S9S : DESCRIPTIONS 'OF 



Cij/jyx fubtarbinstus; laciniisciliatis acutif : paten tibuso 



Corolla iabot^ata, ■caiye€' diipla >laogiors icv-it-er iangulata, ■^exttis glabfSj 

 ■iiitos ' pilofuk, 



^Mlamenta pkniefedla, ■ pubenila, -^ brevia. 'Antherm fafcefcentes, ereftseg 

 'Connrventes, loculls terminatis' cornu ■ copiliaceo furcatOo 



Ovarium planum "villofu-m, >circumdatum snnulo carnoio .Gbfolet© 

 fublohato. \$tylwsiCQimmiMi% hrtvis, . 'Migma- bhiniam. 



Qbfervalion. This elegant ilirub agrees fo well with the charade r aod 



.habit of Gaulteria, &% they have been defined by the celebrated 



; atithor of ihQ Jmdfamus ■ florcs Novm ■BoUandicd {vol. i. 558) that 



1 hefitatenot referring it to that genuso Not -only the .flowers 



■ but the leaves aifo partake , of a very aromatic -fragrance, which 



the plant retaiQs a-epniiderablc time cTen after it has-been dried.? 



the plant might therefore ^beu fed d^ Ndpdl, &s G, procumbens is faid 

 Xo be employed i-n Canada, as -an; improver of inferior -forts of 

 \Tea,^ I have not yet had any opportunity of examining its fruity 

 •^x^hich ■ lam informed is- eaf^by the Napalefe. 



'■'Saxifrgga ligulata'. TfalL 



■}Eadice 'Carnofa horiz^^ntali fquamofa, .'fdliis.crailis.TOtiiad^tis £ ■obov&tis 

 • : brevilTime petioiitis ^ v.3giD:lfq..iie Ligaiatis-zciliatis, 'fcapo brevi uni- 

 :..-bra6leato^-:panicula... termioali'-:"-fLiT£;alaj ^petaliQ calyce duplo: longio- 

 ribuso -■.„,■ 



^Habitat in iKoxiibus Napaii^ et B^gtf^' ©fientalis, -florens ■ Januario et 

 FebruariQ. ^ ' '■ \ ' . ' ' ■ 



•Noeich;Khaiianii.m ^tiw 'Torongfhip Wapalenfibos Sohanpe-^Soah, 

 li&Mx 'Cyliiidrica>^ptJlliGfem cirGiMi^CTafIa,-ia{esv^"ijitusiaeti{ime rufefceosj 

 j.O'p^rialis 'et <:uiti^^i:iadiVi%.iigaol^(^-Garnoiaj iolida, bbfita bradies 

 (fudimentis vaginaram) magnis nigricantibus irreguiaribus pateDti"- 

 , .bus em.a.rcidisj dsorlLiai emittensofibrasiojagaG.terctcs-ful 



