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Many other instances could be given, since the loss of color in berries is a very common occurrence, so common that for instance, in the heath-family or Ericaceae, with only a few exceptions, all berry-bearing species have white-fruited varieties. The same correlation is observed in the seeds. The white-flowered flax may be seen to yield yellow and not brown seeds as in the blue species.
Apart from such divergencies the connation of the petals is universally recognized as one of the most important systematic characters. How may this character have originated? The heath-family or the Ericaceae and their nearest allies are usually considered to be the lowest of the gamopetalous plants. In them the cohesion of the petals is still subject to reversionary exceptions.
It can be obtained in large quantities." Mr. R.H. Keene, the engraver before referred to, reports that the wood is very rough, and suitable for bold work. Natural Order Ericaceae. Of this wood it is stated in Porcher's "Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests," p. 419, that upon the authority of a well-known engraver at Nashville, Tennessee, the wood is equaled only by the best boxwood.
It is one of the Ericaceae, or heath tribe, of the genus Ledum though it is not a true heath, as, strange to say, no true heath is found upon the continent of America. There are two kinds of it known, the "narrow-leafed" and "broad-leafed;" and the former makes the best tea.
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