GAULTHERIA 



GAYLUSSACIA 



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A. Fls. solitary. 

 procumbens, Linn. Wintergreen. Checkerberry, 

 BoxBERRY. Partridge Berry. St. creeping, sending 

 up erect branches to 5 in. high, bearing toward the 

 end 3-8 dark green, oval or obovate, almost glabrous 

 Ivs., 1-2 in. long, with ciliate teeth: fls. soUtary, nod- 

 ding; corolla ovate, white, about Min. long; anthers 

 with 4 awns; filaments pubescent: fr. scarlet. July- 

 Sept. Canada to Ga., west to Mich. B.M. 1966. 

 L.B.C. 1:82. Gn. 31, p. 379. 



AA. Fls. in racernes. 



Shallon, Piu-sh. Low shrub, to 2 ft., with spreading, 

 glandular-hairy branches : Ivs. roundish-ovate or ovate, 

 cordate or rounded at the base, serrulate, 2-4 in. long: 

 fls. nodding, in terminal and axillary racemes; corolla 

 ovate, white or pinkish: fr. purplish black, glandular, 

 hairy. May, June; fr. Sept., Oct. Brit. Col. to CaUf. 

 Called "shallon" or "salal" by Indians. B.M. 2843. 

 B.R. 1411. L.B.C. 14:1372. Gn. 31, p. 379. 



Veitchiana, Craib. Shrub, to 3 ft., sometimes decum- 

 bent: branchlets setose: Ivs. elliptic to oblong or 

 obovate-oblong, short-apiculate, broadly cuneate or 

 nearly rounded at the base, setose-serrulate, glabrous 

 and lustrous above, paler below and setose on the veins 

 while young, lJ'^-3}-^ in. long: lis. in axillary and 

 terminal villous racemes 1-2 in. long, densely bracteate, 

 the bracts as long or longer than the pedicels; corolla 

 ovate, white, 34in. long: fr. indigo-blue. May, June; 

 fr. Aug., Sept. VV. China. 



G. anttpoda, Forst. Shrub, to 5 ft., sometimes procumbent, 

 hairy: Ivs. orbicular to oblong, J^-J^in.: fl. solitary, white or pink, 

 campanulate. New Zeal., Tasmania. — G, cocclnca, HBK. Shrub, to 

 2 ft., hairy: Ivs. roundish ovate, about 1 in.: fls. slender-pedicelled, 

 in elongated, secund racemes; corolla ovate, pink. Venezuela. 

 R.H. 1849:181. — G. ferrugifiea, Cham. & Schlecht. (G. ignescens, 

 Lem.). Small shrub, rufously hairy: Ivs. ovate or oblong, 1-2 in.; 

 fls. almost like those of the preceding species. Brazil. B.M. 4097. 

 J.F. 3:265; 4:371. — G. fragrantissima, Wall. Shrub or small tree, 

 glabrous: Ivs. elliptic to lanceolate, 2}2-3}2 in. long: racemes 

 axillary, erect, shorter than the Ivs.; corolla white or pinkish, globu- 

 lar-ovate. Himalayas, Ceylon. B.M. 5984. — G. myrsinites. Hook. 

 Allied to G. procumbens. Lvs. orbicular or broadly ovate, J-2-I in. 

 long: corolla broadly campanulate; filaments glabrous; anthers 

 without awns. Wash, to Calif, and Colo. — G. nummularioides, D. 

 Don (G. Nummularia, DC). Procumbent; branches densely 

 rufously hairy; lvs. orbicular to ovate, J2-I in. long: fls. sohtary, 

 ovate, white. Himalayas. G.C. II. 22:457. — G. opposilifdlia. 

 Hook. f. Shrub, to 8 ft. : lvs. mostly opposite, ovate, cordate, bluntly 

 toothed, 1 J 2^2? 2 in. long; fls. white, urceolate, Jein. long, in 

 terminal panicles 3— i in. long. New Zeal. G.C. III. 52: 109. Gn. 75, 

 p. 4i2. — G. oiatifdlia. Gray. Procumbent, with ascending and 

 sparingly hairy branches: lvs. ovate, acute, 1-1 ?-2 in. long: fls. 

 solitary, campanulate: fr. scarlet. Brit. Col. to Ore.^G. pyrololdest 

 Hook. f. & Thorn. (G. pyrolaefoUa, Hook. f. ). Low shrub, some- 

 times procumbent, almost glabrous: lvs elliptic-obovate, about 

 1 }-2 in. long: racemes few-fld., axillary. Himalayas, Japan. Var, 

 cuneata, Rehd. & Wilson. Branchlets minutely villous: lvs. nar- 

 row, oblong-obovate, cuneate: ovary and fr. villous. W. China. — 

 G. trichophylla, Royle. Dwarf; lvs. elliptic, ciliate, }'6-}2 in. long: 

 fls. axillary, pinkish; fr. blue. Himalayas, W. China. B.M. 7635. 



Alfred Rehder. 



GAURA (Greek, superb). Onagracese. This includes 

 several herbs which are distinct in appearance, but 

 scarcely possess general garden value, although they are 

 pleasant incidents in the hardy border for those who 

 like native plants. 



Annual, biennial or perennial plants confined to the 

 warmer regions of N. Amer.: lvs. alternate, sessile or 

 stalked, entire, dentate, or sinuate: fls. white or rose, 

 in spikes or racemes; calyx-tube deciduous, obconical, 

 much prolonged beyond the ovary, with 4 reflexed 

 lobes; petals clawed, unequal; stamens mostly 8, with 

 a small scale-like appendage before the base of each 

 filament; stigma 4-lobed, surrounded by a ring or cup- 

 hke border: fr. nut-Uke, 3-4-ribbed, finally 1-celled, 

 and 1-4-seeded. — Species 20-2.5. The bloom ascends 

 the slender racemes too slowly to make the plants as 

 showy as possible. The best kind is G. Lindheimeri, 

 which has white fls. of singular appearance, with ro.sy 

 calyx-tubes. Gauras are easily prop, by seed. They 

 prefer light soils, and the seedhngs can be transplanted 

 directly into permanent quarters. 



A. Height 3 ft.: fls. while. 

 Lindheimeri, Engehn. & Gray. St. hairy and more or 

 less branched above: lvs. lanceolate or more often 

 spatulate with a few wavy teeth and recurved margins : 

 fis. in a loose spike. Texas and La. R.H. 1851:41; 

 1857, p. 262. H.F. 8:145. G.W. 14, p. 100. 



AA. Height 1 ft.: fls. rosy, turning to scarlet. 

 coccinea, Nutt. An erect or ascending, usually much- 

 branched perennial: lvs. numerous, lanceolate to hnear 

 or oblong, repand-denticulate or entire: fls. in spikes, 

 very showy, except that the whole spike does not come 

 into flower at one time: fr. 4-sided. Manitoba to Mont. 

 and Te.xas. Wilhelm Miller. 



N. TAYLOR.t 



GAUSSIA (probably from a personal name). Pal- 

 maces. One slender pinnate-leaved palm, reaching 

 about 20 ft., from Cuba, recently intro. in S. Cahf. It 

 is aUied to Hyophorbe and Pseudophcenix. G. princeps, 

 Wendl., is a spineless species, the st. thickened below 

 but very slender above: lvs. pinnatisect, the pinnte 

 crowded and narrow-hnear and entire or 2-cut: fls. 

 very smaU, on filiform branches, moncecious; spadix 

 long-stalked: fr. small, purple or red. l H. B. 



GA'i'A (for Jacques and perhaps Claude Gay, writers 

 on the plants of W. S. Amer.). Maludcex. About a 

 dozen herbs, shrubs or smaU trees of S. Amer. except 

 the one described below: mostly tomentose: lvs. usually 

 undivided: fls. yellow or white, axillary or terminal, 

 pedunculate, with no bracteoles; calyx 5-parted; sta- 

 minal column split at ajjex into many parts; ovary 

 many-ceUed and style-branches as many as the cells, 

 the ovules 1 in each cell. G. Lyallii, Baker (Plagidn- 

 thiis Lyallii, Gray), the lacebark, endemic in the southern 

 island of New Zeal, is recorded in horticultural htera- 

 ture abroad. It is said by Cheeseman to be one of the 

 most beautiful trees of the New Zealand flora, often 

 forming a broad fringe to the subalpine beech forests. 

 It is partly deciduous at high elevations, but is ever- 

 green in certain river vaUeys. It is a smaU spreading 

 tree 15-30 ft. high: lvs. ovate, acuminate, usually 

 double-crenate, sometimes somewhat lobed: fls. to 1 

 in. diam., white, in axillary fascicles or rarely solitary; 

 petals obhquely obovate, refuse. G.C. 111. .50:56, and 

 Suppl. Sept. 23, 1911. B.M.59.35.— Hardyinthesouthof 

 England, where it blooms profusely. L. H. B. 



GAYLUSSACIA (after J. L. Gaylussac, eminent 

 French chemist; died 1850). Syn., Adnaria. Ericacese, 

 tribe Vacclniese. Huckleberry. Small shrubs, some 

 grown for their handsome flowers, others valued for 

 theu- edible fruits. 



Evergreen or deciduous: Ivs. alternate, short-petioled, 

 usually entire: fls. in axiUary, usually few-fld. racemes; 

 calyx 5-lobed, persistent; corolla tubular-campanulate 

 or urceolate; stamens 10; anthers acute; ovary inferior, 

 10-celled, each cell with 1 ovule: fr. a berry-like drupe 

 with 10 nutlets. — About 50 species in E. N. Amer. and 

 S. Amer. Closely allied to Vaccinium, distinguished 

 by the 10-celled ovary, each ceU with 1 ovule. 



The huckleberries are low shrubs with white, red, or 

 reddish green flowers, and blue or black mostly edible 

 fruits. The deciduous species are hardy North, but are 

 of little decorative value, the handsomest being G. 

 dumosa, while the evergreen species, all inhabitants of 

 the South American mountains, except the half-hardy 

 G. brachycera, are often very ornamental in foliage 

 and flowers, but tender and hardly cultivated in this 

 country. They grow best in peaty or sandy soil and 

 in shaded situations; but G. baccala thrives well also in 

 drier locaUties and exposed to the full sun; like other 

 Ericace*, they are all imi)atient of limestone. Propa- 

 gated by seeds, layers or tii vision; the evergreen species 

 by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass. See also 

 Vaccinium for cultivation. 



