. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. ous. Corolla campanulate, 4-S-Iobed, the lobes recurved. Stamens 8-10, included; filaments subulate, glabrous, anthers in one plane, attached to the filaments near the apex, the sacs opening by large terminal pores and tipped with a recurved awn. Ovary 4-S-ceIled; ovules numerous; style slender, elongated; stigma simple. Capsule globose or ovoid, 4-S-valved', e
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. ous. Corolla campanulate, 4-S-Iobed, the lobes recurved. Stamens 8-10, included; filaments subulate, glabrous, anthers in one plane, attached to the filaments near the apex, the sacs opening by large terminal pores and tipped with a recurved awn. Ovary 4-S-ceIled; ovules numerous; style slender, elongated; stigma simple. Capsule globose or ovoid, 4-S-valved', each valve 2-cleft at the apex. Seeds minute, not winged, numerous. [Name from Cassiope, mother of Andromeda.] About 8 species, natives of the colder parts of the northern hemisphere, the following typical. Besides the following, 2 others occur in the northwestern parts of North America. 1. Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don. Four- angled Cassiope. Fig. 3234. Andromeda tetragona L. Sp. PL 393. 1753. Cassiope tetragona D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 17: 158. 1834. Tufted, much-branched, 4'-i2' high, the branches ascending or erect. Leaves thick, ovate or ovate- oblong, closely appressed, channeled on the back, concave or nearly flat on the inner (upper) surface, acute or the lower obtuse, usually puberulent when young, i"-ii" long; peduncles several or numerous, lateral, ascending or erect, slender, 5"-i2" long; flowers 3"-4" broad; corolla 5-Iobed; style slightly thickened below; capsule nearly globular, i"-ii" in in diameter. Labrador, Greenland and Hudson Bay to Alaska and Oregon. Also in arctic Europe and Asia. Summer. 12. HARRIMANELLA Coville, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 570. 1901. Low heath-like evergreen shrubs, similar to Cassiope, the leaves imbricated in many ranks, the nodding flowers solitary at the ends of the branches. Sepals 5, imbricated in the bud, not bracted, persistent; corolla campanulate, vertically plaited at the base, dee
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