Gaultheria procumbens. 175 
some been considered as an exterior calix. The corolla is ovate. 
monopetalous and terminated at its apex by five, toothed indentures, 
which are seldom open or spreading in shady woods, though this 
sometimes happens in sunny and exposed situations. The pistil 
is short, simple above ; dilated into a flat button at bottom ; and sur- 
rounded by ten citiated or plumous stamens. Both filaments and 
anthers are of a delicate rose colour. The flowers are succeeded by 
small capsules contained in a roundish, berry-form, fleshy substance, 
of a carmine colour, produced by an enlargement of the calix. It 
possesses an aromatic peculiar flavour, and is extremely grateful to 
the taste. — $4 
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"This plant is found ion the United States in elas hilly 
~ woods, delighting in a sandy or loose soil. It is particularly abun- 
dant in the pine barrens of New Jersey, and frequent on the hilly 
woods bordering the Wissahickon creek, near this city. The time of 
flowering is in June and July. It is brought to the Jersey market of 
this city in the months of November and December, tied upin little 
bunches, which are sold for a cent each ; and from the avidity with | 
which they are bought up I infer that the plant is in general use — 
‘among the common people, it being such only who buy it, =. - 
Gaultheria procumbens is a hardy plant, and is said to be easily 
cultivated in England,* by placing it ina light sandy loam, with a mix- 
* It was cultivated in that country as early as 1762, by Ph. Miller. 
