118 EIUCACEyE. 



The original description does not give any account about floral 

 pails, for the type specimen was collected after the flowers were over. The 

 flowers which I have described just now were obtained in April in Tan- 

 daisan by Mr. U. MORI. 



Ericaceae. 



Gaultheria Cumingiana VIDAL (PI. XIII.) Phanerog. Onming. p. 184, et 

 Eev. PI. Vascul. Filip. p. 170; HAY ATA in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XX. p. 72, et Fl. 

 Mont. Formos. p. 150. Fmtescens, ramulis gracilibus cinereo-rubesoentibus, tere- 

 tibus, longitudinaliter rugosis. Folia alterna, breve petiolata, ovato-acuminata, 

 maxima 7 cm. longa 3^ cm. lata, apice acuminata, basi rotundata VQ[ leviter 

 cordata vel truncata, chartaceo-coriacea, margine minute serrulata, ad apicem 

 serrularum crassiuscula, leviter desuper recurva, costis et venis supra leviter 

 subtus prominente elevatis, reticulate, utraque pagine glabra, subtus pallidiora, 

 petiolis 7 mm. longis, supra sulcatis. Racemi axillares solitarii, pauciflorati, 

 pedunculis 2 cm. longis, rhachin in longitudine sequantibus, pedicellis 5 mm. 

 longis, sub pedicellis singulis 1-bmcteatis, bracteis late rotundatis acutis 

 ciliatis 1 mm. longis, sub floris singulis 2-bracteolatis, bracteolis late rotmidatis 

 acutis, l mm. longis, ciliolatis. Calyx campanulato-semiglobosus, 3 mm. longus, 

 tubo 1J mm. longo, limbo 5-lobato, lobis imbricatis, rotundatis obtusis 2 mm. 

 longis, basi leviter contractis, margine ciliolatis. Corolla late tubulosa, 5^ 

 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, tubo 3 mm. lougo, limbo 5-lobato, lobis erectis, 2^ 

 mm. longis 2 mm. latis, oblongo-triangularibus apice obtusis imbricatis, basi 

 non contractis, utrinque glabris. Stamina 1,0, 3 mm. longa, basi corollas 

 breve adnata, filamentis glabris 1 mm. longis complanatis, medio dilatatis, ^ 

 mm. latis, antheris oblongis 1J mm. longis, -j ^ mm. latis, basi emarginatis apice 

 2-fidis, ad apicem in cornua 2 distincta 1 mm. longa productis, cornubus 

 erectis facie sulcatis apice 2-fidis, segmentis pateutibus. Glandulse annulares, 

 dentato-lobulatse ovario adnatse. Ovarium semi-superius, depresso-globosum 

 5-lobatum, stylo columnali, 4 mm. longo, apice truncate. Calyces fructiferi 

 accrescentes, fructus semi-ampkctantes. Fructus depresso-globosi, 5 mm. lati, 

 tenuiter breviterque pubescentes, leviter 5 lobati, seminibus numerosissimis 

 scobiformibus angularibus | mm. longis elegante minuteque reticulatis. 



