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12. Epigaea L. 

 I. E. repens L. In sandy or rocky woods: Newf. to the N. W. 

 Terr., Fla., Ky. and Mich. 



Throughout the range in favorable places, but much diminished 

 by recent collection. 



13. Gaultheria Kalm. 

 1. G. procumbens L. In woods: Newf. to Man., Ga. and Mich. 

 Common throughout the range. 



14. Uva-ursi Mill. (Arctostaphylos Adans.) 

 . I. U. Uva-ursi (L.) Cockerell. Dry, rocky or sandy soil: Lab. 



to Alask., N. J., Va., 111., Neb., Colo., Cal. Also in Europe 



and Asia. 



Conn. Rare and local in the north, increasing southward, espe- 

 cially along the coast. 



N. Y. Common on eastern L. I.; S. I.; unknown in Bronx and 

 Westchester counties, thence decreasing up the Hudson Valley 

 to Greene Co., but not known from the higher Catskills. 



N. J. Rare and local in Bergen and Passaic counties, thence 

 unrecorded to Middlesex Co., thence increasing and common 

 southward, in the pine-barrens. 



Pa. Bucks Co. 



Tertiary, common: Cretaceous, less common: Older Formations, 



rare and scattered. 169-220 days. Sea level-590 ft. 



15. Calluna Salisb. 

 1. C. vulgaris (L.) Salisb. Sandy or rocky soil: Newf. to N. J. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



N. J. Very rare as an escape along the coast. Not recently 

 collected. 



VACCINIACEAE 



Ovary io-cellcd; fruit a berry-like drupe. 1. Gaylussacia. 



Ovary 4-5-celled; fruit a many seeded berry. 



Corolla open, campanulate, 4-5 lobed. 2. Poi.ycodium. 



Corolla cylindric, sub-globose or urceolatc. 



Erect shrubs; ovary entirely inferior; berries normally not 



white. 3. Vaccinium. 



Low trailing woody plant with snow-white berries. 4. Chiogenes. 



Corolla deeply 4-cleft or 4-divided, the lobes reflexed. 5. Oxycoccus. 



