118 Em.CA.GEM, 



The original description does not give any account about floral 

 parts, for the type specimen was collected after the flowers were over. The 

 flowers wliich I have described just now were obtained in April ia Tan- 

 daisan by Mr. U. Moei. 



Ericaceae. 



Gaultheria Cmningiana Yidal (PI. XIII.) Phanerog. Cuming, p. 184, et 

 Eev. PI. Vascul. Filip. p. 170 ; K^yata in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XX. p. 72, et Fl. 

 Mont. Formos. p. 150. Frutescens, ramulis gracilibus cinereo-rubegcentibus, tere- 

 tibus, longitudinaliter ^gosis. FoKa altema, breve petiolata, ovato-acuminata, 

 maxima 7 cm! longa 3^ cm. lata, apice acuminata, basi rotundata' vel leviter 

 cordata vel truncata, chartaceo-coriacea, margine minute seiTulata, ad apicem 

 serrularum crassiuscula, leviter desuper recurva, costis et venis supra leviter 

 subtus promin^nte elevatis, reticulata, utraque pagiue gkibra, subtus pallidiora, 

 petioKs 7 mni,'ltogis, supra sulcatis. Racemi axillares solitarii, pauciflorati, 

 pedunculis 2 cm. longis, rhacliin in longitudine sequantibus, pedicellis 5 mm. 

 longis, sub pedicelUs singulis 1-bracteatis, bracteis late rotundatis acutis 

 ciliatis 1 mm, longis, sub floris singulis 2-bracteolatis, bracteoHs late rotimdatis 

 acutis, Ij mm. longis, ciliolatis. Calyx campanulato-semiglobosUs, 3 mm. longus, 

 tubo l|^mm. longo, limbo 5-lobato, lobis imbricatis, rotundatis obtusis 2^ ram. 

 longis, basi leviter contractis, margine ciliolatis. Corolla late tubulosa, 5 J 

 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, tubo 3 J mm. longo, Hmbo 5-lobato, lobis erectis, 2^ 

 mm. longis 2 mm. latis, oblongo-triangularibus apice obtusis imbricatis, basi 

 non contractis, utrinque glabris. Stamina 10, 3^- mm. longa, basi coroUse 

 breve adnata, filamentis glabris 1 mm. longis complanatis, nledio dilatatis, ^ 

 mm. latis, antheris; obloiigis IJ mm. longis, f mm. latis, basi emarginatis apice 

 2-fidis, ad apicem in cornua 2 distincta 1 mm. longa productis, cornubus 

 erectis facie sulcatis apice 2-fidis, segmentis pateutibus. Glandute annulai-es, 

 dentato-lobulatse oyario adnatse. Ovarium semi-superius, depresso-globosum 

 5-lobatum, stylo columnali, 4 mm. longo, apice tnmcato. Calyces f vuctiferi 

 accrescentes, fractus seminamplectantes. Fractus depresso-globosi, 5 mm. lati, 

 tenuiter breviterque pubescentes, leviter 5 lobati, seminibus numerosissimis 

 scobiforraibus angularibus | mm. longis elegante minuteque reticulatis. 



