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A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY. 



FIG. 354. Wintergreen, teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens), a low shrub producing slender 

 stems lying at or beneath the surface of the earth and having ascending flowering branches 

 rising to a height of 7 to 12 cm. The leaves are evergreen, obovate or oval, and very spar- 

 ingly toothed; the flowers are whitish, urn-shaped and axillary. The fruit is capsular, sur- 

 rounded by the fleshy calyx, which forms the reddish aromatic globular berries. Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



