118 ERICACEAE. 



The original description does not give any account about floral 



parts, for the type specimen was collected after the flowers were over. The 



flowers which I have described just now were obtained in April in Tan- 

 daisan by Mr. II. Mom. 



Ericaceae. 



Gaultheria Cumingiana VIDAL (PI. XIII.) Phanerog. Cuming. p. 184, et 

 Piev. PI. Yascul. Filip. p. 170 ; HAYATA in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XX. p. 72, et Fl. 

 Mont. Pormos. p. 150. Fratescens, ramulis gracilibus cinereo-rubescentibus, tere- 

 tibus, lougitudinaliter rugosis. FoHa alterna, breve petiolata, ovato-acuminata, 

 maxima 7 cm. longa 34- cm. lata, apice acuminata, basi rotundata vel leviter 

 cordata vel truncata, chartaceo-coriacea, margine minute sen-ulata, ad apicem 

 serrularum crassiuscula, leviter desuper recurva, costis et venis supra leviter 

 subtus promineiite elevatis, reticulata, utraque pagine glabra, subtus pallidiora, 

 petiolis 7 mm. longis, supra sulcatis. Racemi axillares solitarii, pauciflorati, 

 pedunculis 2 cm. longis, rhachin in longitudiue requantibus, pedicellis 5 mm. 

 longis, sub pedicellis singulis l-bractea,tis, bracteis late rotundatis acutis 

 ciliatis 1 mm. longis, sub floris singulis 2-bracteolatis, bracteolis late rotundatis 

 acutis, li mm. longis, ciliolatis. Calyx campanulato-semiglobosus, 3 mm. longus, 

 tubo 1| mm. longo, limbo 5-lobato, lobis imbricatis, rotundatis obtusis 2 mm. 

 lougis, basi leviter contractis, margine ciliolatis. Corolla late tubulosa, 5| 

 mm. louga, 3 mm. lata, tubo 3 mm. longo, limbo 5-lobato, lobis erectis, 2^ 

 mm. longis 2 mm. latis, oblougo-triangularibus apice obtusis imbricatis, basi 

 non contractis, uti'inque glabris. Stamina 10, 3^ mm. longa, basi corollse 

 breve adnata, filamentis glabris 1 mm. longis romplanatis, medio dilatatis, 4 

 mm. latis, antheris oblongis li mm. longis, J mm. latis, basi emarginatis apice 

 2-fidis, ad apicem in cornua 2 distincta 1 mm. longa productis, cornubus 

 erectis facie sulcatis apice 2-fidis, segmentis patentibus. Glaiidulse annulares, 

 dentato-lobulatse ovario adnat&e. Ovarium semi-superius, depresso-globosum 

 5-lobatum, stylo columnali, 4 mm. longo, apice truncato. Calj'ces finctiferi 

 accrescentes, fructus semi-amplectantes. Fructus depresso-globosi, 5 mm. lati, 

 tenuiter breviterque pubescentes, leviter 5 lobati, serniiiibus iiumerosissimis 

 scobiformibus angularibus | mm. longis elegaute minuteque reticulatis. 



