408 ERICACER. [Gaultheria.. 
Nort Isnanp: Abundant from Matamata, in the Upper Thames Valley, 
to Rotorua, the Upper Waikato, and Taupo, Capt. G. Mair! Kirk! Petrie! 
T. F. C.; cliffs between Hawke’s Bay and Taupo, Colenso ; Hast Cape, between 
Whangaparaoa and Hicks Bay, Bishop Williams! near Wanganui, H. C. 
Field! 500-3500 ft. November—January. 
A very handsome plant, easily recognised by the large opposite leaves, 
which are sessile and cordate at the base, and by the usually panicled racemes. 
2, PERNETTYA, Gaud. 
Glabrous or hispid rigid shrubs, usually of small size. Leaves 
small, alternate, shortly petiolate, penniveined, serrate. Flowers 
small, axillary and solitary or racemose. Calyx 5-partite, not en- 
larged and succulent in fruit. Corolla urceolate or almost globose, 
shortly 5-lobed ; lobes recurved. Stamens 10, included within the 
corolla-tube ; filaments dilated at the base; anthers 2-celled, dehis- 
cing by a large terminal pore, cells each with 2 erect awns. 
Ovary 5-lobed and 5-celled; ovules several in each cell; style 
cylindrical; stigma simple. Berry globose, 5-celled. Seeds nu- 
merous, minute, compressed. 
A genus comprising about 15 species, all American except the one described 
below and a closely allied one from the mountains of Tasmania. 
Pernettya macrostigma, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi. (1889) 92, is shown by 
the type specimens in Mr. Colenso’s herbarium to be Gaultheria antipoda var. 
microphylla. In like manner, P. polyphylla, Col. l.c. xxxi. (1899) 274, is iden- 
tical with Pentachondra pumila. 
1. P. nana, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxiii. (1891) 389.—A 
small creeping densely matted little shrub; branches short, ascend- 
ing, 4-3 in. high, rarely more, minutely puberulous towards the tips. 
Leaves very shortly petiolate, 4+in. long, oblong-lanceolate to 
oblong, acute or subacute, very thick and coriaceous, glabrous or 
very minutely puberulous, entire or with 2-3 indistinct teeth on 
each side. Flowers 2-4 near the tips of the branches, solitary, 
axillary, about 4 in. long; peduncles short, 2-3-bracteolate. Calyx- 
lobes ovate-triangular, acute, ciliolate. Corolla broadly urceolate. 
Stamens reaching above the base of the corolla-lobes; filaments. 
4 or 5 times as long as the anthers, gradually dilated downwards. 
Anthers oblong, each cell tipped with 2 short bristles. Style 
cylindrical, equalling the stamens in length; stigma minutely 
5-toothed. Berry globose-depressed, seated in the persistent calyx, 
which is sometimes slightly enlarged and fleshy.—P. tasmaniea, 
Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 176, but not of Fl. Tasm. i. 242, t. 73, B. 
P. tasmanica var. neo-zealandica, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. 
(1895) 351. 
SourH Isnanp: Canterbury—By the Porter River and in other places in 
the Broken River basin, Hnys! Kirk! T. F. C.; Southern Alps, J. F. 
Armstrong! Mount Cook district, Swter! 7. F. C.; Hopkins River, Haast. 
Otago—Hector Mountains and Mount Bonpland, Petrie ! 2000-5000 ft. 
December—February. 
