486 , ORDER 73. ERICACEAE. 



pores; drupe \vitli a 5-cclled putamen, the cells 1 -seeded. Trailing 

 shrubs, with alternate Ivs. (Arbutus L.) 



1 A. Uva-ursi Spreng. Procumbent; Ivs. entire, obovate, smooth, on short 

 petioles, evergreen, coriaceous, shining above, paler beneath ; fls. in short, terminal, 

 drooping clusters ; drupe globular, about as large as a currant, deep red, nearly 

 insipid, the nucleus consists of 5 bony seeds firmly united' together. Rocky 

 hills, N. States and British America. Stem prostrate except the younger branches, 

 which arise 3 8'. Lvs. about 1' in length, 2 3" wide, often spatulate in form ; 

 medicinally they are astringent, and much valued in nephritic complaints. May. 



2 A. alpina Spreng. Procumbent; Ivs. thin, deciduous, obovate, acute, serrate, 

 ciliate when young; fls. in short, terminal racemes; bracteoles ovate, broad, 

 ciliate,, about equaling the pedicel. High Mts., in Me. and Can., alpine regions of 

 the White Mts. (Robbins). Flowers white. Berries black. 



9. GAULTHE^RIA, Kalm. BOXBERRY. CHECKERBERRY. WINTER- 

 GREEN. (To one Gaulthier (or Gaultier), a French physician at Que- 

 bec.) Calyx 5-cleft, with 2 bracts at the base ; corolla ovoid-tubular, 

 limb with 5 small, revolute lobes ; filaments 10, hirsute ; capsule 5-celled, 

 invested by the calyx which becomes a berry. Suffruticous, mostly 

 American plants. Lvs. alternate, evergreen. Pedicels bibracteolate. 



G. procumbeiis L. St. with the procumbent branches erect or ascending ; 

 Ivs. obovate, mucronate, denticulate, crowded at the top of stem ; fls. few, droop- 

 ing, terminal. A little shrubby plant well-known for its spicy leaves, and its 

 well-flavored, scarlet berries; common in woods and pastures, Can. to Penn. and 

 Ky. The branches ascend 3' from the prostrate stem or rhizome which is usually 

 concealed. Lvs. thick, shining, acute at each end. Cor. white, contracted at 

 the mouth. Fr. consisting of the capsulo surrounded by the enlarged calyx 

 which becomes cf a bright scarlet color. Jn. Sept. 



10. CASSKTPE, Don. MOSS-PLANT. (In Grecian mythology Cas- 

 siope was the mother of Andromeda.) Sepals bractless, imbricated, 

 ovate ; corolla globular-campanulate, 4 or 5-lobed ; anthers 8 or 10 pen- 

 dulous cells opening by a terminal pore, with a long reflcxcd awn be- 

 hind ; capsule 4 or 5-celled, valves 4 or 5, 2-parted ; placenta pendulous, 

 many-seeded. Small, alpine, moss-like or heath-like shrubs. Fls. soli- 

 tary, pedicellate. 



C. hypnoides Don. St. filiform, spreading; Ivs. evergreen, subulate, smooth, 

 crowded ; ped. solitary, terminal ; fls. 5-parted. One of the smallest and most 

 delicate of shrubs, summits of the White Mts., N. H. and Mts. of N. Y. and 

 Me. Sts. woody, much branched at base, 2 to 3' high. Lvs. minute, evergreen, 

 imbricated, concealing the stems. Fls. large in proportion (l^" long) nodding; 

 ped. 1' long iu fruit. Cal. purple. Cor. light-red, twice as long as the calyx, 

 lobes erect. Stam. included. Jn. (Andromeda. L.) 



11. ANDROME'DA, L. (Andromeda of ancient fable, was chained to 

 a rock near the sea; the original species, No. 1, grows near water.) 

 Calyx 5-parted, persistent, not becoming fleshy in fruit ; corolla urceo- 

 late, the mouth more or less contracted, 5-toothed ; anthers 10, cells 2 T 

 opening by a terminal pore ; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, often reinforced 

 with 5 external valvelets ; seeds numerous, from lateral or suspended 

 placentae. Shrubs or small trees, with deciduous or evergreen, entire, 

 or Serrulate, alternate Ivs. 



Flowers in a terminal, nocldingumbel. Anthers 2-a\vned at apex .No. 1 



Flowers in racemes or axillary. (*) 



* Calyx calyculate, with 2 bractlets at its base, (a) 



a Anthers awnless. Racemes leafy. Pericarp double. (CASSANDRA) Nos. 2, 3 



a Anthers awned. Racemes leafless. (Lvs. evergreen. No. 7) Lvs. deciduous. Nos. 4,5 

 Calyx naked at base; bracts at the base of the pedicels, (b) 



