Plate 48 . 
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CRAKE3ERRY, 
THE CROWBERRY FAMILY (ORDER lxxv. EMPETRACET.) 
PERIANTH in 2 rows, with. 3, or rarely 2, segments in each. row, free from & inserted 
below the seedca.se (inferior) 
STAMENS 3, or rarely 2, inserted below the seedcase ( hypogynous) in the mate flow- 
ers, absent or imperfect in the female flowers 
PISTIL of 2-9 CARPELS, united into a 2-9-celted seedcase, 1 style, and a stigma 
spreading star-lihe with as many lobes as there are carpels, imperfect in the 
staminate tmalo flowers. 
FRUIT a roundish berry-like drupe containing 2-9 small 1- seeded stones, decay] 
inq to free the seeds bndehisccnt). 
FLOWERS small , solitary or in clusters in the axils of the leaves, rarely in termin' 
at clusters, the flowers with stamens (mate) on one plant & without stamens & with, 
perfect pistils (female) on another plant (dioecious). 
STEMS woody. 
LEASTS crowded, alternate, or so crowded as to ap 
pear in circles (whorls), narrow & 'entire. 
DISTINGUISHED' from the Heath family, which! 
the members of this order closely resemble inj 
their growth, leaves, and habit, by the flowcrsi 
having a perianth instead of a 
; calyx & corolla, 3 stamens, &a 
berry- tike fruit, & in having the 
.staminate (male) flowers on 
•one & the pistilate (female) 
flowers on another plant. 
BLACK 
CR07/BERRY 
Leaves 
magnified 
feSF seed 
V' section 
female flower of 
X. Anfpr hv<3r u c (y idE 
w 
outer & inner 
nerianth.-tobes 
inner 
perianth lobes 
S. stamens 
male flowers with, 
outer bracts 
EMPETRUM 
NIGRUIv 
