Gaultheria.~\ LXXXII. ERICACEAE. (C. B. Clarke.) 457 



* Small, procumbent, leaves less than f in. long, flowers axillary solitary. 



1. G-. nummularioides, Don Prodr. 150; stem prostrate hirsute, 

 leaves ovate from a rounded base, anther-cells shortly produced 2-horned at 

 the apex. Wall Cat. 1524 ; JKoyle III. 260, t. 63, fig. 2. G. repens, Slume 

 Bijd. 857 j DC. Prodr. vii. 593. G. Numinularise, DC. Prodr. vii. 592. Gaul- 

 theria sp., Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 518, fig. 2. Pernettya repens, ZoU. ; Mig. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. ii. 1054. 



Throughout the HIMALAYA; alt. 5-9000 ft.; and KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft. 

 frequent. DISTRIB. Java. 



Covering banks closely with its much-branched, densely leafy stems. Leaves ^ by 

 ^ in., acute, minutely petioled, subentire, glabrous above, setulose beneath and fre- 

 quently on the margin. Pedicels ,% in., densely clothed with coriaceous glabrous 

 ovate-oblong bracts in. long. Calyx-teeth ^ in., lanceolate. Corolla by in,, 

 wide, tubular, reddish or nearly white, lobes minute. Capsule % in. diam., succulent ; 

 calyx blue-black. 



2. G. trichophylla, Royle III. 260, t. 63, fig. 3 ; stems prostrate more or 

 less hirsute upwards, leaves oblong from a cuneate base, anther-cells not pro- 

 duced upwards, with a spreading spur below the pore. DC. Prodr. vii. 592. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA; alt. 10-13,000 ft.; from LAHUL, Jaeschke, to SLKXIM, 

 J. D. H. 



Stems wiry, much branched, 6-12 in. Leaves ^ by ^ in., subsessile, entire or ob- 

 scurely crenulate, glabrous on both surfaces, margins usually long-ciliate. Pedicels 

 ^ in., densely clothed by ovate bracts ^ in. long. Calyx-teeth i in., ovate-oblong. 

 Corolla i in. long and broad, wide campanulate, red or nearly white. Capsule i in. 

 diam. ; succulent calyx blue-black. 



** Erect shrubs, leaves large (except G. pyrolse folia) ,jloivers racemed. 



3. G. pyroleefolia, Hook. f. ms. ; glabrous or the pedicels minutely 

 pilose, leaves elliptic-obovate obtuse, anther-cells 2-horned at the apex. 



SIKKIM; alt. 13,000 ft.; Lachen, J. D. H.', Mon Lepcha and Jongri, J. D. H., 

 Clarke. 



Stems woody, suberect, 4-8 in. high. Leaves l by |-1 in., narrowed at the base, 

 crenate, glabrous or with few minute bristles. Bacemes 1| in., 2-5-flowered ; pedicels 

 - in., lowest much the longest; bracts \ in. elliptic; bracteoles in., lanceolate, 

 about the middle of the pedicel. Calyx-teeth very small, triangular. Corolla | by 

 in., ovoid. Fruit f in. diam. ; succulent calyx blue-black. 



4. G. frag-rantissima, Wall, in As. Research, xiii. 397, with Jig. 

 branches glabrous, leaves lanceolate to ovate not acuminate, racemes more or 

 less pubescent, bracteoles on the upper part of the pedicel, calyx-teeth ovate- 

 lanceolate subacute, DC. Prodr. vii. 593 ; Wall. Cat. 765 ; Wight Ic. 1. 1196; 

 ot. Mag. t. 5984; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. PI. xix. fig. 1. G. fragrans, Don 

 Prodr. 151. G. punctata, Blume Bijd. 856; DC. I.e. 593; Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soc. 1877, ii. 215 and For. Fl. ii. 92. G. ovalifolia, Wall. Cat. 1523. G. 

 Leschenaultii, DC. I. c. 593 ; Wight III. 1. 141, C. and Ic. t. 1195. Andromeda 

 flexuosa, Moon Cat. PL Ceyl. 35. A. katagherensis, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 246. 

 Leucothoe ? katagherensis, DC. I.e. 606. 



From NIPAL to BHOTAN ; alt. 6-8000 ft., frequent. KHASIA MTS. ; MTS. of . 

 BRITISH BIKMA, SOUTH INDIA and CEYLON, common. DISTRIB. Malay Ind. 



A stout shrub ; branches more or less trigonous. Leaves 3 by l-l in., shortly 

 acute or subobtuse, base rhomboid, crenate-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous or sparingly 

 hirsute from the punctations of the under surface ; petiole ^- in. Bacemes 1-3 in. ; 



