XLIII. iTRICA'cE.*: GAULTHE^R/^. 



579 



Varieti/, 



n, P. m, 2 Cumimngii, P. Ciimmingij Lodd., 

 differs from the species in having larger, 

 less serrated, and more ovate leaves. 



A hardy evergreen shrub, of considerab'e beauty, 

 on account of the neat appearance and dark colour of 

 its foliage. 



t, 2. P. PILOTS A G. Don. The pilose, or hairu, 

 Pernettya. 



I0S9. 1". nuicTonita. 



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



Mag., t. 3177. 

 Hynonyme. J'rbutus pil6sa Graham. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3177. ; and our^?"'. 1090. 



Spec. Char., SfC. 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 

 revolnte teeth, white. (Don's Mill.) A 

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

 1828, or before. Flowers white ; May. 



BoU 



prostrate over- 

 Introduced in fvvj. 



P. microphi/lla Gaud. {Don's Mill , iii. p. .S36.), .<4'rbutus 

 microphvlla Forst., A. serpyUifolia 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 introdueed. 



P.piimila Gaud. (Bot. Reg., May, 183+), yi'rbiitus piimila 

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

 cQltural Society's Garden. 



1090. p. jiilos.i. 



Genus XVII. 



- ma 



GAULTHE R/^ L. 



The Gaultheria. 



Monogjnia. 



Lm. Siist. Decandria 



! Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 5.51. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 839. 



ilienvalion. 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 



I lU, enclosed. Anthers bilid at the apex ; lobes biaristate. Style 1. Stigma 

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

 depressedly globose, .5-celled, 5-furrovved, 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. Floiuers 

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

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

 evergreen, procumbent ; natives of America. 



' j 1. G. procu'mbens L. The procumbent Gaultheria. 



identification. Lin. Sp., .565. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 839. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 183fi. 



Mnmu/mes. Partridge Berry, Mountam Tea, Spring Winter-Green. Smit/i's Histort/ nf Nova Scotia, 

 r'tgravmgs. Andr. Bot. Rep., 116. ; Kalm Amoen., 3. p. 14. t. 1. f. 6. ; Du Ham. Afb., 1. p. 286. 

 \ t 113. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 82. ; Sim's Bot. Mag., t. 1896. ; and our^Sg-. 1091. 



V'^c. 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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