ERICACE^— HEATH FAMILY 



WINTERGREEN CHECKERBERRY 



Gaultheria prociimbens 

 A woody aromatic plant, with evergreen leaves. 



Stem. — Woody, slender, creeping or subterranean; 

 branches erect, two to six inches high. 



Leaves. — Mostly clustered at the ends of the branches; 

 oval, oblong or obovate, narrowed at base, short-petioled; 



Wintergreen. GaultMria procHntbens 



margin serrate with low bristle-tipped teeth,' dark green 

 and shining above, pale beneath. 



Flowers. — White, solitary in the axils of the leaves, 

 drooping on recurved peduncles. 



Calyx. — Five-cleft, two-bracted, persistent. 



Corolla. — Ovoid urn-shaped, white, five- toothed. 



Stamens. — Ten, included, inserted at the base of the 

 corolla; filaments dilated above the base; anther-sacs 

 opening by a terminal pore. 



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