294 Ericaceae 
rolla_cylindric-campanulate, 5-lobed; lobes barely spreading. Stamens 10; anthers 
linear-oblong, erect, opening by | large terminal pore. Style rather long; stigma capi- 
tate, somewhat 5-lobed. Capsule depressed, 5-lobed. Seeds oval, with a small conical 
protuberance at the apex. (Gk. sarkos—flesh, eidos—like; the plant is fleshy.) U. C. 
S. sanguinea, Torr. 
HEMITOMES CONE-PLANT 
Erect, ours |—2 dm. high, brownish. Flowers red or brownish, in a dense ter- 
minal head-like cluster. Sepals 2, bract-like, entire. Corolla tubular-urceolate, 4——5- 
lobed, persistent. Stamens 8 or 10; filaments filiform, long-hairy above the middle; 
anthers oblong. Ovary ovate; style long; stigma depressed-capitate; placentae 4, with 
divergent lamellae which meet adjacent edges, bearing ovules on both sides, giving 
the appearance of 4 exterior cells surrounding a central larger one. (Gk. hemimhalf, 
tomos—a cutting; probably because the calyx is split into 2 sepals.) W. C. 
A. congestum Gray 
PLEURICOSPORA FLOWERING FUNGUS 
Less than 3 dm. high (ours), white or yellowish; scales fimbriate. Flowers white, 
in a short terminal raceme. Sepals 4—5, scale-like. Petals 4—5, fimbriate, distinct, 
similar to the sepals. Stamens 8 or 10; anthers linear, apiculate. Ovary 1-celled; 
style columnar; stigma depressed-capitate or somewhat funnelform. Seeds ovate, smooth. 
(Gk. pleurikos==pertaining-to- ribs, spora—seed. Why 2 Kf Te parred 
A. Petals about 8 mm. or less long, little or not at all exceeding the sepals and bracts. 
Cc. P, fimbriolata Gray 
AA. Petals about 12 mm. long, much exceeding the sepals and bracts. C. 
P. longipetala How. 
ERICACEAE Heath Family 
Herbs (not ours) or shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, alternate or opposite or 
whorled; stipules none. Flowers mostly perfect. Calyx 4—5-parted or cleft, mostly 
persistent. Corolla regular or rarely somewhat irregular, mostly gamopetalous, of as 
many segments as the calyx. Stamens hypogynous, usually as many or twice as many as 
the corolla-segments; filaments mostly separate and free or nearly free from the corolla; 
anthers 2-celled; anther-cells - often prolonged upward into tubes, opening by terminal 
pores or by longitudinal or terminal slits, often awned; pollen-grains united into 4’s. 
Ovary superior in flower, often inferior in fruit, 2—5-celled; placentae central; style 1; 
stigma peltate or capitate or lobed. Fruit a capsule or berry or drupe. Seeds usually 
many but sometimes only | in each cell. 
A. Leaves coriaceous, evergreen. 
~ B. Leaves opposite. 
C. Shrub of peat bogs; leaves not densely crowded, not imbricate, lanceolate to 
oval, 2—4 cm. long; flowers in terminal clusters; corolla saucer-shaped. 
KaALMIA (p. 296) 
CC. Shrub of high mountains: leaves densely crowded, imbricate, almost scale- 
like, 2—4 mm. long; flowers solitary, axillary; corolla campanulate. 
CassIoPE (p. 297) 
BB. Leaves alternate. 
A 
