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Leucothoe ERICACEAE Gaultheria 



Leucothoe G. Don. 



L. racemosa (L.) Gray. Fetter Bush. 



Common in wet thickets, throughout the Coastal Plain. Early- 

 May, June. ( \j>^MA.*lrH r 



Lyonia Nutt. ^ 



L. mariana (L.) D. Don. Stagger Bush. 



Frequent in thickets and on open ground of the Coastal Plain, 

 from the Fall Line southward to Sussex County; rare farther south: 

 Drummonds Ponds, n. w. of Accomac, R. R. Tatnall, 4217, 9 June 

 1939 (T). Late May, June. 



L. ligustrina (L.) DC. 



Common in moist thickets, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain south- 

 ward to Worcester County; scarce farther south: ^ mi. n. of Belle 

 Haven (Ac), R. R. Tatnall, 2648, 3 June 1935 (T, P). Early June 

 to early July. 



Chamaedaphne Moench. 



C. calyculata (L.) Moench. Leather Leaf. 



Bogs; first collected at Thompson's Swamp, 1^ mi. n. w. of 

 New Castle, by Canhy in 1858 (D); Frankford (S), Commons in 

 1875 (A); Townsend (NC), Commons in 1890 (A). Reported 

 {E. Tatnall, MS. Catalog) as "abundant near Townsend," but not 

 recently found within our limits, in spite of careful search. April, 

 early May. 



Oxydendrum DC. 



O. arboreum (L.) DC. Sorrel Tree. 



Common in woods, southern Accomac and northern Northamp- 

 ton Counties. May, early June. 



Epigaea L. 

 E. repens L. Trailing Arbutus. 



Frequent in rocky woods of the Piedmont, and in sandy woods 

 of the Coastal Plain, southward to Talbot and Sussex Counties; 

 one station in northern Accomac County: 3^ mi. e. of Wattsville, 

 A. V. Smith & R. R. Tatnall, 4448, 28 April 1940 (T). April, 

 early May. 



Gaultheria L. 



G. procumbens L. Wintergreen. Teaberry. 



Infrequent in the Piedmont of New Castle County; frequent 



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