ERICACE^. (heath FAMILY.) 261 



Suborder II. ERICINE^. The Heath Familt. 



3. EPIG-ffiA, L. Ground Laurkl. 



Calyx deeply ft-parted, colored ; the lobes acuminate. Corolla salver-shaped, 

 5-cleft. Stamens 10 : anthers oblong, awnless, opening lengthwise. Capsule 

 depressed-glol)ose, 5-celled, many-seeded. — A prostrate shruiiby plant, hisj)id 

 with rust-colored hairs. Leaves evergreen, cordate-oval, entire, reticulated. 

 Flowers in dense braeted racemes, white, fragrant. 



1. E. repens, L. Dry sandy soil, Florida, and northward. Feb. and 

 March. — Stem G' - 12' long, llaeemes shorter than the leaves. 



4. GAULTHERIA, Kalra. Wintergreen. 



Calyx 5-lobed, becoming berry-like in fruit. Corolla ovate, 5-toothed. 

 Stamens 10 : anther-cells 2-awned at the apex, opening by a terminal pore. 

 Capsule enclosed in the berry-like calyx, depressed-globose, 5-cellcd, 5-valvcd, 

 many-seeded. — Shrubs, with alternate leaves, and white or red flo%*crs. 



1. G. procumbens, L. Smootli; stem creeping; the short (3' -5') 

 branches erect, naked below ; leaves oval or obovate, serrulate, shining ; pedi- 

 cels axillary, 1-flowered, nodding ; fruiting calyx bright red. Shady woods 

 and banks, especially among the mountains, North Carolina and northward. 

 June. — Whole plant aromatic. 



5. LEUCOTHOE, Don. 



Calyx deeply .5-parted, imbricated in the bud, unchanged in fruit. Corolla 

 ovate or cylindrical, 5-toothed. Stamens 10 : anthers awnless, or the cells 

 1 - 2-awned at the apex, opening by a terminal pore. Stigma capitate. Capsule 

 depressed-glo])ose, not tliickened at the sutures, 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds pendulous. — Shrubs, with alternate leaves, and white flowers in axillary 

 or terminal one-sided racemes. 



* Anthers awnless or nearly so : racemes ariUary, shorter than the evergreen leaves. 



1. L. axillaris, Don. Leaves oval or oblong, abruptly acute, spinulosc- 

 serrulate toward the apex, on short petioles ; racemes short, dense-flowered ; 

 calyx-lobes ovate, acute; anther-cells 2-horned. (Andromeda axillaris. Lam.) 

 — Sandy swamps, and banks of streams in the lower districts, Florida to North 

 Carolina, and westward. Feb. and March. — Stem and branches curving. 

 Leaves 2' - 4' long. 



2. L. CatesbSBi, Gray. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, spinulose- 

 serrulats throughout, on conspicuous petioles ; racemes dense-flowered ; calyx- 

 lobes ovate-oblong ; anther-cells not homed. (Andromeda spinnlosa, Pursh.) — 

 Banks of streams along the mountains, Georgia and North Carolina. March 

 and April. — Stem 2° - 4° high. 



3. L. acuminata, Dunal. Stem tall, with straight and hollow branches ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly entire ; corolla cylindrical ; anthers 



