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GAULTHERIA SHALLON. SHALLON 
GAULTHERIA. . 
Cal. b-fidus, pedicello ES ta urceolato-ovata, 
Anthere apice bicornes. Gansnis, 
cato vestita. t : 
- acutis serratis marginibu as ramisque junioribus hispidis, 
_. Yacemis secundis, pedicello infra niedium bibracteato, 
corollis viscoso-glandulis. | Bes 
GAprapNse shallon. Pursh. ae Sept. v.. L p. 284. Nut. 
Gen. v. 1. p, 263. 
LTHERI fruticosa. Menz. 
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~(m Herb. nosir) £4 
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Descr. Stems friticose; taxete; hedicnda? a iste to a foot 
and a half high, nearly erect, the younger ‘branches hairy, 
or even hispid, the hairs deciduous. Leaves alternate, 
nearly sessile, -broadly vate, subcoriaceous, Somewhat 
cordate at the base, shining , acute, or rather suddenl and 
shortly acuminate, veiny on both sides, dark-green al ove, 
aler beneath, finely serrated a h e margin red 1 in the ome 
sana and ciliated, the hai judhe 
leaves, and at length de ou 
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* Named after Gavuruter or Gautier, a French physician, resident i in 
Canada, who wrote on the Sugar Maple. 
