2«8 FLORA OF PHILADELPHIA. 



New Jersey— Common. 



New Castle— First found at Thompson 's. Abundant near Townsend, 

 Commons and Tatnall. 



9. EPlGAEA L. 

 I.Epigaea repens L. Trailing Arbutus. M. p. 705. Sandy woods and 

 rocky soil. Spring. 



10. GAULTHEBIA L. 

 1. Gaultheria procumbbns L. Teaberry, Wintergreen, Checkerberry. M. 

 p. 705. Woods. Summer. 



11. AECTOSTAPHYLOS Adans,,. Bear-berry. ... , 



1. Arctostaphylos TJva-Ursi (L.) Spreng. M. p. -706. , Bocks ajid bare 

 hills. Spring. 

 Bucks— (P.). , , , 



Burlington— ■" The Plains," Atsion (Wn.), Whitings (St.). Atlantic 

 —Pleasant Mills, E. Al'Mau (B. p.), Elwood (Te.). Ocean — Center 

 Bridge, Dr. J. B. Brinton (He.), Davenport (Mac). Hunterdon— Hol- 

 land (Ja.). Middlesex^ South Amboy (C). < "■ 



12. CALLUNA Salisb. 

 1. Calluna vulgaris (L.) Salisb. Heather. M. p. 706. Sandy soil; in- 

 troduced. Summer... , . 

 Atlantic— Egg Harbor. 



Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. §orr.e}rt,r&e t Sour-wood. Culti- 

 vated. Early summer. , .- 



Family 5. VACCINIACEAE Limll. Huckleberry Family. 



Ovary 10-celled; fruit a berry-like drupe with 10 1-seeded nutlets. 



1. Gaylussacia. 

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



Corolla open-campanulate, 4-5-lobed, i • ■ , 2. Polycodmm. 



Corolla cylindric, subglobose or urceolate. 3. Vaccinvum. 



'' Corolla deeply 4-cleft or 4-divided, the lobes reflexed. 4. Oicycocms. 



1. GAYLUSSACIA. H.B. K. 



Leaves pale and glaucous beneath, resinous ; fruit blue with a bloom. 



1. G. frondosa. 

 Leaves green both sides, resinous; fruit mostly black. 



Bracts small, deciduous, mostly shorter than the pedicels. 



2. G. resinosa. 

 Bracts oval, large, persistent, longer than the pedicels. 3. G. dwrnosa. 



1. Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & Gray. Blue Tangle, Dangleberry. 

 M. p. 707. Low copses. Sprjng. , 

 Philadelphia— Mill's Wood (Je.), Germantown (Me.). Bucks— Glen 

 Lake, Penn "Valley (Br.). Montgomery— Shannonville (Cr.). Delaware 

 —Valley of Darby Creek (B. Sm.). Chester— North of Coatesville (St.). 

 Lancaster— (P.). LeMgh~- Lehigh Mountain (Kr.). Northampton— (P.). 

 New Jersey— Common. 

 New Castle— Frequent. 



