ERICACEAE. XXXIX. GAULTHERIA. XL. EPIO^A. XLI. PHALEROCARPUS. XLII. CLETHRA. 



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branches and under sides of leaves clothed with rusty tomen- 

 tum ; leaves glabrous and shining above, lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, obtuse at the base, with quite entire revolute margins ; 

 racemes axillary and terminal at the tops of the branches ; 

 corollas tomentose. fj . S. Native of the Andes, about 

 Quito, in Paramo de Saraguru. Leaves tomentose on both sur- 

 faces while young. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with rusty 

 down. Bracteas tomentose, ovate-oblong, much shorter than 

 the pedicels. Corolla ovate. 



Tomentose Gaultheria. Tree 10 to 15 feet. 



24 G. FERRCoixEA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 1. p. 524.) 

 leaves ovate, acute, shining above, with serrulately scabrous 

 margins, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath, as well as the 

 racemes and flowers. fj . G. Native of Brazil, within the 

 tropic. Leaves often cordate at the base. Racemes bracteate, 

 erect, rising from the axils at the tops of the branches, the whole 

 forming a panicle. Corolla 3 lines long, with erect teeth. 



Rusty Gaultheria. Shrub. 



25 G. SCA'BRA (Willd. in nov. act. soc. berol. 4.) leaves ovate- 

 cordate, acute, toothed, scabrous, reticulately veined beneath ; 

 racemes axillary, simple ; calyx and bracteas clothed with glan- 

 dular liairs. fj . S. Native of Caraccas. Calyx baccate, 

 black. 



Scabrous Gaultheria. Shrub. 



26 G. ERE'CTA (Vent. hort. eels, p. 5. t. 5.) leaves ovate, 

 mucronate, clothed with rusty hairs ; branches and racemes 

 clothed with glandular clammy hairs, b . G. Native of Peru. 

 Leaves with revolute denticulated margins. 



Erect Gaultheria. Shrub. 



27 G. HISPIDA (R. Br. prod. p. 559.) leaves long-lanceolate, 

 serrulated, pilose beneath as well as on the petioles ; branchlets 

 hispid ; racemes axillary and terminal, shorter than the leaves ; 

 rachis and pedicels downy ; calyxes baccate ; fruit and ovaries 

 glabrous ; stem erect. Tj . F. Native of Van Diemen's Land. 

 Corollas white. ? 



Hispid Gaultheria. Shrub erect. 



28 G. RUPE'STRIS ; racemes simple, bracteate ; corollas cam- 

 panulate ; leaves oblong, serrulated, tj . F. Native of New 

 Zealand. Andromeda rupestris, Forst. prod. no. 195. Nearly 

 allied to the preceding. 



Rock Gaultheria. Shrub erect. 



29 G. ANTIPODA (Forst. prod. no. 186.) leaves roundish- 

 ovate, serrate-toothed, glabrous, reticulately veined; branches 

 downy ; stem diffuse ; racemes panicled, rather hairy ; corollas 

 glabrous. ^ . F. Native of New Zealand. Flowers white. ? 



Antipodal Gaultheria. Shrub. 



Cult. The species are ornamental : they thrive best in a peat 

 soil, and are readily increased by dividing or by layers. The 

 greenhouse species should be treated as other hardy greenhouse 

 shrubs. 



XL. EPIGJi'A (from tin, epi, upon ; and yata, gaia, the 

 earth : the plant creeps upon the surface of the earth). Lin. 

 gen. no. 550. Schreb. gen. no. 240. Nutt. gen. arner. 1. p. 

 269. Memecylum Mich. gen. 13. 



Liu. SYST. Decdndria Monogy'nia. Calyx large, 5-parted, 

 furnished with 3 bracteas at the base. Corolla salver-shaped, 

 with a 5-parted spreading limb ; tube villous inside. Stamens 

 10. Capsule 5-celled, many-seeded. Placenta 5-parted. 

 Creeping, tufted, evergreen shrubs. Flowers fragrant, in dense, 

 axillary, and terminal racemes. 



1 E. RE' PENS (Lin. spec. 565.) branches, petioles, and nerves 

 of leaves very hairy ; leaves cordate-ovate, quite entire ; co- 

 rollas cylindrical. I; . H. Native from Canada to Carolina, on 

 shady rocks and in stony woods, sides of hills and roots of 

 pines. Andr. hot. rep. 102. Lam. ill. t. 367. f. 1. Lodd. 

 VOL. in. 



hot. cab. 160. Pluk. aim. t. 107. f. 1. Flowers white, tinged 

 with red, very fragrant. 



Creeping Epigaea. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1736. Shrub 

 creeping. 



2 E. CORDIFOLIA (Swartz, prod. 73. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 842.) 

 stem erectish, strigose ; leaves cordate, roundish, stiff, hispid, 

 serrated, convex ; corollas ovate, fj . S. Native of Guada- 

 loupe and Cayenne. Lam. ill. t. 367. f. 1. Flowers white. ? 



Heart-leaved Epigaea. Shrub erectish. 



Cult. E. repens is a beautiful procumbent shrub : it will 

 thrive only in peat soil and shady situations, and, being rather 

 tender, should have a hand-glass or frame placed over it in 

 frosty weather ; indeed, it grows best under a hand-glass or 

 frame the whole year : it is increased by layers or sepa- 

 rating the rooted shoots ; or by cuttings, which root rea- 

 dily in sand with a hand-glass over them. For the culture of 

 E. cordifolia see Agarista, p. 838. 



XLI. PHALEROCA'RPUS (from <t>a\i,po { , P haleros, white, 

 and ATop;roe, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the colour of the 

 berries). Vaccinium, Lin. Gaultheria, Pursh. Oxycoccus, 

 Nutt. A'rbutus, Lam. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria Mtjnogy'nia. Calyx 4-cleft, bibrac- 

 teate at the base. Corolla short, campanulate, 4-cleft. Stamens 

 8 ; filaments hairy. ? Hypogynous disk 8-toothed. ? Anthers 

 semibifid. A small creeping plant with hispid branches, small, 

 roundish-oval, acute leaves ; and axillary, solitary, nearly sessile, 

 white ? flowers. Habit of Wild Thyme. 



1 P. SERPYLLIFOLIA ; Tj . H. Native from Canada to Penn- 

 sylvania. Mr. Nuttall has observed this plant north-westward 

 of Lake Michigan ; and, as Mr. Pursh very justly remarks, 

 abounding where evergreens are predominant, keeping pretty 

 constant pace with the northern forests of pines, larches, and 

 firs, growing always amidst sphagnum. Vaccinium hispidulum, 

 Lin. spec. 500. Michx. fl. 6. bor. amer. 1. p. 228. t. 23. 

 Gaultheria serpyllifolia, Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 283. t. 13. 

 A'rbutus filiformis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 228. Berries white, pro- 

 duced in inconsiderable quantities. They are aromatic, not 

 very acid, and rather insipid than agreeable. The ^ shrub has 

 the same aromatic taste and smell as Gaultheria procumbent. 



Wild Thyme-leaved Snowberry. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1815. 

 Shrub creeping. 



Cult. See Oxycoccus, p. 858, for culture and propagation. 



XLII. CLE'THRA (from (cXqflpa, klethra, the Greek name 

 of the alder ; resemblance in leaves). Lin. gen. no. 553. 

 Schreb. gen. 751. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 301. t. 63. Juss. gen. 

 160. Gron. 43. Nutt. gen. 1. p. 275. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 3. p. 288. Cuellaria, Ruiz et Pav. syst. 103. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla so deeply 5-parted as to appear pentapetalous. Stamens 

 10, inclosed, or nearly so; anthers behind, at length inflexedly 

 pendulous and obverse, cordate, mucronate at the apex, mutic. 

 Ovarium free. Style straight. Stigma trifid. Capsule girded 

 by the calyx, 3-celled, with a loculicidal dehiscence ; cells many- 

 seeded. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Racemes ter- 

 minal, solitary or panicled. Flowers bracteate, white. 



1 C. ALNIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 566.) leaves cuneate-obovate, 

 acute, coarsely serrated above, glabrous on both surfaces, and of 

 the same colour ; racemes spicate, simple, bracteate, clothed 

 with hoary tomentum. fj . H. Native from New England to 

 Virginia, in swamps, frequent. Schmidt, arb. 47. Lam. ill. 369. 

 Duh. arb. 1. p. 176. t. 71. Mill. fig. 28. Catesb. car. 1. t. 

 66. C. alnifolia, var. , denudata, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 73. 



Alder-leaved Clethra. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1731. Shrub 3 

 to 4 feet. 



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