190 HANDBOOK 148, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



section of "berry 

 (enlarged) 



manzanita 



404115 



26. 



26. 



Leaves to % inch long, oval to almost round in 

 outline; margins very finely toothed or almost 

 entire (gland-tipped hairs mark position of the 

 tiny teeth) ; flowers, "berries" hairless or nearly 

 so; corolla little longer than calyx; plants matlike, 

 with leafy shoots to 4 inches high, sometimes 

 with a few gland-tipped hairs ; higher elevations (to 

 subalpine slopes. 



western wintergreen (Gaultheria humifusa). 

 Leaves to l l / 2 inch long, egg- or somewhat heart- 

 shaped in outline; veins impressed on upper sur- 

 face; margins finely but distinctly toothed; flowers 

 and "berries" with gland-tipped hairs; corolla 

 much longer than calyx; plants with trailing or 

 prostrate stems and bushy-spreading branches to 

 1 foot high, often rather densely hairy with 

 rusty, gland-tipped hairs; lower elevations; type 

 locality, "Cascade Mountains, borders of British 

 Columbia, Washington Territory, and northern 

 Oregon." 



Oregon wintergreen (Gaultheria ovatifolia). 



