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P L A T E CXVL
G A U L T H E R I A PROCUMBENS.
Trailing Gaultheria.
C L A S S " o r d e r L
DECANDRU MONOGYNU. Ten Chives. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHAEACTEE.
CALYX.. Perianthium duplex, approximatum.
perfiñens. P. exterius dlphyllum, brevius ; foliolis femiovatis,
concavis, obtufis. P. interius monophyllum, quinquefidum
campanulatum ; fegmentis lemiovatis.
COROLLA monopetala, ovata, femiquinquefida;
limbo parvo, revoluto. Necíarium corpufculis decern, fiibulatis,
ereais, breviffimis, cingentibus germen intra
ftamina.
STAMINA. FUamenta decem, fubulata, incurva,
corolla breviora; receptáculo inferta. Antheras
bicornes; corniculis bifidis.
PisTiLLUM. Germen fubrotundum, depreffum.
Stylus cylindricus, longitudine corollíE.
Stigma obtufum.
PEKICAKPIUM. Capfula fubrotunda, obtnfa, pentágona,
depreíTa, quinqué locularis, quinqué
valvis, undique teda perianthio interiore
transformato et enato in baccam fubrotundam,
coloratam, apice perviam.
SEMINA plurima, fubovata, angulata, offea.
SPECIFIC
Gaultheria foliis ovatis, obtufe-dentatis, apice
confertis; caulis flexuofus, filiformis.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, clofe together remaining.
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egg-lhaped, concave, and blunt. Imier Cup one leaf, five-cleft, bell-flianed;
fegments half egg-lhaped. ^ '
BLOSSOM one leaf egg-fliaped, ilightly fivecleft;
border fmall, rolled back? Honey.cup ten fmall fubftances, awl-ihaped
upright, very fliort. furrounding the fted-'
bud within the chives
w t n ^"'^-fl^Ped, turned inwards,
ihorter than the bloflbm ; fixed into
twocLTf^'^^" t^ - h o r n e d ; horn:
^ " ' " s h ^ f ; i^attened;
Shaft cylindrical, the length of the blolTom
oummit obtuXe.
fided flattened, five cells, five valves; covered
on al fides by the inner cup, tranfformed
and fwelled to a roundifli berry
coloured, open at top. ''
SEEDs^xnany, nearly egg iliaped, angular and
CHARACTER.
Gaultheria with egg-ftaped leaves, bluntly
toothed, and c^oVdrd^toge^e;:; t h T t ?
" em grows zigzag and thread-ihaped. '
E E F E E E N C E TO THE PLATE,
1. A BloiTom complete.
2. The Empalement, natural fize.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
t rf^ f on the receptacle, magnified.
5. The Pointai and feed-bud, with the furroundin| honey-cup, magnified
6. The inner Cup of the Empalement, when the fruit is rine
7. A feed veifel of the natural fize when ripe,'7etactd fro^m' its'^p ^
8. A npe capfule, cut open tranfverfely.
c L T e n Î a i l l ï ï . in l ^ J Î ^ r ^ g ^ ^ th|, plant was cultivated at the Phyfic
Gaultheria, ûould have b e L folittk noticed or^^^^^^^^^ eafily propagated a plant as the
is perfeaiy hardy in eveiy expofure arévertreen ¡t
and floweis, which comZin fCeffi^rneariv A r n / ^ r f / ' T '^ppearance of the fruit
ourprettieflcreepingordwarf flirubs S oenfidered, as one of
than fix, or eight h^hes; form ne a com™^ ^rubbery borders, &c. asitnever rifes higher
confiderable extent, if p l a n t e d Î L t frd'vnea^e r.h '' ' ' ' ' ' ' «
which is eatable, differing from eve^ known r ^ ^ f 7 . conformation of the fruit,
the leaves; point out thf GauUherîa^ L a "anfc^,?, ^^ property of
experimenialBotanift. In C an^ rNor t h Am obfervation, and comment to the
ufed as a fubllitute for tea; or a feV of e?th ' '' T ''^"^es is
mixt with the commoner bohea, c ^mmu S e t ' Î ^ ^ rvt . ^ ^qt Î t f f inXr r