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5-parted, spreading. Stam. 10. Anth. dehiscent by 2 longitudinal open- 

 ings. Caps. 5-celled, 5-valved. [^ Trailing, with cordate, ovate, entire, 

 alternate leaves, and axillaiy clusters. 



K, repens L. Rocky woods, N. Eng. to Pa., Ky., and N. Sterna half-shrubby, hairy, 

 1015' long. Lvs. evergreen, 2'. Fls. rose-colored, delightfully fragrant. Apr., May. 



9. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adans. BEAR-BERRY. Cal. 5-parted, per- 

 sistent. Cor. ovoid, diaphanous at the base, limb with 5 small recurved 

 segments. Anth. 10, with 2 long, reflexed awns, and opening by pores. 

 Drupe or berry 5-10-celled, the cells 1-seeded. 5 Trailing. Leaves alter- 

 nate. Racemes terminal. 



1 A. Uva-ursi Spr. Lvs. entire, thick, evergreen, shining above, obovate ; flowers 



drooping ; dmpe red, as large as a currant, the nut 5-seeded. Rocky hills, N. May. 



2 A. alpiua Spr. Lvs. thin, serrate, deciduous, obovate, acnte, strongly netted ; ped. 



hardly longer than the bractlets ; drupes black. High mts., Me., N. II., and N. 



10. GAULTHERIA, Kalm. CHECKERBERRY. WINTERGREEN. Cal. 

 5-cleft, with 2 bracts at the base. Cor. ovoid-tubular, limb with 5 small, 

 revolute lobes. Fil. 10, hirsute. Caps. 5-celled, invested by the calyx, 

 which becomes a berry. > Leaves alternate. Pedicels bibracteolate. 



G. procumfoens L. St. procumbent, with the branches erect or ascending ; Ivs. obo- 

 vate, mucronate, denticulate, crowded at the top ; fls. few, drooping, terminal. Woods 

 and pastures, Can. to Penn. and Ky. 3'. Red berries and leaves spicy. June Sept. 



11. MENZIESIA, Smith. Cal. deeply 4- or 5-cleft. Cor. urceolate or 

 campanulate, 4- or 5-lobed. Sta. 8 or 10, anth. opening by terminal pores. 

 Caps. 4- or 5-celled, opening septicidally. Seeds oo. Low, shrubby plants, 

 of various habits. Flowers in terminal clusters. 



PHYLLODOCE, Salisb. Lvs. evergreen, heath-like. Fls. 5-parted, bell-form No. 1 



MENZIESIA proper. Leaves deciduous. Flowers 4-parted, urceolate No. 2 



1 HI. taxifolia Robbins. Mountain Heath. St. prostrate at base ; Ivs. linear, obtuse; 



pedicels erect, slender, terminal, aggregate, 1-flowered. Alpine bogs, N. H., Me., and 

 N. 612'. Leaves 6 1". Flowers purple, the ped. 18". June. 



2 HI. ferruginea Smith, p. g-lobulari* Sims. Shrub low, straggling, pubescent ; 



leaves lance-oval, ciliate ; flowers small, nodding, on slender pedicels, greenish-pur- 

 ple. Mts., Penn. to Car. 3 4f. June. 



12. CASSIOPE, Don. MOSS-PLANT. Sep. bractless, imbricated, ovate. 

 Cor. globular-campanulate, 4- or 5-lobed. Anth. 8 or 10, pendulous, cella 

 opening by a terminal pore, with a long reflexed awn behind. Caps. 4- or 

 5-celled, valves 2-parted. . Placentae pendulous, co-seeded. > Small, 

 alpine, moss-like or heath-like shrubs. Flowers solitary, pedicellate. 



C!. hypnoides Don. Stem filiform, tufted ; leaves evergreen, subulate, smooth, 

 crowded ; flowers 5-parted, purple, nodding. High mts., N. H., N. Y., Me. 33'. Jn. 



13. ANDROMEDA, L. Cal. 5-parted, persistent, not becoming fleshy 

 in fruit. Cor. urceolate, the mouth more or less contracted, 5-toothed. 

 Anth 10, cells 2, opening by a terminal pore. Caps. 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 often re-enforced with 5 external valvelets. Seeds oo. ^ 5 with entire, 

 or serrulate, alternate leaves. Figs. 64, 438. 



