OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 797 



Order 56.— E&ICACEiE. (Heath Family.) 



Gaylussacia, H. B. K. (Huckleberry.) 



G. dumosa, T. & G. Damp sandy soil. 



G. frondosa, T. & O. Damp thickets. 



G. resinosa, T. & G. Woodlands and swamps. 



Vaccinium, L. 



V. macrocarpon, Ait. The cranberry of commerce. Cranberry Pond near 

 Kensico. 



T r . stamineum, L. Dry copses and open woods. 



V. Pennsylvanicum, Lam. Dry copses and edges of woods. 



V. vacillans, Solander. sandy woods. 



V. corymbosum, L. 



Var. atrococcum, Gray. (Bicknell.) 



Epigaea, L. (Trailing Arbutus.) 



E. repens, L. Cranberry Pond, and valley of the Bronx, near the sound. — 

 Somers near Coter's Lake, (James Wood.) — Sing Sing, (Dr. Pisher.) 



Gaultheria, Kalm. (Wintergreen.) 

 G. procumbens, L. Damp woods. 



Leucothoe, Don. 



Ii. racemosa. Gray. (Bicknell.) 



Cassandra, Don. (Leather leaf.) 



C. calyculata, Don. New Castle. Bogs. 



Andromeda, L. 



A. Mariana, L. Along the coast of the Sound. 

 A. ligustrina, Muhl. White Plains. 



Clethra, L. (Sweet pepperbush.) 



C. alnifolia, Damp grounds and borders of meadows, bears transplanting and 

 is used for an ornamental shrub. 



Kalmia, L. (American Laureb.) 



K. latifolia, L. Woods common, four to ten feet high, a beautiful evergreen 

 shrub, bears transplanting and is valued for its heavy green leaves and showy flowers. 



K. angustifolia. L. New Castle. 



Azalia, L. (False Honeysuckle.) 



A. viscosa, L. Not common. (Leggett.) 



A. nudiflora, L. Woods throughout. 

 Note. — Both the above species bear transplanting, and are beautiful objects in plan* 

 ed grounds. Shrubs three to six feet in height. 



