182 KEY AND FLORA 



IV. EPIG^ffiA L. 



Prostrate or trailing shrubs. Stems rusty-downy, 6-12 in. 

 long. Leaves alternate, leathery, evergreen. Flowers in 

 bracted, terminal, close racemes or clusters. Calyx 6-parted, 

 persistent. Corolla salver-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 10, about 

 the length of the corolla tube. Ovary 6-lobed ; style colum- 

 nar; stigma 5-lobed. Fruit a globose, hairy, 5-celled, many- 

 seeded capsule.* 



1. E. repens L. Ground Laurel, Trailing Arbutus, i\LiY- 

 FLOWER. Stems creeping, the young twigs ascending. Leaves oval 

 or somewhat heart-shaped, entu'e, netted-veined, smooth above, 

 rough-hairy beneath; petioles short, rough-hairy. Eacemes shorter 

 than the leaves. Flowers white to bright pink, ^ in. broad, very 

 fragrant. In dry woods, often covering considerable areas.* 



V. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS Adans. 



Shrubs. Leaves alternate, evergreen. Flowers pinkish or 

 nearly white, in terminal, bracted racemes. Calyx 4-5-parted, 

 persistent. Corolla 4-6-lobed, the lobes recurved. Ovary 5- 

 10-celled, each cell containing 1 ovule. Fruit a berry-like 

 drupe, with 6-10 nutlets. 



1. A. Uva-ursi Spreng. Bearberry. In trailing clumps, the 

 branches 1-2 ft. high. Leaves evergreen, finely woolly, obovate or 

 spatulate, entire, very leathery. Racemes few-fiowered, very short. 

 Corolla urn-shaped, the teeth hairy within. Berry red, ^ in. in 

 diameter. Rooks and dry hilltops, especially N. 



VI. GAYLUSSACIA HBK. 



Low, branching shrubs, mostly resinous-dotted. Leaves 

 serrate or entire. Flowers small, white or pink, in lateral, 

 bracted racemes, nodding ; pedicels usually 2-bracteolate. 

 Calyx tube short, obconic, the lobes persistent. Corolla ovoid 

 to bell-shaped, 5-lobed, the lobes erect or recurved. Stamens 

 equal, usually included ; anthers awnless. Fruit a 10-seeded, 

 berry-like drupe.* 



1. G. frondosa T. & G. Tangleberry, Dangleberry. An erect 

 shrub, 1-3 ft. high; branches spreading, slender, gray, slightly down)'. 

 Leaves entire, oblong or obovate, obtuse, thin, smooth and green 

 above ; paler, downy, and with i-esinous dots, beneath; petioles short. 



