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206. EPIG-EA. L. Nutt. Gen. 38."). 

 [Greek, EpU upon, and Gc, the earth; in allusion to its prostrate habit.] 



Calyx 5-partcd, with 3 bracts at base. Corolla tubular, salvcrform ; 

 limb 5-partcd, spreading; tube villose within. Capsule 5-cclled. 



1 suffruiicose trailing evergreen : leaves alternate ; flowers in dense fasciculate 

 racemes, axillary and terminal. Ndt.Ord.170. Lindl. Bfec&s. 



I.E. iu:i'kns, Ln Branches, petioles, and nerves of the leaves hirsute ; 

 leaves cordate-oblong, entire, on long petioles ; tube of the corolla cy- 

 lindrical. Beck, Bot. p. 219. 

 Creeping Ei'igjisa. Vulgo— Ground Laurel. Trailing Arbutus. 



Stem prostrate, G to 12 or 15 inches long, branching, woody, hirsute with tawny 

 or ferruginous hairs. Leaves 1 to 2 and a half inches long, and 3 fourths of an inch 

 to an inch and half wide, mostly rather acute, sometimes obtuse and rounded at 

 apex, shortly mucronate, reliculately veined, sprinkled and fringed with coarse 

 hair*", petioles half an inch to an Inch long. Flowers very fragrant, in small dense 

 fasciculate racemes, on hirsute peduncles; pedicels 1 or 2 lines long, with 3 one- 

 qual lance-ovate hirsute persistent bracts at base. Calyx colored, 5-parted ; 

 segments lance-oval, acuminate. Corolla pale red, or reddish white ; tube 1 third 

 to near half an inch long ; lobes ovate, obtuse. Stamens shorter than the corolla ; 

 fdaments hairy. Style a little longer than the stamens, smooth; stigma sub- 

 Vlavate,tritid ) (simple, Torn). Capsule depressed-globose, 5-angled." 



Hub. Hilly woodlands, of northern exposure: frequcuu Fl. April. Fr. 



Obs. This plant has been supposed to be injurious to cattle, when eaten by 

 them ; but whether correctly, or not, seems undetermined. It is the only species 

 of the genus in the U. States. 



207. ANDROMEDA. /,. J\utt. Gen. 3S0. 

 [So named, in allusion to the exposure of Andromeda ; from their place of growth.] 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent. Corolla tubular, subcylindric, or ovoid ; 

 limb 5-cleit, reflexed. Anthers awned, or awnless. Capsule 5-celled, 

 5-valved ; valves producing dissepiments from the middle. 



Shrubs: leaves mostly alternate; flowers terminal and axillary, racemose, or 

 fi isciculatc. Nat* Ord. 170. Lindl. Erice.*:. 



1. A. iiackmosa, Jifx. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute, serrulate, thin 

 and rather membranaceous, somewhat pubescent beneath ; racemes 

 terminal, naked, secund, mostly simple; calyx bibracteate at base; 

 corolla subcylindric ; anthers 4-awned at summit. Beck, Bot. p. 217, 

 Not! of Linn. WiUd. and Ait. 



A. Catesbiei. WiVUk Sp. 2. /;. 613 (excl. syn. Walt.). Ait. Kew. 3. 

 />. 54. 



Racemose Andromeda. / 



Stem 3 to 5 feet high, with slender irregular straggling branches, and a cinereous 

 »x foliating bark. Leaves an inch and half to 3 inches long, and 3 fourths of an 

 inch to an inch and half wide, mucronate, mostly rather obtuse at base, smooth 

 above, pubescent on the midrib and nerves beneath ; petioles about a line in 

 length. Racemes numerous, 2 to 3 or 4 inches long, terminal on short spreading 

 branches, leafless, simple (rarely compound, or branched) ; Jlotcers nodding, or 

 secund on the under side, on short thickish pedicels. Calyx purple ; segments 



