AltrTOSTAPIIYLOS — BEArvBElIIlY. 



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SUB-OUDKU ERICINR/K. 



Character of the Suh-Order. — Caly* free from the ovary. Corolla niono- 

 petalous or sometimes polypotulous, hypogynous. Shrubs or small trees. 



ARCTOSTAPIIYLOS.— BRAKnrnRY. 



Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi Spreugel. — Uva-nrfti, Benrherr;/. 



Description. — Calyx G-parted, persistent, the lobes roundish. Corolla 

 ovate, urn-shaped, rose-color, pellucid at the base, hairy inside, >vith u 

 short, aouto, recurved teeth. 

 Stamens 10, included ; anthers 

 large, with 2 pores at the sum- 

 mit, laterally 2-awned, the 

 awns reilexed. Ovary sur- 

 rounded with 3 fleshy scales. 

 I'ruit drupaceous, depressed- 

 globose, the size of a large pea, 

 red, with a meal}' insipid jiulp, 

 *-nd containing 5 seeddike 

 nuts. 



A small trailing shrub. 

 Hoot thick, wood}', creeping. 

 Stems numerous, ti'ailing and 

 spreading, the sterile branches 

 often 2 to 3 feet long. Leaves 

 evergreen, scattered, cuneate- 

 obovate, three-fourths of an 

 inch long, variable in breadth, 

 entire, coriaceous, shining. 

 Flowers droopiufj: in small 

 terminal racemes, appearing 

 in April and jNIay. 



Habilal. — Dry sandy soils, rocks and bare hills, from New Jersey to 

 Wisconsin and northward. Found also in Northern Europe and Asia. 



Parts Used. — The leaves— official name, Vva-ursi— Cn it ed Slate.^ I'liar- 

 macopceia. 



Oniditnents. — Tlu'ee crystalline j^rinciples, namely, arhuli)), erirnli.n. and 

 ursolic, have bern found in uva-ursi and in other ericaceous plants. In 

 addition to these principles there occur gallic and tannic acids and other 

 connnon vegetable constituents. 



Preparations. — Extractum uv?e-ursi fluidum — fluid extract of uva-ursi. 

 — United States Pharmacoptaia. In many cases the di'ug is best adminis 

 tered in infusion. 



Pro. 141. — Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi. 



