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ERICACEiE. (HEATH FAMILY.) 
smooth above, the lower surface and the branches beset with 
rigid rusty, bristles. Flowers very small, solitary in the axils, on 
short nodding peduncles, with 2 bractlets under the calyx. (Name 
from snow , and yevos , off springy in allusion to the snow- 
white berries.) 
1. C. llispldllla, Torr. & Gr. (Vaccinium hispidulum, L. 
Gaultberia serpyllifolia, Pursh. G. hispidula, Muhl.) Peat-bogs and 
mossy mountain woods, in the shade of evergreens, common north¬ 
ward. May._Whole plant with the aromatic flavor of the Boxber- 
ry, Wintergreen, or Birch. Leaves J' long. Berries % broad, bright 
white, mature at the close of summer. 
Suborder II. ERICINEiE. The proper Heath Family. 
Tribe 1. ARBUTEiE. The Arbutus Tribe. 
4. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adans. Bearberry. 
Corolla ovate and urn-shaped, with a short revolute 5-toothed 
limb. Stamens 10, included : anthers with 2 reflexed awns on 
the back near the apex, opening by terminal pores. Drupe berry¬ 
like, with 5 seed-like nutlets. — Shrubs with alternate leaves, and 
scaly-bracted nearly white flowers in terminal racemes or clusters. 
Fruit austere. (Name composed of aptcros , a bear , and ora^vAiJ, 
a grape or berry , the Greek of the popular name.) 
j Spreng. (Common Bearberry.) Trailing, 
leaves thick and evergreen, obovate, entire , smooth and shining ; fruit 
red. (Arbutus Uva-ursi, L.) — Rocks and bare hills, common north¬ 
ward. May. 
2. A. alpina, Spreng. (Alpine Bearberry.) Dwarf, tuft¬ 
ed and depressed ; leaves deciduous, serrate , wrinkled with strong net¬ 
ted veins, obovate, ciliate when young; flowers appearing with the 
leaves; fruit black. — Alpine region of the White Mountains, New 
Hampshire. 
Tribe 2. ANDROMEDEiE. The Andromeda Tribe. 
5. GAIJLTHERIA, Kalm. Aromatic Wintergreen. 
Corolla cylindrical-ovoid or a little um-shaped, 5-toothed. Sta¬ 
mens 10, included : anther-cells each 2-awned at the summit, open¬ 
ing by a terminal pore. Pod depressed, 5-lobed, 5-celled, 5-valved, 
many-seeded, inclosed when ripe by the calyx which thickens and 
