CHAP. LXIX. ERJCA N CE;E. GAULTHE^R///. 112/3 



Sj ><<. Char., ifr. Stem pilose, procumbent. Leaves ovate-elliptic, ciliatcly 

 serrulated, coriaceous, without a mucro, and callous at the point. Pedicels 

 axillary, I-flovvercd, elongated, deflexed. Corolla ovate, with blunt rcvolutc 

 teeth, white. (Don a Mill., iii. p. 837.) A prostrate shrub, a native of 

 Mexico. Introduced in 1828, or before; and found to be perfectly hardy in 

 the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, and in the garden of Canonmills Cottage. 

 The hairy prostrate branches are furnished with numerous toothed ever- 

 green leaves, 9 lines long, and 4^ broad. The flowers are not large. 



App. i. Hardy Species of Pernettys. not yet introduced. 



P. micropliylla Gaud. (Don's Mill. , 3. p.Jlfi.), A rbutus microphy"lla Forst., A. serpyllifblia Lam., 

 is a native of'thc Straits of Magellan, where it grows to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft., but has not \ct 

 iK'on introduced. 



/'. Myr.v/nJ/1'.v 0. Don (Milt. Diet., .0. p. 83(5.), Andromeda 3/yrsinUes Lam., is a native of the 

 Straits of Magellan, in woods on the mountains ; where it grows to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft. 



App. ii. Half-liar dy Species of Per net fy^.. 



P. cmpctrifdlia Gaud (Dora's Mill., 3. p. 8,%.), ^'rbutus rmpetrifolia Lindl., A. pumila Willd., An- 

 drumedrt mnpetrifblta Lam., is a much-branched, dift'use shrub, with lateral, solitary, drooping, white 

 flowers, and leaves like those of 'mpetrum. It is a native of the Falkland Islands, where it grows 

 to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft, but has not yet been introduced. 



/'. pumila Gaud. (Hot. llcg., May, 1834), ^'rbutus pumila Forst., is a native of Magellan, introduced 

 in IS'JO, of which there were plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



/'. (.Vfi'rtH///r.vi;ina (1. Don (Mill.Dict., 3. p. 837.), Andromeda prostruta Car., is a prostrate shrub, 

 a native of South America, not yet introduced. P. purpiirca D. Don is a native of Peru, with pur- 

 ple flowers ; and P. ciliuris D. Don is a native of Mexico. 



GENUS XVI. 



GAULTTIE'R//! L. THE GAULTHERIA. Lin, Syst. Decandna 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 551. ; Schreb., 440. ; Gaertn. Fruct., 63. ; Juss. Gen., p. 161. ; R. Br. 



Prod., p. 559. ; H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 282. 

 Derivation. So named by Kalm, from Gaulthler, a physician and botanist of Canada. 



Description. Procumbent, evergreen shrubs, natives of the colder parts of 

 North and South America. 



&, 1. G. PROCU'MBENS L. The procumbent Gaultheria. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 565. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 839. ; Lodd. Cat, ed 1836. 



Svnowmei. Partridge Berry, Mountain Tea, Spring Winter Green, Smith s History oj Nova Scotia, 

 Eneravaun. Andr. Bot. Kep., 116. ; Kalm Amcen., 3. p. 14. t. 1. f. 6. ; Du Ham. Arb., 1. p. 286. 

 t. 113. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 82. ; Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1896. ; and our Jig. 92o. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem procumbent. Branches erect, naked at bottom, but 

 with crowded leaves at top. Leaves obovate, acute at the base, finely and 

 ciliately toothed. Flowers few, terminal, nutant. A 



little shrubby plant somewhat resembling seedling fcJ&g^ 



plants of KalrmVz latifolia. Flowers white. Berries ^$^&^J||ilpr 

 red, eatable, and known by the name of partridge \dte 

 berries. The leaves, if properly cured, make a most (IJtJKdFV'L^S^ 

 excellent tea ; for which reason, it is likewise known ^rj388E^| 

 by the name of mountain tea. It was introduced in \ &flSfiL 

 1762, grows 4 in. or 5 in. in height, and produces it /A JT 

 small white flowers from July to September. The | . J fflKc\ Mp^ 

 flowers are succeeded by red fruit, which, in British Vw J + 



gardens, remain on the plant a great part of the * 92" 



winter. It is difficult to preserve alive, except in a 



peat soil kept moist. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 837.) A native of North America, 

 in dry woods, on mountains, and in sandy places, from Canada to Virginia. 



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