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parvis, calyce ra ria s baccato. B r . Prodr. in not. p . 559. A . Cmm. Prodr. BC . Prodr. v. 7. p . 594.
-Andromeda rupestris, Forst. Prodr. A . R ich . F lo ra ,p . 208. t. 27. T a b . X L I I . A.
Aar. ß . p a r o ifo lia ; foliis parvis late oblongis. T a b . X L I I . B .
H a b . N o rtb em Island. On th e mountains, B idw ill, Colenso. Middle Islan d , on th e west coast.
Dusky Bay, Forster, Menzies. Milford Sound, L y a ll. Akr. ß . Nelson, ou mouutains, B idw ill. Euahine
range, Colenso.
Like the G. antipoda, this is a very variable species, some of the varieties resembling that plant very closely,
but always easily distinguished by the truly racemose inflorescence. In bnd these racemes are seen to form little
scaly cones in the asils of the leaves or at the ends of the branches, being quite difi'erent in origin and nature from
the racemose ends of the branches of O. aniipoda. Stems shrubby, woody, stout, much branched, 6 inches to 3 feet
high ; branchlets smooth or setose, stout. Leaves very thick and coriaceous, shining and reticulated on both surfaces,
bluntly serrate, sharp-pointed, very variable in size, from i inch in var, ß to I f inch in Menzies’ Dusky Bay speci-'
mens, no less so in shape, from broadly oblong and blunt to narrow elliptic or linear-lanceolate and acuminate.
Racemes simple. a.villary, and terminal, or componnd and paniculate, | - 4 inches long; branches fastigiate or spreading.
usually smooth, pubescent in a specimen from Mount Egmont gathered by Dr. Dieffenbach. Peduncles curved,
bracteolate at the base. Plowers smaU. Calyx rarely baccate, but sometimes so. as in some of Dr. Lyall’s Milford
Sound specimens, and iu part of the panicle of var. ß, from Mr. BidwUl, whüe the ripe capsules of the other part of
the panicle have persistent but not thickened calyces.— P late XLII. A . Fig. 1 , ripe fruit aud bracts ; 2, flower;
3, calyx, glands, and ovarium; 4, stamen -.— all magnified. B . var. ß of the natural size.
4. Gaultheria Colensoi, Hook. f il.; fruticulus glaberrimus, foliis breve petiolatis ovato-rotundatis sub-
cordatisve obtusis crenatis concavis crassis, racemis elongatis multifloris. Au precedentis var, ?
H a b . Xterthern Island. P lains a t Taupo and base of Tongariro, Colenso.
Very closely allied to G. rupestris, and perhaps only a variety of that plant, but the leaves are shorter, rounder,
especiaUy at the base, where they are almost cordate, f inch long, veiy blunt, thick and coriaceous, ulcemes 2-4
inches long, terminal, many-flowered, quite smooth. Calyx not thickened in my specimens. Plowers as in G.
5. G a u lth e r ia /a y j/’ofia. Hook, il l.; fruticosa, ramosa, glaberrima, ramulis setosis, foliis ovato- v.
oblongo-cordatis creberrime crenulatis v. obtuse serrulatis acutis, racemis terminalibus axillaribusque, calycibus
immutatis.
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . Motukino, east of Lak e Taupo, Colenso.
This appears a very distinct species from any of the foregoing, of which however I have only two specimens,
one iu flower and one in fru it; it forms a shrub 4 -3 feet high. Branches twiggy, setose, running out into racemes
at the apices, but also bearing axiUary racemes. Leaves petiolate, | inch long, ovate-cordate or oblong-cordate,
sharp, flat, minutely reticulated, margin finely crenulate. Lateral racemes about as long as the leaves, quite smooth;
terminal elongated, many-flowered. The calyx does not enlarge in my fruiting specimen.—Considering how variable
the precedmg species are, it is probable that as copious a suite of this as I have of those would prove tliis to be
equally so. The leaves are very similar in form to those of the following species, and resemble those of au evergreen
Beech, whence the specific name.
§ c. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence as in § b,
6. Gaultheria oppositifolia. Hook. fil.; fruticosa, divaricatim ramosa, glaberrima v. rarius setosa,
foliis oppositis sessilibus ovatis subacutis basi la te cordatis crenulato-dentatis, racemis simplicibus axillaribus
terminalibusque et paniculatim ramosis, ramis patentibus multifloris bracteolatis, T a b . X L I I I .
A’ar. S ; ramulis foliisque subtus setosis.
I I a b . N o rth e rn Islan d . I n mountainous situations, Dieffenbach, B idw ill, Colenso.
A remarkably fine shrub, to be recognized at once by the large, sessile, cordate, opposite leaves. Branches
smooth, rarely setose, di-tri-chotomonsly forked. Leaves 1 1 - l f inch long, sessüe, the lobes of their cordate bases
sometimes half-clasping the stem, blunt or sharp, concave, bluntly serrulate or crenate, sometimes doubly crenate ;
iu var. 3 the backs ot the leaves, as well as the branches, are covered with appressed brown setæ. Racemes axillary
aud terminal, the former simple, as long as or longer than the leaves, the latter paniculate, with spreading branches.
Plowers numerous, smaU, like those of G. rupestris.— I have numerous specimens of this fine plant, collected by various
traveUers ; they are very constant in their characters, and none of them have berried fruit.—P l a t e XLIII.
Fig. 1, raceme of fruit, »«feral sire; 2, flower; 3, ovarmm; 4, stamen ; 5, ripe capsule ;—«11 may»i/fed.
N at. O b d . L. EPACRIDEÆ, B r.
Gen. I . CYATHODES, B r .
Calyx multibracteatus. Corolla infundibuliformis v. uroeolata, tubo calycem vix superante, in tu s
glaberrimo, im b e rb i; limbo patente, barba ra ra v. 0. Filamenta inclusa v. exserta. Ovarium 5 -1 0 -lo o u la re ;
loculis 1-spermis. D rupa baccata.
An Australian and Tasmanian genus, also sparingly found in the Pacific Islands, and as far south as Campbell’s
Island. Plowers soUtary or few together, smaU, white or yeUow, their pedicels covered with bracts, which are
graduaUy larger upwards, and appear to pass into the sepals. Corolla funnel-shaped or urceolate. the tube scarcely
longer thau the calyx, five-lobed ; tube smooth, lobes also smooth or bearded. Filaments included or exserted.
Ovai-y five- to ten-ceUed ; cells with one ovule. Drupe with a bony five- to ten-celled nut. (Name from uvaSos, a
cup ; in allusion to the cup-shaped disc surrounding the ovarium.)
1. Cyathodes «««TOS«, Br. ; fruticosa, erecta v. decumbens, foliis lineari-oblongis linearibusve patulis
acerosis acutis p ungentibus glaberrimis ciliatisve subtus glaucis 5 -1 0 -n e rv iis nervis extimis pec tinatim ra mulosis,
floribus solitarüs, calycis lobis bracteisque obtusis obscure ciliatis, coroliis glaberrimis. B r . Prodr.
p. 589 in nota. A. Cunn. Prodr. DC. Prodr. Styplielia acerosa. B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et le . Leucopogon
Forsteri, A . Rich. Flora. Epacris jnniperina, Forst. Prodr. Ai'disia acerosa, Gartner.
Rar. ß . la tifo lia ; ramis robustis, foliis latioribus ( f une. longis 3 lin. latis) subtus miiltinerviis
acutis vix p ungentibus, baccis magnis.
V ar. 7 - p a r v ifo lia ; ramis gracilibus, foliis i unc. longis, baccis parvis,
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. Ab u n d an t on th e skirts of woods, etc.. B a n k s a n d Solander,
etc. R a t. ß . Chatham Islan d , Dieffenbach. Var. 7 . P o rt Nicholson, Taupo Lak e, etc., Colenso, e tc .;
Middle Island, D ja ll.
A very abundant, large, evergreen shrub or small tree, with blackish woody branches, densely covered witli
little harsh, sharp, needle-like leaves, and bearing very smaU white flowers and large globose red or white drupes.
Branches sliglitiy pubescent. Leaves spreading, generally i inch long, very narrow linear, with pungent apices,
broader, longer, and sliarpcr in var. ß ; shorter but still pungent and needle-Uke in var, y ; margins often recurved
aud ciliated, white underneath, with many paraUel veins, the outer ones branching towards the margin of the
leaf beyond its middle. Flowers solitary, shortly pediceUate, minute. Bracteæ aud calyx lobes blunt, minutely
ciliated. Corolla scarcely larger than the calyx, quite smooth ; lobes spreading, sharp. Berry varying iu
size from a pcppcr-corn to a large pea.—This is a very variable plant in foliage, and I suspect not distinct from tho
following. There is a tendency in the le.af (very variable in amount) to become broader towards the tip, whence
the outer nerves branch to supply the increased surface, w'hich I do not observe in the foUowing species ; this