LXXXI. ERICACEAE. 
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Gaultheria,\ 
{3) G. hirta Ridl. Journ. F.M.S . vi. 49. 
Flexuous hairy shrub. Leaves coriaceous, ovate acuminate, 
base round, hairy beneath, 1*5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 1*25 in. wide; 
petioles 'i in. long, hairy. Racemes axillary, 1*5 in. long, hairy. 
Flowers 5 or 6; pedicels *25 in. long, hairy. Calyx campanulate 
large, lobes ovate hairy. Corolla urceolate, *25 in. long, hairy 
outside, lobes 5 short, lanceolate blunt. Stamens 10, glabrous; 
anthers elliptic-oblong with 2 forked appendages, orange colour. 
Hab . Very rare, mountains at 5000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong 
Kerbau (Robinson). 
2. DIPLYCOSIA, Bl. 
Usually epiphytic shrubs, often bristly. Leaves coriaceous, 
entire or ciliate-serrate. Flowers small, axillary, solitary, fascicled 
or very shortly racemose. A whorl of bracts just below the flowers. 
Calyx 5-toothed, free or half superior accrescent in fruit. Corolla 
campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens 10, as long as corolla, insert at 
base; anthers with terminal tubes. Disc io-lobed. Ovary 
5-celled; ovules numerous. Fruit half superior, 5-valved. Seeds 
minute. Species about 15, Malayan. 
Flowers solitary. 
Leaves -4 in. long, ovate serrate setose on edge; 
stem bristly . . . . . . (i) D. microphylla 
Leaves sparsely or not setose; leaf-edge entire; 
stem pubescent. 
Leaves elliptic, *5 to 75 in. long 
Leaves ovate cordate, *5 in. long; branches red 
tomentose ...... 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate, base narrow, 1-5 
by - 5 in.; pedicels *5 in. long 
Flowers fascicled. 
Leaves lanceolate 2 by 1 in. . . . . {5) 
Leaves ovate, very coriaceous, 4 by 2 in. . . (6) 
(1) D. microphylla Becc. Males', i. 212. 
D. elliptica 
D. cordifolia 
(2) 
( 3 ) 
(4) D. lancifolia 
D. heterophylla 
D. latifolia 
Vaccinium micro- 
phyilum King, l.c. 62, not of Blnme. 
Epiphyte, slender branches, hairy and bristly. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous, ovate-elliptic, round at both ends, edge crenulate with a 
bristle in each notch, underside sprinkled with bristles; nerves 
invisible beneath, one pair from base sunk above; ’4 in. long, *3 in. 
wide; petioles very short. Flowers solitary, axillary. Peduncles *1 in. 
long or less, thick, with small whorl of bracts at top. Calyx broad, 
campanulate with 5 round lobes. Corolla greenish flesh-colour, 
■2 in. long. Hab. On trees in mountains at 3000 to 4000 ft. 
altitude. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (all collectors). Kedah Peak (Lobb, 
Low). Distrib. Borneo. 
(2) D. elliptica Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mas. x. 145. 
Stem and branches pubescent not setose. Leaves entire, elliptic, 
rounded at both ends, -5 to 75 in. long, 2 to -5 in. wide; petioles 
very short. Pedicels *05 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate, sub-acute. 
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