CHAP. VII.] ANDROMEDE^. rl.l9 



between it and A. Andrachne. The latter 

 species is a native of Greece, and rather more 

 tender than the common kind ; and it is very 

 conspicuous in shrubberies from its red stems 

 and loose bark. 



The Bearberry (Arctostaphylos Uva- Ursi) was 

 formerly considered to belong to the genus 

 Arbutus, but it differs in the filaments of the 

 stamens being smooth and dilated at the base, 

 and the awns affixed to the middle of the 

 anthers. The berry is without tubercles, and 

 the cells are often only one-seeded. 



There are two species of Gaultheria common 

 in British gardens : viz. — G. procumhens and 

 G. Shallon : both of which have flowers resem- 

 bling those of the Arbutus and furnished with 

 bracts ; but in the former species the flowers are 

 solitary and produced from the axils of the 

 leaves, and in the latter they are in racemes, of 

 the kind called secund, that is with the flowers 

 growing all on one side. The berries of both 

 kinds are eatable, and those of G. procumhem 

 are called Partridge berries in America, and 

 the leaves Mountain tea. Both species have 

 ten stamens, the anthers of which are two- 

 cleft, each cell being furnished with two horns, 

 as in Zenohia speciosa (see Jig. 54, in page 

 116). The fruit is five-celled and the seeds are 

 numerous. 



