_ shady rocks and in stony woods, 
ERICACEÆ. XXXIX. GAULTHERIA. 
branches and under sides of leaves clothed with rusty tomen- 
tum; leaves glabrous and shining above, lanceolate-oblong, 
acute, obtuse at the base, with quite entire revolute margins ; 
racemes axillary and terminal at the tops of the branches ; 
corollas tomentose. h. S. Native of the Andes, about 
Quito, in Paramo de Saraguru. Leaves tomentose on both sur- 
faces while young. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with rusty 
down. Bracteas tomentose, ovate-oblong, much shorter than 
the pedicels. Corolla ovate. 
Tomentose Gaultheria. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 
24 G. FERRUGÍNEA (Cham. et Schlecht, in Linnæa, 1. p. 524.) 
leaves ovate, acute, shining above, with serrulately scabrous 
margins, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath, as well as the 
racemes and flowers. h. G. Native of Brazil, within the 
tropic. Leaves often cordate at the base. Racemes bracteate, 
erect, rising from the axils at the tops of the branches, the whole 
forming a panicle. Corolla 3 lines long, with erect teeth. 
Rusty Gaultheria. Shrub. 
25 G. sca‘pra (Willd. in nov. act. soc. berol. 4.) leaves ovate- 
cordate, acute, toothed, scabrous, reticulately veined beneath ; 
racemes axillary, simple ; calyx and bracteas clothed with glan- 
dular hairs. h. S. Native of Caraccas. Calyx baccate, 
black. 
Scabrous Gaultheria. Shrub. 
26 G. ERE'cTA (Vent. hort. cels, p. 5. t. 5.) leaves ovate, 
mucronate, clothed with rusty hairs; branches and racemes 
clothed with glandular clammy hairs. h.G. Native of Peru. 
Leaves with revolute denticulated margins. 
Erect Gaultheria. Shrub. 
27 G. nispipa (R. Br. prod. p. 559.) leaves long-lanceolate, 
serrulated, pilose beneath as well as on the petioles ; branchlets 
hispid ; racemes axillary and terminal, shorter than the leaves ; 
rachis and pedicels downy; calyxes baccate ; fruit and ovaries 
glabrous; stem erect. h.F. Native of Van Diemen’s Land. 
Corollas white. ? 
Hispid Gaultheria. Shrub erect. 
28 G. ruvr’stRIs; racemes simple, bracteate; corollas cam- 
panulate; leaves oblong, serrulated. h.F. Native of New 
Zealand, ' Andrómeda rupéstris, Forst. prod. no. 195. Nearly 
allied to the preceding. 
Rock Gaultheria. Shrub erect. i 
29 G. ayrirdpa (Forst. prod. no. 186.) leaves roundish- 
ovate, serrate-toothed, glabrous, reticulately veined; branches 
downy ; stem diffuse; racemes panicled, rather hairy ; corollas 
glabrous. h. F. Native of New Zealand. Flowers white. ? 
Antipodal Gaultheria. Shrub. ; ; 
Cult. The species are ornamental : they thrive best in a peat 
soil, and are readily increased by dividing or by layers. The 
greenhouse species should be treated as other hardy greenhouse 
shrubs. 
XL. EPIGÆ'A (from em, epi, upon; and yata, gaia, the 
earth: the plant creeps upon the surface of the earth). Lin. 
gen. no. 550. Schreb. gen. no. 240. Nutt. gen. amer. Leap. 
269.—Memécylum Mich. gen. 13. | 
Lin. syst. Decéndria Monogy'nia. 
furnished with 3 bracteas at the base. Corolla salver-shaped, 
with a 5-parted spreading limb ; tube villous inside. Stamens 
10. Capsule 5-celled, many-seeded. Placenta 5-parted.— 
Creeping, tufted, evergreen shrubs. Flowers fragrant, in dense, 
axillary, and terminal racemes. : 
1 E. repens (Lin. spec. 565.) branches, petioles, and nerves 
of leaves very hairy ; leaves cordate-ovate, quite entire; Co- 
rollas cylindrical. h.H. Native from Canada to Carolina, on 
sides of hills and = 
Calyx large, 5-parted, 
pines. Andr. bot. rep. 102. Lam, ill. t. 367. f. 1. 
VOL. III. 
XL. Evicxa. 
XLI. Puarerocarrus. XLII. CLETHRA. 841 
bot. cab. 160.—Pluk. alm. t. 107. f. 1. 
with red, very fragrant. 
Creeping Epigæa. 
creeping. 
2 E. corpiroria (Swartz, prod. 73. fl. ind. oce. 2. p. 842.) 
stem erectish, strigose; leaves cordate, roundish, stiff, hispid, 
serrated, convex ; corollas ovate. h. S. Native of Guada- 
loupe and Cayenne. Lam. ill. t. 367. f. 1. Flowers white. ? 
Heart-leaved Epigeea. Shrub erectish. 
Cult. ŒE. rèpens is a beautiful procumbent shrub: it will 
thrive only in peat soil and shady situations, and, being rather 
tender, should have a hand-glass or frame placed over it in 
frosty weather; indeed, it grows best under a hand-glass or 
frame the whole year: it is increased by layers or sepa- 
rating the rooted shoots; or by cuttings, which root rea- 
dily in sand with a hand-glass over them. For the culture of 
E. cordifolia see Agarista, p. 838. 
Flowers white, tinged 
Fl. May, July. Cit. 1736. Shrub 
XLI. PHALEROCA’RPUS (from paìnpoc, phaleros, white, 
and «xapzoc, karpos, a fruit; in reference to the colour of the 
berries). Vaccinium, Lin. Gaulthéria, Pursh. Oxycdccus, 
Nutt. A’rbutus, Lam. 
Lin. syst. Octdndria Monogy/nia. Calyx 4-cleft, bibrac- 
teate at the base. Corolla short, campanulate, 4-cleft. Stamens 
8; filaments hairy.? Hypogynous disk 8-toothed.? Anthers 
semibifid.—A small creeping plant with hispid branches, small, 
roundish-oval, acute leaves; and axillary, solitary, nearly sessile, 
white ? flowers. Habit of Wild Thyme. 
1 P. SERPYLLIFÒLIA; h. H. Native from Canada to Penn- 
sylvania. Mr. Nuttall has observed this plant north-westward 
of Lake Michigan; and, as Mr. Pursh very justly remarks, 
abounding where evergreens are predominant, keeping pretty 
constant pace with the northern forests of pines, larches, and 
firs, growing always amidst sphagnum. Vaccinium hispidulum, 
Lin. spec. 500. Michx. fl. 6. bor. amer.: 1. p. 228. t. 23. 
Gaultheéria serpyllifolia, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 283. t. 13. 
A'rbutus filiformis, Lam. dict. 1. p. 228. Berries white, pro- 
duced in inconsiderable quantities. They are aromatic, not 
very acid, and rather insipid than agreeable. The shrub has 
the same aromatic taste and smell as Gaulthéria proctimbens. 
Wild Thyme-leaved Snowberry. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1815. 
Shrub creeping. 
Cult. See Oxycéccus, p. 858, for culture and propagation. 
XLII. CLE'THRA (from «d6pa, klethra, the Greek name 
of the alder; resemblance in leaves). Lin. gen. no. 553. 
Schreb. gen. 751. Geertn. fruct. 1. p. 301. t. 63. Juss. gen. 
160. Gron.43. Nutt. gen. 1. p. 275. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 
gen. amer. 3, p. 288.—Cuellaria, Ruiz et Pav. syst. 103. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla so deeply 5-parted as to appear pentapetalous. Stamens 
10, inclosed, or nearly so; anthers behind, at length inflexedly 
pendulous and obverse, cordate, mucronate at the apex, mutic. 
Ovarium free. Style straight. Stigma trifid. Capsule girded 
by the calyx, 3-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence; cells many- 
seeded.—Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Racemes ter- 
minal, solitary or panicled. Flowers bracteate, white. 
1 C. arxıròLia (Lin. spec. 566.) leaves cuneate-obovate, 
acute, coarsely serrated above, glabrous on both surfaces, and of 
the same colour; racemes spicate, simple, bracteate, clothed 
with hoary tomentum, h.H. Native from New England to 
Virginia, in swamps, frequent. Schmidt, arb. 47. Lam. ill. 369. 
Duh. arb. 1. p. 176. t. 71. Mill. fig. 28. Catesb. car. 1. t. 
66. C.alnifdlia, var. a, denudata, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p 
Alder-leaved Clethra. Fl. July, Sept. Cit. 1731. 
to 4 feet. 
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