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Suborder II. EBIC1>E.E. The Heath Family. 



3. EPIGiEA, L. Ground Laurel. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, colored ; the lobes acuminate. Corolla salver-shaped, 

 5-cleft. Stamens 10: anthers oblong, awnless, opening lengthwise. Capsnle 

 depressed-globose, 5-celled, many-seeded. — A prostrate shrubby plant, hispid 

 with rust-colored hairs. Leaves evergreen, cordate-oval, entire, reticulated. 

 Flowers in dense bracted racemes, white, fragrant. 



1. E. repens, L. Dry sandy soil, Florida, and northward. Feb. and 



March. — Stem 6' - 12' long. Racemes shorter than the leaves. 



4. GAULTHERIA, Kalm. Wintkkgrekn. 



Calyx 5-lobcd, becoming berry-like in fruit. Corolla ovate, 5-toothed. 

 Stamens 10 : anther-cells 2-awned at the apex, opening by a terminal pore. 

 Capsule enclosed in the berry-like calyx, depressed-globose, 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 many-seeded. — Shrubs, with alternate leaves, and white or red flowers. 



1. G. procumbens, L. Smooth; stem creeping; the short (3' -5') 

 branches erect, naked below ; leaves oval or obovate, serrulate, shining ; pedi- 

 ceU axillary, l-flowered, nodding ; fruiting calyx bright red. Shady woods 

 and banks, especially among the mountains, North Carolina and northward. 

 June. — Whole plant aromatic. 



5. LEUCOTHOE, Don. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted, imbricated in the bud, unchanged in fruit. Corolla 

 ovate or cylindrical, 5-toothed. Stamens 10: anthers awnless, or the cells 

 1 -2-awned at the apex, opening by a terminal pore. Stigma capitate. Capsule. 

 depressed-globose, not thickened at the sutures, 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds pendulous. — Shrubs, with alternate leaves, and white flowers in axillary 

 or terminal one-sided racemes. 



* Anthers awnless or nearly so: racemes arillanj, shorter than the evergreen leaves. 



1. L. axillaris, Don. Leaves oval or oblong, abruptly acute, spinulose- 

 serrulate toward the apex, on short petioles ; racemes short, dense-flowered ; 

 calyx-lobes ovate, acute; anther-cells 2-horned. (Andromeda axillaris, Lam.) 

 — Sandy swamps, and banks of streams in the lower districts, Florida to North 

 Carolina, and westward. Feb. and March. — Stem and branches curving. 

 Leaves 2' - 4' lonjr. 



2. L. Catesbaei, Gray. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, spinulose- 

 serrulatj throughout, on conspicuous petioles ; racemes dense-flowered ; calyx-* 



rate-oblong ; anther-cells not horned. (Andromeda spinulosa, Punk.) — 

 Bank- of streams along the mountains, Georgia and North Carolina. March 

 and April. — Stem 2° - 4 C high. 



•3. L. acuminata, DnnaL Stem tall, with straight and hollow branches ; 



jvate-lauceolate, acuminate, nearly entire ; corolla cylindrical ; anthers 



