68 FLORA OF THE UPPER SCSQUEHANNA. 



CHIOGENES Salisb. 



C. hispidula (L. ) T. & G. Creeping Snowherry. Running 

 Birch. Rare. Found in cold, wet woods and swamps. Barton, 

 Fenno. Newark Valley, Barbour. Pond Brook, Clute. Swamp 

 near New Milford, Graves . Near Oxford, Coville. Unadilla 

 Forks, Brown. A slender, trailing vine, with tiny, evergreen 

 leaves, white flowers and snow-white berries. The whole plant 

 has a pleasant spicy flavor like wintergreen or birch. May. 

 (C serpyllifolia Salisb.) 



EPIG.^A L. 

 E. repens L. Trailing Arbutus. Mayflower. Ground Laurel. 

 Common in open deciduous woods, on bushy hillsides and on 

 knolls in swamps. Among the first of our vernal flowers. The 

 demand for the fragrant, rose-colored blossoms is causing 

 this species to be slowly exterminated in the vicinity of our 

 cities and towns. It is very difficult to make this plant grow in 

 cultivation. Flower buds for the succeeding spring are formed 

 in September, and the plant occasionally blooms in October. 

 April, ]\Iay. 



GAULTHERIA L. 



Q. procumbens L. Wintergreen. Aromatic Wintergreen. 

 Checkerbekry. Teaberry. Common in open woods and thick- 

 ets, in wet or dry soil. In many dry, deciduous woods the un- 

 dergrowth consists almost entirely of this species. Berries red, 

 edible, sometimes gathered for the markets. Leaves evergreen, 

 with a pungent, spicy flavor, which renders them in great de- 

 mand during May and June when the flavor is strongest. 



ANDROMEDA L. 

 A. Polifolia L. Marsh Rosemary. Common in the eastern part 

 of our range ; not reported west of Broome county. Found in 

 bogs and swamps. Leaves narrow, evergreen, white beneath, 

 the margins revolute; flowers, in umbel-like clusters, pinkish- 

 white, globose-cylindrical. A pretty little undershrub, forming 

 dense patches in sphagnum bogs. May. 



XOLISMA Rae. ; Britton. 

 X. ligustrina (L. ) Britton. Swamp Andromeda. Common, ex- 

 cept in the western part of our range. Rare, Lucy. Found in 



