XLIII. JEriICA N CEjE : GAULTHE^R/^. 



579 



Variety, 



n. P. m. 2 Cummingii, P. Cummingw Lodd., 

 differs from the species in having larger, 

 less serrated, and more ovate leaves. 

 A hardy evergreen shrub, of considerable beauty, 

 on account of the neat appearance and dark colour of 

 its foliage. 



t, 2. P. PILO'SA G. Don. The pilose, or hairv, 

 Pernettya. 



Identification. Gard. Mag., 10. p. 286. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 837. ; Bot. 



Mag.,t.3l77. 



Synonyms, ,4'rbutus pildsa Graham. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3177- ; and our fig. 1C90. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem pilose, pro- 

 cumbent. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 

 ciliately serrulated, coriaceous, with- 

 out a mucro, and callous at the point. Pedicels axillary, 

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

 revolute teeth, white. (Don's Mill.) A prostrate ever- 

 green shrub. Mexico. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 

 1828, or before. Flowers white ; May. 



P. microphylla Gaud. (Don's Mill, m. p. 336.), ^'rbutus 

 microphylla Forst., A. serpyllifolia Lam., is a native of the 

 Straits of Magellan, where it grows to the height of 2 or 3 

 feet, but has not yet been introduced. 



P.pumtta Gaud. (Bot. Reg., May, 1834), J'rbutus pumila 

 Forst., is a native of Magellan, introduced in 1820. Horti- 

 cultural Society's Garden. 



GENUS XVII. 



1090. P. piltea. 



GAULTHE V R/^ L. THE GAULTHERIA. Lin. Syst. Decandria 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 551. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 839. 



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



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla ovate, with a short 5-cleft limb. Stamens 

 10, enclosed. Anthers bind at the apex ; lobes biaristate. Style 1. Stigma 

 obtuse. Hypogynous scales 10, obsolete, or connate at the base. Capsule 

 depressedly globose, 5-celled, 5-furrowed, covered by the calyx, which is 

 sometimes baccate ; valves septiferous in the middle. Placentas adnate to 

 the base of the column. Seeds numerous, covered by a reticulated testa. 

 (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; toothed, ciliated. Flowers 

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

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

 evergreen, procumbent ; natives of America. 



^ \. G. PROCU'MBENS L. The procumbent Gaultheria. 



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



Synonymes. Partridge Berry, Mountain Tea, Spring Winter-Green. Smith's History 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. ; Sim's Bot. Mag., t. 1896. ; and ourj^. 1091. 



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

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



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