690 ERICACEAE. [Gaultheria. 
pointed, veins conspicuous, strongly reticulated. Flowers small, axillary, 
sometimes almost forming leafy racemes. Berry large, 4-2in. diam., 
globose, fleshy, white or red.—G. antipoda var. depressa Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. i (1853) 161; Fl. Tasm. i (1860) 241, t. 75 ; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 175 ; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 405. 
Var. microphylla, Cheesem. n. comb. — Prostrate, sparingly branched, glabrous or 
clothed with sparse whitish or fulvous bristles. Leaves §—3 in. long, ovate to linear- 
lanceolate. G. antipoda var. microphylla Hook. fe Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 161; Handb, 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 175; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 406. 
NortH anp Sourn Istanps, Stewart Istanp: Both varieties not uncommon 
in mountain districts from pa East Cape southwards, alt. 2500-5000 ft. 
. Pure WaaMwkgnna Cel, 
7 nie G. perplexa 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix-(1897) 538 (name 
only)—A small subereet or prostrate bush 1-31ft. high, rarely more ; 
branches flexuous, often much and closely interlaced ; bark dark red-brown ; 
branchlets clothed with short white pubescence intermixed with long 
erect or spreading yellow-brown bristles. Leaves alternate, spreading, very 
shortly petiolate, }-} in. long, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate or linear, often 
curved, acute or acuminate, serrate, the teeth usually bristle-pointed, thick 
and coriaceous, quite glabrous. Flowers small, solitary and axillary, often 
crowded at the ends of the branches ; peduncles short, bracteolate, curved. 
Calyx-lobes minutely ciliolate. Corolla broadly urceolate, 74 1n. long. 
Capsule usually included in the enlarged and fleshy calyx-lobes, forming a 
berry-like fruit }in. in diam., but frequently the calyx remains dry and 
unchanged.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 406; Ill. N.Z. Fl. 1 (1914) 
t. 122. G. antipoda var. ciliata Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 161; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 175. 
NorteH AND SoutHu Istanps, Stewart Istanp: Mountain districts from Lake 
Taupo southwards, by no means uncommon. Most generally seen between 1500 and 
3000 ft.; but ascends to 5000 ft. on the Kaimanawa Mountains, and descends to sea- 
level on Stewart Island, and in several localities in the South Island. 
Easily separated from all the other species found in New Zealand by the long and 
flexuous much and closely interlaced branches, and by the small and narrow leaves, 
the teeth of which are bristle-pointed. 4. 
(59D Dew st GD, Potten ay RSG St). 
\4. G. rupestris/A. Br. Prodr. (1810) 559.—Xn er or more rarely 
procumbent or prostrate much-branched shrub varying in height from a 
few inches to 3 or 4{t., sometimes attaining 5 to 6ft. or more; branches 
stout, glabrous or slightly pubescent, occasionally setose. Leaves close-set, 
alternate, shortly petiolate, very variable in size and shape, 4-2 1n. long, 
from oblong or elliptic-lanceolate to oblong or oblong-ovate or almost 
orbicular, acute or obtuse, crenulate or serrulate, very thick and coriaceous, 
reticulated on both surfaces, often shining above, quite glabrous. Racemes 
axillary and terminal, often crowded towards the ends of the branches, 
simple or branched, few- or many-flowered, }-21in. long; pedicels longer 
or shorter than the bracteoles. Flowers white. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, 
ciliolate, usually remaining unaltered in fruit, although baccate specimens 
are not uncommon.—A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 418; Raoul Choir (1846) 
44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 161, t. 42; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 175; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 406. G. divergens Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xx (1888) 198. G. subcorymbosa Col. l.c. xxii (1890) 476. G. glandulosa 
Col. l.c. xxviii (1896) 600. G. calycina Col. l.c. xxxi (1899) 274. Andromeda 
elas jf. Prodr, (1786) n. 195; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 
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