278 Ericacea A ndromeda. 



at the base of the calyx. A native of Newfoundland, flowering 

 in Spring. 



A. speciosa, axillaris> salicifblia, and multiflora are the 

 names of other species rarely seen in gardens. 



5. GAULTHBRIA. 



A large genus of evergreens from the most distant parts of 

 the globe. Flowers white or red, axillary or racemose. Calyx 

 often fleshy, enlarging after the expansion of the flowers. 

 Corolla urceolate, the small lobes slightly recurved. Stamens 

 10. Fruit 5-celled, splitting through the back of the cells, 

 enclosed in the fleshy calyx. Named in honour of a Canadian 

 physician. 



1. G. procumbens. A diminutive plant, usually less than 

 6 inches high. Leaves lanceolate, serrate. Flowers white, 

 pendulous, axillary. Fruit scarlet, edible. 



2. G. Shdllon. A shrub 3 or 4 feet high. Leaves nearly 

 sessile, ovate-cordate, acute, ciliate, serrate. Flowers white. 

 Fruit purple. Both this and the foregoing species are from 

 North America, and produce edible fruit known under various 

 names. 



Epigcea repens is a trailing evergreen from North America 

 having sweet-scented white or pink flowers. 



Pernettya mucronata, speciosa, and angustifolia, natives 

 of the extreme South of America, are small evergreen shrubs 

 having narrow coriaceous leaves and white pendulous flowers 

 distinguished by the ten glands which alternate with the 

 stamens. 



6. ARBUTUS. 



Evergreen shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, entire 

 or serrate. Flowers white or pink, in terminal racemose 

 bracteate panicles. Corolla globose or campanulate, with small 

 reflexed lobes. Stamens 10, inserted on the base of the corolla; 

 anthers opening by pores, furnished with two deflexed awns. 

 Fruit an indehiscent 5-celled globular granular or smooth 

 berry ; cells 4- to 5-seeded. There are about a score of species in 

 northern temperate regions, including the mountains of Mexico. 

 The name is the old Latin one for the common species. 



1. A. Unedo. Strawberry Tree. A small tree from 10 to 20 

 feet high. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, doubly serrate. Flowers 

 numerous, white, appearing in September or October. Fruit 

 scarlet, ripening the second year. This fine evergreen is found 



