Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



1 8. Trailing Arbutus. Mayflower. (Epigaea repens.) 



LEAF : 2'-2^', simple, alternate, entire, ovate to roundish, 

 base cordate, thick, evergreen, rather coarse, the plant rusty- 

 hairy. FLOWER : rose-colored, fragrant (corolla 5-lobed, spread- 

 ing, hairy 'within), clustered, on short stems ; April, May; com- 

 moner eastward ; trailing; woody. (PI. II.) 



19. Small Cranberry. (Vaccinium oxycoccus.) 



LEAF : %' or less, simple, alternate, entire, edge rolled under, 

 ovate, apex sharp, whitish beneath, evergreen. FLOWER : rose- 

 color, on slender stems (petals 4, narrow, rolled back, stamens 8) ; 

 June ; berry l /$' long, almost globular, red, hardly edible. New 

 England to Pennsylvania, and west, in bogs ; trailing, woody. 

 (PL III.) 



20. Large Cranberry. American Cranberry. (Vaccinium 

 macrocarpon.) 



LEAF : X'~^' simple, alternate, entire, oval or obovate, apex 

 blunt, evergreen, whitish beneath. FLOWER : as in 19 ; June ; 

 berry red, %'-i' long, roundish, acid, edible. Eastern States, 

 swamps ; trailing, woody. 



21. Bearberry. (Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi.) 



LEAF : i', simple, alternate, entire, obovate, base tapering, 

 smooth, thick, evergreen. FLOWER : whitish (corolla urn-shaped, 

 5-toothed, hairy inside), in small pendent clusters ; May ; berry 

 red, small, sour. New Jersey, west and north ; trailing. 



22. Cowberry. (Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea.) 



LEAF : i' or less, simple, alternate, entire, obovate, edge rolled 

 under, evergreen, dark, glossy, blackish-bristly beneath. FLOWER ; 

 whitish (corolla bell-shaped, 4-lobed), in short pendent racemes ; 

 June ; berry dark red, acid ; erect short branches from trailing 

 stem. New England (mountains), Maine coast, locally in Massa- 

 chusetts. 



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