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naked shoots of the preceding year. Low grounds. Foliage said to 

 be poisonous to young browsing animals. 



IV. EPIG^A, L. 



Prostrate or trailing shrubs. Stems rusty-downy, 6-12 in. 

 long. Leaves alternate, leathery, evergreen. Flowers in 

 bracted, terminal close racemes or clusters. Calyx 5-parted, 

 persistent. Corolla salver-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 10, about 

 the length of the corolla-tube. Ovary 5-lobed ; style columnar ; 

 stigma 5-lobed. Fruit a globose, hairy, 5-celled, many-seeded 

 capsule.* 



1. E. repens, L. Ground Laurel, Trailing Arbutus, May- 

 flower. Stems creeping, the young twigs ascending. Leaves oval 

 or somewhat heart-shaped, entire, netted-veined, smooth above, 

 rough-hairy beneath ; petioles short, rough-hairy. Racemes shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers white to bright pink, ^ in. broad, very 

 fragrant. In dry woods, often covering considerable areas.* . 



V. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adans. 



Shrubs. Leaves alternate, evergreen. Flowers pinkish or 

 nearly white, in terminal, bracted racemes. Calyx 4-5-parted, 

 persistent. Corolla 4-5-lobed, the lobes recurved. Ovary 

 5-10-celled, each cell containing 1 ovule. Fruit a berry-like 

 stone-fruit, with 5-10 nutlets. 



1. A. Uva-ursi, Sprang. Bearberry. In trailing clumps, the 

 branches 1-2 ft. high. Leaves evergreen, finely woolly, obovate or 

 spatulate, entire, very leathery. Racemes few-flowered, very short. 

 Corolla urn-shaped, the teeth hairy within. Berry red, ^ in. in 

 diameter. Rocks and dry hilltops, especially N. 



VL GAYLUSSACIA, HBK. 



Low, branching shrubs, mostly resinous-dotted. Leaves 

 serrate or entire. Flowers small, white or pink, in lateral, 

 bracted racemes, nodding ; pedicels usually 2-bracteolate. 

 Calyx-tube short, obconic, the lobes persistent. Corolla 

 ovoid to bell-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes erect or recurved. 

 Stamens equal, usually included ; anthers awnless. Fruit a 

 10-seeded, berry-like stone-fruit.'^ 



