DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 169 
naked shoots of the preceding year. Low grounds. Foliage said to 
be poisonous to young browsing animals. 
IV. EPIGHA, 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. Grounp 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, 3 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, Spreng. Brarserry. 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. 
VI. 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.* 
