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corolla cylindrical, red. Florida, in shallow ponds. Stem 2 -3 high. 

 Leaves l'-2' long. 



12. V. virgatum, Ait. Stem smooth, the branches and young leaves 

 downy ; leaves thickish, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute entire ; racemes 

 mostly on naked branches; corolla cylindrical, white, or red like the hracts ; 

 berrv black. Low pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina. March. Stem 

 2 -4 high. Leaves 1' or less long. 



13. V. vacillans, Solander. Stem smooth, with yellowish shining 

 branches ; leaves ovate or obovate, nearly entire, pale and glaucous ; corolla 

 oblong-bell shaped, white; berry blue. Mountains of Georgia and North 

 Carolina. April. Stem 1- 2 high. Leaves 1'- 2' long. 



14. V. hirsutum, Buckley. Hirsute throughout; stem low (1 high), 

 much branched; leaves ovate, entire, slightly mucrouate ; racemes short, 

 corolla oblong, contractel at the apex, the teeth short; berry globose. 

 Mountains of Cherokee County, North Carolina (Buckley). 



3. CHIOGENES, Salisb. CREEPING SNOWBERRT. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla bell-shaped, 4 cleft. Stamens 8 : anther cells 

 unawued, opening from the tip to the middle. Berry white, globular, 4-celled, 

 manv-seeded. A small creeping evergreen. Leaves ovate, acute, the mar- 

 gins revolute, the lower surface, like the margins, bristly. Flowers small, 

 axillary, white, nodding. 



1. C. hispidula, Torr. & Gray. Damp woods, Mountains of North 

 Carolina, and northward. 



SUBORDER II. ERICIIVEyE. THE HEATH FAMILY. 

 4. EPIGJEA, L. GROUND LAUREL. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, colored ; the lobes acuminate. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, 5 cleft Stamens 10: anthers oblong, awnless, opening lengthwise. 

 Capsule depressed globose, 5-celled, many-seeded. A prostrate shrubby 

 plant, hispid with rust-colored hairs. Leaves evergreen, cordate-oval, entire, 

 reticulated. Flowers in dense bracted racemes, white, fragrant. 



1. E. repens, L. (MAYFLOWER.) Dry woods, Florida, and northward. 

 Feb.- March. Stem 6'- 12' long. Racemes shorter than the leaves. 



5. GAULTHERIA, Kalm. WINTERGREEN. 



Calyx 5-lobed, becoming berry-like in fruit. Corolla ovate, 5-toothed, 

 Stamens 10. .anther cells 2-awned at the apex, opening by a terminal pore. 

 Capsule enclosed in the berrv-like calyx, depressed-globose, 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 many-seeded. Shrubs, with alternate leaves, and white or red flowers. 



1. G. procumbens, L. Smooth; stem creeping; the short ( 3' -5') 

 branches erect, naked below ; leaves oval or obovate, serrulate, shining ; pedi- 

 cels axillary, 1-flowered, nodding ; fruiting calyx bright red. Shady woods 

 and banks, especially among the mountains, North Carolina, and northward, 

 June. Whole plant aromatic. 



