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corolla cylindrical, red. — Florida, in shallow ponds. — Stem 2'^-3° high. 

 Leaves l'-2' long. 



12. V. virgatum, Ait. Stem smooth, the branches and young leaves 

 downy ; leaves thickish, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute entire ; racemes 

 mostly on naked branches ; coroUa cylindrical, white, or red like the bracts ; 

 berry black. — Low pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina. March. — Stem 

 2° -4° high. Leaves 1' or less long. 



13. V. vacillans, Solander. Stem smooth, with yellowish shining 

 branches ; leaves ovate or obovate, nearly entire, pale and glaucous ; corolla 

 oblong-bell-shaped, white ; berry blue. — Mountains of Georgia and North 

 Carolina. April. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves l'-2' long. 



14. V. hirsutum, Buckley. Hirsute throughout; stem low (1° high), 

 much branched ; leaves ovate, entire, slightly mucrouate ; racemes short, 

 corolla oblong, contracted at the apex, the teeth short ; berry globose. — 

 Mountains of Cherokee County, North Carolina {Buckleij). 



3. CHIOGENES, Salisb. Creeping Snowbekry. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla bell-shaped, 4-cleft. Stamens 8 : anther cells 

 unawned, opening from the tip to the middle. Berry white, globular, 4-celled, 

 many-seeded. — A small creeping evergreen. Leaves ovate, acute, the mar- 

 gins revolute, the lower surface, like the margins, bristly. Flowers smaU, 

 axillary, ^\ilite, nodding. 



1. C. hispidula, Torr. & Gray. — Damp woods, Mountains of North 

 Carolina, and northward. 



Suborder II. ERICINE^. The Heath Family. 

 4. EPIGJEA, L. Ground Laurel. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, colored ; the lobes acuminate. Corolla salver- 

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

 Capsule depressed globose, 5-celled, many-seeded. — A prostrate shrubby 

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

 reticulated. Flowers in dense bracted racemes, white, fragrant. 



1. E. repens, L. (Mayflower.) Dry woods, Florida, and northward. ■ 

 Feb. - March. — Stem 6' - 12' long. Eacemes shorter than the leaves. 



5. GAULTHERIA, Kalm. 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-celled. 5-valved, 

 many-seeded. — Shrubs, with alternate leaves, and white or red flowers. 



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

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

 cels axillary, l-flowered, nodding ; fruiting calyx briglit red. — Sliady woods 

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

 June. — Whole plant aromatic. 



