Tas. 5034. 
GAULTHERIA piscotor. 
Two-coloured Gaultheria. 
Nat. Ord. Ertcem.—Dercanpria Monoeynta. 
Gen. Char. Calyx quinquelobus, demum ampliatus, plus minus baccatus et 
capsulam ambiens aut fovens. Corolla ovata, ore seepe contracta, 5-dentata. 
Stamina 10, inclusa ; filamentis seepe villosis; antheris 4-aristatis, nempe apice 
bifidis, loculis biaristatis rarissime muticis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtusum. 
Squame hypogyne 10, distincte aut concrete. Capsula depresso-globosa, 5-lo- 
cularis, 5-sulcatis, 5-valvis; valvis septiferis, loculicidis, dehiscentibus. Placentge 
axi adnate. Semina plurima, parva, testa subreticulata—Frutices aué rarius 
arbuscule, ex America, rarius ex India, ort. Folia alterna, sempervirentia, den- 
tata aut integerrima. Pedicelli nunc azillares, l-flori, nunc in racemum termi- 
nalem dispositi, bibracteolati. Corolle albe rosee aut coccinea. De Cand. 
é 
GavLrnerta discolor ; ramulis glabratis, foliis obovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 
subserratis subtus argenteis, nervis paucis margine subparallelis, racemis bre- 
vibus 6-8-floris, pedicellis ciliatis bracteolatis, bracteolis parvis oblongis 
acutis, sepalis ovatis acutis ciliolatis, corolle fauce barbata, lobis_roseis, 
filamentis setulosis, antheris apice bicuspidatis, ovario villoso, disco 10-den- 
tato. 
GAULTHERIA dinaior Nuttall, M88. 
A very elegant little species, discovered in the temperate regions 
of the Bhotan Himalaya by Mr. Booth, and raised by our inde- 
fatigable friend Mr. Nuttall, of Nutgrove, near Rainhill, Lan- 
cashire. Its nearest ally is the common Himalayan G. fragran- 
“ssima, from which, as from all its allies, the beautiful silvery 
under surface of the leaves at once distinguishes it. 
A small, almost glabrous, shrub. Branches rather slender, 
angled. Leaves about an inch long, shortly petioled, obovate- 
lanceolate, remotely and sharply but not deeply serrate, acuminate, — 
narrowed at the base, dark-green above, silvery-white beneath. 
Nerves few, springing from near the base of the midrib and run- 
ning nearly parallel to the margin of the leaf. Racemes short, 
axillary, few-flowered, much shorter than the leaves. Flowers 
small, crowded, shortly pedicelled, about one-third of an inch 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1858. 
