Ericaceae 



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Gaultheria Depressed, trailing, with as- 



ovatifolia cending branches with rusty 



A. Gray. hairs. Leaves broadly ovate, 



Ovate-leaved i_ T inch long> serr ulate, dark 



Winter green . 



green and shining above, lighter 

 beneath. Flowers pink or nearly white, 

 campanulate, less than J of an inch long, 

 on short solitary pedicels in the axils of the 

 leaves; fruit bright scarlet, J of an inch in 

 diameter. 



A rather rare plant in the region but 

 abundant in places on the slopes of Ava- 

 lanche Mountain at Glacier. 



Tufted, creeping or depressed, 

 smooth, the flowering branches 

 1-5 inches long. Leaves oval 

 or rounded, mostly only | an 

 inch long; pedicels solitary in 

 the axils, very short, 3-5 bracteo- 

 late. Flowers depressed-campanulate, white 

 or pinkish, little surpassing the calyx; fruit 

 scarlet, J of an inch in diameter. 



Common in alpine meadows through- 



Gaultheria 

 humifusa 



(Graham) 

 Rydb. 

 Low 

 Winter green. 



