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GAUTIIERIA* Shallon. 

 The SliaUon Gautherift. 



DECANDRIA MOXOC. YNIA. 



Nat. ord. EuiCE.t Jussiru. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany,]). 182.) 



GAUTHERIA L. — Calyx 5-fidus, in fructu l)accatus. Corolla niono- 

 pctala, urceolata. Stamina 4-5 ; anthcrtp biconies. Capsula chartacea, 

 5-localaris, polysperma, intra calycem baccatum inclusa. 



G. Shallon ; suberecta, foliis subcordato-ovatis acutis serratis marginibus 

 raniisque jnnioribus hispidis, racemis secundis, pedicello infra medium 

 bibracteato, coroUis viscoso-glandulosis. Hooker in hot. may. t. 2843. 

 Gaultheria Shallon. Purshjl. am. sept. 1. 284. Nutt. yen. 1. 263. 



Frutex humilis, seinpervirens, stoloniferus, primum deciunbens, fnox 

 erectus, in hortis pedalis, in /era natura oryyalis, inter arbores in pinetis 

 quercetisqne crescens. Folia atroviridia, venosa. Flores racemosi, albi, 

 roseo siijfusi, inter folia absconditi. Fructus purpureo-lateritii, snccosi, 

 mucilaginosi, fatui. 



For years this had been an object of great interest with 

 Botanists, as being likely to become an important addition 

 to our artificial Flora, if either seeds or living |)lants could 

 be procured, when it was received by the Horticultural 

 Society from Mr. Douglas, in 182G. A very large number 

 of seedlings was raised, and distributed among the public; 

 and it has proved a hardy handsome evergreen, running 

 along the surface of the ground, but with no disposition 

 to arrive at a stature exceeding that of a dwarf bush. Per- 

 lia])s when older it may acquire the state in which it is 

 found in North-west America. 



* As this plant has been named after either one Gaulthier, the author 

 of an Introduction to Botany, pnblished in 17G0, or of Ganticr, a French 

 writer upon Natiual History, about the same period, it seems that the proper 

 orthography of the word will be as it is printed above. 



