210 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
papyracea, supra praeter costam pilosam glabra, subtus sub- 
glauca, sicca minutissime rugulosa glabra, ovato-oblonga, 
utrinque angustata, apice acuta, 25-4 cm. longa, I-2°5 cm. 
lata; nervi subtus non prominentes, sicci, obscurius colorati. 
Flores in ramis brevioribus plerumque aphyllis remoti subsessiles, 
virides, 4-meri. Sepala mox stellato-patentia, extus fere glabra, 
intus praecipue basin versus albo-pilosa, late ovata, margine 
extrorsum revoluta, apice obtusa, 2 majora 5-6 mm. longa, 
4-5 mm. lata, 2 minora 3°5-4 mm. longa, 2°5-3 mm. lata. 
Corollae tubus 1°5 mm. longus, limbi lobi subovati, margine 
ciliolati, recurvi 35-4 mm. longi. Staminodia 8 triangularia, 
pilosa r mm. longa. Ovarium apice pilosum, styli 4 apice 
bifidi, basi pilosi. 
‘““ Shrub or tree of 6-20 ft. Flowers green. Open situations 
in the Tali valley around the city of Tali. Lat. 25° qo’. Alt. 
6700 ft. Flow. May—June 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 4764. 
A very similar plant, but different by the more glabrous 
flowers, was collected by A. Henry near Mengtze, at 5000 ft. alt. 
(No. 9898 
Is to be placed in the well-known section Danzleria (Bert.), 
Hiern ; it approaches D. Morrisiana, Hance 
ERICACEAE. 
\°)° Gaultheria Forrestii, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Frutex ramosus 0°6-1°5 m. altus. Folia in petiolum brevem 
(o’5-1'3 m. longum) angustata, coriacea, glabra, (sicca) pallida, 
subtus atrofusco-punctulata, oblonga vel oblanceolata, apice 
breviter et obtuse acuminata, margine adpresse et leviter repando- 
serrata, 6-g cm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata, nervi (sicci) primarii et 
secundarii pallidiores. Racemi axillares, 35-5 cm. longi; 
pedunculi pilosuli, bracteae, pedicelli, bracteolae floresque cerini 
pure albi; flores odorati. Bracteae pedicellum 1°5-3 mm. 
longum subaequantes ; bracteolae subovatae sepalis adjunctae 
eisque simillimae. Sepala ovata, 2 mm. longa, ca. 1°6 mm. lata ; 
corolla urceolato-campanulata, sub fauce constricta, circ. 5 mm. 
longa. Staminum filamenta basin versus dilatata, minute papil- 
losa. Dentes hypogyni Io, triangulares, glabri. Ovarium tur- 
binatum sericeum, stylus glaber. 
“ Low-branched shrub of 2-5 ft. Peduncles, pedicels, and 
flowers pure waxy white, fragrant. Moist, open situations 
amongst scrub on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 
25° 40’. Alt. r1o-12,000 ft. July 1906.’’ G. Forrest. No. 
4175. ‘‘ August 1906.’ G. Forrest. No. 4183. 
This is a beautiful species, allied to G. <i giatrt. Wall., 
