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America, it has been used for tanning leather, and dyeing it an ash-grey
colour. On rockwork in gardens it is very ornamental.
•u 2. A , a i . f i ' n a S p ren g Tlie Alpine Bearbcrry.
Identification. Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 287.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 83G.
Synoni/me. /i'rb atu s alpina L in. Sp. 566.
Engravings. Eugl. Bot., t. 2030.; and ourfig. 1088.
Spec. Char., 4c. Stem procumbent. Lcaves obovate, acute, wrinkled, serrated,
deciiliious. Racemes terminal. Peilicels rather hairy. Tlie flowers
grow in reflexed racemes, and are pure wliite. {Doris Mill.') A trailing
evergreen slirub. Denmark, Switzerland, Siberia, Lapland,
&c. ; the Highlands of Scotland, on dry moor.s ;
also in Canada, «Síc. Iieight 1 It. ; shoots 2 ft. to 4 ft.
Flowers in reflexed racemes, pure white j April to June.
F’ruit black, of the size of a sloe, with a taste somewhat
revsembling that of black currants, but more mawkish ;
ripe in September.
Tn British gardens, it has long been a favourite peat-
earth trailing shrub, requiring an airy situation. It does ^
not thrive in the immediate vicinity of London, nor where '
it is much sheltered ; but, either on rockwoik, in beds of dry peat, or in
moist peat, it grows with great luxuriance, and occasionally rijiens fruit.
A. púngens II. B. et Kunth {Doris Mill., lii. p. 836.) is a native of Mexico,
in elevated places, near Moran and Villalpanilo, where it forms a branchy
shrub, about a foot in height. Introduced in 1839. llo rt. Soc. Garden.
G e n u s XVI.
P E RN E TTY4 Gaud. T h e P e k n e t t y a . Lin. Syst. Decándria.
Monogynia.
Identification. Gaud, in Frpy. Voy., p. 454. t. 67.; Don’s Mill., 3 p. 836
Derivation. Named after Dom Vernetty, the author of the Account of a Voyage to the Falkland
Isles } a work romarkablo for its interest, as well as for its candour and exactness. The original
species of this genus was mentioned by this traveller under the name of “ Bruyire k feuilles
pointues.” {Lindl. in Bot. Reg.)
Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, 5-parted. Corolla globose ; limb 5-parted, revolute.
Stamens 10, almost hypogynou.s, enclosed j filaments thickened at
thebase. CY/A-of anthers bifid, and dehiscing at the apex. Ovamim (vac,
depressed, globose, 5-celled; cells many-seeded ; hypogynous scales or
glands 10, 3-Iobed, forming a ring round the ovarium, and alternating with
with
the stamens. Style terminal, short. Stigma convex, obsoletely 5-lobed.
BeiTy propped by the rather fleshy calyx. Seeds minute, oblong-ovate.
{Doris Mul.)
Lcaves simple, alternate, stipulate, evergreen ; very small, approximate.
llary,
evergreen, small, spreading, much branched ; natives of Europe and America,
n. i. P. m u c r o n a ' t a (r«2tiZ. The inucronate-Zeaucd Perncttya.
Identification. Gaud, in Ann. Sc., 5. p. 102.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 836.
Synonyme. «4'rbutus mucronkta Lin. 'il. Suppl. p. 239.
Kf.gravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1675. j Bot. Mag., t. 3093.; and ourjig. 1089.
Spec. Char.y 4c. Leaves ovate, cuspidate, denticulately serrulate, stiff, shining
on both surfaces. Pedicels axillary, bracteate, about equal in length to the
leaves. Flowers white, drooping. {Doris Mill.) A neat little evergreen
shrub. Terra del Fuego, Cape Horn, and the Straits of Magellan. Height
'2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1828. Flowers white; May.
1089. 1’. mucronata.
Variety,
tt P. ni. 2 CummingiXy P. Cummingii Lodd.,
differs from the species in having larger,
less serrated, and more ovate leaves.
A hardy evergreen shrub, of considerable beauty,
on account of the neat appearance and dark colour of
its foliage.
2. P. PiLo'sA G. D o u . The pilose, or )
Pernettya.
Identification. Gard. Mag., 10. p. 286. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p.
Mag., t, 3177. ^ ,
Synonyme. A'rhutus p\\òsa Graham.
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3177. ; and o u r/g . 1C90.
Spec. Char., 4c. Stem pilose, procumbent.
Leaves ovate-elliptic,
ciliately serrulated, coriaceous, with-
out a mucro, and callous at the point. Pedicels axill/y,
1-flowcred, elongated, deflexed. Corolla ovate, with blunt
revolute teetli, white. (Doris Mill.) A prostrate e / r -
greon shrub. Mexico. Height C in. to 1 ft. Introduced in
1828, or before. Flowers white ; May.
F. microphylla Gaud. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. .836.), 4'rbutus
microphylla Forst., A. serpyllifólia is a native M the
Straits of Magellan, where it grows to tlie Iieight of 2 or 3
feet, but has not yet been introduced. , „ , . . .
P. pmiila Gaud. (Bot. Reg., May, 1834), 4'rbutus pumila
Forst., i,s a native of Magellan, introduced in 1820. Horticultural
Society’s Garden.
G e n u s XVII.
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G A U L TH E 'R /4 L. T h e G a u l t i i e r i a . Lm. Syst. Decándria
Monogynia.
Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 551.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 839_.
Derivation. So named by Kalm, from Gaullhicr, a physician and botanist of Canada.
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla ovate, with a short 5-cleft limb. Stamens
10, enclosed. Anthers bifid at the apex ; lobes bianstate. Style 1. Stigma
obtuse. Hypogynous scales 10, obsolete, or connate at the base. Capsulf
depressedly globose, 5-celled, 5-furrowed, covered by the calyx, which is
sometimes baccate; valves septiferous in the middle. Placeritas adnate to
the base of the column. Seeds numerous, covered by a reticulated testa.
{Doris Mill.) , , , X.;
simple,alternate, exstipulate, evergreen; toothed, ciliated. Flow^s
axillary and terminal, racemose, rarely solitary; pedicels bibracteolate Co-
rollas white, rose-colourcd, or scarlet. Filaments usually hairy. — bhrubs,
evergreen, procumbent; natives of America.
^ 1. G, PROCU'MBENS L. The procumbent Gaulthcria.
Spec. Char., 4c. Stem procumbent. Branches erect, naked at bottom, but
with crowded leaves at top. Leaves obovate, acute at the base, finely and
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