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on the back, bicuspidate at apex, opening longitudinally ; ovary ad- 

 herent, except at the summit, 4-celled ; fruit white, 4-celled, many- 

 seeded. — A prostrate^ evergreen undershrub, with alternate leaves, Fls. 

 solitary^ axillary. 



C. HispiDULA. Gray. (Vaccinium hispidulum. Linn. Gaultheria hi.sp. 



Muhl. and \st. edit. Phalerocarpus serpyllifolia. Don. Glycipliylla hisp. 

 Raf. &c., &c.) Mcnmtain Boxberry. — A delicate woody creeper, in old shady 

 woods, mountains, N. Eng. to Newfoundland, W. to the R. Mts. Stems ligne- 

 ous, slender, creeping extensively, with numerous branches, and clothed with 

 short, appressed, reddish hairs. Leaves numerous, alternate, roundish-oval, 

 4 — 6" by 3 — 4", abruptly acute, dark evergreen above, paler beneath. Corolla 

 white, its parts in 4s. The leaves and white berries have an agreeable spicy 

 flavor like those of Gaultheria procuynbens. May, June. 



Suborder 2.— E R I C I X E ^ . 



Ovary free from the calyx. Testa conformed to the nucleus of the 

 seed. Mostly shrubs. Leaves often evergreen. 



4. ARCTOSTAPHt"LOS. Adans. 



Gr. apKTOs, a bear, aTa(pv\oi, a cluster of grapes ; that is, bear-berry. 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent ; corolla ovoid, diaphanous at the base, 

 limb with 5 small, recurved segments ; drupe with a 5-celled puta- 

 men, the cells 1 -seeded. — Trailing shrubs., loith alternate leaves. 



1. A. UvA-URsi. Spreng, (Arbutus Uva-ursi. Linn.) 



St. procumbent; Ivs. entire, obovate, smooth, alternate, on short petioles, 

 evergreen, coriaceous, shining above, paler beneath; ^5. in short, terminal, 

 drooping clusters ; drupe globular, about as large as a currant, deep red, nearly 

 insipid, the nucleus consists of ,5 bony seeds firmly united together. — A shrub 

 growing on mountains, in the N. States and British America. Stem prostrate 

 except the younger branches, which arise 3 — 8'. The leaves are about an inch 

 in length, 2^3" wide, often spatulate in form ; medicinally they are astringent, 

 and much valued in nephritic complaints. 



2. A. ALPiNA. Spreng. (Arbutus alpina. Linn.) Alpine Bear-berry. 

 Procumbent ; Ivs. thin, deciduous, obovate, acute, serrate, ciliate when 



young; /s. in short, terminal racemes; bracteoles ovate, broad, ciliate, about 

 equaling the pedicel. — On the alpine regions of the White Mts., Bobbins. Flow- 

 ers white. Berries black. 



5. ANDROMfiDA. 



Named for Andromeda of ancient fable. 



Calyx minute, 5-parted, persistent ; corolla ovoid-cylindric ; the 

 limb 5-cleft, reflexed ; stamens 8 — 10 ; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, the 

 dissepiments produced from the middle of the valves. — Shrubs pros- 

 trate or erect. Lvs. mostly alternate. 



^ I . Cat. naked. Caps, valves bifid. Minute evergreen shrubs. Cassiope. 



1. A. nvPNoiDRs. (Cassiope. G. Don.) Moss-like Cassiope. 



aS/. filiform, spreading; lvs. evergreen, subulate, smooth, crowded ; ;jtf<^. 

 solitary, terminal; cor. globo.sc, campanulate. — One of the .smallest and most 

 delicate of shrubs, a tree in miniature, resembling some of the mosses, found 

 on the alpine summits of the White Mts.! Stems woody, much branched at 

 ba.se, 2 — 3' high. Leaves minute, evergreen, spirally arranged, and .so cl&scly 

 as to conceal the stems. Flowers small, but largo in proportion, nodding; pe- 

 duncles colored, smooth, round, an inch long in fruit. Calyx purple. Corolla 

 light red, twice as long as the calvx, lobes erect. Stamens iucluded. Juno. 

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