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278 THE HEATH FAMILY. [Vacndeisane 
Calyx-tube adherent. Corolla SU Perigr: Leaves alternate, . . 
VACCINIUM. 
often toothed . : : ’ ° ° ie 
Sepals free. Corolla inferior, 
Undershrub-, shrubs or trees. Corolla lobed. 
Fruita her y. Leaves alternate, often toothed. 
Tall s rub, or tree. Ceils of the ovary with several 
ovules in each . : ‘ : : ; ‘. . 2. ARBUTUS. 
Low, creeping shrubs. One ovule in each cell of the 
ovary . ; . - F ° ; . 3. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, 
Fruit a dry capsule, leaves usunily small and entire. 
St mens 5 Leaves very -mall, opposite . 3 4 - 9. LOISELEURIA. 
Stamens 8. 
Corolla deciduous, Leaves scattered, white under- 
neath ~. : ; : : . 6. Menzimsia. 
Corolia persistent, '4-toothed. Leaves opposite or _ 
whorled . : : . 7 Erica. 
Corolla persistent, 4-partite. Leaves opposite . . 8. CALLUNA. 
Stamens 10. Leav:s alternate. 
Capsule opening by slits in the middle of the cells. 
Flowers pink . 4, ANDROMEDA. 
Capsule opening by the splitting of the partitions. ; 
Flowers purplish-blue . 3 6. MENZIESIA. 
Herbs. Petuls free or nearly so. 
Leaves radical or nearly so. Scape leafless . .. 9. PYBORAs 
Leaves reduced to scales of the same colour as the ‘stem . 10. MoNOTROPA. 
The Rhododendrins, Azaleas, Kalmias, and other genera of our so- 
called American gardens, belong also to the Hricacew, which comprises 
perhaps more ornamental hardy shrubs than any other Order. The 
Epacrives and allied plants which flower in such perfection in our green- 
houses in early spring, form a closely allied family, which replaces 
Lricacece in Australa. 
I. VACCINIUM. VACCINIUM. 
Low shrubs, with alternate leaves, and flowers usually solitary, or 
only 2 or 3 together. Calyx with a short tube adhering to the ovary, 
and 4 or 5 smallteeth. Corolla superior, with as many teeth or divisions, 
Stamens twice as many. Berry globular, with several seeds (or, at any 
rate, several ovules in the young state) in each cell. 
A numerous genus in mountainous districts or boggy heaths, over a 
great part of the globe, now usually considered as forming a distinct 
family, separated from /ricacee by the inferior ovary; but this char- 
acter, however important it may be in many cases, is, 1n this instance, 
very artificial. Vaccin’wm has also been divided into numerous genera, 
chiefly by the form of the corolla; and many of them, including the 
brilliant Thibauudias, occasionally grown in our stoves, are now generally 
adopted. . 
Stems erect or decumbent at the base. J.eaves deciduous. An- 
thers with 2 little awns or points on the back. Berries black 
and blui-~h. “i 
Branches angular. Leavestoothed . : , z ‘ . lL. V. Myrtillus. 
Branches terete. Leaves entire . 5 ; : . 2 PF. uliginosun. 
Stems prostrate or creeping. Leaves evergreen. " Anthers with- . 
out awns. Berries red. 
Leaves obovate, firm. Corolla enmpanulate 2 : . 3. Vi Vitis-idea. 
Leaves small, ‘ovate or lanceolite. Stem slender. pee 
spreading, with reflexed lobes . 4 : - 4, V. Oxycoccos. 
AR Sg Myrtillus, Linn. (fig. 626). Buberry, Blaebert ‘'y, Whortleberry. 
