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5. Gaultheria domingensis Urban, Symb. Ant. 3: 329. 1902. 
A low or depressed much-branched shrub, with brown-hirsute twigs; leaf-blades ovate, 
varying to orbicular-ovate or somewhat reniform, leathery, 1,5-3.5 cm. long, abruptly gland- 
tipped, light-green on both sides, pubescent, especially along the veins, or glabrous above in 
age, becoming reticulate, rounded or subcordate at the base, short-petioled; panicles 1-5 em. 
long, the rachis coarsely pubescent, the branches minutely pubescent; bracts ciliate; calyx 
10-12 mm. wide, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, ciliolate; corolla reddish, urceolate, 7-8 mm. 
long, pubescent, the lobes slightly recurved; filaments pubescent; fruits about 4 mm. in 
diameter. 
TYPE Locality: Haiti. 
DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola. 
6. Gaultheria angustifolia Brand. Zoe 5: 251. 1908. 
A much-branched slightly viscid shrub, with pubescent twigs; leaf-blades narrowly 
lanceolate to linear-elliptic, 2-5 cm. long, leathery, slightly acuminate, glandular at the tip, 
bristly-serrulate, deep-green above, slightly paler beneath, reticulate, narrowed at the base, 
short-petioled; panicles 2-4 cm. jong, the rachis and branches glandular-hirsute; bracts cilio- 
late; calyx 6-7 mm. wide, the lobes lanceolate, pubescent, acuminate; corolla urceolate, 6-7 
mun. long, pubescent without, the lobes recurved; filaments pubescent; fruits not seen. 
TYPE Locaity: Slopes of Ixtaccihuatl, Mexico. 
DIstRiBuTION: Known only from the type locality. 
7. Gaultheria acuminata Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 126. 1830. 
A branching shrub, with glabrous or sparingly pubescent twigs; leaf-blades oblong, oval, 
or ovate, 4-11 cm. long, short-acuminate, reticulate in age, leathery, bright-green above, 
slightly paler beneath, glabrous, at least at maturity, obscurely serrulate, abruptly narrowed 
or rounded at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4-11 cm. long, the rachis and branches finely 
pubescent; bracts pubescent, but scarcely ciliolate; calyx 5-6 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid, 
minutely pubescent, acute; corolla urceolate, 7-8 mm. long, sparingly pubescent without, the 
‘ lobes ovate, recurved; filaments{glabrous) fruits not seen. “at PET ae 
Typz Locality: Serro Colorado, near Jalapa, Vera Cruz: 
DISTRIBUTION: Vera Cruz. 
8. Gaultheria longipes Small, sp. nov. 
A shrub with slender branches and rather sparingly short-hirsute twigs; leaf-blades ovate, 
oblong-ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-6 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, bristly-serrulate, 
bright-green above, pale-green beneath, glabrous at maturity, or with scattered hairs on the 
veins, finely reticulate in age, rounded or subcordate at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4-6 
em. long, lax, the rachis minutely pubescent and with longer gland-tipped hairs, the long 
(1-2 cm.) branches similarly pubescent; bracts ciliolate, and glandular-pubescent on the back; 
calyx 5-6 mm. wide, the lobes ovate, acute, finely pubescent and with scattered longer gland- 
tipped hairs; corolla pinkish, urceolate, 6.5—7.5 mm. long, minutely pubescent, the lobes slightly 
recurved; filaments pubescent: capsules 3-4 mm. in diameter. 
Type collected on cool ledges, Sierra de Tepoxtlan, Morelos, Mexico, September 5, 1900, 
Pringle 8441 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
9. Gaultheria nitida Benth. Pl. Hartw. 45. 1840. 
Gaultheria laevigata Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 91; 541, 1842, 
An erect branching shrub with glabrous or nearly glabrous twigs; leaf-blades oblong to 
ovate-oblong, or sometimes slightly broadest above the middle, 3-11 cm. long, obtuse or acute, 
obscurely toothed, bright-green, somewhat shining above, glabrous or nearly so, rounded 
at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4~8 cm. long, the rachis puberulent; bracts ciliolate; calyx 
4-6 mm. wide, the lobes ovate or triangular-ovate, acuminate, glabrous, except the ciliolate 
lobes; corolla pinkish, urceolate, 7-8 mm. long, minutely pubescent, the lobes slightly recurved; 
filaments pubescent; capsules 3-4 mm. in diameter. 
Typz Locality: El Banco, Hidalgo. 
DISTRIBUTION: Mexico. 
