ERICACEAE. — GAULTHERIA 555 



lata, acutiuscula, mucronata, basi cuneata, 1.5-3 cm. longa et 6-10 mm. 

 lata, crenato-serrata, glabra, supra nitentia, subtus pallidiora paleolis 

 minutis parte conspersa. Racemi puberuli; ovarium sericeo-villo- 

 sulum. Fructus maturesceus coeruleus, demum albus; capsula extus 

 sericeo-villosa. Ceterum ut in typo. 



Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, wood- 

 lands, on most rocks, alt. 2000-2600 m., July and September 1908 

 (No. 920, type; shrub 30-45 cm. tall, flowers white, fruit snow-white); 

 Wa-shan, wet rocks, alt. 2000-2800 m., July and September 1908 (No. 

 920^; shrub 15-45 cm. tall, flowers white, fruit snow-white); Mupin, 

 humus-clad rocks, alt. 2300 m., October 1910 (No. 920^; 15-30 cm. 

 tall, fruit white). 



This variety ia quite common on humus-clad rocks in moist woods in western 

 Szech'uan. The fruit at first blue becomes snow-white at maturity and is most 

 attractive. From the type it differs chiefly in its narrower cuneate and acutish 

 leaves, in the more pubescent branchlets and in the villose ovary and capsule. 



Gaultheria nummularioldes D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 150 (1825). — 

 WalHch, Cat. No. 1524 (1828). — Royle, III. 260, t. 63, fig. 2 (1839). — 

 Clarke in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 457 (1882). — Franchet in Nouv. 

 Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, X. 44 (PL David. II. 82) (1887). 



Gaultheria repens Blume, Bijd. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 857 (1826). 

 Gaultheria Nummulariae De Candolle, Prodr. VII. 592 (1839). 

 Gaultheria Griffith, Icon. PL As. t. 518, fig. 2 (1854). 

 Pernettya repens Zollinger, Cat. No. 138 (1854). 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-shan, woodlands, alt. 2300-2600 m., 

 September 1908 (No. 924; prostrate over rocks, fruit blue-black); 

 south-east of Tachien-lu, alt. 2600-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4124; 

 creeping shrub, fruits black); without precise locality, alt. 2500 m., 

 July 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3911). 



This species is rather common in moist shady places growing on humus-clad 

 rocks, old tree trunks and mossy banks, 



Gaultheria nummularioides, var. elliptica Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 



Fruticulus prostratus ramis saepe adscendentibus. Folia elliptica 

 V. ovato-elliptica, acuta mucronataque, basi late cuneata, 8-10 mm. 

 longa et 3.5-5.5 mm. lata, nervis supra impressis et venulis leviter 

 impressis. Ceterum ut in typo. 



Western Szech'uan: Hung-ya Hsien, near Wa-wu-shan, on 

 moist rocks, alt. 1000 m., September 8, 1908 (No. 2708). 



