140 Lxvi. ERicACE^. IWUlsteiida. 



about 1 in. long or rather more. Flowers yellowisli-greeu or reddish, pen- 

 d ulous, solitaiy in the axils on glabrous peduncles of 2 to 3 lines. Bracts 

 2 or 3, scattered, small and narrow. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, obtuse, nearly 

 H lines long, slightly imbricate in the bud. Corolla about 4 lines long. 

 Stamens falling off with the corolla, but almost free from it ; iilaments as 

 long as the corolla-tube ; anthers ovate. Ovary 2-celled in the flowers I 

 examined, 3 -celled in those analysed by F. Mueller. Style rather thick, 

 with a thick peltate stigma. Berry globular, greenish yellow or reddish. 

 Seeds orbicular. 



Victoria. Crevices of rocka and rocky summits of the Baw-Baw mountains, more 



^^ ,^' '?, ^''^^^ ^^°Se and sources of the Yarra, at an elevatioa of 3500 to 5000 ft., 

 r. Mueller. 



Tribe 2. Ahbute^. Ovary superior. Fruit succulent, indehiscent. 



2. PERNETTYA, Gaudich. 



Calyx free, deeply divided into 5 segments. Corolla urceolate or carn- 

 panulate ; lobes 5, short, spreading, imbricate in the bud. Stamens 10, 

 hypogynous, included in the corolla-tube; anther-cells opening in a large 

 termmal or oblique foramen, each with 2 erect awns (4 to the anther) or 

 rarely without any. Ovary 5 -celled, with several ovules in each cell ; stjle 

 inserted in a central depression ; stigma capitate or peltate. Fruit a globular 

 indehiscent berry. Seeds small, embryo cylindrical in the centre of the al- 

 bumen.— Low creeping or bushy shrubs. 'Leaves small, penniveined, entire 

 or toothed. Flowers axillary, solitary. 



The genus extends over the Andes of America from Mexico to Cape Horn, and thence to 

 the Antarctic Islands and New Zealand, the only Australian species being endemic in Tas- 

 mania As a genus, Pernett^a differs slightly from the noiihern Arhdus, in the anthers 

 with the awns when present 2 to each cell and erect as in GauUheria, not solitaiy and re- 

 fleied as m Arbutus, and m the smooth not granular ovary and fruit. 



■ o ; ^' "^^s^^^^icaj HooJc.f. in Hool: Lond. Joum. vi. 268 ; FL Tasn. 

 1. ^42^ ^. /3B. A small creeping shrub, the branches ascending to very 

 few inches usually glabrous. Leaves very shortly petiolate, oblong-elliptieal 

 or almost anceolate, rather obtuse, coriaceous, entire or obscurely toothed, 2 

 to 3 hues long. Flowers solitary in the upper axils, on pedicels of 1 to 2 

 lines, with several bracts at the base or below the middle. Calyx-segments 

 ovate, about 1 line long. Corolla urceolate-campanulate, nearly 2 lines long. 

 J'llaments ddated at the base; anther-cells without awns, the foramen ex- 

 tenduig nearly down to the base. Hypogynous disk short, undulate. Berry 

 yellow red or cream-coloured, pulpy, 3 to 4 lines diameter. 



cush^nr /■ n ■ n I the raountams, especially on a granite soil, forming large green 



more creei^nf h ("•! fr- -^^f '^'''''' '^' ^^P'^'^* °f ^- emi>etrifo!laG^u^.A., hut wf » 

 more creepmg habit, this is at once distinguished by the absence of any awus to the anthers. 



locubcidaU ^ Andro^ede.^. Ovary superior. Fruit a capsule, opening 



3. GAULTHERIA, Linn. 

 , Calyx free, deeply divided into 5 segments, enlarged under or round tbe 



