Camope. ERICACE^. 455 



campanulate and 5-lobe(l : filaments slender and smooth : anthers naked, obscurely 

 •4-pointed. — Hook. Fl. ii. 35, t. 12!). 



In forests, near the northern borders of llie State {Dr. Ncwbcrnj) ; without much douht also 

 within its limits, thence tlirough Oregon and the Rocky Mountains. Tlie /rMi< scarlet, aromatic, 

 said to bo delicious. 



2. Gr. Shallon, Pursh. Shrubby stems spreading or ascending a foot or two in 

 height: leaves ovate or slightly cordate, acuminate (2 to 4 inches long), finely serrate 

 (the tooth when young bristlo-tipped), sinning : ilowoi-s in terminal and axillary 

 commonly jmnicled or compound glaiidular-viHcid raonmeH : bructH scaly : j)odicel8 

 recurved and 1 - 2-bractcolato below tlio middle: corolla ovate, tlio narrow oiilico 

 H-toothod : filaments broad : anthers with a pair of awn-liko ai)[)endag03 on tho 

 summit of each cell : fruit purple, becoming black. — Pursh, PI. 284, t. 12; Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2843 ; Lindl. Bot. Pteg. t. 1411. 



In redwoods, &c., from the Bay of Monterey to Oregon and northward. Fruit a much-esteemed 

 article of food of the Oregon Indians, called by them Hhal/.mi according to Lewis and Clark, or at 

 present Salal. 



5. LEUCOTHOE, Don. 



Calyx of 5 nearly separate sepals, more or less imbricated in the bud, or very 



early open, not enlarging or becoming fleshy in fruit. Corolla cylindraceous or 



ovate, "with contracted mouth and 5 short spreading teeth. Stamens 10 : filaments 



subulate : anthers naked, or the cells 1 - 2-pointed or awned at the apex, which 



opens by a large pore. Capsule depressed, more or less 5-lobed, 5-celled, loculi- 



cididly /)-valved, many-soodod. — Shrubs; with poliolod and commonly serrulate 



veiny loaves, racomoso inlloresccnco, and abundance of white flowers ; tho bracts and 



bractlets mostly scalo-like ; and tho flowers articulated with tho pedicel, or this with 



tho rhachia. — Gray, Man. Bot. 293. 



Genus still somewhat uncertain in extent ; the original species in tho Atlantic United States ; 

 the recently-discovered Californian one a true Lcucothoe, altiiough differing in some particulars. 



1. L. Davisice, Torr. Evergreen shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, nearly glabrous: leaves 

 bright green, coriaceous, oblong, obtuse at both ends, obscurely spinulose-serrulate 

 (an inch or two long) : racemes slender, erect, terminal and from the upper axils, 

 forming a cluster : flowers pendulous : bracts and bractlets at tho base of the 

 recurved pedicels short and scarious, ovate or roundish : sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 whitish : anther-cells distinct to the middle, 2-pointed at tho apex. — Gray, Proc. 

 Am. Acad. vii. 400. 



In the Sierra Nevada; near Eureka, Nevada Co., discovered by Miss N. J. Davis. Plumas Co., 

 Mrs. Pulsifcr Anus, Lemmon. A beautiful shrub : flowers abundant : corolla 3 lines long. Fniit 

 unknown. 



6. CASSIOPE, Don. 



Calyx of 4 or 5 membranaceous ovato sepals, imbricated in tho bud, persistent, 

 bractless. Corolla broadly campanulate, 4 -5-lobed. Stamens 8 or 10, included : 

 filaments subulate : anthers short, fixed near their apex, furnished with a pair 

 of recurved awns at tho insertion ; the turgid ovoid cells opening by a largo ter- 

 minal pore. Style tapering upwards. Capsule globular, 4 - 5-celled, loculicidally 

 4-5-valved ; the valves soon 2-cleft ; the largo placontnc pendulous. Seeds numer- 

 ous with a doflo coat. — Smidl arctic or alpino snU'rutoscoiit ovorgrnens, willi tho 

 crowded or imbricated foli.ago and aspect of Heaths or Club-Mosses; the white or 

 rose-colored flowers solitary and nodding on tho apex of slender and erect naked 

 peduncles ; these suiTOunded by scaly bracts at their base. 



