Tas. 7635. 
GAULTHERIA rricnorHyiua. 
Native of the Himalaya and W. China. 
Nat. Ord. Ericacra#.—Tribe ANDROMEDE. 
Genus Gauituerta, Linn.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 582.) 
GaULTHERIA trichophylla; fruticulus sempervirens, humilis, coespitosus, 
ramosissimus, caulibus subterraneis filiformibus vage ramosis elongatis 
intertextis repentibus nudis, emersis erectis setosis foliosis 4—6-pollicaribus, 
foliis 2-3 poll. longis, subsessilibus patulis ovato-oblongis subacutis 
obtusisve obscure crenato-dentatis coriaceis supra saturate viridibus 
nervis impressis, subtus pallidis nervis prominulis, crenis setula nigra 
decidua instructis, floribus axillaribus solitariis breviter pedicellatis 
roseis, pedicellis bracteolatis calyceque glabris, sepalis ovatis, corolla 
globosa rosea ore constricto, lobis parvis ovatis revolutis, filamentis 
globosis puberulis, antherarum loculis aristato-acuminatis, connectivo 
dorso 2-cuspidato, disci dentibus 10 obtusis, ovario glaberrimo, baccis 
parvis pendulis turbinatis obtuse 5-lobis azureis. 
G. trichophylla, Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. p. 260, t. 63, f. 3. DO. Prodr. vol. 
vii. p. 592. Clarke in Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. iii. p. 457. 
This, the smallest known species of its genus, is a 
common plant in the alpine and sub-alpine regions of the 
Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhotan, in moist peaty places, 
at elevations of ten to thirteen thousand feet, where it 
sometimes forms bright green patches of considerable area, 
studded with pink bells, followed by dark blue berries. 
Quite recently it has been collected on the mountains of 
Western Szechuen, on the Tibetan frontier of China, at 
elevations of nine to thirteen thousand feet by Mr. A. E. 
Pratt. Therefore it no doubt extends continucusly from 
Bhotan to this region, as do many other Himalayan 
plants. 
The Royal Gardens are indebted to the Hon. Charles 
Kllis, of Frensham Hall, Haslemere, for this interesting 
little plant. It flowers both in the Arboretum and in the 
Rock Garden early in May. 
Descr,—__A dwarf, tufted, evergreen shrub, with wiry, 
much-branched, creeping, underground stems, and erect 
leafing dark brown slender branches, bearing scattered 
black bristles. Leaves one-sixth to half an inch long, 
_very shortly petioled, spreading, ovate-oblong, subacute or 
January 1st, 1899. 
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