Vaccinium. | XLV. HRICACER. 279 
A large Order, widely spread over the whole world (excepting Australia), 
especially in the temperate and colder regions, but not uncommon also in 
hilly districts within the tropics. It is distinguished from all British 
Monopetals, except Campanulacee, by the insertion of the stamens, and 
from the latter Order by the shrubby habit, the shape of the flower, and 
especially by the anthers opening in 2 small terminal pores. 
Calyx-tube adherent. Corolla papers: Leaves alternate, 
often toothed . spay - « 4d, VAOCINIUM. 
Sepals free. Corolla inferior. 
Undershrubs, shrubs or trees. Corolla lobed. 
Fruita berry. Leaves alternate, often toothed. 
’ Tali shrub, or tree. Cells of the ovary with several 
ovules in each . ; : ; ; é : . 2, ARBUTUS. 
Low, creeping shrubs. One Ovule in each cell of the : 
ovary . : : : ‘ 3 ; . 3& ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. 
Fruit a dry capsule. Leaves usually small and entire. 
Stamens5. Leaves very small, opposite i : - 5, LOISELEURIA. 
Stamens 8, 
Corolla deciduous. ee scattered, white under- 
neath . é E ; : - 6. MENZIESIA. 
Corolla persistent, ae loothed! Leaves opposite or 
whorled : é ‘ beh ue SURV Me 
Corolla persistent, "4-partite, Leaves opposite - 8. CALLUNA. 
Stamens 10. Leaves 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 . 4 . - 6. MENZIESIA. 
Herbs. Petals free or nearly so. . 
Leaves radical or nearly so. Scape leafless 9) Pyrons. 
Leaves reduced to scales of the same colour as the stem . 10. MONOTROPA, 
The Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Kalmias, and other genera of our so-called 
American gardens, belong also to the Ericacee, which comprises perhaps 
more ornamental plants than any other Order. The Hpacrises and allied 
plants which flower in such perfection in our greenhouses in early spring, 
form a closely allied family, which replaces Hricacee in Australia. 
I. VACCINIUM. VACCINIUM. 
Low shrubs, with alternate leaves, and flowers usually solitary, or only 
two or three together. Calyx with a short tube adhering to the ovary, and 
4or 5. small teeth. 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 Hricacee proper on account of the inferior ovary ; 
but this character, however important it may be in many cases, is, in this 
instance, very artificial. Vaccinium has also been divided into numerous 
genera, chiefly according to the form of the corolla; and many of them, in- 
cluding the brilliant Z’ibaudias, occasionally grown in our stoves, are now 
generally adopted. 
Stemserect or decumbent at the base. Leaves deciduous. An- 
thers with 2 little awns or points on the back. Berries black 
and bluish. 
Branches angular. Leavestoothed . : ; : ».  . Ll. V. Myrtillus. 
Braches terete. Leayvesentire . 4 : : - : . 2. V.uliginosum. 
