ERICACEAE. XXXIX. GAULTHERIA. 



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3 D. HETEROPHY'ILA (Blum. 1. c. p. 858.) leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, nearly veinless, glabrous, 

 dotted beneath ; pedicels fascicled, fj . S. Native of Java, on 

 the higher mountains, on the west side of the island. 



Var. ft ; leaves cuneate-oblong, acutish or obtuse. 



Variable-leaved Diplecosia. Fl. Year. Shrub par. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Agarista, p. 838. 



XXXIX. GAULTHE'RIA (so named by Kalm, from Gaul- 

 thier, a physician and botanist of Canada). Lin. gen. no. 551. 

 Schreb. 449. Gaertn. fruct. 63. Juss. gen. p. 161. R. Br. prod, 

 p. 559. H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 282. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 

 ovate, with a short 5-cleft limb (f. 140. /*.). Stamens 10, inclosed ; 

 anthers bifid at the apex; lobes biaristate (f. 140. e.). Style 1 ; 

 stigma obtuse. Hypogynous scales 10, obsolete or connate at 

 the base. Capsule depressedly globose, 5-celled, 5-furrowed, co- 

 vered by the calyx, which is sometimes baccate ; valves septi- 

 ferous in the middle. Placentas adnate to the base of the 

 coluran. Seeds numerous, covered by a reticulated testa. 

 Small trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers axillary and 

 terminal, racemose, rarely solitary ; pedicels bibracteolate. Co- 

 rollas white, rose-coloured, or scarlet. Filaments usually 

 hairy. 



* Flowers axillary, solitary. Peduncles or pedicels beset with 

 some imbricated bracteas at the base. 



1 G. PROCU'JIBENS (Lin. spec. 565.) 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. Jj . H. Native of 

 North America, in dry woods, on mountains, and in sandy 

 plains from Canada to Virginia. Andr. bot. rep. 11C. Kalm. 

 amcen. 3. p. 14. t. 1. f. 6. Duham. arb. 1. p. 286. t. 113. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t. 82. Sims, bot. mag. 1966. A little shrubby 

 plant, resembling seedling plants of Kalmia latifolia. Flowers 

 white. Berries red, eatable, and known by the name of part- 

 ridge berries. The leaves, if properly cured, make a most ex- 

 cellent tea, for which reason it is likewise known by the name 

 of Mountain Tea. 



Procumbent Gaultheria. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1762. Shrub 

 y foot, procumbent. 



2 G. RE'PENS (Blum, bijdr. p. 857.) stem creeping, rather 

 pilose ; leaves minute, rather pilose beneath, ovate, acute, coria- 

 ceous ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered. J? . G. Native of Java, 

 on the top of Mount Cede. 



Creeping Gaultheria. Fl. Year. Shrub. 



3 G. NUMMULARIOIDES (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 150.) 

 branches filiform, procumbent, very bristly ; leaves cordate, 

 mucronulate, nearly sessile, naked above, but hispid from hairs 

 beneath and on the margins ; pedicels axillary, very short, soli- 

 tary. Tj . H. Native of Nipaul, on the Alps. Shrub much 

 branched. Flowers drooping. Pedicels and calyxes glabrous. 

 Calycine segments broad-ovate, mucronulate, with connivent 

 margins. Corolla ovate, longer than the calyx. 



Money-rvort-like Gaultheria. Shrub procumbent. 



4 G. BUXIFOLIA (Willd. in nov. act. berol. vol. 4.) stem erect; 

 branches hairy ; leaves roundish-ovate, obtuse, toothed, coria- 

 ceous, scabrous from dots beneath ; pedicels filiform. T? S. 

 Native of Caraccas. Branches hairy, erect. 



Box-leaved Gaultheria. Shrub. 



5 G. ANASTOMOSANS (R. Br. prod. p. 559. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 283.) branches, margins, and under sides 

 of leaves, clothed with bristly hairs ; leaves ovate, acute, 

 crowded at the base, obsoletely denticulated, shining above ; 

 flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate. f? . G. Native of New 



Granada, near Santa Fe de Bogota. Andromeda anastomosans, 

 Lin. suppl. 237. Willd. spec. 2. p. 614. Vent. Choix, t. 53. 

 Pedicels pilose, furnished with 5-7 imbricated bracteas at the 

 base. Corollas ovate, glabrous, white. 

 Anastomosing Gaultheria. Shrub. 



6 G. PURPUBA'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 282.) procumbent '! branchlets and leaves clothed with bristly 

 hairs; leaves elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, serrulated, 1- 

 nerved, purplish beneath ; flowers axillary, solitary. (j . G. 

 Native of New Granada. Hairs or bristles dark purple. 

 Leaves green above. Peduncles or pedicels bracteate at the 

 base. Fruit drooping. 



Purplish -leaved Gaultheria. Shrub procumbent. 



7 G. MYRSINOIDES (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 283.) branches 

 and leaves glabrous ; leaves oblong, acute, obtuse at the base, 

 crenated at top, shining above ; flowers axillary, solitary. Tj . 

 G. Native of New Granada, near the town of Almaguer. 

 Branchlets angular. Peduncles downy, furnished with im- 

 bricated bracteas at the base. Corollas ovate-globose, glabrous, 

 white. 



Myrsine-like Gaultheria. Shrub. 



8 G. MYRTiLLoloES (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea. vol. 1. p. 

 523.) branches beset with bristles, as well as the under sides of 

 the leaves and calyxes ; leaves broad-lanceolate, with the mar- 

 gins ciliately serrulated and somewhat reflexed ; flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, on short pedicels near the tops of the branches. Ij . 

 G. Native of Brazil, within the tropic. Scales at base of pe- 

 dicels ciliated. Corolla urceolate, pilose inside, glabrous out- 

 side, with reflexed teeth. Filaments dilated at base, 



Myrtle-like Gaultheria. Shrub \ to 1 foot. 



9 G. CILIA'TA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linna-a. 5. p. 126.) 

 shrubby, glabrous ; flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles downy, 

 bracteolate at the base ; leaves coriaceous, nearly sessile, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, sharply serrulated : teeth setigerous in the 

 young state. Tj . G. Native of Mexico, on Mount Orizaba, 

 along with Solanum tuberosum ; and at Chiconquiaca and Mai- 

 pays de Joya. Leaves \ inch long. Flowers white. Berries 

 black. 



Ciliated-leaved Gaultheria. Shrub. 



* * Racemes axillary and terminal at the tops of the branches. 

 Pedicels bibracteate. 



FIG. 140. 



10 G. SHA'LLON (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 283. with a 

 figure) ; procumbent, hairy ; leaves ovate, subcordate, ser- 

 rated, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces ; racemes secund, brac- 

 teate, clothed with rusty down. 

 J? . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica, on the falls of the Colum- 

 bia, and near the Western Ocean. 

 Hook. bot. mag. t. 2843. Lindl. 

 bot. reg. 1411. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 1372. Branches warted, clothed 

 with rusty down while young. 

 Leaves broad, abruptly acumi- 

 nated. Pedicels scaly. Corolla 

 white, tinged with red, downy, 

 urceolate, with a closed limb. 

 Berries globose, acute, fleshy, 

 purple. This plant grows in 

 the shade of close pine forests, 

 where hardly any thing else will 

 grow, which makes it a very desirable shrub for plantations. 

 The berries of the Shallon are much esteemed by the natives, 

 on account of their agreeable flavour. 



