SPECIES ASIATICAE. Zit 
“ China :—Mekong-Salween divide, Yunnan, in open moist 
pasture and on boulders. Lat. 28° 12’ N. Alt. 14,000 ft. 
Prostrate shrub of 4-8 inches. Flowers white. July 1917.” 
G, Forrest. No. 14,371. 
4335 Gaultheria tetramera, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate G.fragrantissimae, Wall. et G. Vettchianae, 
Craib; habitu plerumque humiliore, foliis minoribus, floribus 
tetrameris minoribus inter alia notata. | 
Fruticulus 15-60 cm, altus, rariusad 1.5m. Caules e caudice 
crasso saepe 2-6, erecti vel basi decumbentes, graciles, hornotini 
setis longis brunneis dense obsiti, annotini tarde glabrescentes, — 
vetustiores saepe moribundi. Folia petiolo 2-3 mm. 
primum parce setosulo praedita ; lamina 3-5.5 cm. longa, I-2.5 
cm. lata, late elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 
apice rotundata vel plus minusve acutata, apiculata, basi late 
cuneata, margine serrulata, papyracea,supra opaco-viridis glabra, 
infra pallidior pedibus setarum nigridis notata ; nervi 3-4 paria 
subtus eminentes. Inflorescentiae numerosae axillares, saepe 
ex axillis infimis ortae, plerumque 5—10-florae, foliis breviores ; 
rhachis 1-2 cm. longa, dense pubescens fere ad basim florifera ; 
bracteae ovatae acutae 1.5 mm. longae ciliolatae ; bracteolae 
sub calycem positae, I-1.5 mm. longae, ovatae acuminatae 
minute pilosulae et ciliolatae ; pedicelli 1-2 mm. longi pube- 
scentes. Calyx circ. 3mm. longus ; lobi ovati acuti minute cilio- 
lati. Corolla ovoideo-tubulosa vix 5 mm. longa, viridi-alba, 
ore angusto, lobis quatuor ovatis minimis. Stamina in speci- 
minibus nostris multo reducta antheris deficientibus. Ovarium 
superum quadriloculare dense et minute pilosulum stylo cylin- 
drico 2 mm. longo pilosulo. Fructus globosus 5-6 mm. diametro 
laete caeruleus, basi bracteolis persistentibus praeditus, apice 
lobis calycis succulentis coronatus ; semina numerosa angulata. 
“ China :—Hills to the east of Teng-yueh, Yunnan, in thickets 
in side valleys. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6000 ft. Undershrub of 
6-12 inches. Flowers greenish-white, fragrant. May 10912. 
G. Forrest. No. 7702. 
“ Hills to the east of Teng-yueh in shady situations amongst 
rocks. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 6500 ft. Dwarf undershrub of 6-12 
inches Flowers white? Im fruit. July 1912." G. Forrest. 
No. 8786. 
“ Hills to the east of Teng-yueh, in open situations amongst 
scrub. Lat. 25° N. Alt. 7000-8000 ft. Undershrub of 1-2 ft. 
In fruit: fruits bright blue. Nov. 1912.” G. Forrest. No. 
331. : ‘ 
“‘ Shweli-Salween divide, Yunnan, on margins of thickets 
and in cane brakes. Lat. 25° 20’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. _Under- 
