellow, in an oblong spike 



2. Flowers white 

 a. Leaves whorled at the top; corolla conspicuous 

 1>. Leaves whorled at the joints; corolla inconspicuous 



Primula — Primn 



(L. diminutive of primus, first) 

 PI. 7, fig. D 



1. Flowers rose to lilac 



a. Leaves usually white-mealy beneath; scape 4-18 inches high 



b. Leaves green on both sides; scape 1-6 inches high 



2. Flowers yellow 



Dodecatheon — Shooting Star 



(Or. dodekatheon, a medicinal plant) 

 PI. 7, fig. F. 

 Leaves basal, spatulate; flowers purple to white 



Trientalis — Starflower 



I. trientalis. a third of a foot) 

 PI. 7, fig. F 

 Leaves 5-10 at the summit; Sowers white or pink T. arnericana 



Primula 

 Dodecatheon 



Naumburgia 



Trientalis 

 Androsace 



P. farinosa 

 P. mistassinica 

 P. acdulis 



D. meadia 



