Epiqjea. LXXVIII. ERlCACEiE. 373 



G. MENZIESA. Smith. 



In honor of Menzies, companion of Vancouver in his voyuge round tho world. 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; corolla ovoid 4 — 5 cleft ; stamens 8 — 10, 

 inserted into the receptacle ; capsule 4 — 5-celled, the dissepiments 

 made by the introflexed niargius of the valves ; seeds many. — Low^ 

 heath-like^ shrubb/j plaids^ loith cvcrgrcoi leaves. 



1. M. TAXiFOMA. llobbii)s. (M. cfrrulea. Sn'ortz. Phyllodoce tax. Salisb. 

 Andromeda tax. Pall. Andromeda coorulea. Linn.) Mmintain Ilmih. — 



St. prostrate at base; /r.s. linear, obtuse, with minute, curiihiginous teeth; ped. 

 terminal, aggregate, one-flowered; Jh. campanulate, decandrous; cal. acute. — 

 A small shrub, a lew inches high, found on the summit of the White Mt.s. It 

 resembles a Heath in its llowers and some of the fir tribe in its leaves and 

 stems. Stem decumbent at base, with crowded, scattered leaves above, which 

 are 5 — 7'' in length. Flowers drooping, purple, at the top of the highest branch, 

 on colored peduncles. Cnlyx in 5 segments, purplish. Corolla of 5 segments, 

 emarginate, rather longer than the stamens. Jul3\ 



2. M. GLOBULARis. Salisb. 



Brandies and pedicels with scattered hairs ; Ivs. oval-lanceolate, ciliate 

 above and on the veins beneath, apex tipped with a gland; cal. 4-cleft; cor. 

 globo.se; sta. 8; caps. 4-celled, 4-valved. — Mountains Penn. to Car. Abundant 

 near Winchester, Va. Pursh. Shrub 4f high. Flowers yellowish-brown, nod- 

 ding and mostly solitary on each terminal pedicel. June. 



7. GAULTHERIA. Kalm. 



Named for one GaiJthier, a French physician at Quebec. 



Calyx 5-cleft with 2 bracts at the base ; corolla ovoid-tubular, limb 

 with 5 small, revolute lobes ; filaments 10, hirsute ; capsule 5-celled, 

 invested by the calyx which becomes a berry. — Suffruticose. mostlij 

 American pla?Us. Lvs. alternate, evergreen. Pedicels bibracteolate. 

 G. PROCUMBENS. Box-hcmj. Checker-berry. Winter green. 

 St. with the procumbent branches erect or ascending; lvs. obovate, mucro- 

 nate, denticulate, crowded at the top of the stem ; fls. few, drooping, terminal. — 

 A little shrubby plant, well known for its spicy leaves and its well-flavored 

 scarlet berries. Common in woods and pastures. Can. to Penn. and Ky. The 

 branches ascend 3' from the prostrate stem, or rhizoma, which is usually con- 

 cealed. Leaves thick, shining, acute at each end, with remote and very obscure 

 teeth. Corolla white, contracted at the mouth. Filaments white, bent towards 

 the corolla. Fruit well flavored, consisting of the capsule surrounded by the 

 enlarged calyx, which becomes of a bright scarlet color. June — Sept. 



8. CLETHRA. Gaert. 



Gr. name of the alder, which these plants somewhat resemble. 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent ; petals 5 ; stamens 10. exserted ; style 

 persistent ; stigma 3-cleft ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, enclosed by the 

 calyx. — Shrubs afid trees. Lvs. alternate., jjetiolate. Fls.ichite, racemose. 

 C. ALNiFOLiA. Swccl-pcppcr Bush. 



Lvs. cuneiform-obovate, acute, acuminately serrate, green on both sides, 

 smooth or slightly pubescent beneath ; Jls. in terminal, elongated, simple or 

 branched racemes; brads subulate. — A deciduous shrub, 4 — 8f high, grooving 

 in swamps. Leaves 2 — 3' long, ^ as broad above, with a long, wedge-shaped 

 base, tapering into a short petiole. Racemes 3 — 5' long. Peduncles and cal)^x 

 hoary-pubescent, the former 3" in length, and in the axil of a bract about as 

 long. Corolla white, spreading, about equaling the stamens and styles. Jl. Aug. 



9. EPIGiEA. 



Gr. ciTi, upon, and yr], the earth ; from its prostrate habit. 



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



