Plate 40. 
GAULTHEEIA MICEOPHYLLA. 
Family, Ebicace^ : — Petals united. Stamens free from the corolla, 
usually twice as many as the corolla lobes. Anthers opening 
by pores. Shrubs. 
Genus, Gaulthebia :— Shrubby, erect or decumbent, often with stiff 
hairs. Leaves alternate, evergreen, tough. Flowers small, 
axillary or in axillary inflorescences, with or without bracts, 
white or pink. Calyx 5-lobed or 5-partite, persistent. Corolla 
5-lobed, urn-shaped or bell-shaped, lobes recurved. Stamens 10, 
joined to base of corolla. Anthers opening by an apical pore. 
Ovary 5-celled, ovules many. Seeds minute. Fruit a capsule, 
edible. 
Gaultheria microphylla, (Forst.) Hook f. (Mountain 
Berry.) A small branched plant, 3-4 in. high, sparsely covered 
with hairs. Leaves broadly ovate, or oblong, margins thick, 
obscurely toothed. Flowers solitary on a recurved stalk, 
small. Corolla white. Fruit red or white. As will be seen 
from the drawings, this fruit is very variable. 
Heaths. Not common. 
Flowers November — January. 
East and West Falklands. 
Description of plate :— 1, portions of plant in fruit ; 2, fruit ; 3 and 4, 
sections of fruit; 5, seed ; 6, a globose fruit ; 7, section of fruit ; 8, section 
of ripe ovary ; 9, seed. All except 1 enlarged. 
