ORDER 73. ERICACEAE. % 435 



many-seeded. Beautiful shrubs, natives of N. America. Lvs. entire, 

 evergreen, coriaceous. Fls. in racemous corymbs, white and red. 



* Flowers in terminal corymbs. Lvs thick, mostly acute Nos. 1,2 



* Flowers in lateral corymbs. Leaves obtuse Nas. 3, 4 



* Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx elongated, deciduous No. 5 



1 K. latifolia L. CALICO BUSH. SPOON-WOOD. Lvs. alternate and ternate, oval- 

 lanceolate, acute at each end, smooth and green on both sides; corymbs terminal, 

 viscidly pubescent. A profusely flowering shrub, sometimes attaining the height 

 of a small tree. It is found in all the Atlantic States from Maine to Fla., and W. 

 to Ohio and Ky. in woods. "Wood crooked, fine-grained and compact Leaves 

 2 3' long, smooth and shining, acute at each end and entire. Flowers in splen- 

 did corymbs, white or variously tinged with red, abundant. Corolla with a 

 spreading limb 9 10" diam. and a 5-lobed margin. The leaves are narcotic and 

 poisonous to some animals. May, Jn. 



2 K. glauca Ait SWAMP LAUREL. Branch esancipitous; Ivs. opposite, subsessile, 

 lanceolate, polished, glaucous beneath, revolute at the margin ; corymbs terminal, 

 the peduncles and bracts smooth. A delicate shrub, 2f high, found in swamps, etc., 

 Penn., Ky., N. Eng., N. to Arc. Am. Stem slender, the branches distinctly 

 2-edged by an elevated ridge extending from the base of each opposite leaf to 

 the next node below. Lvs. smooth and shining, white underneath, and 1' in 

 length. Fls. 8 10 in each corymb. Corolla about $' diam., pale purple. June. 



/?. RGSMARINIFOLIA, Leaves linear, more revolute, green beneath. 



3 BL angtistifolia L. SHEEP-POISON. Lvs. ternate and opposite, elliptical-lance- 

 olate, petiolate, obtuse at each end, smooth ; corymbs lateral ; bracts linear-lance- 

 olate. Shrub 2 4f in height, in marshes and by ponds, Can. to Car. W. to Ky. 

 Leaves with rounded ends entire, smooth, 1 2' long, and as wide, on short 

 petioles. Flowers deep purple, in small, axillary fascicles apparently whoiied, 

 about half as large in No. 1. Bracts minute, about 3 at the base of each pedi- 

 ceJL Jn. Said to be poisonous to cattle. 



4 K. ctmeata MX. Lvs, scattered, sessile, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, glan- 

 dylar-pubescent beneath; fis., in sessile, lateral clusters of 4 to 6. Mts. of N. Car. 

 (Michaux), in swamps, S. Car., near Georgetown (Elliot), near Camden (Nuttall). 

 Shrubs about as large as No. 3. Lvs. about 1' long. Pedicels 1' long, filiform, 

 with minute bractleta. Cor. white, red in the center. Jn., JL 



5 E. hiraftta Walt Yery slender, branched, hairy; Ivs. scattered, sometimes 

 opposite, ovate, lanceolate, or linear-oblong, acute, sessile ; pedicels as long as the 

 leaves ; caL segm. lance-linear, nearly equaling the corolla limb. Barrens, & 

 Car. to Fla., abundant in wet places. Sts. terete, about If high. Lvs. small (4 

 to C" long), edges mostly revolute. Fls. rose-colored, about 7" broad. May Jn. 



7. EPIG/E'A, L. TRAILING ARBUTUS. MAY FLOWER. (Gr. err/, 

 upon, 777, the earth ; from its prostrate habit.) Calyx large, 5-parted, 

 with 3 bracts at base; corolla hypocrateriform, tube villoas within, 

 limb 5-parted, spreading ; stamens 10; anthers dehiscent by 2 longi- 

 tudinal openings; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved. Suffruticous trailing. 

 Lvs. evergreen, cordate, ovate, entire, alternate. 



E. repns L. Lvs. cordate-ovate, entire; cor. tube cylindrical. H Woods, New- 

 foundland to Ky. and Penn. This little shrubby plant grows flat upon the 

 ground, 10 15' in length, covered with a hairy pubescence in all its parts. Lvs. 

 2 2' by !', roundish at the end and abruptly tipped with a very short point 

 Fls. very fragrant, white or tinged with various shades of red, in small axillary 

 clusters. Calyx green. The tube of the corolla hairy within, longer than the 

 calyx, the border in 5, rounded, spreading segments. Apr., May. 



8. ARCTOSTAPH'YLOS,Adans. BEAR-BERRY. (Gr. ap/rroc, a bear, 

 crra^u/wj, a cluster of grapes ; that is Bear-berry.) Calyx 5-parted, 

 persistent; corolla ovoid, diaphanous at the base, limb with 5 small, 

 recurved segments ; anthers 10, with 2 long, reflexed awns, opening by 



