. Tas. 4461. 
GAULTHERIA sracTeata. 
Bracteated Gaultheria. 
Nat. Ord. Ertcacr®.—DercanpriA MonoGyni. 
rs a 
t Gen. Char. Calyx 5-lobus demum amplians 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. Sguame 
ae hypogynz 10 distinctze aut concrete. Capsula depresso-globosa, 5-locularis, 
a 5-sulcata, 5-valvis, valvis ‘septiferis loculicido-dehiscentibus. Placenta axi ad- 
: — nata, Semina innumerosa parva, testa subreticulata—Frutices aut rarius arbus- 
; cule ex America rarius ex India orti. Folia alterna sempervirentia, dentata 
| aut integerrima. Pedicelli nune awillares 1flori nunc in racemum terminalem 
_ dispositi, bibracteolati. Corolle alba rosee aut coccinee. DC. 
aif 
ae 
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GavLTHERIA bracteata ; prostrata, ramis teretibus hispidis, foliis breviter petio- 
latis cordato-ovatis acutis ciliato-serratis acutis supra levibus subtus reti- 
culatis sparse piloso-hispidis, racemis terminalibus et axillaribus glanduloso- 
pilosis, bracteis ovatis coloratis flores xquantibus, calyee laxo lobis_tri- 
an i-acuminatis pilosis, corollis conico-ovatis, limbi lobis patentibus. 
Gavuurnerta bracteata. Don, Gard. Dict. v. 3. p.840. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. 
p. 595. i. ae 
Anpromepa bracteata. Cav, Ie. v. 6, p.42. 2.562. f:1. 
re. Gautruerra odorata. H.B.K. Nov. Gen. 0.3. p.285. De Cand. Prodr. v.7.p.595. 
4 Gaunruerta erecta. Vent. Hort. Cels. t.5. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 596. 
Gavruertra cordifolia. H.B.K. Nov. Gen, dm. v. 3. p. 285. t. 261. 
Gauuruerta rigida. H.B.K. Nov. Gen. Am. v. 3. p. 287. t. 262. 
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Me ae 
Among the most interesting of mountain plants in the tropics 
and in the southern hemisphere, especially of the New World, 
are the various species of the present genus Gaultheria. Forty- 
three are enumerated by De Candolle ; but many of these 
are assuredly varieties ; and it would require much time and a 
rich herbarium to elucidate the history of the genus. The 
present one, from the Andes of Columbia, sent to the Royal 
* Gardens and to Syon by Mr. Purdie, is the Andromeda brac- 
io teata figured and described by Cavanilles ; and we are glad 
to give a representation from the living plant of what we believe to 
auaust Ist, 1849. 
