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five more rarely four, slightly to deeply synpetalous, cup-shaped 
(Kalmia) to urceolate ( Arctostaphylos Andromeda , etc.), yellow to 
white or through yellow pink to scarlet to crimson to crimson- 
purple; stamens ten to eight in two circles of -five to four each, be- 
coming by absorption of inner circle five to four only, hypogynous, 
epipetalous or epigynous; anthers two-celled, dehiscing by apical 
pores ( Arctostaphylos ) or apical slits; pollen sometimes agglutinated 
into long viscous threads; pistil five- to four-, rarely six- to eight- car- 
peled, superior, rarely semi-inferior to inferior ( V accinece ) ; ovary as 
many celled as there are carpels; style elongated, filiform, usually 
five- to four lobed. Fruit a capsule (Trailing Arbutus), berry ( Vac - 
cinium ) or false drupe ( Gaultheria ). Seeds small, anatropous. 
