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LIII. CAMPANULACE^ 
entire. Corolla in. long, hairy outside. Often produces 
small, cleistogamic flowers. (Fig. 88.) 
Huttoo, common on rocks ; August, September. — W. Himalaya, 8000- 
11,000 ft. 
LIV. ERICACEAE 
Trees or shrubs usually erect, sometimes decumbent. Leaves 
alternate, undivided, usually entire, very small and closely over- 
lapping in Cassiope. Flowers regular, 2-sexual, in racemes or 
terminal corymbs, or axillary and usually solitary. Calyx free, 
5-lobed. Corolla hypogynous, bell-shaped, tubular or salver- 
shaped, 5-toothed or 5-lobed. Stamens 10, rarely 8, inserted 
with the corolla, sometimes slightly attached to its base ; filaments 
free ; anthers oblong, opening by terminal pores, sometimes pro- 
vided with spur-like processes. Ovary 5- or 10-celled ; style simple, 
cylindric ; stigma terminal, capitate in Bhododendron. Capsule 
opening by 5 or 10 valves, berry-like in Gaultheria ; seeds 
numerous, minute.- — All regions ; chiefly temperate and cold. 
Flowers axillary, usually solitary. Decumbent shrubs. 
Leaves ^ in. long, thin, spreading. . . . .1. Gaultheria 
Leaves less than ^ in. long, thick, closely appressed 
overlapping ........ 2. Cassiope. 
Flowers in long racemes. A tree. . . , , .8. Pieris. 
Flowers in terminal corymbs. Trees or erect shrubs . . 4. Bhododendron. 
1. GATJLTHEMA. In honour of Gaulthier, a French - 
Csnadian physician and botanist of the eighteenth century. — 
Chiefly America ; a few species in Asia and Australia. 
