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fpreading into a head, with many fmall and very 

 flexible branches, covered with a light coloured bark, 

 and cloathed with oval fmooth leaves, of a pale green 

 colour. The flowers are produced at the extreme 

 ends of the former yearns ftioots; they are of an 

 herbaceous colour and make but little appearance, 

 but are fucceeded by oval berries, changing fome« 

 what yellowifli when ripe. 



E P I G A. 



TRAILING ARBUTUS. 

 Clafs lo. Order i. Decandria Monogynia. 



HE Empakment Is double J approximated, and permanent. 

 The exterior confifts of three leaves, which are ovate-lanc- 

 ed, and iliarp pointed; the exterior largefl. 

 The interior is five- parted and ere(5t; a Jittie longer than 

 the exterior: the leaf-lets are lanced and iTiarp pointed. 

 The Corolla is compofed of one pitcher-form petal. The tube 

 is cylindrical, rather longer than the calyx, and hairy within. 

 The border is fpreading and five-parted, with ovate-oblong 

 lobes. 



The Filaments are ten, thread-form, the length of the tube and 

 affixed to the bafe of the corolla. The Antheree are oblong 

 and acute. 



The Germen is globofe and villous. The Style is thread-form, 



and the length of the llamina. The Stigma is obtufe and 



fomewhat five-cleft. 

 The Seed'vejjel is a capfule, fomewhat roundilh, depreffed, five 



fided, five cell'd, and five valv'd. 

 The Seeds are many and roundilli. The receptable large and 



five-parted. 



"There is but one Species of this Genus^ viz. 



EpiGiEA repens. Trailing Arbutus. 



This grows naturally upon northern hills, or moun- 

 tains, with trailing fhrubby ftalks, putting out roots 



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