EPIGAEA 1'73 



1. E. repens L. Trailing Arbutus . Branches red-bristly, 

 1.5-4 dm. high; leaves 2.5-7.5 cm. long; capsules depressed- 

 globular, 5-lobed, 8-10 mm. in diameter. Sandy woods, Florida 

 to Mississippi, north to Labrador and Saskatchewan (Fig. 260). 



GAULTHERIA L. (Ericaceae) 



Evergreen aromatic erect or trailing small shrubs. Twigs 

 moderate or very slender, rounded; pith small. Buds solitary, 

 sessile, ovoid, minute. Leaves alternate, simple, obovate or 

 ovate, entire. Fruit a fleshy globular capsule resembling aberry, 

 present in winter. 



a. Fruiting stem erect, 5-15 cm. 



high, leaves 1.5-5 cm. long l.G. procumbens 



a. Stems trailing and creeping; leaves 



0.5-1 cm. long 2.G. hispidula 



1. G. procumbens L. Mountain-tea. Teaberry. Spicv Winter - 

 green . Stems slender, trailing on the ground or subterranean; 

 leaves 2.5-5 cm. long; branches ascending, 5-15 cm. high; berry 

 depressed, red, 8-12 mm. in diameter, mealy, spicy. Sterile 

 woods, Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to Georgia, Alabama, 

 Wisconsin, and Minnesota (Fig. 261). 



2. G. hispidula (L. ) Bigel. Creeping Snowberry . (Chiogenes 

 hispidula T. and G. ). Stems 1-3 dm. long, creeping and branching; 

 leaves 4-10 mm. long; berry white, globular, aromatic,6 mm. 

 across. Mossy woods and bogs, Labrador to British Columbia, 

 south to Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Minnesota, and 

 Idaho (Fig. 262). 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS Adans. (Ericaceae) 



Evergreen shrubs. Twigs slender, somewhat 3-sided or 5- 

 sided; pith small, slightly angled, continuous. Buds solitary, ses- 

 sile, ovoid, with about 3 exposed scales. Leaves alternate, spatu- 

 late, rather small. Leaf-scars small, crescent- shaped; bundle- 

 trace 1; stipule- scars lacking. 



1. A. uva-ursi (L. ) Spreng. Bearberry . Trailing shrub with 

 long flexible branches covered with papery reddish to ashy exfoli- 

 ating bark; twigs minutely tomentulose-viscid, becoming glabrate; 

 leaves evergreen, obovate to spatulate, coriaceous, entire, 0.9-3 

 cm. long. Exposed rocky or sandy soil, Greenland to Alaska, south 

 to Virginia, Illinois, Colorado, and California (Fig. 263). 



