. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . the base; anther-sacs opening by a terminal pore, commonly awned. Stigma obtuse, entire. Disk lo-toolhed. Ovary 5-cellcd, 5-Iobed. Calyx becoming fleshy and at length surrounding the capsule, forming a berry-like fruit. [Named after Dr. Gaultier, of Quebec] About 100 species, mostly of the Andes of South America, a few North American and Asiatic. Besides the following 3 othe
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . the base; anther-sacs opening by a terminal pore, commonly awned. Stigma obtuse, entire. Disk lo-toolhed. Ovary 5-cellcd, 5-Iobed. Calyx becoming fleshy and at length surrounding the capsule, forming a berry-like fruit. [Named after Dr. Gaultier, of Quebec] About 100 species, mostly of the Andes of South America, a few North American and Asiatic. Besides the following 3 others occur on the Pacific Coast, the following typical. I. Gaultheria prociimbens L. Spring, Creeping or Spicy Wintergreen. Checker- berry. Fig. 3248. ^ Gaulllteria procumbens L. Sp. PI. 395. 1753. Nearly glabrous throughout, aromatic; stems slender, creeping or subterranean; branches erect, 2'-6' high. Leaves mostly clustered at the ends of the branches, oval, oblong or obovate, obtuse or acute, narrowed at the base, short-petioled, the margins slightly revolute and serrate with low bristle-tipped teeth, dark green and shining above, pale beneath, 1-2' long; flowers usually solitary in the axils, on recurved peduncles 2"-X' long, 2-bracteo- late under the calyx; corolla ovoid-urceolate, white, S-toothed, 2"-3" long; fruit depressed-globose, slightly 5-lobed, bright red, 4"-6" in diameter, mealy, very spicy in flavor. In woods, especially under evergreen trees. Newfound- land to Manitoba, New Jersey, Georgia. West Virginia, Indiana and Michigan. â June-Sept. Fruit ripe late in the autumn, remaining on the plant until spring. Chinks. One-berry. Drunkards. Chicken-berry. Red pollom. Box-, ground-, tea-, green- or partridge-berry. Deer-, hill-, ginger-, ivy-, grouse- or spice-berry. Ivory plum. Mountain- or Canada tea. 23. UVA-URSI ^lill. Card. Diet. Abr. Ed. 4. 1754. [Arctostaphvlos Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 165. 1763.] Erect or spreading, low or tall shrubs (som
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