Kovreu : 
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572 ERICACEAE. (Vou. II. 
1. Gaultheria procumbens I. Spring or Creeping Wintergreen. Checker- 
berry. (Fig. 2775.) 
Gaultheria procumbens I. Sp. Pl. 395. 1753+ 
Nearly glabrous throughout, aromatic; stems 
slender, creeping or subterranean; branches erect, 
2/-6/ high. Leaves mostly clustered at the ends of 
the branches, oval, oblong or obovate, obtuse or 
acute, narrowed at the base, short-petioled, the 
margins slightly revolute and serrate with low 
bristle-tipped teeth, dark green and shining above, 
pale beneath, 1/-2’ long; flowers usually solitary in 
the axils, on recurved peduncles 2//-4/’ long, 2- 
bracteolate under the calyx; corolla ovoid-urceolate, 
white, 5-toothed, 2’’-3/’ long; fruit depressed-glo- 
bose, slightly 5-lobed, bright red, 4’’/-6’’ in diame- 
ter, mealy, very spicy in flavor. 
In woods, especially under evergreen trees, New- 
foundland to Manitoba, south to southern New Jersey, 
Georgia and Michigan. June-Sept. Fruit ripe late in 
the autumn, remaining on the plant untilspring. Other 
names are Box-, Ground-, Tea-, or Partridge-berry, 
Deer-, Hill-, Spice-berry, Ivory Plum, Mountain Tea. 
19. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: TOS: tyoOs- 
Erect or spreading, low or tall shrubs (some western species small trees). Leaves alter- 
nate, petioled, firm or coriaceous, persistent, evergreen. Flowers small, nodding, pedicelled, 
white or pink, in terminal racemes, panicles or clusters. Calyx 4-5-parted, persistent. 
Corolla globose, ovoid, urceolate or oblong-campanulate, 4-5-lobed, the lobes recurved, im- 
bricated in the bud. Stamens 10, rarely 8, included; filaments short, subulate; anthers 
short, erect, introrse, with 2 recurved awns on the back, the sacs opening by a terminal 
pore. Disk S8-10-lobed. Ovary 4-10-celled; ovules solitary in the cavities; style slender. 
Fruit a drupe, with 4-10 seed-like nutlets coherent into a solid stone. [Greek, bear-berry.] 
About 20 species, the following of the northern hemisphere, the others of western North America. 
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1. Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi (L.) Spreng. 
Red Bearberry.. Kinnikinic. (Fig. 2776.) 
Arbutus Uva-Urst I. Sp. Pl. 395. — 1753- 
Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi Spreng. Syst. 2: 287. 1825. 
Trailing or spreading on the ground, branched; 
branches 6/-24’ long, the twigs puberulent. Leaves 
spatulate, coriaceous, obtuse, entire, evergreen, gla- 
brous or minutely puberulent toward the base, '%/—1’ 
long, 2’’-5’’ wide, finely reticulate-veined; petioles 
about 1/’ long, puberulent; flowers few in short ra- 
cemes; pedicels 1//—-2’’ long; corolla ovoid, constricted 
at the throat, white, about 2’” long; drupe globose, 
red, glabrous, insipid, rather dry, 3/’-5’’ in diameter, 
usually containing 5 coalescent nutlets, each 1-nerved 
on the back. 
In dry, sandy or rocky soil, Labrador and arctic America 
to Alaska south to southern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Colorado and California. 
Also in Northern Europe and Asia. May-June. Called 
also Fox- or Meal-berry, Bear’s Grape, Barren Myrtle or 
Bilberry. : 
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20. MAIRANIA Neck. Elem. I: 219. 1790. 
[ArcTrous Niedenzu, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 11: 141. 1890. ] 
A low shrub, with shreddy bark, alternate thin deciduous leaves clustered toward the 
ends of the branches, and small white clustered pedicelled flowers. Calyx 4-5-parted. 
Corolla 4-5-toothed, the short teeth spreading or recurved. Stamens § or to, included; an- 
ther-sacs with 2 recurved dorsal awns. Ovary 4-5-celled; ovules 1 in each cavity. Drupe 
globose, with 4 or 5 separate 1-seeded nutlets. 
A monotypic genus of the arctic zone and high mountain summits. 
