in height of plant and size of leaf, specimens other than 
the type varying from over a meter (Schultes 517: a 
‘‘shrub to four feet’’) to as low as 2 dm. (Camp 2659 
Sheet II pars). Of greater interest, however, is the fact 
that this new species does not properly belong in the 
genus Gaultheria sensu stricto. 1 collected it myself on 
Cerro Zempoaltepetl in 1987. At that time, I thought 
it to be only a much reduced and possibly depauperate 
form of the plant later described as G. Conzattit Camp 
var. myorum Camp. It is now evident, however, that 
this is not the case; that my previous disposition of this 
material was an error; and that it should be separated 
from G. Conzattt var. myorum and be given specific rank. 
“This new species—Gaultheria Schultesu—has been 
placed in Gaultheria tentatively, until such time as the 
entire Gaultheria-Pernettya complex can be more care- 
fully studied. The inflorescence of G. Schultesii would 
relate it more closely to Pernettya than to Gaultheria. 
It has not been placed in the recently described hybrid 
genus X Gaulthettya because, from the material now 
available, it would appear not to be a casual and recent 
hybrid between species of the two genera but, rather, a 
genetically stabilized entity, having arisen as a segregate 
from some previous chance hybrid between species of 
these two genera. A number of South American species 
which have traditionally been placed in Gaultheria would 
seem to have much the same type of ancestral back- 
ground. The material of Gaultheria Schultesa which I 
collected on Cerro Zempoaltepetl in 1987 indicates that 
the fruit is typically gaultherioid and not intermediate 
as is often the case with many of these bigeneric hy- 
brids. *’ 
The fruits of Gaultheria Schultesui are used as food by 
the Chinantec and Mije Indians. The Mije name of the 
plant is tzznutpe; the Spanish, capulincillo del diablo. 
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