ERICACEAE. 



1056 CLKTHRA. 



2. Gaultheria Ieucocarpa bl. /. c. Zoll. Cat. I. c. Glabra, fruti- 



culosa, folia c basi leviter cordata vel rotundata ovata vel ovato- 

 oblonga acuminata, uncinate subobtuse serrata, subtus costulato-reti- 

 culata, costulis 1 — 2 utrinque, ima e basi, 3^ — 2 poll. longa;pani- 

 culae erectae vel nutantes axillares racemosae laxiflorae vel raceini 

 simplices folio breviores, pedicellisarcuatis, bracteisque, bracteolis im- 

 mediate sub calyce sitis calyceque ciliolatis, flores albidi, ovarium hir- 

 sutum; fructus nigri. — Java, op denldjeng, op de rotsen der beek- 

 jes 4000' (zoll. 2841), Salak 7000'. — Tjantigi bodas sund. 



3. Gaultheria bandongensiS zoll. Cal. p. 138 mss. Characteres 

 fere G. leucocarpae, sed folia e basi rotundata ovato-oblonga modice 

 attenuato-acuminata,ineurvo-serrulata, eoriacea, costulis tenerioribus 

 utrinque 3 — 4; racemi simplices vel compositi axillares erecti hirsu- 

 tuli, bracteis hirsutulis, tl. adhuc virginei. — Java, in Bandong 

 (zoll. n. 2841). 



4. Gaultheria trichophylla royl. ap. DC. Prodr.VïL 2,^.592. 



Humilis, fruticulosa, ramulis purpureis dense hirtis, folia brevissime 

 petiolata, densa, ovata vel subrotunda acuta mucronulata, obsolete 

 serrulata ciliata, subtus parce hispida, 4 — 6 Hu. longa; pedunculi 

 axillares brevissimi bracteati, bracteis 3 supremis majoribus, corolla 

 albida vel albido-rosea, ovarium glabrum. Ilassk. Retzia I. p. 108. 

 Eere eadem videtur ac Pernettya repens, sed fructus capsularis, quare 

 illam potius hujus generis crederem. — Java, op den G. Praoe. 



IV. CLETHRA linn. Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla profunde 5- 

 partita, fere &-petala. Stam i na 10, filamentis subulatis, anthe- 

 ris posticis demum inflexo-pendulis et obversis, basi cordatis apice 

 mucronatis muticis, loculis poro basi dehiscentibus, demum inversis 

 poro pseudo-terminali. Stylus rectus, stigmate trifido. Capsula 

 calyce cincta, trilocularis, lolulicido-trivalvis, polysperma. Semina 

 ovata. — Trutices vel arbores, majorem partem novi orbis, ü racemosis. 



1. Clethra canescens reinw. in BL Bijdr. p. 862. Eamuli pe- 

 tioli folia subtus racemi et calyces subfasciculato-leproso-tomentosa, 

 folia brevi-petiolata e basi acuta anguste obverse oblonga acuta, prae- 

 sertim superne minute serrulata, eoriacea, subtus dense valideque 



