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6. EPIGifeA, L. GuotND Laukel. Trailing Annrxua. 



Corolla salvcr-fonii ; the tube liairy inside, as lon^ as the ovate-lanceolate 

 pointed and sealc-like nearly distinct sepals. Stamens 10, with slender filaments : 

 anthers ol)lon<j, awnless, opening lengthwise. Style slender, its apex (as in 

 Pyrola) forming a sort of ring or collar around and piirtly adnate to the 5 little 

 lobes of the stigma, i'od depressed-globular, 5-lobed, 5-cellcd, many-seeded. — 

 A prostrate or trailing scarcely shrubby j)lant, bristly with rusty hairs, with ever- 

 green and reticulated rounded and heart-shaped alternate leaves, on slender peti- 

 oles, and « itli rose-colored llowers in small axillary clusters, from scaly bracts, 

 (>'ame composed of tVi, upon, and y^, the earth, from the trailing growth.) 



1. E. ripens, L. — Sandy woods, or sometimes in rocky soil, csjiecially 

 in the shade of pines: common in many places, es])ecialiy eastward. — Flowers 

 appearing in early spring, exhaling a rich spicy fragrance. In New England 

 called Mayflower. 



6. GAULTHERIA, Kalm. Aromatic Wixtergreen. 



Corolla cylindrical-ovoid or a little urn-shaped, 5-toothcd. Stamens 10, in- 

 cluded : anther-cells each 2-awncd at the summit, opening by a terminal pore. 

 Pcd depi-essed, 5-lobed, 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded, enclosed when ripe by 

 the calyx, which thickens and tums fleshy, so as to appear as a globular retl 

 berry! — Shrubs, or almost herbaceous plants, with alternate evergreen leaves 

 and axillary (nearly white) flowers: pedicels with 2 bractlets. (Dedicated by 

 Kalm to "Dr. Ganlthkr," of Quebec; Liii». Amoen. Acad. 3, p. 15. The true 

 orthography, as ascertained by Prof. Brunet from the old records in Quebec, 

 is (jatiltier ; so that the orthogra])liy of the genus, if changed at all, should be 

 Gaultiera.) 



1. G. prociimbens, L. (Creeping Wintergreex.) Stems slender 

 and extensively creeping on or below the surface ; the flowering branches ascend- 

 ing, leaf)' at the summit (3' -5' high) ; leaves obovate or oval, obscurel_v serrate ; 

 flowers few, mostly single in the axils, nodding. — Cool damp woods, mostly in 

 the shade of evergreens especially northward, and southward along the Allegha- 

 nies. July. — The bright red berries (formed of the calyx) and the foliage have 

 the well-known sjjicy-aromatic flavor of the Sweet Birch. In the interior of the 

 country it is called Wmterrpeen, or sometimes Tta-herry. Eastward it is called 

 Checkerberrij or Partrid<)e-berrij (names also ai)plied to Mitchella, the latter espe- 

 cially so), also Borheiri/. 



7. LEUCOTHOE, Don. Leccotiioe. 



Calyx of 5 nearly distinct sepals, imbricated in the bud, not enlarged nor 

 fleshy in fruit. Corolla ovate or cylindraceous, 5-t()(itlie(l. St'imens 10: an- 

 thers naked, or the wlls with 1 or 2 erect awns at the apex, o])ening by a ],ore. 

 Pod depressed, more or less 5-lobed, 5-celled, 5-valved, the sutures not thick- 

 ened ; valves entire : the many-seeded placentiC borne on the summit of the short 

 columella, mostly pendulous. — Shrubs with petioled and serrulate leaves, and 

 white scaly-bracted flowers crowded in axillary or terminal spiked racemes. (A 

 mythological name.) 



