278 Ericacee—cludromeda. 
at the base of the calyx. A native of Newfoundland, flowering 
in Spring. 
A. speciosa, aaillaris, salicifolia, and multiflora are the 
names of other species rarely seen in gardens. 
5. GAULTHERIA. 
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. proctimbens.—A diminutive plant, usually less than 
6 inches high. Leaves lanceolate, serrate. Flowers white, 
pendulous, axillary. Fruit scarlet, edible. 
2. G. Shallon.—A shrub 3 or 4 feet high. Leaves nearly 
sessile, ovate-cordate, acute, ciliate, serrate. Flowers white. 
Fruit purple. Both this aud the foregoing species are from 
North America, and produce edible fruit known under various 
names. 
Epigéa répens is a trailing evergreen from North America 
having sweet-scented white or pink flowers. 
Pernétiya 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. Unédo. 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 
