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* Small, procumbent, leaves less than $ in. long, flowers axillary solitary. 
1. G. nummularioides, Don Prodr. 150; stem prostrate hirsute, 
leaves ovate from a rounded base, anther-cells shortly produced 2-horned at 
the apex. Wall. Cat. 1524; Royle Ill. 260, t. 63, fig. 2. G. repens, Blume 
Bijd. 857 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 593. G. Nummularie, DC. Prodr. vii. 592. Gaul- 
theria sp., Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 518, fig. 2. Pernettya repens, Zoll.; Mig. Fl. 
Ind. Bat. ii. 1054. i 
Throughout the HIMALAYA ; alt. 5-9000 ft.; and Kmasra Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft. 
froquent.—DısrtRIB. Java. 
Covering banks closely with its mucli-branched, densely leafy stems. Leaves } by 
} in, acute, minutely petioled, subentire, glabrous above, setulose beneath and fre- 
quently on the margin. Pedicels jg in, densely clothed with coriaceous glabrous 
ovate-oblong bracts à in. long. Calya-teeth km. lanceolate. Corolla i by à in., 
wide, tubular, reddish or nearly white, lobes minute. Capsule } in. diam., suceulent ; 
calyx blue-black. 
o G. trichophylla, Royle Ill. 260, t. 63, fig. 3; stems prostrate more or 
less hirsute upwards, leaves oblong from a cuneate base, anther-cells not pro- 
duced upwards, with a spreading spur below the pore. DC. Prodr. vii. 592. 
Auen Himaraya; alt. 10-13,000 ft.; from Lauvur, Jaeschke, to Srkxim, 
J. D. H. 2 
Stems wiry, much branched, 6-12 in. Leaves $ by 4 in., subsessile, entire or ob- 
seurely erenulate, glabrous on both surfaces, margins usually long-ciliate. Pedicels 
4; in., densely clothed by ovate bracts 3, in. long. Calysx-teeth de in., ovate-oblong. 
Corolla } in. long and broad, wide campanulate, red or nearly white. Capsule } in. 
diam. ; succulent calyx blue-black. ; 
** Erect shrubs, leaves large (except Q. pyroleefolia), flowers racemed. 
3. G. pyrolefolia, Hook. f. ms.; glabrous or the pedicels minutely 
pilose, leaves elliptic-obovate obtuse, anther-cells 2-horned at the apex. 
SixxiM ; alt. 13,000 ft.; Lachen, J. D. H.; Mon Lepcha and Jongri, J. D. H., 
Clarke. 
Stems woody, suberect, 4-8 in. high. Leaves 14 by 3-1 in., narrowed at the base. 
crenate, glabrous or with few minute bristles. Racemes 13 in., 2-6-flowered ; pedicels 
-4 in., lowest much the longest; bracts } in. elliptic; braeteoles j in., lanceolate, 
about the middle of the pedicel. Calya-tecth very small, triangular. Corolla i by A 
in. ovoid. Fruit } in. diam. ; succulent calyx blue-black. 
4. G. fragrantissima, Wall. in As. Research. xiii. 397, with fig. ; 
branches glabrous, leaves lanceolate to ovate not acuminate, racemes more or 
less pubescent, bracteoles on the upper part of the pedicel, calyx-teeth ovate- 
lanceolate subacute. DC. Prodr. vu. 593; Wall. Cat. 765; Wight Ic. t. 1196; 
Bot. Mag. t. 6984; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Pl. xix. fig. 1. G. fragrans, Don 
Prodr. 151. G. punctata, Blume Bijd. 866; DC. l.c. 593; Kurz in Journ. 
As. Soc. 1877, ii. 215 and For. Fl. ii. 92. G. ovalifolia, Wall. Cat. 1523. G. 
Leschenaultii, DC. I. c. 593 ; Wight IU. t. 141, C. and Je. t. 1195. Andromeda 
flexuosa, Moon Cat. Pl. Ceyl. 35. A. katagherensis, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 246. 
Leucothoe ? katagherensis, DC. l. e. 606. 
From Nat, to Buoran; alt. 6-8000 ft., frequent. Kuasta Mrs.; Mrs. of 
Bririsu Birma, Sovru Innia and Ceyion, common.— DisTRIB. Malay Ind. 
A stout shrub; branches more or less trigonous. Leaves 3 by 1-1} in., shortly 
acute or subobtuse, base rhomboid, crenate-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous or sparingly 
hirsute from the punctations of the under surface ; petiole 4-4 in. Racemes 1-8 in. ; 
