G4- CLASS-BOOK. OF" BOTANY, 
at the throat (= urceolate*—.e., pitcher- or urn-shaped), a 
feature characteristic of very many heaths. Carefully lay he 
corolla-tube open, and note theel0-hypogynous stamons, Each 
anther is 2-celled; these a stand ‘shghtly apart above, and 
each ‘opens. by a pore or aperfure at the apex, and is furnished 
with two dorsal appendages {in the. ‘form of curved bristles 
called awnst (i.c., 4:awns to each anther). The ovary ig 
Fig. 114. Awned 
stamen of Gaul- 
theria (mag.). 
5-celled, with several ovules in 
each cell, and the single styla © - 
rises from the middle of a Fig. 115, Fruit of Snowberry. 
depression, and bears a small cal=calyx, | 
capitate} (button-like) stigma. The fruit is singular: in the 
commonest forms the ovary ripens into a capsule which de- 
hisces loculicidally by 5 valves, and is enclosed in the white, 
ved, or purplish calyx-tube, which becomes quite succulent; 
but in the form usually known as Snowberry the ovary itself 
becomes succulent or berry-like (baccates’) as well. 
Numerous species of the Heath family (Hpacris, Draco- 
phylium, &¢.) oceur in New Zealand, some of them being 
rather common. be ' 
- Of these, Cyathodes acerosa is a tall, erect shrub, with 
blackish branches, and very narrow sharply-pointed (pungent) 
leaves. Its small solitary flowers are on short pedicels covered 
with bracts, which hide the calyx; the 5 epipetalous stamens 
have 1-celled anthers without awns, and the 5-celled ovary 
ripens into a red or white drupe, which has a bony 5-celled 
endocarp. ats 
Lewcopogon frazeri is acommon little low-growing heath, 
readily recognised in spring by its fragrant flowers, and in 
autumn by its orange-coloured and somewhat orange-flavoured 
* Lat. drceola, a little pitcher. . 
t+ Awn, usually applied to a 
{- Lat. caput,ahead. °° . 
~§ Lat. bacca, a berryy 8 
bristle such as occurs in barley. 
