Tas. 5984. 
GAULTHERIA FRAGRANTISSIMA. 
Native of the Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. Ericem,—Tribe, ARBUTER. 
Genus Gautrueria, Linn. ; (DC. Prodr., vol. vii. p. 592). 
GavuLTuERIa fragrantissima ; arbuscula, inflorescentia puberula ceterum 
glaberrima rarius foliis subtus sparse strigillosis, ramulis validis, foliis 
breviter petiolatis elliptico-ovatis oblongis lanceolatisve apice glanduloso- 
apiculatis acuminatisve crenato-serrulatis subtus punctatis crasse 
coriaceis, racemis axillaribus strictis multifloris, floribus bracteatis et 
2-bracteolatis concavis acutis, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, corolle globose 
ore parvo, lobis parvis fere orbiculatis erecto-patulis, capsula calyce 
accrescente cyaneo inclusa. 
GavLTHerra fragrantissima; Wall. in Asiat. Researches, vol. xiii. p.207, t. 12; 
Cat. n. 765; Wight Ic. t. 1196; DC. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 993 ; Thwastes 
‘ Enum. Pl. Ceyl. p. 170. 
_ G. fragrans, Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 151. 
-G. Leschenaultii, DO. Prodr. vol. vii. p.5933 Wight Ic. t. 1195 ; Ill. t. 141 ©. 
G. ovalifolia, Wall. Cat. n. 1523. 
ANDROMEDA flexuosa, Moon Cat. Ceylon Pi. 
A. Katagherensis, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 246. 
Levcoruor? Katagherensis, DC. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 606. 
A charming and very fragrant shrub or small tree, native 
of the mountains of India, from Nepal eastward to Bhotan in | 
the Himalaya, between 5000 and 8000 feet; 1m the Khasia_ 
ranges at 5000 to 6000; in the Nilgherries, and on Adam's 
Peak in Ceylon ascending as high as 8000 feet. Ritioadine 
bright evergreen, and is loaded in summer with white or 
 Tose-coloured blossoms, which are succeeded by beautiful blue- 
__-purple racemes of fruit. 
__ G. fragrantissima is a greenhouse plant, and should siete 
greater favourite than Clethra arborea, which it somewha 
AuGusT Ist, 1872. 
