Ericaceae 



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sessilis (Miq.) F. Maekawa Abura-tsutsuji. Much- 



branched erect shrub 1-3 m. high; leaves obovate or elliptic, 

 2-3 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, acute, acuminate at base, serru- 

 late, white-pilose on midrib on upper side, loosely brownish 

 pilose beneath, the petioles 1-3 mm. long, short-pilose; racemes 

 pendulous, 5- to lO-flowered, the axis 2-3 cm. long, with short 

 spreading white pubescence, the bracts minute, the pedicels 

 slender, 1-2.5 cm. long, glabrous except at base; calyx-lobes 

 ovate, about 2 mm. long, acuminate, short-awned, white-cilio- 

 late; corolla white, urceolate, about 5 mm. long; capsules gla- 

 brous, ellipsoidal, about 4 mm. long, pendulous; styles 3-3.5 

 mm. long; seeds narrowly oblong, about 3 mm. long, not 



winged. May-July. Mountains; Honshu (centr. and n. 



distr.). 



3. Enkianthus nudipes (Honda) Ohwi. Meisteria 



ntidlpes Honda; Tritomodon nudipes (Honda) Honda 



Ko-ABURA-TSUTsuji. Closely allied to the preceding; leaves 

 elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 2-3 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, acute, 

 acuminate to long-acuminate at base, minutely serrate, gla- 

 brous on upper side, except short white-hairy on the midrib 

 when young, pale brown appressed-pubescent beneath, the 

 petioles 1-2 mm. long, glabrescent; racemes glabrous, pendu- 

 lous, 5- to 10-flowered; calyx-lobes very acute; capsules globose- 

 ellipsoidal, 3.5 mm. long; styles 2.5-3 mm. long. July. 



Mountains; Honshu (Mikawa and Mino Prov., westw. to s. 

 Kinki). 



4. Enkianthus campanulatus (Miq.) Nichols. An- 

 dromeda campanulata Miq.; Meisteria campantclata (Miq.) 



Nakai; Tritomodon campamdatus (Miq.) F. Maekawa 



SARi\sA-DODAN, FuRiN-TsuTsuji. Deciduous shrub 4-5 m. 



high; leaves obovate-elliptic or obovate, 3-7 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 

 cm. wide, subacute, serrulate, loosely pilose to glabrous on 

 upper side, sparsely tufted brown-hairy on the nerve axils 

 beneath, the petioles 5-12 mm. long; racemes 5- to 15-flowered, 

 pendulous, with scatered pale brown crisp hairs, the pedicels 

 1-2 cm. long; calyx-lobes broadly lanceolate, acuminate, about 

 3 mm. long; corolla campanulate, 8-12 mm. long, pale yellow 

 with dark red striations, the limb shallowly 5-toothed on upper 

 quarter; style included, 5-6 mm. long; capsules elliptic, 5-7 



mm. long. June. Mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu (Kinki 



Distr. and eastw.). Forma albiflorus (Makino) Makino. 



E. campamdatus var. albiflorus Makino; Meisteria campanu- 

 lata var. albiflora (Makino) Nakai; Tritomodon campanu- 

 latus forma albiflorus (Makino) Hara Shirobana-furin- 



TsuTsujr. Flowers white. 



Var. longilobus (Nakai) Makino. E. longilobus (Nakai) 



Ohwi; Meisteria longiloba 'Nakai; Tritomodon longilobus (Na- 

 kai) Honda Tsukushi-dodan. Leaves elliptic to broadly 



so; corolla 5-toothed on upper 1/3 to 1/2; styles 4-5 mm. long. 

 Mountains; Kyushu. 



Var. palibinii (Craib) Bean. E. rubicundus Matsum. & 

 Nakai; E. feirugineus Craib; E. palibinii Craib; Meisteria 

 rubicunda (Matsum. & Nakai) Nakai; E. campanulatus var. 



rubicundus (Matsum. & Nakai) Makino Beni-sarasa-d6- 



DAN. Leaves obovate to broadly so or oblong; corolla 5- 

 toothed on upper 1/3; styles 3-4 mm. long; capsules about 4 



mm. long. June-July. Mountains; Honshu (n. Kanto and 



Echigo). 



Var. sikokianus Palib. E. siko\ianus (Palib.) Ohwi; 

 Meisteria sikpkjana (Palib.) Nakai; Tritomodon si\okianus 



(Palib.) Honda Kainan-sarasa-dodan. Leaves obovate 



to broadly so; calyx-lobes narrowly ovate; corolla broadly 

 campanulate, rose-colored, 5-toothed; styles slightly exserted, 



4-5 mm. long. May-June. Honshu (s. Kinki Distr.), Shi- 



koku. 



5. Enkianthus cemuus (Sieb. & Zucc.) Makino. Meis- 

 teria cernua Sieb. & Zucc; Tritomodon japonicus Turcz.; E. 

 meisteria Maxim.; Andromeda cernua (Sieb. & Zucc.) Miq.; 

 E. nipponicus Palib.; Tritomodon cemuus (Sieb. & Zucc.) 



Honda Shiro-dodan. Much-branched deciduous shrub; 



leaves obovate, 2-5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, subacute, acute 

 to acuminate at base, serrulate, pilose on upper side, brown- 

 pubescent on nerves beneath especially dense near base, the 

 petioles 3-7 mm. long; racemes pendulous, 5- to 12-flowered, 

 loosely brown-pubescent, the pedicels 7-15 mm. long; calyx- 

 lobes ovate, about 2 mm. long, abruptly long-acuminate; 

 corolla broadly campanulate, 6-8 mm. long, white, the limb 5- 

 toothed, the teeth laciniate; styles sometimes very slightly 

 exserted, 4.5-5.5 mm. long; capsules 5-6 mm. long. May- 

 June. Mountains; Honshu (w. distr.), Shikoku, Kyushu. 



Forma rubens (Maxim.) Ohwi. Andromeda cernua var. 

 rubens Maxim.; Tritomodon cemuus var. rubens (Maxim.) 

 Honda Beni-dodan. Flowers rubescent. 



Var. matsudae (Komatsu) Makino. E. matsudae Koma- 

 tsu; Meisteria matsudae (Komatsu) Nakai; Tritomodon ma- 

 tsudae (Komatsu) F. Maekawa Chichibu-dodan. Leaves 



broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, radier coarsely serrulate, 

 slighdy brown-pilose especially on midrib beneath; calyx-lobes 

 narrowly ovate to broadly lanceolate; corolla broadly campanu- 

 late, deep red; style slightly exserted. Apr.-May. Honshu 



(from Kanto to Kinki Distr.). 



18. GAULTHERIA L. 



Shiratama-no-ki Zoku 



Small evergreen shrubs, occasionally epiphytic, often decumbent, frequendy coarsely hirsute; leaves coriaceous, alternate, 

 toothed; flowers small, in axillary racemes, rarely solitary by reduction, white or reddish, bracteate and bracteolate, the braceoles 

 alternate or opposite, sometimes connate, deciduous or persistent; calyx 5-lobed, usually accrescent after anthesis and surround- 

 ing the capsule; corolla urceolate or campanulate, the limb 5-toothed; stamens 10, the andiers 2-!ocular, the locules tubulose at 

 rip and usually 1- or 2-awned, rarely unappendaged; capsules covered by the fleshy calyx, loculicidally dehiscent, 5-valved; seeds 

 small, many. More than 100 species, in e. and s. Asia, N. and S. America, and Australia. 



lA. Flowers in racemes; fruit white when mature; anthers "f-awned; plant nearly glabrous 1. G. miqiteliana 



IB. Flowers solitary; fruit red when mature; anthers unappendaged; stems, inflorescence, and calyx spreading red-brown coarse hairy. 



2. G. adenothrix 



1. Caultheria miqueliana Takeda. G. pyroloides Hook. 



& Thorns, ex Miq., pro parte Shiratama-no-ki, Shiro- 



MONO. Small, erect, deep green sparingly branched ever- 



green shrub, with creeping subterranean stems; leaves coria- 

 ceous, lustrous, pale green beneath, oblong to obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, subacute at the base, toothed, loosely puberulcnt on the 



