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CHIOGENES, Salisb. 



0. hispidula, Torr. & Gray. CREEPING SNOWBERRY. 

 In a peat hole near Polpis ; rare. L. L. D. 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adans. BEAR-BERRY. 



A. Uva-ursi, Spreng. (Local name, "Meal-plum.") 

 Very abundant and luxuriant in growth. 



EPIG^A, L. TRAILING AR'BUTUS. 



E. repens, L. 



Once abundant and of luxuriant growth under the scrub-oaks 

 on the commons ; still rather frequent near Hummock Pond, 

 on the William Worth road and elsewhere. Generally called 

 " Mayflower " in Nantucket. To collect the flowers of this 

 plant, its long stems are usually torn up by the yard, stripped 

 of the desirable clusters, and then thrown down to die. This 

 is done in ignorance of the fact that the plant is a trailing 

 shrub, and that its woody stems represent the growth of 

 years. As it rarely seeds, it is important to leave these long 

 runners unhurt, or extinction will surely follow. 



GAULTHERIA, Kalm. WINTERGREEN. 



G. procumbens, L. IVORY PLUM. IVY PLUM. (Local names.) 

 Rather common. 



CASSANDRA, Don. 



C. calyculata, Don. LEATHER-LEAF. 

 Abundant. 



ANDROMEDA, L. 

 A. ligustrina, Muhl. 



CLETHRA, L. 



C. alnifolia, L. ALDER-LEAVED CLETHRA. 

 Very common in the swamps and thickets. 



