Vou. II.] HEATH FAMILY. 571 
1. Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. g afi fom 
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Sour-wood. Sorrel-tree. (Fig. 2773.) FS LOS 
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Andromeda arborea I,. Sp. Pl. 394. 1753. bikes cS 
Oxydendrum arboreum DC. Prodr. 7: 601. 1839. ker] Jt) eS ZED 
A smooth-barked tree, reaching a maximum 
height of about 60° and a trunk diameter of 15’, 
Leaves oblong, oval or oval-lanceolate, sharply 
serrulate, or entire, green and glabrous on both 
sides, finely reticulate-veined, acuminate at the 
apex, mostly narrowed at the base, 4’—6’ long, 
1/-3/ wide; racemes numerous, long and slender, 
erect or curving, panicled at the ends of the 
branches, the rachis and short pedicels canes- 
cent; flowers 314//-3’’ long; capsule 2’’-3’’ long, 
canescent, tipped by the persistent style, the 
pedicels curving. 
In woods, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland to 
Alabama and Florida, both in the mountains and 
towards the coast. Wood hard, reddish-brown; 
weight per cubic foot 46 lbs. Elk-tree. June-July. 
i IE lGAHA le, Spa Plesg5aut 755: 
Prostrate slightly woody more or less hirsute branching shrubs, with alternate petioled 
coriaceous evergreen entire leaves. Flowers rather large, perfect, heteromorphous or dioe- 
cious, bracted, sessile, white or pink, fragrant, clustered at the ends of the branches. Sepals 
5, oblong, persistent, dry, much imbricated. Corolla salverform, the limb 5-lobed (rarely 
4or6-lobed). Stamens to, about as long as the corolla-tube and attached to its base; filaments 
filiform; anthers linear-oblong, attached to the filaments below the middle. Disk 1o-lobed. 
Ovary ovoid, hirsute, 5-lobed, 5-celled; ovules numerous; style columnar; stigma 5-lobed. 
Capsule depressed-globose, hirsute, slightly 5-lobed, at length loculicidally 5-valved. Seeds 
oval, the testa close and reticulated. [Greek, on the earth.] 
Two species, the following of eastern North America, the other of Japan. 
1. Epigaea répens L. Trailing Arbutus. 
Mayflower. Ground Laurel. 
(Fig. 2774.) 
Epigaea repens I,. Sp. Pl. 395. 1753- 
Spreading on the ground, twigs hirsute, branches 
6-15’ long. Leaves oval or nearly orbicular, 
thick, acute or obtuse and mucronulate at the 
apex, cordate or rounded at the base, mostly gla- 
brous above, more or less hirsute beneath, green 
both sides, 1/-3/ long, %4/-1 4’ wide; petioles hir- 
sute, 1{’-2’ long; flowers few or several in the 
clusters, 5’-8’” long, and nearly as broad when ex- 
panded; corolla-tube somewhat longer than the 
sepals. 
In sandy or rocky woods, especially under ever- 
green trees, Newfoundland to the Northwest Terri- 
tory, south to Florida, Kentucky and Michigan. 
Often forms large patches. March—May,. 
18. GAULTHERIA I.. Sp. Pl. 395.1753. 
Low or tall shrubs, with alternate coriaceous persistent evergreen leaves, and small 
axillary, solitary or racemose, white red or pink flowers. Calyx 5-parted or 5-cleft, per- 
sistent. Corolla urn-shaped or campanulate, 5-toothed or 5-lobed, the lobes recurved or 
spreading. Stamens ro, included, inserted at the base of the corolla; filaments dilated above 
the base; anther-sacs opening by a terminal pore, commonly awned. Stigma obtuse, entire. 
Disk 10-toothed. Ovary 5-celled, 5-lobed. Calyx becoming fleshy and at length surround- 
ing the capsule, forming a berry-like fruit. [Named after Dr. Gaultier, of Quebec. ] 
About 100 species, mostly of the Andes of South America, a few North American and Asiatic. 
Besides the following 3 others occur on the Pacific Coast. 
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