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J. J. SMITH. ERICACEAE. 
Gaultheria L. 
Gaultheria novaguineensis J. J. S. in Mededeel. Herb. Leid. n. 25 (1915), 6. 
Tab. CCVI. 
Frutex bene ramosus, ramulis angulatis, deinde teretibus, subglabris. Folia parva, alterna, 
brevissime petiolata, ovata vel interdum subelliptica, apice angustata et anguste obtuse calloso- 
producta, basi rotundata vel obtusa, margine in sicco recurva, crenato-serrata, dentibus incurve 
subulato-apiculatis, glabra, interdum subtus parce adpresse conico-muriculata, plerumque 4 — 5- 
plinervia, ceterum nervis lateralibus brevioribus patentibus c. i — 2 utrinque, nervis basilaribus 
plus minusve adscendentibus, nervis omnibus intra marginem anastomosantibus in foliis adultis 
supra insculptis subtus prominentibus, coriacea, c. i.i — 2.1 cm. longa, 0.5 — 1.3 cm. lata; petiolus 
semiteres, glaber, c. o.i — 0.3 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae terminales, racemosae, simplices, laxius 
multiflorae, c. 3.5 — 7 cm. longae, rachide angulata, superne pubescenti. Bracteae superiores 
orbiculari-ovatae, apiculatae, eserratae, valde concavae, ciliatae, c. 0.17 cm. longae, inferiores 
sensim in folia caulina vergentia. Flores parvi, nutantes, pedicellati, inferiores in axilla foliorum 
siti, pedicello curvato, parce puberulo, c. 0.3 — 0.6 cm. longo, sub toro articulato, apice brac- 
teolis 2 persistentibus oppositis adpressis late ovato-suborbicularibus obtusis concavis ciliolatis 
dorso subcarinatis c. 0.17 cm. longis 0.2 cm. latis donato. Torus concavus, basi rotundatus, 
glaber, vix transverse rugulosus. Calyx coroUae adpressus, 5-partibus, cum toro c. 0.35 cm. 
altus et diam., laciniis late triangulo-ovatis, acutis vel subobtusis, concavis, dorso convexis, 
ciliatis, ceterum glabris, c. O.16 — 0.175 cm. longis, 0.13 — 0.2 cm. latis. Corolla urceolata, 5-loba, 
utrinque glabra, c. 0.56 cm. longa, 0.33 — O.34 cm. diam., lobis recurvis, triangulis, obtusis, 
convexis, c. 0.12 cm. longis, 0.15 — 0.17 cm. latis, petalis plerumque 3-nervis, nervis exterioribus 
haud ad basin productis. Stamina 10, c. 0.325 cm. longa; filamentum curvulum, latius lineare, 
inferne dilatatum, antice concavulum, dorso convexum, papillosum, c. 0.2 cm. longum; anthera 
supra basin dorsifixa, oblongo-ovata, usque ad '/s supra basin totius longitudinis bipartita, basi 
obtusissima et vix retusa, dorso mutica, inferne minutissime papillosa, c. 0.125 cm. longa, tliecis 
sulco separatis, superne paulum attenuatis, inferne sulco laterali instructis, tubulis erectis, con- 
tiguis, poro obliquo introrso hiantibus, pariete postico aristis 2 erectis leviter recurvis diver- 
gentibus apiculatis. Pistillum c. 0.45 cm. longum; ovarium paulum depressum, 5-lobum, sub- 
decemangulatum, subtruncatum, medio alte et anguste excavatum, irregulariter tuberculatum, 
glabrum, c. 0.16 cm, altum, 0.175 cm. diam., 5-loculare, loculis ^ovulatis ; stylus in excavationem 
ovarii insertus, teres, glaber, stigmate capitato, c. 0.38 cm. longus. Discus ovario adnatus, 
annularis, obtuse lo-lobus, lobis 3-lobulatis, glaber, carnosulus, ovario dimidium brevior. Capsula 
depresse globosa, 5-loba, laciniis calycis incurvis inclusa, c. 0.4 cm., cum calyce (macerata) 
0.65 — 0.7 cm. diam., loculicide in valvas 5 dehiscens. 
Niederl.-Neu-Guinea : Gipfel des Wichmann-Gebirges in 3000 m. û. d. M., an sumpfigen Stellen. 
(A. PuLLE n. 990 (Typus), bl. und fr. im Februar 1913). Oranje-Gebirge bei Waterval-Biwak 
in 3400 — 3500 m. ù. d. M. (A. Pulle n. 2478, leg. G. M. Versteeg, bl. und fr. im Februar 1913). 
Die von Neu-Guinea beschriebenen Gaiiltheria-Arien sind : 
Gaultheria mundula F. v. Muell. in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. I (1889), 21. (Records of observations on 
Sir William Mac Gregor's highland-plants from New Guinea). 
Gaultheria leucocarpa Bl. var. papuana Becc. Malesia I (1877), 213. 
Gaultheria fragrantissima AVall. var. papuana J- J. S. in Nova Guinea XII (1914), 143. 
