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rachis short-villous, the branches more finely pubescent; bracts ciliolate, glabrous, at least in 
age; calyx 6-7 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid to ovate-deltoid, acute, puberulent, ciliolate, the 
hairs glandless; corolla pink (?), conic-urceolate, 6-7 mm. long, minutely pubescent with 
glandless hairs, the lobes recurved; filaments somewhat dilated, pubescent about the middle; 
capsules not seen. 
= a collected on Volcan de Pods, Costa Rica, March 31, 1907, H. Pittier 2051 (U. S. Nat. 
erb.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica, 
15. Gaultheria parvifolia Small, sp. nov. 
A much-branched shrub with minutely pubescent and somewhat hirsute twigs; leaf-blades 
oblong to ovate-oblong, 1-2.5 cm. long, thinnish, acute or acutish, serrulate, dull on both sides, 
reticulate beneath, sparingly pubescent, ciliate, rounded at the base, short-petioled; panicles 
2-3 cm. long, loosely flowered, the rachis minutely pubescent and sparingly hirsute, the 
branches similarly pubescent; calyx about 7 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid or ovate-deltoid, 
actiminate, glabrous or nearly so, except the ciliolate margins; corolla pink, ovoid-urceolate, 
6-7 mm. long, pubescent; filaments dilated below, copiously pubescent; capsules not seen. 
Type collected in Oaxaca, Mexico, H. Galeotti 1848 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DistRIBUTION: Oaxaca. 
16. Gaultheria glandulifera Small, sp. nov. 
A branching shrub with more or less short-hirsute twigs, the hairs gland-tipped; leaf- 
blades oblong, elliptic, or broadly ovate, 4—9 cm. long, very thick, each abruptly tipped with a 
large apical gland, serrate-crenate, sometimes obscurely so, often somewhat shining above, 
often with colored veins, usually sparingly pubescent about the veins, especially beneath, 
abruptly narrowed or rounded at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4-8 em. long, loosely 
flowered, the rachis finely pubescent with short crisped white hairs, the branches similarly 
pubescent; bracts relatively large, puberulent, at least when young, more or less glandular- 
ciliate; calyx 9-10 mm. wide, the lobes lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, finely 
pubescent and ciliolate, the hairs glandless; corolla pink (?), ovoid-urceolate, 6-7 mm. long, 
minutely pubescent with glandless hairs, the lobes spreading or recurved; filaments dilated 
below, pubescent throughout; capsules spheroidal, 2.5-3 mm. in diameter. 
Type collected on Volcan de Pods, Costa Rica, March, 1896, John Donnell Smith 6639 (herb. 
Columbia Univ.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica. 
17. Gaultheria lancifolia Small, sp. nov. 
A much-branched shrub, finely soft-pubescent with glandless or inconspicuously glandular 
hairs; leaf-blades lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate or individually ovate-lanceolate, 2~—8 cm. long, 
acutish or somewhat acuminate, gland-tipped, thickish, serrulate, dull on both sides, glabrous 
or sparingly fine-pubescent, mostly rounded at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4-8 cm. long, 
rather loosely flowered, the rachis finely glandular-pubescent with short spreading hairs, 
the branches similarly pubescent; calyx 8-9 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid to broadly ovate, 
acute or short-acuminate, somewhat puberulent and ciliolate; corolla ovoid-urceolate, 5-7 
mm. long, finely glandular-pubescent, the lobes recurved; filaments dilated below, sparingly 
pubescent about the middle; capsules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. in diameter. 
Type collected at Salto de Agua, Mexico, January, 1906, C. A. Purpus 1774 (berb. N. Y. Bot. 
Gard.) 
DistRIBUTION: Central Mexico. 
18. Gaultheria hirtiflora Benth. Pl. Hartw. 66. 1840. 
Gaultheria cordata Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 9!: 540, 1842, 
An erect or somewhat spreading shrub with brown-hirsute twigs: leaf-blades ovate, 
oblong-ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 3-9 cm. long, leathery, abruptly gland-tipped or 
short-acuminate, obscurely toothed, more or less reticulate in age, pubescent when young, 
