SOS eAUTXBRA, No. 40. 



No. 40. 



GAUTIERA REPENS. 



English Name— MOUNTAIN-TEA. 



FflEivcH Najie — Gautiere ramp ante. 



German Name — ^Bergbeeke. 



Officikal Names — Gaultheria, Gualtheria* 



Vux.aAR Names — Partridge-berry, Grouse-berry, 

 Deerberry, Spiceberry, Teaberry, Redberry, Win- 

 tergreen, Redberry-tea, Mountain-tea, Groundberry, 

 Ground Ivy, Ground holly, Hillberry, Box-berry, 



Chequer-berry, &c. 



Sr^'OMYHs — Gualtheria or Gaultheria procum- 

 bens of many Botanists, &e. * 



Authorities — Lin. Schoepf, Kalm, Duh. Golden, 

 Mich. Pursh, Eaton, Torrey, B. Bart. fig. 15. Coxe, 

 Zollickofier, Big. fig, 22 bad and Seq. 



Genus Gautiera — Calix campanulate five cleft 

 persistent with two scales at the base. Corolla oval 



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five toothed. Stamina ten equal, on the base of the 

 Corolla, filaments hairyj anthers bifid above, ten 

 scales alternate with the filaments. Germ en free 

 lound, style filiform, stigma obtuse. Fruit a round 

 berry formed by the persistent calix become globulous, 

 fleshy, five toothed, inclosing a Gapsul five celled, 

 five valved, many seeded. 



Species G. repess — Root creeping, Stems erect, 

 leaves few, terminal, conferted. Pv*.ro-roAn. netiolate. 



