Class X.— DECANDRIA. 



Order I.—MONOGYNIA. 



f Flotvers monopctalous. 



577. ARBUTUS. L. (Bear-berry, 5cc.) 



Calix minute, 5-parted. Corolla ovate, dia- 

 phanous at the base, border small, 5-cleft, revo- 

 lute. Berry superior, 5-celledj ceils 1, or many- 

 seeded. 



SufTruticose or shrubby; leaves alternate; flowers axil- 

 lary or terminal subracemose. ^ 



Species. 1. A. Imerifolia. 2. JMenziesii, Ph. 3. tomen- 

 tesa. Ph These 3 species are indigenous to the North 

 West coast of America only. 4. atpina. 5. Uva vrsi. 



A small and widely dispersed genus, there being 4 spe- 

 cies in Europe, one of them also indigenons io Candiaand. 

 mount Ida, 2 others are common to North America, there 

 is likewise 1 in the Levant, 1 in Acadia, 1 in some unknown 

 part of America, 1 in Peru and 2 in Tierra del Fuego. 



578. GAULTIIERL\. L. (Mountain-tea, Par- 

 tridge-berry, Sec.) 



Calicc 5-cleft, or 5-toothed, bibracteate at the 

 base. Corolla ovate, border partly 5-cleft, revo- 

 lute. Filaments of the stamina hirsute; Torus 

 or receptacle 10-toothed. Capsule superior, 5- 

 celled, invested by the calix which becomes a 

 berry. 



Very low and sufTi-uticosc; leaves allerna'e or facicula- 

 ted, sempervirent; flcnvers axillary, solitary or racemose. 

 Speci Es. 1. G. procumbens. Hab. Usually in the shade 

 • of other evergreens, particularly A'a/»J««5 a.ud jRhododen- 

 dro7is from Canada to Georgia. Sometimes used as an 

 indifferent substitute for tea. Obs. Stem procumbent, 

 repent, sufTruticnse; flowering surculi very short, erect 

 and pubescent; leaves of each shoot 4 or 5, crowded at 

 the summit, obovate, ciliate-denticulate. Flowers axil- 

 lary and solitary, nutant. Calix 5-tootiied, bibracteale at 

 the base. Corolla ovate, 5 angled, apex 5-toothed, inter- 



