280 ERICACEA. 
3. PERNETTYA. 
Pernettya, Gaud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 1, v. p. 102, et in Freyc. Voy. Bot. p. 454, t. 67; Benth. 
et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 582. 
About fifteen shrubby species, some of them quite dwarf. One of them inhabits the 
mountains of Tasmania and New Zealand, one Brazil, and the rest Western America, 
from Fuegia to Mexico. The Mexican representatives of the genus are either very 
closely allied species or varieties of one species. 
1. Pernettya ciliaris, Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 8837; DC. Prodr. vii. p. 587. 
Gaultheria ciliata, Cham. et Schl. in Linnea, v. p. 126, ex Klotzsch in Linnea, xxiv. p. 84. | 
MExico. 
_’ 2. Pernettya coriacea, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxiv. p. 85. 
Costa Rica (Warscewicz). Hb. Kew. 
3. Pernettya buxifolia, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 13); 
Walp. Rep. ii. p. 726. 
Sourn Mexico, Real del Monte, 8500 feet (Galeotti, 1856). Hb. Kew. 
| 4, Pernettya pilosa, Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 837; DC. Prodr, vii. p. 587. 
Arbutus pilosa, Grah. Bot. Mag. t. 3177. 
Gaultheria hirsuta, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix (reprint, p. 15); Walp. Rep. ii. p. 727. 
Norra Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 561); 
Sout Mexico, summit of Popocatepetl (Christy), peak of Orizaba, 9000 to 12,000 feet 
(Linden, 424; Galeotti, 1828), mountains of Oaxaca, 9000 to 10,000 feet (Galeottr, 
1817), valley of Mexico (Schaffner, 327); Guatema.a, Volcan de Fuego, at 12,000 feet 
(Godman & Salvin, 305). Hb. Kew. 
5. Pernettya setigera, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxiv. p. 85. 
Costa Rica, in the loftiest mountains (Warscewicz). 
6. Pernettya, sp. 
South Mexico, plateau of Mexico (Ghiesbreght). Hb. Kew. 
4, GAULTHERIA. 
Gaultheria, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 551; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 582. 
About ninety shrubby species, the greater part inhabiting America, chiefly the 
Andes of South America. Three occur in North America, one being eastern and two 
western; one has been found in Japan; about ten are indigenous to the mountains of 
India and the Malayan Archipelago, and about six to Eastern Australia and New 
Zealand. 
1. Gaultheria acuminata, Schl. et Cham. in Linnea, v. p. 126; DC. Prodr. 
vii. p. 596. | 
Sovuta Mexico, Cerro Colorado, San Salvador, and Malpays de Joya (Schiede & Deppe). 
