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%. Arctostaphylos Adans, 
Shrubs (ours prostrate) or small trees, Flowers perfect, in 
terminal racemes, Sepals 5, persistent. Corolla urn-shaped, 4-5 
lobed, Stamens 8-10, included, the filaments dilated and hairy at the 
bases; anthers bearing recurved prongs. Ovary 4-10 chambered, Fruit a 
berry-like drupe, the pulp rathor dry or mealy at maturity, enclosing 
several l-seeded, more or less coalescent nutlets,. 
l. Ae Uvaeursi (Le) Spreng. var. coactilis Fern, & Macbr, Bearberry. 
A prostrate mat-forming undershrub, 20-40 cm, tall, :mch branched, the 
mature bark dark chestnut-brown, flaking away, the branchlets puberulent, 
reddish; leaves 1-2 cm. long, 6-10 m, wide, very leathery, obovate, often 
slightly notched at the apex, narrowed to a petiole 2-3 mn, long, both 
surfaces glabrous, the upper polished and dark-green, the lower paler; 
flowers several on short jaceres branches 4-8 mm, long, subtended by 
ovate, acute bracts 23 mn. long; calyx-lobes pinkish, rounded; corolla 
pinkish, ovoid, 4-0 im, long, the orifice small, the lobes less than ,5 
mm, long; stamens and style included; fruit bright, mealy within, 
flattened at the stem end, 7-9 mm, in diameter, 
Frequent on dry ledges and outcrops throughout our region, 
