408 LXIV. ERICACEiE [Vaccinum 



liairs, spurs at the ends of anthers large. 17. V. sikkimense, Clarke. Singalelali range, 

 Slkkim 12-13,000 ft. A small procumbent bush, 1. elliptic or obovate, acute, seriulate, 

 calyx-teeth very short, obtuse. 1&. V. pumilum, Kurz. Hills east of Toungoo 4-6,000 

 ft. A small epiphj^te, branches and racemes hairy, 1. elliiotic |-1 in. Calyx pilose, 

 teeth lanceolate, as long as tube. 



Corallobotrys acuminata, Hook. f. Khasi hills, Bhutan. A small shrub, 1. coriaceous, 

 more or less beriate, blade 6-9, pet. J in. long. 'Fl. in corymbs on the old wood below 

 the leaves, corolla, calyx, pedicels and peduncles coral red, bracts minute. Corolla 

 globose-campanulate, J m. long, anthers oblong, produced into short tubes, opening bv 

 terminal slits. 



4 GAULTHERIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 456. 



Shrubs, mostly small procumbent, a few large, erect, 1. persistent, serrulate, 

 Fl. pentamerous, supported by 2 bracteoles, sometimes dimorphic, usually in 

 bracteate racemes. Calyx enlarged, succulent and colou.red in fruit, enclosing 

 tbe capsule. Coi^oUa ovoid, teeth small, recurved. Filaments pilose, anther- 

 cells opening by short terminal slits, with 1 or 2 horns at the back. Capsule 

 5-ceiled, loculicidally 5-valved from the apex. Species 90-100, mostly moun- 

 tainous, chiefly American. 



1. Gr. fragrantissima, "Wall.; Wight Ic. t. 1196 ((r. Le&chenmdtil, DC. ; Weight 111. t. 

 141 c and Ic. t. 1195 ; G. pmietafa, BL). Nepal. Sikkini 6-8,000 ft. Bhutan, Khasi 

 hills. Hills east of Toungoo 6-7,000 ft. Nilgiris, here gregarious. Palms, Travancore 

 hills. Ceylon, upper montane zone. Yunnan. Mtns. of JTava and Sumatra. A large 

 shrub, bark thin, shining. L. faintly ai'omatic when bruised, coriaceous, elliptic, or 

 elliptic-oblong, sometimes lanceolate, blade 1^-4, -pet. -J-J in., sec. n. 3-7 pair, the 2nd and 

 8rd pair from the base reaching beyond half the length of leaf. Hacemes axillary, 

 shorter than 1. Fl. white, pedicels short, (dimorphic ii. with short stamens and sterile 

 anthers not horned). Fr. J in. diam., hairy, enclosed by the bright turquoise blue 

 enlarged calyx, edible. Closely allied and perhaps only an alpine form is 2. G. Hooken, 

 Clarke. Sikkim 8-11,000 ft., branches hispid, 1. smaller, bracts large elliptic ^ in. long, 

 ii. pink and wdiite. 3. (J. Griffithiana, Weight Ic. 1. 1197. Nepal. Sikkim 6-9,000 ft. 

 Bhutan, Khasi hills. Manipur. A stout shrub, 1. coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, caudate- 

 acuminate, blade 8-6, pel. J in. long, sec. n. 3-4 pair, obliquely arching, excurrent into 

 an intramarginal vein. Fl. green, anthers brick red, pedicels J in. long, corolla cam- 

 panulate, open, fr. black. From the 1. of a small creeping North American species 

 (Gaultheria procumhens) a volatile oil known as Oil of Wintergreen is distilled. 



5. DIPLYCOSIA, Blume ; M. Brit, Ind. iii. 458. 



Small shrubs, differing from Gaicltheria by anther-cells without horns at 

 the back and calyx partly adnate to ovary in some species. Species 20, Malay 

 Penins. and Archip., more than half in Borneo. 



1. D. discolor, Clarke. Bhutan. Hills east of Toungoo. Branchlets pilose. 1. coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, elliptic, 1-2 in. long, sec. n. 2-3 pair, the lowest from near the base, 

 the upper reaching to the apex, underside glandular-dotted, racemes pubescent, 1 in. 

 long. 2, D. semi-infera, Clarke. Bhutan 7-9,000 ft. Similar, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, 2-3 

 in. long, sec. n. 8-4 pair, ovary half -inferior. 



Cassiope fastigiata, D. Don (Andromeda fasfigiat a, WbM. PL As. Bar. t. 284 ; Boyle 

 111. t. 63). Higher Himalayan ranges 10-14,000 ft. Kashmir-Bhutan. A small 

 heather-like shrub covering large areas, L small, rigid, ciliate, densely and more or 

 less 4-fariously imbricate. FL pentamerous, axillary, sometimes 2-4 together, on 

 slender woolly pedicels up to J in, long, calyx of 5 free sepals thickened at the base, 

 edge scarious, corolla white, widely campanulate, anthers truncate, each cell 1-horned. 

 2 C. selaginoides, Sikkim 10-13,000 ft. Tibet, China, stems more slender and pedicels 

 longer. 



EnMantlms liimalaicus, Hook, t & Thorns. Sikkim and Bhutan 8-11,000 ft. China, 

 A small tree, 1. membranous, approximate at the ends of branches, elliptic when young 

 pubescent beneath, blade 1-2, pet. slender, J in. FL red»orange, on slender axillary 

 often fasciculate pedicels, f-lj in. long. Corolla broad campanulate, at mouth J in. 

 across, anthers oblong, each cell with a long hairy awn at the back. Capsiiles | in. 

 diam* loculicidally 5-yalved. Perfect seeds few, angular, testa very lax, membranous. 



