118 ERICACEJE. 
'he original description does not give any account about floral 
parts, for the type specimen was collected after the flowers were over.  'l'he 
flowers whieh I have described just now were obtained in April in Tan- 
daisan by Mr. U. Monr. 
Ericacese. 
Gaultheria Cumingiana Virar (Pl. XIII.) Phanerog. Cuming. p. 184, et 
tev. Pl. Vascul. Filip. p. 170; Haxvara in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XX. p. 72, et FI. 
Mont. Formos. p. 150. Frutescens, ramulis gracilibus cinereo-rubescentibus, tere- 
tibus, longitudinaliter rugosis. Folia alterna, breve petiolata, ovato-acuminata, 
maxima 7 em.longa 91 em.lata, apice acuminata, basi rotundata vel leviter 
eordata vel truncata, chartaceo-coriacea, margine minute sermulata, ad apicem 
serrularum crassiuscula, leviter desuper recurva, costis et venis supra leviter 
subtus prominente elevatis, reticulata, utraque pagine glabra, subtus pallidiora, 
petiolis 7 mm. longis, supra suleatis. — Racemi axillares solitarii, pauciflorati, 
pedunculis 2 em. longis, rhachin in longitudine :zequantibus, pedicellis 5 mm. 
longis, sub pedicellis singulis 1-bracteatis, bracteis late rotundatis acutis 
ciliatis 1 mm. longis, sub floris singulis 2-bracteolatis, bracteolis late rotundatis 
acutis, 11 mm. longis, ciliolatis. Calyx campanulato-semiglobosus, 5 mm. longus, 
tubo 14 mm. longo, limbo 5-lobato, lobis imbricatis, rotundatis obtusis 21 mm. 
longis, basi leviter contractis, margine ciliolatis. — Corolla late tubulosa, 5j 
mm. longa, 9 mm.lata, tubo 3i mm.longo, limbo 5-lobato, lobis erectis, 23 
mm. longis 2 mm. latis, oblongo-triangularibus apice obtusis imbricatis, basi 
non contractis, utrinque glabris. Stamina 10, 31i mm.longa, basi coroli 
breve adnata, filamentis glabris 1mm. longis complanatis, medio dilatatis, ! 
mm.latis, antheris oblongis 13 mm. longis, 3 mm.latis, basi emarginatis apice 
2-fidis, ad apicem in cornua 2 distincta 1 mm.longa productis, cornubus 
ereetis facie suleatis apice 2-fidis, sezxmentis patentibus. Glandul» annulares, 
dentato-lobulat: ovario adnatz. Ovarium semi-superius, depresso-globosum 
5-lobatum, stylo eolumnali, 4 mm.longo, apice truncato.  Calyees fruetiferi 
aecrescentes, fructus semi-ampleetantes. Fructus depresso-globosi, 9 mm. lati, 
tenuiter breviterque pubescentes, leviter 5 lobati, seminibus mnumerosissimis 
seobiformibus angularibus 3 mm. longis elegante minuteque reticulatis. 
