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CLASS X— DECANDRIA. 



ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 



193. GAULTHERIA. Gen. pi. 749. {Erica.) 



Calix 5-cleft, or 5-toothed, bibracteate at the 

 base. Corolla ovate, border partly 5- cleft, 

 revolute. Filaments of the stamina hir- 

 sute; Torus or receptacle 10-toothed. 

 Capsule superior, 5 -celled, invested by 

 the calix which becomes a berry. — J\Tutt. 



procumbens. l. G. stem procumbent, brandies erect, naked be^ 



low, above crowded with leaves; leaves obo- 



vate-acute at the base; very slightly ciliate- 



dentate; flowers few, terminal, nodding. — Willd. 



Icon. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 1. 1. 15. 



Mcnintain-tea. Tea-bemj. Vartridge-bemj, Winter- 



green, Sfc. 



A small creeping-rooted shrubby plant, with evergreen 

 foliage. Flowers white; berry -like fruit, scarlet, esculent and 

 agreeably flavoured. A decoction of the leaves affords a pleas- 

 ant tea, which is stimulant and anodyne. (See Veg. Mat. Med. 

 U. S.) In the pine-barrens and dry sandy woods of Jersey, 

 common. On the banks of the Wissahickon, abundant, lj • May. 



194. VACCINIUM. Gen. pi. 658. {Erica.) 



Calix superior, 4 or 5 -toothed. Corolla ur- 

 ceolate or campanulate, 4 or 5-cleft; bor- 

 der reflected. Filaments inserted upon the 

 germ. Berry 4 or 5-celled, many-seeded. 

 (Stamina sometimes S.) — J\Tutt. 



