


Ericaceae 295 
bp: Leaves 4—15 mm. long, linear or oblong; shrubs low, matted, on high 
mountains. 
E. Flowers in terminal clusters, yellowish or rose-colored; anthers awnless. 
PHYLLODOCE (p. 297) 
EE. Flowers terminal, solitary, white; anthers 2-awned. 
HARRIMANELLA (p. 297) 
DDG Leaves either 2 cm. or more long, or else wider for their length; shrubs 
various in form and altitude. 
F. Leaves strongly revolute: fruit a dry capsule. 
G™- Leaves 7:5-——15 cm. long; shrubs on dry soil; flowers rose-colored ; 
corolla about 5 cm. long, campanulate. RHODODENDRON (p. 296) 
CC. Leaves 37.5 cm. long; shrubs in peat bogs; flowers white; corolla 
less than | cm. long, either urn-shaped or of distinct petals. 
H. Corolla gamopetalous, urn-shaped; anthers 2-awned, capsule locu- 
licidal; leaves without hairs beneath. ANDROMEDA (p. 297) 
HH. Corolla of separate petals; petals widely spreading; anthers awn- 
less; capsule septicidal; leaves with or without hairs beneath. 
LEpum (p. 295) 
FF. Leaves not revolute; fruit a berry or drupe, fleshy. 
I. Leaves entire, not over 7.5 cm. long; fruit red, 1—7-seeded. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS (p. 298) 
II. Leaves serrulate or if entire 7.5—-12.5 cm. long; fruit red or black, 
many-seeded. 
J. Shrub; bark not red; calyx becoming large and fleshy; leaves either 
ovate to cordate or else not over 3.7 cm. long; flowers solitary or race- 
mose, in the axils; fruit red or black. GAULTHERIA (p. 298) 
JJ. Shrub or tree; bark red; calyx remaining small; leaves oval or ob- 
long and 7—12 cm. long; flowers paniculate, terminal: fruit red. 
ARBUTUS (p. 298) 
AA. Leaves herbaceous, deciduous. 
K. Corolla of separate petals, copper-colored: flowers solitary, the parts in 5’s. 
CLADOTHAMNUS (p. 295) 
KK. Corolla gamopetalous, cylindric or urn-shaped or campanulate or funnelform, 
not copper-colored; flowers clustered, the parts in 4’s or 5’s, 
L. Flower-parts in 4’s; corolla 5 mm. or less long, urn-shaped or cylindric, green- 
ish or purplish; ovary 4-celled. MENZIESIA (p. 296) 
LL. Flower-parts in 5’s; corolla 8—50 cm. long, campanulate or funnelform, 
white or cream-colored; ovary 5-celled. RHODODENDRON (p. 296) 
CLADOTHAMNUS COPPER-BUSH 
Shrubs, erect, branching. Leaves alternate, deciduous. Flowers solitary, axillary 
cr terminal, reddish, on leafy shoots. Sepals 5, somewhat foliaceous, as long as the 
petals. Petals distinct, spreading. Stamens 10; anther-cells opening longitudinally from 
tip. Style recurved. Capsule globose-depressed, 5—6-celled, 5—-6-valved from above. 
Seeds many, oval; coat loose. (Gk. klados—a branch, thamnos—a shrub; the branches 
are numerous.) C. C. pyrolaeflorus Bong. 
LEDUM — LABRADOR TEA 
Shrubs, low, in peat bogs or wet places. Leaves evergreen, alternate, persistent, 
more or less resinous-dotted, slightly fragrant. Flowers white, in mostly terminal fasci- 
cles; pedicels recurved in fruit. Calyx 5-lobed or -parted. Petals widely spreading. 
