216 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



equalln number to the segments of the corol, or twice as many, 

 hypogynous, or inserted into the base of the corol. Anthers 2- 

 celled, the cells hard and dry*. Ovary surrounded at the base 

 by a disk or secreting scales, many-celled, many-seeded ; style 

 1, straight ; stigma 1, undivided or toothed. Fruit capsular, 

 many-celled; with central placenta?. Seeds indefinite, minute ; 

 vmbryo cylindrical, in the axis of fleshy albumen ; radicle op- 

 posite, the hilum. 



Shrubs or untkrshrubs. Leaves evergreen, rigid, entire, 

 whorled or opposite, without stipules. 



lY ARBUTUS. Linn. 



Calyx minute, 5-parted. Corol ovate,, diaphanous at the 

 base; border small, 5-cleft, revolute. Stamens 10. Berry 

 superior, *5-celled ; ctlls 1, or many-seeded. 



Dccdndria. Monogynia. 



,0. ucaursi Linn. : stem woody, procumbent ; leaves petioled, cune- 

 ale-obovate, very entire, coriaceous ; margin convex ; flowers .in a ter- 

 minal clustered raceme ; berries red, persistent, 5-seeded. Arctostaphy- 

 los uva ursi Adans. Spreng. / 



HAB. On mountains. N. S. N. to Subarc. Amer. April, May. 



"f?. A trailing evergreen. Flowers Dale red.. Berries scarlet. 



. The leaves are astringent and medicinal. Biff. Mcd. Bot. i. 66. 



""? Y" 1 Bear 'berry. 



2. GAULTHERIA." Lmn. 



Calyx 5-cleft or 5-toothed, bibracteate at base. Corol ovate ; 

 border partly 5-cleft, revolute. Stamens 10, with the fila- 

 ments hirsute. Anthers two horned at the summit. Capsule. 

 superior, 5-celled, invested by the calyx which. becomes a ber- 

 ry. .. Dccandria. Monogynia. 



1. G. procumbens Linn. : stem procumbent, with the branches erect ', 

 leaves obovate, wedgeform at the base, ciliate-denticulate ; flowers "few, 

 terminal, nodding. 



HAB. Dry woods. N. S. . May July. li.'Stem creeping ; 

 branches ascending, 4 6 inches . high. Leaves evergreen and 

 shining. Flowers axillary, white. Fruit having the appearance 

 of a- bright scarlet berry. . Spicy Uintcrgrccn. 



2.- G. hispidula Muhl. :' stem filiform, creeping, hispid ; leaves ovate, 

 acute, with scattered hairs ; flower solitary, axillary, subsessile, oc- 

 tandrous ; corol'sinall, bell-shaped. G. serpyllifolia Pursh. I'accinium 

 hespidulum Linn. Arbutus JUtformis Lam. Oxycoctus hispidulus Pers. 



Hxk. Alpine swamps. N. S. April, May. *?. Stejns creep- 

 ing. Leaves evergreen, small, ovate or roundish oval. Flowers 



