Tas. 6070, 
GAULTHERIA rstprpa. 
Native of Ecuador and New Grenada. 
Nat. Ord. Ericem.—Tribe ANDROMEDEZ, 
Genus Gauttnerta, Linn. ; (DC. Prod., vol. vii. p. 592). 
GavLTHERIA insipida ; ramulis petiolis foliisque subtus ad nervos sparse 
strigoso-pilosis, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis acuminatis integerrimis 
v. serrulatis ciliatis supra glabriusculis subtus nervosis, racemis hispi- 
dulis folio brevioribus, bracteis ovatis lanceolatisve pedicello brevioribus, 
corolla parva conica glabra, calycis tubo basi 5-lobo lobis triangularibus, 
antheris ecalcaratis, fructu albo insipido 5-lobo. 
GAULTHERIA insipida, Benth. Plant. Hartweg., 225; Walp. Rep., vol. vi. 
p. 415. 
G. petrea, Weddell Chlor. Andin., vol. ii. p. 172. 
A pretty little half-hardy shrub, of which the old leaves in 
autumn assume a most beautiful rich red-brown or claret colour 
on the upper surface, and which bears, at the same time, a 
profusion of pearl-like white fruits, each with five crimson 
spots on the crown, answering to the lobes of the baccate 
calyx, which are scarlet in flower. It is apparently a common 
plant in the Andes of Ecuador and New Grenada. It was 
discovered by Colonel Hall at 7000 feet elevation, near 
Camino Real in the valley of Loa. Professor Jameson next 
sent it from woods on Pilzhum and Pichincha, at elevations of 
9-10,000 feet. Goudot gathered it on the peak of Tolima, to 
the westward of Sta. Fe de Bogota, in New Grenada; 
Hartweg, near Quito ; and Weddell, in the province of Pasto. 
The above localities embrace a range of nearly 800 miles of 
the Andes. The fruit is described as eatable, but tasteless. 
I am indebted for the specimens here figured to Mr. Isaac _ 
Anderson Henry, F.L.S., who raised it from seeds sent by _ 
Professor Jameson upwards of ten years ago, and who has 
both flowered and fruited it. 
DECEMBER Ist, 18738. 
