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SUBORDER II. EKICINKJK. THE HEATH FAMILY. 



3. 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. Dry sandy soil, Florida, and northward. Feb. and 

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



4. 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 berry-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. 



5. LETJCOTHOE, Don. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, imbricated in the bud, unchanged in fruit. Corolla 

 ovate or cylindrical, 5-toothed. Stamens 10 : anthers awnless, or the cells 

 1 - 2-awned at the apex, opening by a terminal pore. Stigma capitate. Capsule 

 depressed-globose, not thickened at the sutures, 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds pendulous. Shrubs, with alternate leaves, and white flowers in axillary 

 or terminal one-sided racemes. 



* Anthers awnless or nearly so: racemes axillary, shorter than the evergreen leaves. 



1. L. cixillaris, Don. Leaves oval or oblong, abruptly acute, spinulose- 

 sm-ulate toward the apex, on short petioles ; racemes short, dense-flowered ; 

 calyx-lobes ovate, acute; anther-cells 2-horned. (Andromeda axillaris, Lam.) 

 Sandy swamps, and banks of streams in the lower districts, Florida to North 

 Carolina, and westward. Feb. and March. Stem and branches curving. 

 Leaves 2' -4' long. 



2. L. Catesbsei, Gray. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, spinulose- 

 serrulata throughout, on conspicuous petioles ; racemes dense-flowered ; calyx- 

 lobes ovate-oblong ; anther-cells not horned. (Andromeda spinulo.sn,Purs/<f.) 

 Banks of streams along the mountains, Georgia and North Carolina. March 

 and April. Stem 2- 4 high. 



3. L. acuminata, Dunal. Stem tall, Avith straight and hollow branches ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly entire ; corolla cylindrical ; anthers 



