. Elementary botany. Botany. the leaves of the same season, and hang in one-sided short ra- cemes as shown in fig. 378. The calyx is short, five-lobed, and adheres to the ovary. The corolla is tubular, at length cylindrical with five short lobes, and is whitish in color. The stamens are ten in number, and the com- pound ovary has a sin- gle style. The fruit is a rounded black, edi- ble berry or drupe, .., , -, FiS- 379- With ten Seeds. Diagram of Erica. (Vines.) 541. The family ericaceae contains the trailing arbutus, cassandra, andro- meda, cassiope, etc. The rhododendron family contains the
. Elementary botany. Botany. the leaves of the same season, and hang in one-sided short ra- cemes as shown in fig. 378. The calyx is short, five-lobed, and adheres to the ovary. The corolla is tubular, at length cylindrical with five short lobes, and is whitish in color. The stamens are ten in number, and the com- pound ovary has a sin- gle style. The fruit is a rounded black, edi- ble berry or drupe, .., , -, FiS- 379- With ten Seeds. Diagram of Erica. (Vines.) 541. The family ericaceae contains the trailing arbutus, cassandra, andro- meda, cassiope, etc. The rhododendron family contains the rhododendrons, azaleas, kalmias, etc. These with the pyrola and whortleberry families are closely related and make up the order heaths, or Bicornes as they are sometimes termed, because the anther frequently has two horn-like appendages. PRIMULIN>E. 542. The primrose family (primulaceae). — The primroses (primula) represent well this family. In fig. 453 is represented the flower of the primrose grown in conservatories. It is gamosepalous and gamopeta- lous. There are five stamens, each one inserted on flower. (Vines.) the tube of the corolla and opposite the lobe. (For a description of the flower see chapter on pollination, Part III.) The floral formula is Ca5,Co5,A5, Fig. 378. Whortleberry (Gaylussacia re sinosa).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt and company
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