486 Oedeb 73.— ERIOACB^. 



porea; drupe witli a 5-cclled putamen, tbc cells 1-seedod. — Trailing 

 shrubs, \fith alternate Ivs. (Arbutus L.) 



1 A. TJva-ursi Spreng. Procumbent; Ivs. entire, obovate, smooth, on short 

 petioles, evergreen, coriaceous, shining above, paler beneath; fls. in short, terminal, 

 drooping clusters; drupe globular, about as large as a currant, deep red, nearly 

 insipid, the nucleus consists of 5 bony seeds firmly united together. — Rocky 

 hills, "S. States and British America. Stem prostrate except the younger branches, 

 which arise 3 — 8'. Lvs. about 1' in length, 2 — 3" wide, often spatulate in form ; 

 medicinally they are astringent, and much valued in nephritic complaints. May. 



2 A. alpina Spreng. Procumbent ; lvs. thin, d^iduous, obovate, acute, serrate, 

 ciliate when young ; fls. in short, terminal racemes ; bracteoles ovate, broad , 

 ciliate. about equaling the pedicel. — High Mts., in Me. and Can,, alpine regions oi 

 the White Mts. (Robbins). Flowers white. Berries black. 



9. GAULTHE'RIA, Kalm. Boxderry. Checkerberuy. Winter- 

 OEKEN. (To one Oaulthier (or OauUier), a Frencli pliy.sician at Que- 

 bec.) Calyx 5-oleft, with 2 bracts at the base ; corolla ovoid-tubular, 

 iirab with 5 small, revolutc lobes ; filaments 10, hirsute ; capsule 5-celled, 

 invested by the calyx whicli becomes a berry. — SufTruticous, mostly 

 American plants. Lvs. alternate, evergreen. Pedicels bibracteolate. 



G. prooumbens L. St. with the procumbent branches erect or ascending ; 

 lvs. obovate, mucronate, denticulate, crowded at tho top of stem ; fls. few, droop- 

 ing, terminal. — A little shrubby plant well-known for its spicy loaves, and its 

 well-flavored, scarlet berries; common in woods and pastures. Can. to Pcnn. and 

 Ky. The branches ascend 3' from the prostrate stem or rhizome which is usually 

 concealed. Lvs. thick, shining, acute at each end. Cor. white, contracted at 

 the mouth. lY. consisting of the capsule surrounded by the enlarged calyx 

 which becomes of a bright scarlet color. Jn. — Sept. 



10. CASSIO'PE, Don. Moss-PLANT. (In Grecian mythology Cas- 

 siope was the mother of Andromeda.) Sepals bractless, imbricated, 

 ovate ; corolla globular-campanulate, 4 or 5-lobed ; anthers 8 or 10 pen- 

 dulous cells opening by a terminal pore, with a long reflcxed awn be- 

 hind ; capsule 4 or 5-cclled, valves 4 or 5, 2-parted ; placenta pendulous, 

 tnany-seeded. — Small, alpine, moss-like or heath-liko shrubs. Fls. soli- 

 tary, pedicellate. 



C. h3TJnoides Don. St. filiform, spreading; lvs. evergreen, subulate, sraootb, 

 crowded ; ped. solitary, terminal ; fls. 5-parted. One of the smallest and most 

 delicate of shrubs, summits of the ^V'hito Mts., N. H. and Mts. of N. Y. and 

 Me. Sts. woody, much branched at base, 2 to 3' high. Lvs. miuuto, evergreen, 

 imbricated, concealing the stems. Pis. large in proportion (l-J" long) nodding ; 

 ped. 1' long in fruit. Cal. purple. Cor. light-red, twice as long as the calyx, 

 lobes erect. Stam. included. Jn. (Andromeda, L.) 



11. ANDROME'DA, L. {Androraeda of ancient fable, was chained to 



a rock near the sea; the original species. No. 1, grows near water.) 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent, not becoming fleshy in fruit ; corolla urceo- 



late, the mouth more or less contracted, 5-toothed ; anthers 10, cells 2, 



opening by a terminal pore ; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved, often reinforced 



with 5 external valvelcts ; seeds numerous, from lateral or suspended 



placcntse. — Shrubs or small trees, with deciduous or evergreen, entire, 



or serrulate, alternate lvs. 



§ Flowers in a terminal, noddlngumbcl. Anthers 2-awnod at apex Ko. 1 



§ Fio\yer9 in rficcmes or axillary. (*) 



* Calyx calyculato, witli 2 Tjractlels at its base, (a) 



a Antliors awnless. Eaccmes leafy. Pericarp double. (C.issandea) Nos. 2, 8 



a Anthers awned. Eaccmes leafless. (Lvs. everfjreen, No. 7) Lvs. deciduous. Nos. 4,5 



• CaJfx naked at base; bracts at tho base of the pedicels, (b) 



