Class X. Order I. 101 



DECANDRIA. 



MONOGINLI, 



118. EPIG^A. 



EPIG^A REPENS. L. Ground laurel. 





 Leaves heart-ovate, entire ; corollas cylindrical. 



Sw. 



Stem woody, trailing, hairy. Leaves alternate, oblong, heart- 

 ed at base, hairy and rough, with hairy petioles. Flowers pur- 

 ple, flesh coloured, or white, in terminal or axillary bunches, of 

 from two to six, on hairy peduncles. Calyx double. Corolla 

 salver shaped, longer than the calyx, hairy within. It grows in 

 woods. April, May. 



119. GAULTHERIA. 

 GAULTHERIA PBOCUMBENS. L. Partridge berry. 



Stem woody, trailing ; leaves obovate, some- 

 what serrate.. 



A plant universally known for its pleasant, aromatic flavour. 

 Stem small, creeping. Leaves few on a stem, smooth, ever- 

 green, oval with a tapering base, furnished with a few acumin- 

 ate serratures. Flowers mostly solitary, axillary, hanging from 

 the axils, white. Fruit a small capsule, surrounded with the 

 calyx, which becomes large, fleshy, and red, resembling a ber- 

 ry. Woods. June. 



120. ARBUTUS. 



ARBUTUS UVA URSI. L. Bear-berry. 



Stem procumbent ; leaves entire. L, 



