486 * Oedeh 73.— ERICACEAE. 



pores; drape with a 5-celled putamen, the cells 1-seedod. — Trailing 

 shrubs, with alternate- lvs. (Arbutus L.) 



1 A. Uva-ursi Spreng. Procumbent; lvs. entire, obovatc, smooth, on short 

 petioles, evergreen, coriaceous, shining above, pnler beneath ; fis. in short, terminal, 

 drooping clusters ; drupe globular, about as large as a currant, deep red, nearly 

 insipid, the nucleus consists of 5 bony seeds firmly united together. — Rocky 

 hills, N. States and British America. Stem prostrate except tho younger branches, 

 which arise 3 — 8'. Lvs. about 1' in length, 2 — 3" wide, often spatulato in form ; 

 medicinally they are astringent, and much valued in nephritic complaints. May. 



2 A. alpina Spreng. Procumbent ; lvs. thin, deciduous, obovate, acute, serrate, 

 ciliate when young ; fis. in short, terminal racemc3 ; bracteoles ovato, broad, 

 ciliate. about equaling tho pedicel.- — High Mts., in Me. and Can., alpino regions of 

 tho "White Mts. (Robbins). Flowers white. Berries black. 



9. GAULTHE^RIA, Kalm. Boxberry. Checkerberry. Winter- 

 green. (To one Gaulthier (or Gaultier), a French physician at Que- 

 bec.) Calyx 5-cleft, with 2 bracts at the base ; corolla ovoid-tubular, 

 limb with 5 small, revolute lobes ; filaments 10, hirsute ; capsule 5-celled,, 

 invested by the calyx which becomes a berry. — SuftVuticous, mostly 

 American plants. Lvs. alternate, evergreen. Pedicels bibracteolate. 



G. procumbens L. St. with the procumbent branches erect or ascending; 

 lvs. obovate, mucronate, denticulate, crowded at tho top of stem ; fis. few, droop- 

 ing, terminal. — A little shrubby plant well-known for its spicy leaves, and its 

 well-flayored, scarlet berries; common in woods and pastures, Can. to Peuu. and 

 Ky. The branches ascend 3' from the prostrate stem orrhizomo which is usually 

 concealed. Lvs. thick, shining, acute at each end. Cor. white, contracted at 

 the mouth. Fr. consisting of the capsule surrounded by the enlarged calyx 

 which becomes of a bright scarlet color. Jn. — Sept. 



10. CASSICTPE, Don. Moss-plant. (In Grecian mythology Cas- 

 siope was the mother of Andromeda.) Sepals bractless, imbricated, 

 ovate; corolla globular-campanulate, 4 or 5-lobed ; anthers 8 or 10 pen- 

 dulous cells opening by a terminal pore, with a long reflexed awn be- 

 hind ; capsule 4 or 5-celled, valves 4 or 5, 2-parted ; placenta pendulous, 

 many-seeded. — Small, alpine, moss-like or heath- like shrubs. Fis. soli- 

 tary, pedicellate. 



C. liypnoides Don. St. filiform, spreading; lvs. evergreen, subulate, smooth, 

 crowded ; ped. solitary, terminal ; fis. 5-parted. One of tho smallest and most 

 delicate of shrubs, summits of tho White Mts., N. H. and Mts. of N. Y. and 

 Me. Sts. woody, much branched at base, 2 to 3' high. Lvs. minute, evergreen, 

 imbricated, concealing tho stems. Fis. large in proportion (H" long) nodding; 

 ped. 1' long in fruit. Cal. purple. Cor. light-red, twice as long as the calyx, 

 lobes erect. Statu, included. Jn. (Andromeda, L.) 



11. ANDROME'DA, L. [Andromeda of ancient fable, was chained to 

 a rock near the sea; the original species, No. 1, grows near water.) 

 Calyx 5-parted, persistent, not becoming fleshy in fruit ; corolla urceo- 

 late, the mouth more or less contracted, 5-toothed ; anthers 10, cells 2, 

 opening by a terminal pore ; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, often reinforced 

 with 5 external valvclets ; seeds numerous, from lateral or suspended 

 placentae-. — Shrubs or small trees, with deciduous or evergreen, entire, 

 or serrulate, alternate lvs. 



6 Flowers in a terminal, noddlngumbel. Anthers 2-awned at apex No. 1 



§ Flowers in racemes or axillar)'. (*) 



* Calyx calyoulate, with 2 bractlcts at its base, (a) 



a Anthers awnlesa. Racemes leafy. Pericarp double. (Cassandra) Nos. 2. 8 



a Anthersawned. Racemes leaflets. (Lvs. evergreen, No. 7) Lvs. deciduous. JNos. 4,9 



♦ Calyx naked at base; bracts at the base of the pedicels, (b) 



