Ericza. LXXVIII. ERICACEZ:. 373 
6. MENZIESA. Smith. 
In honor of Menzies, companion of Vancouver in his voyage round the world. 
Calyx deeply 5-cleft; corolla ovoid 4—5 cleft; stamens 8—10, 
inserted into the receptacle; capsule 4—5-celled, the dissepiments 
made by the introflexed margins of the valves; seeds many.—Low, 
heath-like, shrubby plants, with evergreen leaves. 
1. M. raxirouia. Robbins. (M. cerulea. Swartz. Phyllodoce tax. Salisb; 
Andromeda tax. Pall. Andromeda cerulea. Linn.) Mountain Heath.—_ 
St. prostrate at base; /vs. linear, obtuse, with minute, cartilaginous teeth; ped. 
terminal, aggregate, one-flowered ; fis. campanulate, decandrous; cal. acute.— 
A small shrub, a few inches high, found on the summit of the White Mts. It 
resembles a Heath in its flowers and some of the fir tribe in its leaves and 
stems. Stem decumbent at base, with crowded, scattered leaves above, which 
are 5—7” in length. Flowers drooping, purple, at the top ef the highest branch, 
on colored peduncles. Calyx in 5 segments, purplish. Corolla of 5 segments, 
emarginate, rather longer than the stamens. July. 
2. M. cLopuaris. Salisb. 
Branches and pedicels with scattered hairs; ls. oval-lanceolate, ciliate 
above and on the veins beneath, apex tipped with a gland; cal. 4-cleft; cor. 
globose ; sta. 8; caps. 4-celled, 4-valved— Mountains Penn. toCar. Abundant 
near Winchester, Va. Pursh. Shrub 4fhigh. Flowers yellowish-brown, nod- 
ding and mostly solitary on each terminal pedicel. June. 
7. GAULTHERIA. Kalm. 
Named for one Gaulthier, a French physician at Quebec. 
Calyx 5-cleft with 2 bracts at the base; corolla ovoid-tubular, limb 
with 5 small, revolute lobes ; filaments 10, hirsute ; capsule 5-celled, 
invested by the calyx which becomes a berry.—Suffruticose. mostly 
American plants. Lvs. alternate, evergreen. Pedicels bibracteolate. 
G. PRocUMBENS. oz-berry. Checker-berry. Wintergreen. 
St. with the procumbent branches erect or ascending; lvs. obovate, mucro- 
nate, denticulate, crowded at the top of the stem; fs. few, drooping, terminal.— 
A little shrubby plant, well known for its spicy leaves and its well-flavored 
scarlet berries. Gc in woods and pastures, Can. to Penn. and Ky. The 
branches ascend 3/ from the prostrate stem, or rhizoma, which is usually con- 
cealed. Leaves thick, shining, acute at each end, with remote and very obscure 
teeth. Corolla white, contracted at the mouth. Filaments white, bent towards 
the corolla. Fruit well flavored, consisting of the capsule surrounded by the 
enlarged calyx, which becomes of a bright scarlet color. June—Sept. 
8. CLETHRA. Gaert. 
Gr. name of the alder, which these plants somewhat resemble. 
Calyx 5-parted, persistent ; petals 5; stamens 10, exserted; style 
persistent ; stigma 3-cleft ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, enclosed by the 
calyx.— Shrubs and trees. Lvs. alternate, petiolate. Els. white, racemose. 
C. aLNIFoLia. Sweet-pepper Bush. 
Lvs. cuneiform-obovate, acute, acuminately serrate, green on both sides, 
smooth or slightly pubescent beneath; fis. in terminal, elongated, simple or 
branched racemes; bracts subulate—A deciduous shrub, 4—8f high, growing 
in swamps. Leaves 2—3’ long, 4 as broad above, with a long, wedge-shaped 
base, tapering into a short petiole. Racemes3—5/long. Peduncles and calyx 
hoary-pubescent, the former 3’’ in length, and in the axil of a bract about as 
long. Corolla white, spreading, about equaling the stamens and styles. Jl. Aug. 
9 EPIGZE A. 
Gr. ext, upon, and yn, the earth ; from its prostrate habit. 
Calyx large, 5-parted, with 3 bracts at base; corolla hypocrateri- 
