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leaves varying from ovate to elliptical - lanceolate, and 

 iiowers and berries very much the same as those in No. 4, 

 but the berries ripen later. 



Var. amoB'num, Gray, has the leaves bristly-ciliate, 

 green both sides, shining above. — S."W. Ontario. 



Var. pal'lidum, Gray, has the leaves mostly glabrous, 

 pale or whitish, glaucous at least underneath, and serru- 

 late with bristly teeth. — Atl. Prov.; also Niagara Eiver. 



Var. atroeoe'eum, Gr^y, has the leaves entire, downy, 

 or woolly underneath, as well as the branchlets. — Chiefly 

 eastward. 



8. V. stamin'eum, L. (Deee-bekbt. Squaw Huckle- 

 berry.) Stem, diffusely branching, 2-3 feet high. Leaves 

 ovate or oval, pale, whitish beneath. Corolla open-bell- 

 shaped, 5-lobed, greenish-white or purplish. Anthers 2- 

 awned on the back, much exserted. Flowers slender-pedi- 

 celled. Berries greenish or yellowish, large. — Niagara 

 River, above Queenston. 



3. CHIOG'ENES, Saliab. CREEpniG Snowbebet. 

 C. hispld'ula, Torr. and Gr. Leaves very small, ovate 

 and pointed, on short petioles, the margins revolute. The 

 lower surface of the leaves and the branches clothed with 

 rusty bristles. Berries bright white. — Bogs and cool woods. 

 4. AReXOSTAPH'TroS, Adana. Beabbeeet 

 A. Uva-ursi, Spreng. Flowers in terminal racemes. 

 Leaves alternate, obovate or spathulate, entire, smooth. 

 Berry red. — Bare hillsides. 



5. EPIGil'A, L. Geound Laueel. Teahjug Abbdtus. 

 E. re'pens, L. (Mayflower.) Flowers in sAall axillary 

 clusters from scaly bracts. Leaves evergreen, rounded and 

 heart-shaped, alternate, on slender petioles. Flowers very 

 fragrant. — ^Dry woods in early spring. 



«. CcAHLTHE'KIA, Kalm. Aeomatic Winteegbeeu. 

 G. ppoeum'bens, L. (Teabbrey. "Wintergreen). Flow- 

 ers mostly single in the axils, nodding. Leaves obovate or 



