CHAP. LXIX. ERICA‘CER. - CLE THRA. 1127 
¢, 1. E. rE‘pens L. The creeping Epigzea. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 565.; Don’s Mill., 3, p. 841. ; Lodd, Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., 102.; Lam. IIL, t. 567. f. 1.; Lodd. Bot. Cab., 160.; Pluk. Alm., 
Pai igg ay 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches, petioles, and nerves of leaves very hairy. Leaves 
cordate-ovate, quite entire. Corollas cylindrical. Flowers white, tinged 
with red, very fragrant. (Don’s Mill. ili. p.841.) It is a native from Nova 
Scotia to Carolina, on shady rocks and in stony woods, on the sides of 
hills, and at the roots of pines; where it forms a creeping shrub, flowering 
from May to July. It was introduced in 1736; and succeeds in peat soil, 
kept rather moist, and protected with a frame or hand-glass, or with snow, 
during very severe frosts. 
Genus XVIII. 
et 
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PHALEROCA’/RPUS G. Don. Tur Puaterocarpus. Lin. Syst. Octan- 
dria Monogynia. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 3. p.341. 
Synonymes. Vaccinium Lin.; Gaulthér‘a Pursh ; Oxycdéccus Nutt.; A’rbutus Lam. 
Derivation. From phaléros, white, and karpos, a fruit; in reference to the colour of the berries. 
Description. A small creeping plant, with hispid branches ; small, roundish- 
oval, acute leaves; and axillary, solitary, nearly sessile, ? white Howers; and 
the habit of wild thyme. 
¢ 1. P. SsERPYLLIFO‘LIA G. Don. The Wild-Thyme-leaved Phalerocarpus. 
Identification. Don’s Mill., 3. p. 841. 
Synonymes. Vaccinium hispidulum Lin. Sp., 500., Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 228. t. 23., Lodd. 
Cat., ed. 1836; Gaulthéréa serpyllifdlia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 283. t. 13.; A’rbutus filif6rmis 
Lam. Dict., 1. p. 228.; Oxycdéccus hispidulus Pers. 
Engravings. Michx. FI. Bor. Amer., 1. t. 23. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., t. 13. 
Spec. Char., §c. Berries white, produced in considerable quantities, aro- 
matic, not very acid, and rather insipid than agreeable. The shrub has the 
same aromatic taste and smell as Gaulthéria procimbens. (Don’s Mill., iii. 
p- 841.) It is a native from Canada to Pennsylvania; and Nuttall has ob- 
served it north-westward of Lake Michigan: and Pursh remarks that it 
abounds more particularly where cedars and other evergreens are predomi- 
nant; keeping pretty constant pace with the northern forests of pines, 
larches, and firs; and growing always amidst Sphagnum. It is a creeping 
shrub, flowering in April and May. It was introduced in 1815, and, in 
British gardens, it is cultivated in moist peat, in an open airy situation. 
Genus XIX. 
Pelle. 
CLE‘THRA LZ. Tue Crerura. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 553.; Schreb. Gen., 751. ; Gertn. Fruct., 1. p. 301. t. 63.; Juss. Gen., 
15 Gron., 43.; Nutt. Gen., 1. p. 275.; H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 288.; Don’s 
ill., 3. p. 841. 
Synonyme. Cuellaria Ruiz et Pav. Syst., 105. 
wee ri From kléthra, the Greek name of the alder; alluding to a supposed resemblance in 
the leaves. 
Description. Deciduous shrubs, with alternate leaves, and terminal, solitary, 
or panicled racemes of white, bracteated flowers. From the appearance of the 
plants in British gardens, we are strongly inclined to think that all the sorts 
may be referred to one species. 
