512 J. J. SMITH. ERICACEAE. 



Gaultheria L. 



Gaaitheria novaguineensis J. J. S. in Medcdeel. Herb. Leid. n. 25 (1915), 6. 



Tab. CCVI. 

 Frutex beiie ramosus, ramulis angiilatis, deinde teretibus, subglabris. Folia parva, alterna, 

 brcvissime pctiolata, ovata vcl interduni subclliptica, apice angustata et anguste obtuse calloso- 

 producta, basi rotundata vel obtusa, margine in sicco recurva, crenato-serrata, dentibus incurve 

 subulato-apiculatis, glabra, interdum subtus parce adpresse coiiico-muriculata, plerumque 4 — 5- 

 plinervia, ceterum nervis lateralibus brcvioribus patentibus c. i — 2 utrinque, nervis basilaribus 

 plus minusve adscendentibus, nervis omnibus intra marginem anastomosantibus in foliis adultis 

 supra insculptis subtus prominentibus, coriacea, c. i.i — 2.1 cm. longa, 0.5 — 1.3 cm. lata; petiolus 

 semiteres, glaber, c. o.i — 0.3 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae terminales, racemosae, simplices, laxius 

 multiflorae, c. 3.5 — 7 cm. longae, rachide angulata, superne pubescenti. Bracteae superiores 

 orbiculari-ovatae, apiculatae, escrratae, valde concavae, ciliatac, c. 0.17 cm. longae, inferiores 

 sensim in folia caulina vcrgentia. Flores parvi, nutantes, pedicellati, inferiores in a.xilla foliorum 

 siti, pedicello curvato, parce puberulo, c. 0.3 — 0.6 cm. longo, sub toro articulato, apice brac- 

 teolis 2 persistentibus oppositis adpressis late ovato-suborbicularibus obtusis concavis ciliolatis 

 dorso subcarinatis c. 0. 17 cm. longis 0.2 cm. latis donato. Torus concavus, basi rotundatus, 

 glaber, vix transverse rugulosus. Calyx corollae adpressus, 5-partibus, cum toro c. 0.35 cm. 

 altus et diani., laciniis late triangulo-ovatis, acutis vel subobtusis, concavis, dorso convexis, 

 ciliatis, ceterum glabris, c. 0.16 — 0.175 <^n^- longis, 0.13 — 0.2 cm. latis. Corolla urceolata, 5-loba, 

 utrinque glabra, c. 0.56 cm. longa, 0.33 — 0.34 cm. diam., lobis recurvis, triangulis, obtusis, 

 convexis, c. 0.12 cm. longis, 0.15 — 0.17 cm. latis, petalis plerumque 3-nervis, nervis exterioribus 

 haud ad basin productis. Stamina 10, c. 0.325 cm. longa; filamentum curvulum, latius lineare, 

 inferne dilatatum, antice concavulum, dorso convexum, papillosum, c. 0.2 cm. longum ; anthera 

 supra basin dorsifixa, oblongo-ovata, usque ad ' ., supra basin totius longitudinis bipartita, basi 

 obtusissima et vix retusa, dorso mutica, inferne minutissime papillosa, c. 0.125 cm. longa, thecis 

 sulco separatis, superne paulum attenuatis, inferne sulco laterali instructis, tubulis erectis, con- 

 tiguis, poro obliquo introrso hiantibus, pariete postico aristis 2 erectis leviter recurvis diver- 

 gentibus apiculatis. Pistillum c. 0.45 cm. longum ; ovarium paulum depressum, 5-lobum, sub- 

 decemangulatum, subtruncatum, medio alte et anguste excavatum, irregulariter tuberculatum, 

 glabrum, c. 0.16 cm. altum, 0.175 cm. diam., 5-loculare, loculis ^ovulatis ; stylus in excavationem 

 ovarii insertus, teres, glaber, stigmate capitato, c. 0.38 cm. longus. Discus ovario adnatus, 

 annularis, obtuse lo-lobus, lobis 3-lobulatis, glaber, carnosulus, ovario dimidium brevior. Capsula 

 depresse globosa, 5-loba, laciniis calycis incurvis inclusa, c. 0.4 cm., cum calyce (macerata) 

 0.65—0.7 cm. diam., loculicide in valvas 5 dehiscens. 



Niederl.-Neu-Guinea: Gipfel des Wichmann-Gebirges in 3000 m. u. d. M., an sumpfigen Stellen. 

 (A. PuLLE n. 990 (Typus), bl. iiml fr. im Februar 1913). Oranje-Gebirge bei Waterval-Biwak 

 in 3400 — 3500 m. ù. d. M. (.\. Pui.le n. 247S, leg. G. M. Verstef.g, bl. und fr. im Februar 1913). 



Die von Neu-(iuinea beschriebenen Gaiiltheria-Artcn sind : 



Gaultheria mandata F. v. Muell. in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. I (18S9), 21. (Records of observations on 



Sir William Mac Gregor's highland-plants from New Guinea). 

 Gaultheria leucocarpa Bl. vai. papuana Recc. Malesia I (1877), 213. 

 Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall. var. papuana J. J. S. in Nova Guinea XII (1914), 143. 



