. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHING MEDICINAL LEAVES AM) IIEKBS. 19 WINTERGREEN. Gaultheria procumbens L Other common names.—(laiiltheria, spring wintergreen, creeping wintergrecn, aromatic Avintergreen, spicy wintergreen, checkerberry, teaberry, partridge berry, grouseberry, t<i)icebcrry, chickenberry, deerberry^ groundberry, hillberry, ivyberry, boxberry, red berry tea, ("a- nadian tea, mountain tea, ivory plum, chinks, drunk- ards, red pollom, rapper dandies, wax cluster. Ha hita t a n d ra ii ge.—This small native perennial fre- quents sandy soils in cool damp woods, occumng
. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHING MEDICINAL LEAVES AM) IIEKBS. 19 WINTERGREEN. Gaultheria procumbens L Other common names.—(laiiltheria, spring wintergreen, creeping wintergrecn, aromatic Avintergreen, spicy wintergreen, checkerberry, teaberry, partridge berry, grouseberry, t<i)icebcrry, chickenberry, deerberry^ groundberry, hillberry, ivyberry, boxberry, red berry tea, ("a- nadian tea, mountain tea, ivory plum, chinks, drunk- ards, red pollom, rapper dandies, wax cluster. Ha hita t a n d ra ii ge.—This small native perennial fre- quents sandy soils in cool damp woods, occumng es- pecially under evergreen trees in Canada and the northeastern United States. Description.—AVinter- green is an aromatic, ever- green plant with an imder- ground or creeping stem producing erect branches not more than 6 inches in height, the lower part of which is smooth and naked, while near the ends are borne the crowded clusters of evergreen leaves. These are alter- nate, shining dark green above, lighter colored underneath, spicy, thick and leathery, oval and narrowing toward the base, about June to September the solitary, somewhat urn-shaped and five-toothed white and waxy flowers appear, borne on recurved stems in the axils of the leaves. (Fig. 11.) These are followed by globular, somewhat flattened berries, which ripen in autumn and remain on the plant, sometimes until spring. They are bright red, five celled, mealy, and spicy. All parts of the plant, which belongs to the heath family (Ericaceae), are aromatic. Collection, prices, and uses.—The leaves of wintergreen, or gaultheria, Mere at one time official in the United States Pharmacopoeia, but now only the oil of wintergreen, distilled from the leaves, is so regarded. The leaves should be collected in autumn. Sometimes the entire plant is pulled up and, after drying, the leaves readily shake off. The price paid to collectors ranges from about 3 to 4 cents a pound. Wintergreen has stimulant, antiseptic, and
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