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1. C. serpyllifolia, Salisb. Leaves 3 - 4" long ; berries 3" broad, bright 

 white. (C. hispidula, Torr. Sj- Graij.) — Peat-bogs, and mossy woods, N. J. and 

 Perm, to Minn., and northward; also soutliward in the Alleo-hanies to N. C. 

 May. — ilant with the aromatic flavor of Gaultheria or ISweet Birch. 



4. ARCTOSTAPHYIjOS, Adaus. Bearberry. 



Corolla ovate and urn-shaped, with a short revolute 5-toothed limb. Stamens 

 10, included; anthers with 2 rettexed awns on the back near the apex, openini^' 

 by terminal pores, l^rupe berry -like, with 5-10 seed-like nutlets. — Shrubs, 

 with alternate leaves, and scaly-bracted nearly white flowers in terminal ra- 

 ^mes or clusters. Fruit austere. (Name composed of apKros, a bear, and 

 (TTacpvKT), a (jnipi' or hern/, the Greek of the popular name.) 



1. A. Uva-lirsi, Spreug. (Bearberry.) Trailing; leaves thick ami 

 evergreen, obovate or spatulate, entire, smooth ; fruit red. — Hocks and bare 

 hills, N. J. and Penu. to Mo., and far north and westward. ]\Iay. (Eu., Asia.) 



2. A, alpiua, Spreng. (Alpine Bearberry.) Dwarf, tufted and de- 

 ])ressed; leaves deciduous, serrate, icrinkled with strong netted veins, obovate; 

 fruit black. — Alpine summits iu N. Eng., and high northward. (Arctic-alpine 

 around the world.) 



5. E P I G JE A, L. Ground Laurel, Trailing Arbutus. 



Corolla salver-form ; the tube hairy inside, as long as the ovate-lanceolate 

 pointed and scale-like nearly distinct sepals. Stamens 10, with slender fila- 

 ments ; anthers oblong, awnless, opening lengthwise. Style slender, its apex 

 (as in Pyrola) forming a sort of ring or collar around and partly aduate to the 

 5 little lobes of the stigma. Capsule depressed-globular, 5-lobed, 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. — A prostrate or trailing scarcely shrubby plant, bristly with 

 rusty hairs, with evergreen and reticulated rounded and heart-shaped alter- 

 nate leaves, on slender petioles, and with rose-colored flowers in small axillary 

 clusters, from scaly bracts. (Name composed of iiri, upon, and 77?, the earth, 

 from the trailing growth.) 



1. E. repens, L. — Sandy woods, or in rocky soil, especially in the shade 

 of pines, Newf. to Minn., south to Fla.,and Ky. — Flowers appearing in early 

 spring, exhaling a rich spicy fragrance, dimorphous as to style and stamens 

 and subdioecious. In New England called ^Lwflower. 



6, GAULTHERIA, Kalm. Aromatic Wintergreen. 



Corolla cylindrical-ovoid or a little urn-shaped, 5-toothed. Stamens 10, in- 

 cluded; anther-cells each 2-awiied at the summit, opening by a terminal pore. 

 Capsule depressed, 5-lobed, 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded, enclosed when ripe 

 by the calyx, which thickens and turns fleshy, so as to appear as a globular red 

 berry! — Shrubs, or almost herbaceous plants, with alternate evergreen leaves 

 and axillary (nearly white) flowers; pedicels with 2 bractlets. (Dedicated by 

 Kalm to " Dr. Gauhhier,'' of Quebec.) 



1. G. procumbens, L. (Creeping "Wintergreen.) Stems slender 

 and extensively creeping on or below the surface ; the flowering branches as- 

 cending, leafy at the summit (3-5' high); leaves obovate or oval, obscurely 

 serrate; flowers few, mostly single in the axils, nodding. — CoiA damp woods. 



