472 Gaulthevia procumbens. 
ay GAULTHERIA. (Kalm.) 
Gen. Plant. ed. Schreb. n. 749, 
Cail, exterior 2-phyllus; interior 5-fidus. Cor. “ovata, INVectarium mucronibus 10. ~ gi 5-locularis, ves 
tita calyce interiore baccata. (Willd. Sp. Pl.) 
Cal. 5-fidus, basi bibracteatus. Cor. ovata. Caps. 5-locularis, vestita calyce baccato. 
(Pursh, Fl. Am. Sep.) 
Nat. Syst. Juss. Erica. Classis X. OTs. = S \, 
Gavvemaaza, Kal. L.* Vitié idea, ‘T. * Calix carhpanulatus 5-fidus, extis an. Corolla ovata, 
- Timbo sub-5-fido revoluto. Stamina 10, imz corolle inserta, filamentis hirsutis, antheris apice 
2-cornibus ; squamulz 10, filamentis interjecte minimz, germen cingentes. Capsula 5-locularis 
S-valvis, tecta calice baccato, supra pervio. Suffrutex humillimus ; folia alterna aut Sivsitaae — 
flores axillares subsolitarit, Tas Gen, nee? 4 ro Pea 
- Nat. Ord. Lin. Bicornes. =OO8 mo eat 
Classis, Decandria. Ord. Monogynia, Lin. Syst. 
Gen. Ch. Cal Perianth inferior, permanent, of one leaf, five-cleft, bell-shaped; its segments half. 
ovate. Cor. of one petal, ovate, slightly five-cleft; limb small, revolute Nectary of ten awl- 
- shaped, erect, very short bodies, surrounding the germen between the stamens. Stam. Filaments 
ten, awl-shaped, incurved, shorter than the corolla, inserted into the receptacle ; anthers with 
gcse borne. Pist, Germen mpetions soupdit depressed ; style cylindrical, the length 
fice coloured. bers cen abe smn Se mmo ey rt, agaas 
a bony. — el a 7 9 Popes <a J 
“Bas. Ch. Calyx inferior, Suikcomenel Gita oii: ‘Nectar of tenastaped print Cap. 
sule of five cells, clothed with the pulpyealys, = =) Bee 
‘Gaviruenia procumbens binge mice of caule procumbente. 
: ‘: = Willd,.Sp, PL — 
HERTA _ procumbens, caule mages ramis, s erecta, ‘il nudis, superne confertim foliose, 
_ obovate bs cutis enunsimecilato dena, ovis p auci terminalibus:-matantibaas, 
i Willd, Ip Pan. FlSep Am. 
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