ERICACEAE ; AQUIFOLIACEyE. 



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Latin Names. 

 V. arboreum, Mich., 

 V. corymbosum, L., 

 Epigcea, L., . 

 E. repens, L , 

 Gaultheria, Kal., . 

 G. procumbens, L - 1 

 Leucothoe. Don. 

 L. axillaris, Don., . 

 ? L. Catesbcei, Gray, 

 Andromeda, L. 

 ? A. Ligustrina, Muhl., 

 Oxydendron, DC.,. 

 0. arboreum, L., . 

 Clethra, L., . 

 ? C. alnifolia, L., . 

 Kalmia, L., . 

 K. latifolia, L., 2 . 

 Rhododendron, L , 

 R. maximum, L., 3 . 

 Azalea, L., 

 A. viscosa, L., 

 A. nudiflora, L., 

 Chimaphila, Pursh., 

 ? C. umbellata, Nutt , 4 

 C. maculata, Pursh., 

 Monoti-opa, L., 

 ? M. uniflora, L., . 

 ? M. hypopitys, L., 



English Names. 

 Fackleberry, . 

 Swamp blueberry, . 

 Ground Laurel. 



Aromatic Wintergreen. 

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Sorrel-tree. 



Sweet Pepperbush. 



American laurel. 

 Calico-bush, . 

 Rose-bay. 

 Great laurel, . 

 False Honeysuckle 



Pipsissewa. 

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Spotted Wintergreen, 



Indian pipe. 



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Pine sap, 



Geologl Station. Natural Habitat. 

 Sandstone, . Rocky woods and banks. 



Alluvial, . . Margin of swamps. 



Sandstone, 



Sandstone, 



Sandstone, 



Sandy, 

 Sandstone, 



Sandstone, 



Sandy, 



Shady, mossy banks. 



Cool, damp woods & hills. 



Banks of streams. 

 Top of hills, barren. 



Borders of swamps. 



Rocky woods. 



Swamps. 



Rocky banks (rare). 



Swamps. 

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Woods. 

 Rocky woods. 



Rich woods. 



Oak and pine woods 



Ilex, L., . 



I. opaca, Ait., 



I. Cassine, L., 6 



I. decidua, Walt., . 



I. verticillata, Gr., . 



Aquifoliacese. 



Holly. 

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Yaupon, 

 Black alder, . 



Holly Family. 



Sandstone, 

 Limestone tufa, 



Hills and alluvial bottoms. 

 Hot Springs. 



Banks and borders of prai- 

 Rocky banks. [ries. 



1 The leaves have a pleasant aromatic taste, and are used for tea. Somewhat narcotic. Berries 

 eatable. 



2 The decoction of the leaves of this species is poisonous. It is an evergreen smooth shrub, with ellip- 

 tical pointed, shining leaves, and with wheel-shaped showy flowers in corymbs or umbels. Leaves and 

 flower smaller than in the next species. 



3 I have not seen the flowers, and it may be another species of the same genus. The infusion of the 

 leaves is given in cases of chronic rheumatism, though the leaves are said by some to be poisonous. 



4 The herbe a pisser of the Canadians. This plant and the following were both used as great medicines 

 by the Indians, especially in cases of Scrofula and Rheumatism. They are diuretic plants, used with 

 success in case of gravel in the bladder. Small evergreen. The last with dark-green, lanceolate, oval- 

 pointed, dentate leaves, marked with white along the veins. 



s The berries of plants of this family are acrid, purgative, and emetic. 



6 Leaves used for tea, the celebrated black drink of the North Carolinian Indians. (Gray. 1 



