HEATH FAMILY. Ericaceae. 
‘ A handsome shrub, five to eight feet 
Red-osierDog- hich, with smooth, dark red branches and 
wood : : Jr 
Cérnus stolonifera bright red twigs. The leaves are thin in 
var. riparia texture, smooth and rich-green on the 
White upper side, paler on the under, and the 
Spring,summer, all, cream-white flowers, with long, 
autumn 
Utah, Ariz.,New Yellow stamens, form handsome, flat- 
Mex., Col. topped clusters, about two inches across, 
' smelling pleasantly of honey; the berries 
are dull white. This is common. 
A charming little plant, about six inches 
Bunchberry . : Q 
rie high, growing in moist, cool woods and 
Canadénsis common in the East. The slender stem, 
. White with one or two pairs of small leaves, 
Summer 
springs from creeping, woody shoots and 
is crowned bya circle of larger leaves, six, 
or rarely four, in number, smooth and bright green, setting | 
off a pretty white blossom, with a slender flower-stalk. 
This looks like a single flower, measuring about an inch : 
across, but it is really composed of a number of tiny, 
greenish flowers, forming a+ cluster in the center, and 
surrounded by four white bracts, which look like large 
petals. The flowers are succeeded by a bunch of red 
berries, insipid in flavor, but vivid scarlet in hue. 
West, except Ariz. 

HEATH FAMILY. Ericaceae. 
A large and interesting family, of very wide geographic 
distribution, in temperate and cold regions; herbs, shrubs, 
or trees; the leaves undivided, without stipules; the flowers 
mostly perfect; the calyx with four or five divisions; the 
corolla usually regular, with four or five, usually united, 
petals; the stamens inserted under the pistil, usually as 
many, or twice as many, as the petals; the ovary usually 
superior, with one style; the fruit a capsule, berry, or stone- 
fruit, usually with many small seeds. 
There are many kinds of Gaultheria, mostly of the 
Andes; ours are evergreen shrubs, with alternate, aromatic 
leaves and nodding flowers; the calyx five-cleft; the corolla 
more or less urn-shaped, with five teeth; the stamens ten; 
the fruit a berry, composed of the fleshy calyx surrounding 
the ovary and containing many seeds. The Wintergreen, 
or Checkerberry, used for flavoring, belongs to this genus. 
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