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36. ERICINjE. 
PI. ex. cal 
Fara. I. 36. ERXCINiE. Desvaux. Ericaceae et Bicornes 9 
Ventenat. Ericce et Rkododendrce , Jussieu. 
lihododendracece , Mirbel. Bicornum pars 9 
Linnaeus. Monotropce , Nuttall. 
Calyx I -leaf, 4 or 5-cut, persisting, free; corolla hypo- 
gynous, 1-petaled, 4 or 5-cufc or parted, regular, falling off 
or withering; aestivation imbricate; stamens definite, 3, 8, 
or 10, opposite, equal or double the number of the lobes, 
hypogynous, i.e. inserted into the lobes of the corolla; 
ovary many- celled, girt at bottom with a scaly or secreting 
disk; ovules many; style 1; stigma 1, not nicked or toothed; 
pericarpium a capsule or berry, many-celled ; spermophore 
central, axillary ; seeds many ; perisperm fleshy ; corculum 
axillary, straight ; radicle near the hylum. — Shrubs or 
undershrubs ; leaves perennial or annual ; alternate or op- 
posite ; inflorescence various ; peduncles mostly 2-bracteated. 
Stamens 3 or 9 ; calyx 3-parted ; corolla 
3-parted Empetrum. 164. 
Siam. 5; corolla bellshape Chamjecistus. 163. 
Stam. 8; corolla bellshape; 
capsule dehiscent, septicidal Menziesia. 155, 
Stam. 8 ; anthers enclosed ; corolla ven- 
trieose; capsule dehiscent, loculicidal Eremocallis. 157. 
Stam . 8 ; anthers exserted ; corolla bell- 
shape; capsule dehiscent, loculicidal . . Gypsocallis. 158. 
Stam. 8 ; horned ; corolla tubular ; 
capsule dehiscent, septifragal Calluna. 159. 
Stam. 8 or 1 0 ; corolla 4 or 5-parted ; 
anthers 1-celled, peltate ; plant parasitic Monotropa. 166. 
Stam. 10; corolla ovate, 5-cut; 
capsule dehiscent, loculicidal Andromeda. 160. 
Stam. 10; corolla 5-parted; 
anthers 2-celled ; capsule 5- celled Pyrola. 165. 
Stam. 10; corolla 5-parted; 
anthers 2-celled, 2-horned ; cap- 
sule 5-celled Moneses. 166. 
Slam. 10; corolla bellshape; 
capsule dehiscent, septicidal Phyllodoce. 156. 
Stam. 10 ; villous; berry many-seeded .. Arbutus. 161. 
Stam. 10 ; bald; berry 5- seeded Uva-ursi. 162. 
