ERICACEJ5. 215" 



Somewhat shrubby plants, with alternate evergreen leaves, and 

 axillary, nearly white Jluwers, on pedicels which are 2^bractcd. 



1. G. PROCUMBENS, L.. Creeping Wintergreen. Box- 

 berry. Chec/cerberry, 



Stem somewhat creepiug, with a3c?nding flowering branches; leaves obovafce or 

 oval, obscurely serrate, shining ; jlowers mostly single in the axils, drooping. 



Cold damp woods and mountaiu sides, common. May — July. Stems slender. 3 

 to 5 inches high, extensively creeping on or below the surface, the flowering 

 branches ascending, simple, leafy at the summit. Leaves thick, acute at each end. 

 - white, contracted at the mouth, fruit having the appearance of a bright 

 scarlet berry. The leaves and fruit havo the well-known spicy aromatic flavor of 

 the Sweet Birch. 



* * Calyx dry and unchanged in fruit. 



4. EPIGEA, Linn. Ground Laurel. 



Gr. epi, upon, ge, the earth. 



Calyx deeply 5 parted, with 3 bracts at the base. Corol- 

 la salver-form, with a long tube ; villous within ; limb 5- 

 partcd spreading. Stamens 10, with thread-like filaments. 

 Anthers oblong, awnless, opening lengthwise. Capsule' 

 5-celled, 5-valved, many -seeded. — Trailing scarcely shmbhy 

 plants, Ir idly with rusty hairs, evergreen alternate leaves, and- 

 pale rose-colored fragrant flowers in axillary clusters, 



1. E. REPENS, L. Trailing Arbutis. 



Stem prostrate, creeping; leaves roundish-oval and heart-shaped, on slender 

 petioles; tube, of the corolla hairy inside. 



Damp woods and north side of mountains, common. April, May. A small 

 trailing evergreen, c rvered with > hairy pubescence in all its parts, 10 to 18 inches 

 long. Leaves 2 inches long, and 1 to 1% wide, roundish at the end, abruptly 

 tipped with a very short point. Flcvxrs very frajrrant, white or tinged with va- 

 rious shades of red, in small clusters on short stalks. 



5. AXDROMEDA, Linn. 



Named for Ar.dromtda of ancient fable; 



Calyx small, various in form 5-(rarely 4)-parted, persis- 

 tent. Corolla ovoid-cylindrical, the limb 5-eleft, reflexed. 

 Stamens 10, rarely. 8, included. Capsule 5-celled, 5- 

 valved, many-seeded. — Shrubs prostrate or erect, with ever- 

 green or deciduous alternate leaves, and mostly raccmed or. 

 dustered flowers. 



Sxo. 1. Aktdbomsda proper. Calyx without bracU. Anthers 2-awned. Leaves 

 evergreen. 



1. A. poltfolia, L. Marsh Andromeda. Wild Rose- 

 mary. Rosemary Andromeda, 



Bract, very smooth; leaves thick, lanceolate or linear, entire, with stronjly r*r 

 ▼cluU margins, green above, white beneati. ; flowers on *hort naked peduncles.- 



