202 KRICACE^. (lIEAXn FAMILY.) 



the common blttebeiri/ or blue hucklebern/ of the latter part of the season. The 

 typical ibriu has the leaves entire and more or less pubescent, at least when 

 younji:, as also the branchlets. The species exiiibits tlie greatest variety of forms : 

 the last of those here mentioned is the most remarkable, and the only one which 

 has any claims to i)e regarded as a species. 



Var. gl^brum, is wholly or nearly glabrous tliroughout; the leaves entire. 



Var. amcenum, has the leaves bristly-ciliate, shining above, green both 

 sides, beneath soiucwhat pubescent on tiie veins. (V. araujnum. Ait., &c.) 



Var. pallidum, has the leaves mostly glabrous, pale or whitish, glaucous: 

 especially underneath, scirulate with bristly teeth. (V. pallidum. Ait.) 



Var. atroCOCCUm, has the leaves entire, downy or woolly underneath even 

 when old, as also the branchlets ; berries smaller, black, without bloom. ( V. 

 fuscatum, Ait.'f & Ed. I.) 



3. CHIOGENES, Salisb. Creeping Snowberrt. 



Caly.\-tube adherent to the lower part of the ovary ; the limb 4-parted. Co- 

 rolla bell-shaped, deeply 4-cleft. Stamens 8, included, inserted on an 8-toothed 

 cpigynous disk : filaments very short and broad : anther-cells ovatc-oblong, quite 

 separate, not awned on the back, but each minutely 2-poiiitcd at the apc.x, and 

 opening by a large chink down to the middle. Berry white, globular, crowned 

 with the 4-toothed calyx, rather dr}', 4-eelled, many-seeded. — A trailing and 

 creeping evergreen, with very slender and scarcely woody stems, and small 

 Thyme-like, ovate and pointed leaves on short petioles, with rcvolute margins, 

 smooth above, the lower surface and the branches beset with rigid rusty bristles. 

 Flowers very small, solitary in the axils, on short nodding peduncles, with 2 

 large bractlcts under the calyx. (Name from x"^") snow, and yevos, offspring, 

 in allusion to the snow-white berries.) 



1. C. hispidula, Torr. & Gr. — Peat-bogs, and mossy mountain woods, 

 in the shade of evergreens ; common northward, extending southward in the 

 Alleglianies. JMay. — Plant with the aromatic flavor of Gaultheria or Birch. 

 Leaves 3" -4" long. Berries 3" broad, bright white. 



4. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adans. Bearberry. 



Corolla ovate and nrn-shapcd, with a short rcvolute 5-toothcd limb. Stamens 

 10, included : anthers with 2 rcflcxed awns on the back near the apex, opening 

 by terminal pores. Drupe berry -like, with .5-10 seed-like nutlets. — Shrubs, 

 with alternate leaves, and scaly-bracted nearly white flowers in terriiinal racemes 

 or clusters. Fruit austere. (Name composed of /i/jktos, a hear, and aTu(f)v\ri, 

 a grape or Iik'ti/, the Greek of the popular name.) 



1. A. Uva-lirsi, Spreng. (BE.\niiERRV.) Trailing; /«/rr.s ^///V/>- nW rm- 

 (jreen, ohovixte or spatulatc, piitiro, smooth : fruit red. (Arbutus Uva-ursi, L.) — 

 Rocks and bare hills, New Jersey to Wisconsin and nortlnvard. May. (Eu.) 



2. A. alpina, Spreng. (Alpine Bearberry.) Dwarf, tufted and de- 

 pressed ; leaves deciduous, serrnfe, wrinkled with strong netted veins, obovate ; 

 fruit iihirk. — Alpine region of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, Mount 



Katahdin, Maine, and high northward. (Eu.) 



