88 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



cylindrical bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Anthers 10. Flowers in short 

 racemes. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, serrulate with bristly- 

 pointed teeth, smooth and shining on both sides. Berry blue or 

 black, with a bloom. Dry plains and woods. 



5. V. Canadense, Kalm. I^ANADIAX BLUEBERRY.) Stem 1-2 

 feet high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, entire, downy 

 both sides, as are also the branchlets. A very common Canadian 

 species. 



6. V. corymbo'sum, L., (SWAMP-BLUEBERRY) is a tall shrub 

 (3-10 feet) growing in swamps and low grounds, with leaves vary- 

 ing from ovate to elliptical-lanceolate, and flowers and berries 

 very much the same as those in No. 4, but the berries ripen later. 



3. CHIOG'ENES, Salisb. CHEEPING SNOWBERRY. 

 C. hispid'ula, Torr. and Or. Leaves very small, ovate and 

 pointed, on short petioles, the margins revolute. The lower 

 surface of the leaves and the branches clothed with rusty bristles. 

 Berries bright white. Bogs and cool woods. 



4. ARCTOSTAPH'YLOS, Adans. BEARBERRY. 



A. Uva-ursi, Spreng. Flowers in terminal racemes. Leaves 

 alternate, obovate or spathulate, entire, smooth. Berry red. 

 Bare hillsides. 



5. EPIG.E'A, L. GROUND LAUREL. TRAILING ARBUTUS. 



E. re'pens, L. (MAYFLOWER.) Flowers in small axillary 

 clusters from scaly bracts. Leaves evergreen, rounded and heart- 

 shaped, alternate, on slender petioles. Flowers very fragrant. 

 Dry woods in early spring. 



6. GAULTHE'RIA, Kalm. AROMATIC WlNTEROBEEN. 



G. procum'bens, L. (TEABERRY. WINTERGREEN. ) Flowers 

 mostly single in the axils, nodding. Leaves obovate or oval, 

 obscurely serrate, evergreen. Berry bright red, edible. Cool 

 woods, chiefly in the shade of evergreens. 



7. CASSAN'DRA, Don. LEATHER-LEAF. 



C. calycilla'ta, Don. Flowers in 1 -sided leafy racemes. Leaves 

 oblong, obtuse, flat. Bogs. 



