102 KRICACE^. 



Mt'diral Properties and Usm. — Uva-ursi is astrinpfont and tonic, and ia 

 gonemlly credited with a Kpec.'itic action upon the urinary tract. In a con- 

 dition of hcultli it produces no diuretic eiT'ect, thouf^h it is said to do so in 

 c(>rtiiin cases of disease During its administration tlie urine ac(|uires a 

 dark color and a pe<;uli.u* odor. It is cliielly used in chronic urinary dis- 

 eases, as jiyehtis and cj'sti'is, calculous aftections, jjjleet, and incontinence 

 of urine. It has also been used advantafreously in leucorrlmni, diarrhcea, 

 chronic bronchitis, and in passive hcmorrha<3'es. 



EPICRA.— Thatmno AniJUTUs. 



Epigaea repens Linno. — Trailinrj Arbutus, Ground Laurel, May- 

 I'loivcr. 



Dcxrrvpliov. — Calyx deeply 5-parted, colored, -with three bracts at tlie 

 base ; the lobes ovate, acute, smooth. Corolla tubular, salv(!r-i'orin, rose- 

 color or nearly Avhite, the limb 5-parted, somewhat sineadinji; ; the lobes 

 ovate, obtuse, very hairy inside toward the base. Stamens 10, shorter 

 than the corolla ; tilanienta hairy at the base ; anthers linear, opening longi- 

 tudinally. Style straight ; stigma obtusely S-lobed. Capsule d(>pressed- 

 globular, obtusely 5-angled, 5-celled, many-seeded, covered with the per- 

 sistent calyx. 



A prostrate or trailing shrubby perennial. Stem woody, spreading on 

 the groiuid, and often rooting at the joints, clothed, as are the petioles also, 

 with stiff l)rownish hairs. Leaves evergreen, coriaceous, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 cordate-ovate, entire, obtuse or with a short mucronate jioint, sprinlcled or 

 fringed with hairs. Flowers in short dense axillary anil terminal fascicu- 

 late racemes, conspicuously bracteate, very fragrant and ornamental, ap- 

 l)earing in April and May. 



Hatntat. — In dry sandy woods, and on hill-sides, especially in pine re- 

 gions. 



Part Uxrd. — Tiie leaves — not official. 



Constituents. — Similar to, if not identical with those of uva-ursi, which 

 see. 



Preparations. — Decoction and infusion. 



Medical Propertier, and Uses. — This plant has been used as a substitute 

 for uva-ursi, and, it is claimed, with satisfactory results. 



G AULTHERI A. —A uom atic Winteiigreen. 



Gaultheria procumbensLinne. — Wintergreen, Fart ridge-Berry, Tea- 

 Perry, ('herkerberry. 



Desrrij^tion. — Cah^x 5-lobed, becoming fleshy and baccate, and then cov- 

 ering the capsule. Corolla cylindrical-ovoid, white, 5-toothed. Stamens 

 10, shorter than the corolla ; anthers 2 lobed, opening longitudinally, 2- 



