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_Huckleberry Family_

Shrubs or small trees with alternate leaves and small perfect flowers;

calyx tube adnate to the ovary, 4—5-lobed or cleft; corolla 4—5-lobed,

rarely divided into single petals, deciduous; stamens twice as many

as the corolla lobes, inserted at the base; filaments mostly short;

anthers attached on the back 2-celled; fruit a globose berry or drupe.

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