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The infide bark and keys of Afli, are accounted 

 good to promote urine. 



G A U L T H E II I A. 



GAULTHERIA, or MOUNTAIN TEA. 

 Clafs lo. Order i. Decandria Monogynia. 



The exterior two leaved and fhorter: the leaves femi- 



ovate, concai^e and obtufe. 

 The interior one leaved, five-cleft and beli-fhaped; the 

 fegments fcmi- ovate. 

 The Corolla is monopetalous, ovate and half five deft: the 

 border fmall and revolute. 



A Ne^arium of ten corpufcules, which are awl-fhaped, erefl^ 

 very lliort, and furrounding the germen within the ftamina. 

 The Filaments are ten, awl-lliaped, incurved, fhorter than the 



corolla, and inferted in the receptacle. The ^ntherce are 



two horned: the horns bifid. 

 The Gefmen is roundiili and depreffed. The Style cylindrical 



and the length of the corolla. The Stigma is obtufe. 

 The Seed'vejjel is a capfule, roundiili, obtufe five^-fided, depref- 



ed, five ceird, and five valv'd; covered on all fides by the 



interior empalement, and becoming a roundilTi coloured ber- 



TY, pervious at the apex. 

 The Speeds are many, fomewbat ovate, angled and bony. 



^here is but one Species of this Genus^ viz. 



Gaultheria procumbens. Canadian GauU^ 

 theria^ or Mountain Tea. 



This is a very fmall Ihrnbby plant, with flender 

 ftcms, feldcm riling above five or fix inches in height; 

 havings at their tops, four or five oval ever-green 

 leaves, which are marked with a few^ fmall points or 

 ferratures upon their edges. The flowers come out 

 from the bofom of the leaves, of a white colour. 



approximate and permanent. 



and 



