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leafless branches ; pedicels 1 to 3 or 4 lines long, with small lanceolate bracts * 

 or near the base. Calyx-teeth somewhat spreading, becoming longer and more 

 acute on the fruit. Corolla pale red, or greenish white tinged with red, ovoid- 

 oblong, smaller than in the preceding species. Stamens included ; filaments flat, 

 ciliate-pubescent on the margins; anthers naked at base, the terminal tubes par- 

 tially opening laterally. Style scarcely, or a very little, oxserted ; stigma capi- 

 tate. Berries middle-sized, bluish-black and a little glaucous when mature, swe. t. 

 Hub. Hilly woodlands, and thickets; frequent. Fl. May. Fr. July. 



Obs. The fruit of this is very pleasant,— and is produced in lar^e quantities. It 

 was overlooked, or not distinguished from the others, when my Catalogue was 

 prepared. Some 18 or 20 additional species have been enumerated in the U. 

 States; but on a careful examination the number will probably be somewhat 

 reduced. 



IJ. Ovary superior, -j Corolla monopetalous. 



205. GAULTHERIA. L. JVutt. Gen. 878. 



[Dedicated to M. Gaulthiev ; a French Physician and Botanist, of Canada.] 



Calyx 5-cleft, with 2 bracts at base. Corolla tubular, ovoid, 5-cleit ; 

 lobes small, revolute. Filament* hirsute. Receptacle 10- toothed. 

 Capsule 5-cclled, many-seeded, covered by the calyx, which finally 

 becomes thick and succulent, resembling a berry. 



Frutescent : leaves alternate, coriaceous, sempcrvirent; flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary, pedunculate. Nat. Ord. 170. Lindl. Eiuckje. 



1. G. procumbens, L. Stem procumbent, creeping, with the branches 

 erect; leaves obovate, cuneate at base, serrate-denticulate, crowded 

 near tho summit of the branches; flowers few, subterminal, nodding* 

 Beck, 2?of./>. 216. 



Procumbent Gaultueria. Vulgo — Tea-berry. Spicy Winter-green. 



Stem creeping, root-like; branches erect, simple, 3 to 5 inches high* naked be- 

 low, or with a few small lance-ovate scales, pubescent and leafy at summit. 

 Leaves few (I to 0), an inch to an inch and a half long, and near an inch wide, 

 obovate, or oval, somewhat mucronate, the margin a little revolute, rem tely 

 serrulate, serratures mucronate, or pointed with deciduous awns ; petiole veri 

 short, and, with the midrib above, pubescent. Flowers few (1 to 3 or J), in 

 ihe axils of tho crowded upper leaves, nodding, on recurved pubescent pedum- 1 i 

 1 fourth to half an inch lone. Calyx double, or with 2 small roundish-ovate p< r- 

 toisient bracts at base, resembling an exterior calyx; segments ovate, ciliate. 

 Corolla white, ovoid-oblong, obtusely 5-angled, contracted at the orifice, hairy 

 within. Stamens included ; filaments broadish, incurved, hairy, alternating w itii 

 the teeth of tho receptacle; anthers large, terminating in 2 tubes, each tubo re- 

 curved and bifid, with the points acute. Ovary orbicular, depressed, torulosc ; 

 style cylindric, rather longer than the stamens, persistent. Capsule deprcssed- 

 tilobose, umbilicatc, embraced by the persistent calyx,— which becomes enlarged, 

 thickened, succulent and berry-like, bright red when mature, persistent. 



Hab. Woodlands; WesU?hestcr; Brandy wine hills: not common. /V.July. Fr. Oct. 

 Obs. The whole plant is pleasantly aromatic ; and is often employed by the 

 apothecaries to give a flavor to their syrups and pOfralmr diet drinks. Two other 

 species have been enumerated in the U. States ; tut it seems to be doubtfuJ 

 whether they really belong to the genus. 



