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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  IV. 
  EPIG-ffiA 
  L. 
  

  

  Prostrate 
  or 
  trailing 
  shrubs. 
  Stems 
  rusty-downy, 
  6-12 
  in. 
  

   long. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  leathery, 
  evergreen. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  

   bracted, 
  terminal, 
  close 
  racemes 
  or 
  clusters. 
  Calyx 
  5-parted, 
  

   persistent. 
  Corolla 
  salver-shaped, 
  5-lobed. 
  Stamens 
  10, 
  about 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  tube. 
  Ovary 
  5-lobed 
  ; 
  style 
  colum- 
  

   nar; 
  stigma 
  5-lobed. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  globose, 
  hairy, 
  5-celled, 
  many- 
  

   seeded 
  capsule.* 
  

  

  1. 
  E. 
  repens 
  L. 
  GROUND 
  LAUREL, 
  TRAILING 
  ARBUTUS, 
  MAY- 
  

   FLOWER. 
  Stems 
  creeping, 
  the 
  young 
  twigs 
  ascending. 
  Leaves 
  oval 
  

   or 
  somewhat 
  heart-shaped, 
  entire, 
  netted-veined, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  

   rough-hairy 
  beneath 
  ; 
  petioles 
  short, 
  rough-hairy. 
  Racemes 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  leaves. 
  Flowers 
  white 
  to 
  bright 
  pink, 
  ^ 
  in. 
  broad, 
  very 
  

   fragrant. 
  In 
  dry 
  woods, 
  often 
  covering 
  considerable 
  areas.* 
  

  

  V. 
  ARCTOSTAPHYLOS 
  Adans. 
  

  

  Shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  evergreen. 
  Flowers 
  pinkish 
  or 
  

   nearly 
  white, 
  in 
  terminal, 
  bracted 
  racemes. 
  Calyx 
  4-5-parted, 
  

   persistent. 
  Corolla 
  4-5-lobed, 
  the 
  lobes 
  recurved. 
  Ovary 
  5- 
  

   10-celled, 
  each 
  cell 
  containing 
  1 
  ovule. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  berry-like 
  

   drupe, 
  with 
  5-10 
  nutlets. 
  

  

  1. 
  A. 
  Uva-ursi 
  Spreng. 
  BEARBERRY. 
  In 
  trailing 
  clumps, 
  the 
  

   branches 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  evergreen, 
  finely 
  woolly, 
  obovate 
  or 
  

   spatulate, 
  entire, 
  very 
  leathery. 
  Racemes 
  few-flowered, 
  very 
  short. 
  

   Corolla 
  urn-shaped, 
  the 
  teeth 
  hairy 
  within. 
  Berry 
  red, 
  ^ 
  in. 
  in 
  

   diameter. 
  Rocks 
  and 
  dry 
  hilltops, 
  especially 
  N. 
  

  

  VI. 
  GAYLUSSACIA 
  HBK. 
  

  

  Low, 
  branching 
  shrubs, 
  mostly 
  resinous-dotted. 
  Leaves 
  

   serrate 
  or 
  entire. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  white 
  or 
  pink, 
  in 
  lateral, 
  

   bracted 
  racemes, 
  nodding; 
  pedicels 
  usually 
  2-bracteolate. 
  

   Calyx 
  tube 
  short, 
  obconic, 
  the 
  lobes 
  persistent. 
  Corolla 
  ovoid 
  

   to 
  bell-shaped, 
  5-lobed, 
  the 
  lobes 
  erect 
  or 
  recurved. 
  Stamens 
  

   equal, 
  usually 
  included 
  ; 
  anthers 
  awnless. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  10-seeded, 
  

   berry-like 
  drupe.* 
  

  

  1. 
  G. 
  frondosa 
  T. 
  & 
  G. 
  TANGLEBERRY, 
  DANGLEBERRY. 
  An 
  erect 
  

   shrub, 
  l-'5 
  ft. 
  high; 
  branches 
  spreading, 
  slender, 
  gray, 
  slightly 
  downy. 
  

   Leaves 
  entire, 
  oblong 
  or 
  obovate, 
  obtuse, 
  thin, 
  smooth 
  and 
  green 
  

   above 
  ; 
  paler, 
  downy, 
  and 
  with 
  resinous 
  dots, 
  beneath; 
  petioles 
  short. 
  

  

  