458 LXXXII. ERTCACE-as. (C. B. Clarke.) [Gaultheria. 



pedicels 0-| in. ; bracts in., and bractfoles in., ovate-lanceolate, the latter close 

 to the ovary or more distant in the lower longer pedicels. Calyx- teeth ^ in., usually 

 acute in fruit. Corolla | by in., widely tubular, nearly glabrous without, green, 

 green-yellow or whitish. Anther-cells each with 2 terminal bristles. Fruit i in.' 

 diam., brown hairy, surrounded by the deep-blue enlarged calyx. Dimorphic flowers 

 occur, with short stamens and anthers not produced upwards nor horned ; see Wight's 

 figures quoted above. 



VAR. racemosa, Hook. f. ; leaves lanceolate narrowed at both ends, racemes 

 numerous 45 in. flexuose. Sikkim, J. D. H. Leaves 4 by ^ in., racemes very 

 narrow, the uppermost pedicels |- in. with the bracteoles hardly above the middle. 



VAB. hirsuta, Gardner ms. (sp.) ; branches bristly, leaves elliptic obtuse or 

 rounded at both ends often bristly beneath. Ceylon, alt. 6-7000 ft. ; Gardner, 

 Thwaites, &c. 



5. Cr. Hookeri, Clarke ; branches hispid, leaves elliptic not acuminate, 

 racemes pubescent, bracts large, calyx-teeth ovate not acute. 



SIKKIM; alt. 8-11.000 ft., Lachen and Choocgtam, J. D. H. 



A shrub, 6 ft. Leaves 2 by 1 in., suddenly or shortly acute, base usually rounded, 

 serrate, punctate and usually bristly beneath ; petiole 0- in. Racemes 1-2 in. ; 

 pedicels i in. ; bracts often \ in., elliptic ; bracteoles ^ in., elliptic, usually about the 

 middle of the pedicel. Calyx nearly or quite glabrous. Corolla and fruit as in G. 

 fragrantissima (Hooker, however, denotes the flowers as "pink and white"). This 

 may be an alpine form of G. fragrantissima, analogous to var. hirsuta, of that species ; 

 but the bracteate racemes give it a different aspect. 



VAR. angustifolia ; leaves lanceolate 2j by | in. narrowed at both ends. Sikkim; 

 Yakla, alt. 9-10,000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 



G. Cr. G-riffithiana, Wight Ic. t. 1197; branches glabrous, leaves oblong 

 and elliptic caudate-acuminate closely serrulate, racemes pubescent, bracteoles 

 often remote from the ovary, calyx-teeth ovate-oblong not acute on the fruit. 



SIKKIM and BHOTAN ; alt. 6-9000 ft. KHASIA Mrs. ; alt. 5-6000 ft., Griffith, 

 J. D. H., &c. 



A stout shrub, branches round. Leaves 5 by 1 \ in., base rhomboid, coriaceous, 

 glabrous rarely sparsely hirsute from the punctations of the under surface ; petiole 

 5- in. Racemes 2-3 in. ; pedicels J in. ; bracts \~ in., ovate ; bracteoles ^ in., ovate, 

 often below the middle of the pedicels. Calyx-teeth usually obtuse, always less acute 

 than in G. fragrantissima. Corolla, stamens and fruit as in G. fragrantissima. 



2. DXFX.1TCOSIA, Slume. 



Anther-cells without apical horns. Otherwise as Gaultheria. DISTRIB. 

 Species 10, Malayan. 



The calyx is sometimes adnate more or less to the ovary ; and in J). semi-inftra 

 (provisionally attached to the genus here) is at least semi-adnate in the young 

 flower. 



1. 3>. xnicrophylla, Seccari Malesia, 212; leaves -f in. ovate sub- 

 entire, pedicels axillary solitary 1-flowered. Vaccinitim microphyllum, Slume 

 Bijd. 851. 



MALACCA; Griffith, Lobb; Mt. Ophir, Maingay. DISTRIB. Malay Ids., Borneo, 

 Philippines. 



Habit of Gaultheria nummularioides. Branches hirsute. Leaves obtuse, base 

 cuneate or round, coriaceous, sometimes 3-nerved, glabrous or sparsely hirsute 

 beneath ; petiole ^ in. Pedicels i- in., glabrous ; bracteoles connate under the 

 ovary. Calyx free, widely campanulate ; lobes wide-triangular, subobtuse. Corolla 

 i by i_| i n-) broadly tubular, red. Anther-cells produced upwards into tubes. Fruit 

 not seen. 



