ERICACEA, 281 
2. Gaultheria glaucifolia, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Foliis glaberrimis glaucis brevissime petiolatis cordato-oblongis integerrimis. 
Frutez, ramis glaberrimis, graciliusculis, flexuosis, dense foliosis. Folia subdisticha, brevissime 
petiolata, coriacea, cordato-oblonga, 4-2 poll. longa, obtusa, integerrima, glaberrima, glauca, 
utrinque reticulata. Racemi pauciflori (4-6), axillares; pedicelli 5-7 lineas longi, bracteas 
superantes, infra medium 2-bracteolati; calyx fructifer glaber, segmentis ovatis, subacutis, 
cetera ignota.—G. nitida, Benth.? Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 316. 
Nortu Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2127). Hb. Kew. 
This was doubtfully referred by Seemann to G. nitida, Benth., from which, and all 
others that we have seen, it is so readily distinguished that we have ventured to describe 
it as a new species, though the material is very imperfect as regards flowers. 
3. Gaultheria hirtiflora, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 66; Walp. Rep. ii. p. 727. 
(Tab. LITT. B. figg. 4-6.) 
Gaultheria cordata, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 15). 
SoutH Mexico, mountains of Oaxaca at 6000 feet (Galeotti, 1814, 1831), mountains 
of Carmen (Hartweg, 484), Chiapas ( Ghiesbreght, 649). Hb. Kew. 
4, Gaultheria nitida, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 45. 
Gaultheria levigata, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 16); Walp. Rep. ii. p. 727. 
South Mexico, from the Banio (Hartweg, 344), Jalapa (Hahn), Cordillera of Vera 
Cruz, at 4000 feet (Galeotti, 1826), Orizaba (Botteri, 1099), at 6000 feet (Linden, 427), 
pine-forests of Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 392). Hb. Kew. 
5. Gaultheria odorata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 285; DC. Prodr. vii. 
p- 595, cum 6. mexicana. (Tab. LITI. a. figg. 1-3.) | 
SoutH Mexico, Chalco (Andrieur, 264); GuaTEeMALA, Quezaltenango (Hartweg, 541), 
near Coban (Tiirckheim), Volcan de Fuego, 12,000 feet (Godman & Salvin).—CoLomBIa ; 
VENEZUELA. Hb. Kew. 
6. Gaultheria ovata, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 596. | 
SoutH Mexico, between Tampico and Real del Monte (Berlandier, 327). 
7. Gaultheria trichocalycina, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 595. 
Souta Mexico, between Pueblo Viejo and Real del Monte (Berlandier), pine-forests, 
Bolafios (Hartweg, 340). Hb. Kew. 
5. ANDROMEDA. 
Andromeda, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 549; A. Gr. Synopt. Fl. N. Am. i. p. 30. 
Adopting Dr. Gray’s limitation of the genus, it comprises some thirty shrubby species, 
with few exceptions American. One has a wide range in the temperate and subarctic 
regions of the northern hemisphere. 
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