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Variety, 
2 P, m. 2 Cummingii, P. Cummingii Lodd., 
differs from the species in having larger, 
less serrated, and more ovate leaves. 
A hardy evergreen shrub, of considerable beauty, 
on account of the neat appearance and dark colour of 
its foliage. 
2. 2, P. pito‘sa G. Don. The pilose, or hairy, 
; Pernettya. 
wt 3 Identification. Gard. Mag., 10. p. 286.; Don’s Mil!.,3. p. 837.; Bot 
Mag., t. 3177. 
Synonyme. A’rbutus pildsa Graham. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3177. ; and our fig. 1090. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem pilose, pro- 
cumbent. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 
ciliately serrulated, coriaceous, with- 
out a mucro, and callous at the point. Pedicels axillary, 
1-flowered, elongated, deflexed. Corolla ovate, with blunt 
revolute teeth, white. (Don’s Mill.) A prostrate ever- 
green shrub. Mexico. Height 6in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 
1828, or before. Flowers white ; May. ‘ 
1089. P. mucronata. 
P. microphilla Gaud. (Don’s Mill, iii. p. 336.), A’rbutus 
microphylla Forst., A. serpyllifolia Lam., is a native of the 
Straits of Magellan, where it grows to the height of 2 or 3 
feet, but has not yet been introdueed. 
P. pumila Gaud. (Bot, Reg., May, 1834), A’rbutus pimila 
Forst., is a native of Magellan, introduced in 1820. Horti- 
cultural Society’s Garden. 
Genus XVII. 
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Pore 
GAULTHE'R/4 L. Tue Gauttueria. Lim. Syst. Decandria 
Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 551. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 839. 
Derivation. So named by Kalm, from Gaulthier, a physician and botanist of Canada. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla ovate, with a short 5-cleft limb. Stamens 
1U, enclosed. Anthers bifid at the apex ; lobes biaristate. Style 1. Stigma 
obtuse. Hypogynous scales 10, obsolete, or connate at the base. Capsule 
depressedly globose, 5-celled, 5-furrowed, covered by the calyx, which is 
sometimes baccate; valves septiferous in the middle. Placentas adnate to 
the base of the column. Seeds numerous, covered by a reticulated testa. 
(Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen; toothed, ciliated. Flowers 
axillary and terminal, racemose, rarely solitary; pedicels bibracteolate. Co- 
rollas white, rose-coloured, or scarlet. Filaments usually hairy. — Shrubs, 
evergreen, procumbent ; natives of America. 
1. G. procu’mBens LZ. The procumbent Gaultheria, 
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Identification. Liu. Sp., 565.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 839. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. Partridge Berry, Mountain Tea, Spring Winter-Green, Smith's History of Nova Scotia. 
ngravings. Andr. Bot. Rep., 116.; Kalm Ameen., 3. p. 14. t.1. f.6.; Du Ham. Acb., 1. ,p. 286. 
t. 113. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 82. ; Sim’s Bot. Mag., t. 1896.; and our fig. 1091. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem procumbent. Branches erect, naked at bottom, but 
with crowded leaves at top. Leaves obovate, acute at the base, finely and 
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