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the stems, which are more or less reclining. Leaves linear with blunt 
points. Flowers rather large on long slender pedicels. Calyx 5-parted, 
corolla egg-shaped with 5 low teeth at the spreading border. Stamens 
10; ovary 5-celled. 
P. coerulea, (L.) Babington. (Fig. 5, pl. 117.) Mounrain Hata. 
A minute shrub, 4 to 6 in. high, on summits of White Mountains. July- 
Aug. 
5. CASSIOPE, D. Don. 
A minute shrub, with a mossy aspect; evergreen; leaves small, over- 
lapping, stem an inch to 3 in. high, terminated by a bell-shaped white or 
pinkish-white nodding flower. Calyx and corolla 4- or 5-lobed. Stamens 
8 to 10; capsule globe-formed, 4- or 5-celled. 
C. hypnoides, (L.) D. Don. Moss Prant. CasstopE. Found on 
the summits of the higher Adirondack Mountains and of the White 
Mountains. (“I have never seen it on the Adirondacks and do not think 
it is there now, though it was on Mt. Marcy many years ago.—C. H. 
PECE.”’’) 
6. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adams 
Low trailing shrubby plant, with alternate, thick leathery leaves, ever- 
green. Flowers white or pink, small, in terminal clusters. Calyx 5-parted; 
corolla egg-shaped; stamens 10, rarely less. Fruit a red berry. 
A. Uva-Ursi, Spreng. (Fig. 6, pl. 117.) Uva-Ursi. Rep BEARBERRY. 
Trailing and much branched, stems 6 to 24 in. long. Leaves spatula- 
formed. Found mostly on cold hills or on mountains, our area and north- 
ward and westward. 
7. MAIRANIA, Necker. 
Low, trailing shrub, with deciduous leaves and white egg-shaped flowers 
in scattered or terminal clusters Calyx 4- to 5-parted. Fruit a black 
berry. 
M. alpina, Desvaux. ALPINE BuLackperry. (Arctostaphylos alpina, 
Spreng.) Leaves pear-shaped, notched at margins; flowers mostly in 
terminal clusters. Found on summits of White Mountains. 
8. GAULTHERIA, L. 
Our species a small plant with alternate, evergreen, shining leaves, with 
a few flowers at the leaf axils. These are urn-shaped, white or pink. 
Calyx 5-parted; stamens 10. Fruit an aromatic red berry. 
G. procumbens, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 115.) WuINTERGREEN. CHECKER- 
BERRY. Stem 2 to 6 in. high. Leaves clustered toward the ends of 
branches. Found extensively in woods, especially those in which ever- 
green trees prevail. 
g. EPIGAEA, L. 
Plant trailing, flat upon the ground; stems woody. Leaves alternate, 
evergreen, broad, nearly orbicular, hairy beneath, smooth but rusty col- 
ored above. Flowers in a terminal cluster, salver-form. Stamens 10; 
capsule 5-celled. 
E. repens, L. (Fig. 8, pl. 115.) Trattina Arsputus. MAYFLOWER. 
Stems hairy, 10 to 15 in. long, trailing flat upon the ground; leaves 
alternate, 1 to 3 in. long, more or less heart-shaped at base and blunt at 
