. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. p. pUiu. Genus XVII, GAULTHE^R/^ L. The Gaultheria. Monogynia. Lm. Syst. Decandria Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 551.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 839. Derivation. So named by Kalm, from GavlLhier, a physician and botanist of Canada. Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla ovate, with a short 5-cleft
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. p. pUiu. Genus XVII, GAULTHE^R/^ L. The Gaultheria. Monogynia. Lm. Syst. Decandria Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 551.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 839. Derivation. So named by Kalm, from GavlLhier, 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 biaristate. Style 1. Stigma obtuse. Hypogynom scales 10, obsolete, or connate at the base. Capsule depressedly globose, ,5-celled, 5-furrowed, covered by the calyx, which is sometimes baccate; valves septiferous in the middle. Placentas adnate to the base of the column. Seeds numerous, covered by a reticulated testa. (Don's Mill.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen; toothed, ciliated. Flowers axillary and terminal, racemose, rarely solitary; pedicels bibracteolate. Co- rollas white, rose-coloured, or scarlet. Filaments usually hairy. — Shrubs, evei'green, procumbent; natives of America. <f^ 1. G. procu'mbbns L. The procumbent Gaultheria. Identification. Liu. .565.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 839. j Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. Syntm^mes. Partridge Berry, Mountain Tea, Spring Winter-Green, Smith's History of Nova Scotia. Engravings. Andr Bot. Rep., 116. ; Kalm .Amoen., 3. p. M. t. 1. f. 6.; Du Ham. Arb., 1. p. 286. t 113.; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 82.; Sim'i Bot. Mag., t. 1896.; and ourj^. 1091. Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem procumbent. Branches erect, naked at bottom, but with crowded leaves at top. Leaves obovate, acute at the base, iinely and p p 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustration
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