CHAP. LXIX. 



£'RICA'CEjE. GAULTHE RIJ. 



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Spec. Char., c^c. Stem pilose, procumbent. Leaves ovate-elliptic, ciliately 

 serrulated, coriaceous, without a mucro, and callous at the point. Pedicels 

 axillary, 1-flowered, elongated, deflexed. Corolla ovate, with blunt revolute 

 teeth, white. {Boil's Mill., iii. p. 837.) A prostrate shrub, a native of 

 Mexico. Introduced in 1828, or before; and found to be perfectly hardy in 

 the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, and in the garden of Canonmills Cottage. 

 The hairy prostrate branches are furnished with numerous toothed ever- 

 green leaves, 9 lines long, and ii broad. The flowers are not large. 



App. i. Hardy Species of Pernettya. not yet introduced. 



p. microphylla Gaud. {Don's Mill., 3. p. 336.), yi rbutus raicrophylla Font., A. ierpyllifblia Imvi., 

 IS a native of the Straits of Magellan, where it grows to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft., but has not yet 

 been introduced. 



1'. MyrsinUes G. Hon {Mill. Diet, 3. p. 836.), Andromedm it/yrsinltes inw., is a native of the 

 Straits of Magellan, in woods on the mountains ; where it grows to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft. 



App. ii. Half-hardy Species of Pernettyn, 



p. empcfr/Jdlia Gaud {Don's Mill., 3. p. 836.), ^'rbutus empetrifblia Lindl., ^. piimila Willd., An- 

 dromeda (■mpetrif61ia Lam., is a much-branched, diffuse shrub, with lateral, solitary, drooping, white 

 flowers, and leaves like those of i;'mpetrum. It is a native of the Falkland Islands, where it grows 

 to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft., but has not yet been introduced. 



P. piimila Gaud. (Bot. Beg., May, 1834), y^'rbutus piimila Forst., is a native of Magellan, introduced 

 in 1820, of which there were plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



P. Cavamllesiana. G. Don {Mill.Dict., 3. p. 837.), Andromeda prostrilta Cav., is a prostrate shrub, 

 a native of South America, not yet introduced. P. purpurea D. Don is a native of Peru, with pur- 

 ple flowers ; and P. dliaris D. Don is a native of Mexico. 



Genus XVI. 



GAULTHE^R/.l L. 



The Gaultheria. 

 Monogynia. 



Lh. Syst. Decandria 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 551. ; Schreb., 449. ; Gjertn. Fruct., 63. ; Juss. Gen., p. 161. ; R Br 



Prod., p. r^m. ; H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 282. 

 Derivation. So named by Kalm, from Gaulthier, a physician and botanist of Canada. 



Description. Procumbent, evergreen shrubs, natives of the colder parts of 

 North and South America. 



1w 1. G. procu'mbens L. The procumbent Gaultheria. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 565. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 839. ; Lodd. Cat., ed 1836. 



St/nont/7nes. Partridge Berry, Mountain Tea, Spring Winter Green, Smith's Hist07-y of Nova Scotia. 

 Engravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., 116. ; Kalm Amcen., 3. p. 14. t. 1. f 6. ; Du Ham. Arb., 1. p. 286 

 t. 113 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 82. ; Sims Bot.. Mag., t. 1896. ; and our fig. 925. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Stem procumbent. Branches erect, naked at bottom, but 

 with crowded leaves at top. Leaves obovate, acute at the base, finely and 

 ciliately toothed. Flowers few, terminal, nutant. A 

 little shrubby plant somewhat resembling seedling 

 plants of Kalmia latifolia. Flowers white. Berries 

 red, eatable, and known by the name of partridge 

 berries. The leaves, if properly cured, make a most 

 excellent tea ; for which reason, it is likewise known 

 by the name of mountain tea. It was introduced in 

 1762, grows 4 in. or 5 in. in height, and produces it 

 small white flowers from July to September. The 

 flowers are succeeded by red fruit, which, in British 

 gardens, remain on the plant a great part of the 

 winter. It is difiicult to preserve alive, except in a 

 peat soil kept moist. {Don's Mill., iii. p. 837.) A native of North America 

 in dry woods, on mountains, and in sandy places, from C^anada to Virginia' 



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