Gaultheria.'] ixxxii. eeicaceje. (C. B. Clarke.) 457 



* Small, jvocumbent, leaves less than J in. long, flowers axUlar if solitary. 



1. G. nummularloldes, Bon Prodr, 150 ; stem prostrate hirsute, 

 leaves ovate from a rounded base, anther-cells- shortly produced 2-homed at 

 the apex. Wall. Cat. 1524 ; JRople III. 260, t. 63, fig. 2. G. repens, £lume 

 Bijd. 857 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 593. G. Nummularise, DC. Prodr. vii. 592. Gaul- 

 theria sp., Griff. le. PI. Asiat. t. 518, fig. 2. Pernettya repens, ZoU. ; Mio. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. ii.\Ob^. 



Throughout tha Himaxaya; alt. 6-9000 ft.; and Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft. 

 frequent. — Pisteib. Java. 



Covering banks closely with its much-branched, densely leafy stems. Leaves J by 

 5 in., acute, minutely petioled, subeiitire, glabrous above, setulose beneath and fre- 

 quently on the margin. Pedicels ^^ in., densely clothed with coriaceous glabrous 

 oyate-oblong bracts ^ in. long. Calyx-teeth \ in., lanceolate. Corolla 5 by J in,, 

 wide, tubular, reddish or nearly white, lobes minute. Capsule ^ in. diam., succulent j 

 calyx blue-black. 



2. Cr. tricliopliylla, Pm/le III. 260, t. 63, fig. 3 ; stems prostrate more or 

 less hirsute upwards, leaves oblong from a cuneate base, anther-cells not pro- 

 duced upwards, with a spreading spur below the pore. DC. P-odr. vii. 592. 



Alpinb Himalaya ; alt. 10-13,000 ft. ; from Lahcl, Jaeschke, to Sikkim, 

 J. D. H. 



Stems wiry, much branched, 6-12 in. Leaves f by ^ in., subsessile, entire cr ob- 

 scurely crenulate, glabrous on both surfaces, margins usually long-ciiiate. Pedicels 

 ^ in., densely clothed by ovate bracts -^jj in. long. Calyx-teeth i in., ovate-oblong. 

 Corolla i in. long and broad, wide campanulate, red or nearly white. Capswle I in. 

 diam. ; succulent calyx blue-black. 



*• Ei-ect shrubs, leaves targe (except G. pyrolsefolia),^<wer« racemed. 



S. 6. pyrolaefolia, Hook. f. ms. ; glabrous or the pedicels minutely 

 pilose, leaves elliptic-obovate obtuse, anther-cells 2-horned at the apex. 



Sikkim; alt. 13,000 ft.; Laehen, J. D. H.; Mon Lepcha and Jongri, J. Z>. ff., 

 Clarke. 



Stems woody, suberect, 4-8 in. high. Leaves 1| by |-1 in., narrowed at the base, 

 crenate, glabrous or with few minute bristles. Saeemes 1^ in., 2-6-flowered ; pedicels 

 ^-^ in., lowest much the longest ; bracts A in. elliptic ; bracteoles J in., lanceolate, 

 about the middle of the pedicel. Calyx-teeth very small, triangular. Corolla J by ^ 

 in., ovoid. Fruit | in. diam. ; succulent calyx blue-black. 



4. G. fragTantisslma, Wall, in As. Seseareh. xiii. 397, mth flg.; 

 branches glabrous, leaves lanceolate to ovate not acuminate, racemes more or 

 less pubescent, bracteoles on the upper part of the pedicel, calyx-teeth ovate- 

 lanceolate subacute. DC. Podr. vii. 593; Wall. Cat. 705 ; Wight Ic. 1. 1196; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5984 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. PI. xix. fig. 1. G. fragrans, D<m 

 Prodr. 161. G. punctata, Bluvie Bijd. 866 ; DC. I. c. 693 ; Kurz in Joum. 

 As. Soc. 1877, ii. 215 and For. Fl. ii. 92. G. ovalifolia. Wall. Cat. 1523. G. 

 Leschenaultii, DC. I. c. 693 ; Wight III. 1. 141, 0. and Ic. t. 1195. Andromeda 

 flexuosa, Moon Cat. PI. Ceyl. 36, A. katagherensis. Hook. le. PI. t. 246. 

 Leucothoe ? katagherensis, DC. I.e. 606. 



From NiPAi to Bhotan ; alt. 6-8000 ft., frequent. Khasia Mts. ; Mts. of 

 Beitish Biema, South Imdia and Ceylon, common.-^DisTEiB. Malay Ind. 



A stout shrub ; branches more or less trigonous. Leaves 3 by 1-1^ in., shortly 

 acute or. subobtuse, base rhomboid, crenate-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous or sparingly 

 hirsute from the punctations of the under surface ; petiole i-J in. Racemes 1-S in. ; 



