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procumbens. 
CLASS X — DECANDRIA. 
ORDER I. MONOGYNIA. 
193. GAULTHKRIA. Gen. pi. 749. (^Ericx.) 
Calioc 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. — JSTutt. 
1. G. stem procumbent, branches 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. 
Mountain-tea. Tea-berry. Partridge-berry. Winter - 
green, <^c. 
A small creeping-rooted shrubby plant, with evergreen 
foliage. Flowers white; berry-iike 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. I 2 • May. 
194 YACCINIUM. Gen. pi. 658. (Erlcee.) 
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^ §.) — J^utt. 
