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lxxxi. ericace^. [Gaultheria. 
(Pernettyopsis) baccate. Species over 1000, temperate regions and 
tropical mountains. 
Corolla gamopetalous. 
Fruit capsular. 
Capsule 5-valved, loculicidal; flowers small. 
Calyx round, capsule succulent. 
Anthers with 2 horns; flowers racemose . 
Anthers not horned; flowers solitary or 
few ....... 
Calyx not succulent in fruit 
Capsule 5- to 20-valved, septicidal. 
Flowers large, fascicled .... 
Fruit baccate ....... 
Petals separate ....... 
1. Gaultheria 
2. Diplycosia 
3. PlERIS 
4. Rhododendron 
5. Pernettyopsis 
6 . Clethra 
1. GAULTHERIA, Linn. 
Erect (or creeping) shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, serrulate. 
Flowers white in axillary and terminal racemes. Calyx 5-toothed, 
enlarged and succulent in fruit enclosing the capsule. Calyx 
ovoid or tubular, lobes 5, recurved. Stamens 10 attached to 
corolla-base; anthers prolonged at top into 2 tubes, often with a 
to 2 dorsal spurs. Ovary 5-celled; ovules many in a cell; style 
and stigma simple. Capsule 5-celled dehiscing from tip. Seeds 
many, minute. Species 80, American; a few Asiatic and 
Australian. 
Glabrous. Racemes lax, many-flowered. 
Leaves elliptic, blunt . . . . . . (1) G. fragrantissima 
Leaves ovate caudate acuminate . . . (2) G. leucocarpa 
Whole plant hairy; racemes short few-flowered . (3) G. hirta 
(1) G. fragrantissima Wall. As. Res. xiii. 397 
Shrub. Leaves thick coriaceous, elliptic-ovate sub-acute, base 
cuneate, crenate serrate, gland-dotted; nerves 4 pairs with reticula¬ 
tions visible; 1*5 to 2*25 in. long, 75 to 1*2 in. wide; petioles 
*2 in. long. Racemes axillary and panicled, terminal, 1 to 2 in. 
long. Flowers numerous, pedicelled. Calyx campanulate, lobes 
deep, triangular. Corolla *15 in. long, ovoid, tubular. Anther- 
tubes long. Fruit depressed globular, 5-grooved, ’15 in. through. 
Hab. Rare at 6000 ft. altitude in mountains. Perak, Gunong 
Kerbau (Robinson); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). Disirib. India. 
Sumatra, Java. 
(2) G. leucocarpa Bl. Bijdr. 586; King, lx. 70. 
Scandent branches slender. Leaves coriaceous, ovate caudate 
serrulate, base round, glabrous, 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; 
petioles 2 in. long. Racemes slender, axillary, 3 in. long. Flowers 
remote; pedicels *25 in. long. Calyx saucer-shaped, lobes small. 
Corolla sub-cylindrical tapering at mouth. Fruit adnate to calyx- 
tube, 5-celled. Hab. Rare, mountains at 5500 to 6000 ft. altitude. 
Perak (Wray, Scortechini). Pahang, Gunong Berumbun; Telom. 
Kedah, Gunong Bintang (Kloss). Disirib. Java, Sumatra. 
