^j,^^ ElUCACEJ^]. Ardostaphijlus. 



§ 2. Drupe smooth and glabrous, with a solid tvoody or boni/ l-5-celltd and I - 5- 

 seeded stoue in a thin pulp. — Xyi.ococcus. {X i/hcoccus, Null.) 



7. A. glauca, Limll. Erect, 8 to 20 feet liigh. mucli bvaiiGhed (iVom a trunk 

 sometiiues a iout in iliameter at tlio base), completely glabrous, glaucous : leaves 

 ri"itl, varying I'runi oblong to rounil-ovato anil slightly conlate, vertical by a twist 

 uHhe petiole, with or without a small mucronate tij) : racemes panicled : bracts, &.C., 

 as in the precetling : pedicels slender and minutely hirsute-glandular : lilaments 

 somewhat ciliatc at base : fruit red, large ; the 5-celled stone half an inch in diam- 

 eter. — LiniU. liot. lieg., a brief character in a note under t. 17131. 



Dry hills, IVoiu Monterey (Douglas) to San Diego {Cleveland, kc). Thhi Great-berried Manza- 

 nita is hiuilly to Ihj distiiiguislied in llower tVoni tlio liirge and ghtnci'sent form of the preceding, 

 except hy tlio glaniluhir ii.mH<i1s. Miit tliu fruit is far larger, oftener three fourths of an \\u\\ in 

 diameter; tlie nutlets coniplctcly consolidated into ii globose woody stone, of great thickness and 

 solidity ; the hve cells all towards the centre, each with a fertile seed. While very like the pre- 

 ceding in asi)ect, it is associated willi the next by the fruit. 



8. A. bicolor, Gray. Erect, 3 or 4 feet high, leafy only at the end of the 

 branches : leaves ovate-oblong or oval, thinnish-coriaceous, entire, pinnately veined, 

 soon glabrous abovo anil shining, whitish-tomentoso beneath, as also the branchlets 

 and the ovate chartaceuus bracts of the short spicato raceme : calyx of 5 nearly dis- 

 tinct round-ovate ind)ricateil se[»als, somewhat colored : corolla urceolate, rose-color 

 or tinged with red : lilaments scarcely dilated at base : style long : stigma capitate. 

 — Xylococcu.s bicolor, Nutt. in Trans. Am. I'hil. Soc. n. ser. viii. 258. 



" Near Monterey," Nultull. Near San Diego, Dr. Cooper, D. Cleveland. Flowers in March 

 and April. Leaves an inch or two long. Scaly spike or dense raceme barely an inch long. Fruit 

 the size of a pea, yellow turning red, the solid stone maturing 4 or 5 seeds, or by abortion only 

 one. 



§ 3. Drupe ivith a granulate or ivarty surface, as in Arbutus; the cells cohering into 

 a several-celled stone. — Comauostai'IIYLIS. (Comarostaphylis, Zucc.) 



9. A. polifolia, llliK. Erect, f) to 8 feet high, glabrous : leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, cuspidate, pale beneath : raceme elongated ; the lower bracts foliaceous, the 

 upper becoming siibidate and shorter than the slender bracteolate pedicels : calyx- 

 lobes triangular : corolla reddish : fruit dark purple, minutely warty, its stone 

 5.celled. — Nov. Gen. & Sp. iii. 277, t. 258; Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. 108. 



Below San Diego, near the boundary, and in Mexico. Leaves 2 or 3 inches long, willow-like. 



4. GAULTHERIA, binn. Winticimuikkn. Sai.ai.. 



Calyx 5-clert, geniTally colored like the corolla. Corolla urceolate or camimim- 

 late, 5-toothed or 5-li)bed. Stamens 10, included : anther-cells oi)ening by a hole at 

 the apex, each usually 2-awned or 2-pointed. Capsule 5-celled, 5-lobed, depressed 

 and umbilicate, many-seeded, enclosed at maturity in the calyx, which enlarges and 

 becomes fleshy after the corolla falls, and imitates a globular berry : this is eatable 

 and aromatic-ilavored. Shrubby or almost herbaceous plants ; with broad evergreen 

 leaves, and white or sometimes rose-colored flowers, mostly axillary or in axillary 

 racemes, from scaly bmls. 



A rather wide-spread gcnu.s, mostly American and Asiatic, non(( F-uroyiean, of temperate regions 

 or on mountains. The original species, confmeil to Atlantic North America, is the well-known 

 Aromatic IV InUrgrcen, G. piociimbens. 



1. G. Myrsinites, Hook. Very low, spreading over the ground in tufts : the 

 slender stems and branches decidedly woody : leaves ovate or rotund (half to an 

 inch long), the margins beset with minute more or less bristle-pointed teeth : flowers 

 solitary in the axils of the leaves, on short 3 - 4 bracteolate pedicels : corolla rather 



