212 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
urinary organs ; they are collected in New England for the supply of 
the drug m: a The plant is also found in the Northern portions of 
the old world, and is in Iceland to produce a brown or black dye 
se ea to Dr. To RREY, the name Uva-ursi is in some places corrupt- 
ed into “ Universe.’ 
4. GAULTHE’RIA, Kalm. Cuecxerperry. 
(Dedicated to Dr. Gaulthier, or Gautier, a French Botanist, of Quebec.]} 
a plas 9 oa orgy t base. Corolla Papgagen gigpat or a lit- 
haped, 5 oothed. pHa 10, included; anther-cells each 2- 
lacy A summit, pasha by a terminal pore. Ca hea ae lo- 
2, 5-celled, queen enclosed by the eed pany hike calyx. Suf- 
tary. 
1, G. procum’bens, L. Ste m creeping, root-like ; branches ascending, 
cae at summit ; leaves cuneate-obovate, obscurely’ serrate ; flowers few, 
peewsitciasnasasoansiiatniaa iT 
Fic. 145. The Checkerberry (Gaultheria procumbens). 146. A , ripe fruit., 
147. Aripe fruit cut open, showing the dry capsule rae ae with the The enli?ged fleshy, 
