ERICACEiE. 



233 CLETHRA. 



2. G. HISFI'DULA. Miih. Vaccinium hispidulum. Mx. 



Stem oreepinjr, hispid ; leaves roundish-oval, acute \JioiDers solitary, axillary, 

 subsessUe^ ftctandrous ; coro//a short, cainpanulate. A delicate evergreen, 

 prostrate shrub, found in old woods in many parts of N. England. The slem3 

 are woody, filiform, creeping extensively, with numerous brandies, and 

 clothed with short, appressed, reddish hairs. Leaves numerous, alternate, 

 A_i inch long and nearly as wide, abruptly acute, dark evergreen above, 

 paler beneath. Corolla white, and, like the calyx, with 4 acute segments. 

 The leaves have the same agreeable spicy flavor as those of G. procumhens. 

 Fiowers in May. Creeping WlnLergrecn. 



5 , E P I G iE' A . 



Calyx large, 5-parted, with 3 bracts at base; corolla 

 hjpocratcriform, tube villous within, limb 5-partecl, spread- 

 ing; stamens 10; anthers dehiscent by 2 longitudinal open- 

 ings; capsule 5'Celled, 5-valved. 



Gr. iTfi, upon, and yr\, the earth ; from its prostrate habit. Suffruticose, 

 trailing. Lvs. alternate, evergreen. Fls. fascicuhite. Fil. hairy, inserted 

 into the base of the tube. Style straight, Stig. 5-lobed. Caps, with dissepi- 

 ments forn^ed by the introflexed margin of the valves. 



E. REPENS. 



Leaves cordate-ovate, entire ; corolla tuhe cylindrical. This little shrubby 

 plant grows flat upon the ground, 10 — 15 inches in length, covered with a 

 hairy pubescence in all its parts. Leaves alternate, 2— 2^ inche.s in length, 

 1^ inches in width, roundish at the end and abruptly tipped with a very short 

 point. Flowers yery fragrant, white or tinged with various shades of red, in 

 small clusters oii short stalks. Calyx green, supported by 3 large bracts at 

 base. Tube of the corolla hairy within, longer thari the caly.x, the border in 

 5, rounded, spreading segments. Grows in woods, Apr, May. Per. 



Trailing Arbutus. May Flower, 



6. CLETIIRA. 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent; petals 6 ; stamens 10, exscrted ; 

 gtyle persistent; stigma 3-cleft ; capsule 3-celled, S-valved, 

 enclosed by the calyx. 



A name given by the Greeks to the alder, which these shrubs somewhat 

 resemble. Lvs. alternate, deciduous. Fls. racemose. Cal, colored, erect. 

 Pet. roundish or oblong, l\\ice the length of the calyx. Fil. length of corolla. 

 Antli. cleft at top. 



C. alnifo'lia. 



Leaves cuneilorm-obovate, acute, acuminately serrate, green on both sides, 

 smooth or slightly pubesceAt beneath ; powers in terminal, elongated, simple 

 or branched racemes ; bracts subulate. A deciduous shrub, 4 — 8 feet high, 

 growing in swamps. Leaves 2—^3 inches long, one half as broad above, 

 with a long, wedge-shaped base, tapering into a short petiole. Racemes 3—5 

 inches long. Peduncles and calyx hoary-pubescent, the former 3 lines in 

 length, and'in the axil of a brsct about as long. Corolla white, spreading, 

 about equaling the stamen,a and s,tyles. Jl. Aug. Swcit-pcvp.ii Bush. 



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