228 Crow-Berry ( Empetracece ) 



Found, in sandy barrens and in dry, rocky ground, 

 mostly along the coast from New Jersey to New- 

 foundland, also in the Shawangunk Mountains of 

 New York. 



A much-branched evergreen heath-like shrub, six 

 inches to two feet high. 



Genus EMPETRUM, Tourn. (Black Crow-Berry.) 



From two Greek words meaning " upon " and " a rock." 



Black Crow- Berry. E. riigrum, L. 



Flowers, reddish, inconspicuous in the angles of the 

 upper leaves, with scaly bracts. Corolla, lacking. 

 Sepals, three. Stamens, three. Style, one, very 

 short, with six to nine rays. Seed-case, six- to nine- 

 celled, not adherent to the calyx. May, June. 



Leaves, about one quarter inch long, evergreen, crowded, 

 lapping each other and covering the branches. 



Fruit, round, black, a drupe with six to nine seed-like 

 nutlets. 



Found, in Mount Desert and along the coast of Maine, 

 in the high mountains of New York and New Eng- 

 land, and far northward. 



A spreading and prostrate shrub with a stem one to 

 four feet long. 



