200 DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



lobcd ; anthers opening by 2 oblique truncate 

 pores : stigma truncate entire. — JVutt. 

 K. polifolia, Wangh. (Pursh.) 



Icon. Bot. Mag, 177. Ait. Kew. 2. t. 8. 



Glaucous-leaved or Small Laurel. 



A shrub, flowering at a height of twelve inches to two feet. 

 Flowers fine deep-red, half the size of those of No. 1, and very 

 handsome. Very common among shrubbery in Jersey. \ . 

 May, June. 



197. EPIG^EA. Gen. pi. 748. (Erica.) 



Calix large, 5-parted, tribracteate at the 

 base. Corolla salverform, border 5-parted, 

 spreading; tube internally villous. Cap- 

 sule 5-celled ; Receptacle 5-parted. — JSTutt. 



«pens a j # j£. branches, petioles, and nerves very hirsute; 

 leaves cordate-ovate, very entire; corollas cy- 

 lindric. — Willd. and Pursh. 

 Icon. Bt)t. Rep. 102. 



Creeping Epigcea. Creejring Ch*ound Laurel. 



A procumbent, creeping, evergreen shrub, bearing very 

 fragrant white or pale blossom-red flowers. In shady and hilly 

 woods, every where frequent. Often concealed under decayed 

 leaves. Jj . April, May. 



198. HYPOPITHYS. Dillenius. (Monotropex. Nutt.) 



Calix 3 to 5-parted. Corolla pseudo-polype- 

 talous, persistent; segments 4 or 5, each 

 with a cucullate nectariferous base. An- 

 thers small, horizontal, 1 -celled, at length 

 opening flat. Stigma orbicular, with a 

 bearded margin. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valv- 

 ed. Seeds very numerous, minute, subu- 

 late. — Nutt. 



