ERICA CEiE. 



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five ; stamens separate ; stigma three-cleft ; capsule three-celled, 

 three-valved. 



A Greek name for a genus of pretty plants principally 

 natives of North America,, and hardy ; C, arborea, a native 

 of Madeira, should be in every greenhouse ; it has hand- 

 some oblong leaves, bright and smooth, and pendent ra- 

 cemes of white flowers, like the Lily of the Valley, 



GAULTHEKIA. 



Gen. Char. (Decandria Monogynia.) Outer calyx two-leaved, 

 inner five-cleft, ovate ; nectary with ten points ; capsule five- 

 celled, clothed with the inner calyx. 



Named after Gaulthier, a French physician, of Quebec. 

 Several species from America are hardy ; fragrans, from 

 Nepaul, with red, and leucocarpa, from Java, with white 

 flowers, should be kept in the greenhouse ; bracteata is 

 from New Granada, and is a very pretty mountain plant 

 for the greenhouse, but it will bear putting out in summer, 

 though it should be in a shady place, as it is said not to like 

 the hot sun ; it has prostrate branches, handsome leaves, 

 terminal racemes of flowers, with the large bracts, calyx, 



