47. ERICACEAE. 
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opening by 2 pores or slits and often with spur-like appendages 
at the base. Ovary surrounded by a disk or scales, free or 
adhering to the corolla. Fr. capsular or baccate, with several 
cells, many-seeded. — No stipules. 
* Anthers opening by pores. 
Tribe I. ARBUTEjE. Ft. baccate, fleshy, superior. Disk 
and stam.hypogynous. Petals cohering. — L. usuaUybroad. 
1. Arbutus. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. globose or ovoid with a 
small contracted 5-cleft reflexed border, deciduous. Stam. 
10, TOth flattened filaments. Anth. compressed, with 2 
pores at the apex, fixed at the back beneath the apex and 
there furnished with 2 reflexed appendages. Berry glo- 
bose, tubercled ; cells 5, many-seeded. 
2. .\rctostaphylos. Fr. with 5 1-seeded cells, smooth. 
Otherwise like Arbutus. 
Tr. II. ERICEjE. Fr. capsular, dr>/,superior. Anth.2-celled. 
Disk and stam. hypogynous. Testa close. Petals cohering. 
3. Andromeda. Caps, of 5 cells and 5 valves, dry. Other- 
^\'ise like Arbutus. — L. usually broad. 
4. Calluna. Cal. 4,-parted, membranous, coloured, longer 
than the 4-cleft bellshaped persistent but fading corolla, 
surrounded by 4 green bracts. Stam. 8, with dilated fila- 
ments. Caps. 4-celled ; dissepiments adhering to the axis ; 
valves opening at the dissepiments and separate Jrom them. 
5. Erica. Cal. 4-parted. Cor. bellshaped or ovoid, often 
ventricose, 4-toothed, persistent, fading. Stam. 8. Caps. 
4-ceUed ; valves opening between the dissepiments and carry- 
ing a part with them. 
6. Phyllodoce. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. ovoid, deciduous, 
mouth contracted, 5-toothed. Stam. 10, included ; filaments 
slender, longer them the anthers ; cells short, truncate, open- 
ing by pores at the apex. Stigma peltate, with 5 tubercles. 
Caps. 5-celled with 5 valves opening at the dissepiments. 
7. Dabeocia. Cal. 4-cleft. Cor. ovoid, ventricose, limb 4- 
toothed. Stam.8,included ; filaments flattened shorter than 
