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2. Gaultheria nitida Benth. PI. Hartw. 45. 1840. 



Oaultheria laevigata Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 9^: 541. 1842. 



Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, and Oaxaca ; t.vpe from El Banco, Hidalgo. 



Shrub or small tree, the branchlets glabrous or nearly so ; leaves oblong 

 to oblong-ovate, 3 to 11 cm. long, acute or acuminate, rounded at base, ser- 

 rulate, glabrate; racemes 4 to 8 cm. long; corolla pink, 7 to 8 mm. long. 



3. Gaultheria nelsonii Small, N. Amei". Fl. 29: fl. 1914. 

 Known only from the type locality, Totontepec, Oaxaca. 



Leaves oblong, 5 to 11 cm. long, short-acuminate, subcordate at base, ser- 

 rulate, glabrous ; racemes 5 to 8 cm. long ; corolla pink, 4.5 to 5.5 mm. long. 

 Probably only a form of G. nitida. 



4. Gaultheria glaucifolia Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 2: 281. 1881. 

 Type from the Sierra Madre of western Mexico. 



Branchlets glabrous ; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 2.5 to 5 cm. long, acute, 

 glabrous, rounded or subcordate at base ; racemes few-flowered. 



5. Gaultheria angustifolia T. S. Brandeg. Zoe 5: 251. 1908. 

 Type from Mount Ixtaccihuatl. 



Branches pubescent ; leaves 2 to 5 cm. long, 8 to 14 mm. wide, long-acumi- 

 nate, serrulate, glabrous; racemes 2 to 4 cm. long; corolla 6 to 7 mm. long, 



6. Gaultheria parvifolia Small, N. Amer. Fl. 29: 78. 1914. 

 Puebla and Oaxaca ; type from mountains of Oaxaca. 



Branches hirsute or glabrate; leaves oblong to oval-ovate, 2 to 6 cm. long, 

 acute or obtuse, rounded or subcordate at base, serrulate, slabrate; racemes 2 

 to 6 cm. long; corolla pink, 6 to 7 mm. long. 



7. Gaultheria trichocalycina DC. Prodr. 7: 595. 1839. 



Type collected between Pueblo Viejo, Veracruz, and Real del Monte, Hidalgo ; 

 reported from Jalisco. 



Branchlets glandular-pubescent ; leaves ovate, 1 to 3 cm. long, acute, deeply 

 cordate at base, serrulate; racemes 4 to 8 cm. long; corolla 6 to 7 mm. long, 



8. Gaultheria hidalgensis Loesener, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 552. 1894. 

 Gaultheria laiicifolia Small, N. Amer. Fl. 29: 78. 1014. 

 Gaultheria rosei Small, N. Amer, Fl. 29: 79. 1914. 



Tepic to Morelos and Chiapas ; type from Othamalacatle, Hidalgo ; speci- 

 mens from Chihuahua probably are conspecific. Guatemala. 



Small or lai-ge shrub, the branchlets pubescent, hirsute, or glabrate ; leaves 

 oblong to ovate or oval, 3 to 9 cm. long, acute or acuminate, serrulate, glabrous 

 or nearly so ; racemes 4 to 8 cm. long ; corolla pink, 5 to 7.5 mm. long ; fruit 4 to 

 6 mm. in diameter. "Arrayfin " (Seler). 



9. Gaultheria longipes Small, N. Amer. Fl. 29: 76. 1914. 



Type from Sierra de Tepoxtian, Morelos, altitude 2,250 meters. 



Slender shrub, the branchlets hirsute or glabrate ; leaves oblong or ovate^ 

 2 to 6 cm. long, acute, serrulate, glabrate ; racemes 4 to 6 cm. long ; pedicels 1 to 

 2 cm. long ; corolla pink, 6.5 to 7.5 mm, long ; capsule 3 to 4 mm. in diameter, 



10. Gaultheria odorata Willd. Ges. Naturf. Freund. Berlin Mag. Neu. Schrift, 

 3: 425. 1801. 



Gaultheria odorata mexicana DC. Prodr. 7: 595. 1839, 

 Gaultheria Imrtncf/iana Loesener, Bull. Herb, Boiss. II. 3: 217. 1903. 

 Puebla and Oaxaca ; imperfect specimens from Chihuahua may belong here. 

 Central America and northern South America ; type from Caracas, Venezuela, 



