214 ERICACE^. 



to the segments of the corolla, or twice as many. Ovary many- 

 celled ; style 1. Fruit capsular, baccate or drupaceous. Seeds 

 indefinite, minute ; embryo in the axis of fleshy albumen. — 

 Shrubs or under shrubs. Leaves evergreen, rigid, without 

 stipules. 



1. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. Adans.—Be&r Grape. 

 (From the Greek apKTos, a bear, and jrapCA^, a grape.) 

 Calyx 5"parted, persistent. Corolla ovate-urceolate ; the ori- 

 fice 5-toothed, revolute. Stamens 10, included. Anthers com- 

 pressed, with two pores at the summit, laterally 2-awned, the 

 awns reflexed. Berry drupaceous, globose, most^^ 5-celled; 

 cells 1 -seeded. 



1. A. Uva-ursi Spreng.: procumbent, smooth; leaves petioled, cuneate- 

 obovate, very entire, coriaceous, shining ; flowers in small terminal racemes ; 

 fruit smooth. Arbutus Uva-ursi Linn. 



On mountains and in sandy soils. Snbarct. Amer. to N. Y. W. to Rocky 

 Mountains. April, May. ?2- — A. trailing evergreen. Stems numerous and 

 spreading. Leaves thick and rigid, less than an inch long. Flowers drooping, 

 pale-red. Berry small, red. The leaves are astringent and medicinal. See 

 Big. Med. Bot. i. &&. Bear Berry. 



2. A. alpina Spreng. : procumbent ; leaves membranaceous, deciduous, 

 obovate, acute, serrate, ciliate when young ; bracteoles broad-ovate, ciliate, 

 about as long as feie pedicels. 



White Mountains, N. H. ; rare. Gray <^ Tuckermann. May.? Ij. — Stem 

 traiihng. Leaves taperinf into a short petiole, becoming red in the autumn. 

 Flowers white or very pale rose-color. Berry black. Alpine Arbutus. 



2. GAULTHERIA. I/iwi.— Partridge Berry. 



(In honor of M. Gauiier, a French physician of Quebec. The original name 

 of Kalm, seems to have been Gautiera.) 



Calyx 5-lobed, bi-bracteate at base. Corolla ovate, the ori- 

 fice 5-toothed. Stamens 10, with the filaments hirsute. An- 

 thers two-horned at the summit. Capsule 5-celled, invested by 

 the calyx which becomes a berry. 



G. procumhens Linn. : stem procumbent, with the branches erect ; 

 leaves obovate, wedgefoim at the base, ciliate-denticulate ; flowers few, 

 subterminal, nodding. 



Dry woods. Can. to Virg. W. to Ohio. May — ^July. T7. — ^^/em creeping ; 

 branches ascending, 4 — 6 inches high. Leaves evergreen and shining. Flowers 

 axillar}', white. Fruii having the appearance of a bright scarlet berry. 



Partridge Berry. Spicy Wintergreen. 



3. OXYDENDRUM. D. C— Sorrel Tree. 



(From the Greek o^vs, an acid, and SevSpov, a tree ; on account of the sour taata 

 of its leaves.) 



Calyx 5 -parted, the lobes acuminate. Corolla ovate, 5 



