Gaultheria erecta Vent.

Gaultheria hirtiflora Benth. PI. Hartw. 66. 1840
Gaultheria cordata Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 9^: 540. 1842.
An erect or somewhat spreading shrub with brown-hirsute twigs: leaf-blades ovate, oblong-ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 3-9 cm. long, leathery, abruptly gland-tipped or short-acuminate, obscurely toothed, more or less reticulate in age, pubescent when young, glabrous or nearly so when mature, rounded or subcordate at the base, short-petioled ; panicles 3-6 cm. long, the rachis glandular-hirsute; bracts minutely glandular-pubescent on the back; calyx 7-9 mm. wide, the lobes ovate to broadly lanceolate, acute, pubescent; corolla reddish, urceolate, 6-7 mm. long, coarsely pubescent, the lobes slightly spreading or recurved; filaments pubescent; capsules 4-5 mm. in diameter.
Type locawty: Carmen, Oaxaca. Distribution: Mexico to Guatemala.

Gaultheria longipes Small, sp. no v
A shrub with slender branches and rather sparingly short-hirsute twigs ; leaf-blades ovate, oblong-ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-6 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, bristly-serrulate, bright-green above, pale-green beneath, glabrous at maturity, or with scattered hairs on the veins, finely reticulate in age, rounded or subcordate at the base, short-petioled ; panicles 4-6 cm, long, lax, the rachis minutely pubescent and with longer gland-tipped hairs, the long (1-2 cm.) branches similarly pubescent; bracts ciliolate, and glandular-pubescent on the back; calyx 5-6 mm. wide, the lobes ovate, acute, finely pubescent and with scattered longer glandtipped hairs; corolla pinkish, urceolate, 6.5-7.5 mm. long, minutely pubescent, the lobes slightly recurved; filaments pubescent: capsules 3-4 mm. in diameter.
Type collected on cool ledges, Sierra de Tepoxtlan, Morelos, Mexico, September 5, 1900, Pringle 8441 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).

Gaultheria costaricensis (Donn. Smith) Small, sp. nov
Gaultheria odorata costaricensis Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 20: 292. 1895.
A shrub with stout irregular branches and finely pubescent twigs; leaf-blades ovate or oval, varying to suborbicular or orbicular-reniform, leathery, 2-7 cm. long, abruptly pointed or short-acuminate, serrulate, deep-green and somewhat shining above, paler and dull beneath, finely reticulate, sparingly pubescent when young, glabrous or nearly so at matturity, abruptly narrowed or rounded at the base,' short-petioled; panicles 6-10 cm. long, the rachis glandularpubescent, the branches less than 1 cm. long, or slightly more than 1 cm. long in fruit; bracts glandular-pubescent, becoming glabrous; calyx 9-1 1 mm. wide, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, glandtdar-pubescent ; corolla pink, turceolate, about 6-7 mm. long, copiously pubescent, the lobes reciurved; filaments finely pubescent; capsules 6-8 mm. in diameter.
Type i^ocat.iTy: Estrella, Costa Rica. Distribution: Costa Rica.

Gaultheria hidalgensis Loesener, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2:
552. 1894.
A much-branched shrub, the branches minutely pubescent and more or less hirsute with red glandtipped hairs; leaf-blades lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate. 3-9 cm. long, thick, acute or short-acuminate, gland-tipped, obscurely serrulate or nearlyentire, dull on both sides, somewhat reticulate, sparingly pubescent, with the hairs along the edge and near the petiole longer and gland-tipped, rounded or subcordate at the base, shortpetioled; panicles 3-11 cm. long, loosely flowered, the rachis glandular-hirsute, the branches less copiously pubescent; calyx 6-7 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid, acute, glandular-pubescent, ciliate; corolla pink (?), ovoid-urceolate, 6.5-7.5 mm. long, glandular-pubescent, the lobes recurved; filaments stout, slightly dilated, pubescent; capsules spheroidal, 4-5 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: Near Othamalacatle, Hidalgo.
Distribution: Southern Mexico and Guatemala.

Gaultheria glandulifera Small, sp. nov
A branching shrub with more or less short-hirsute twigs, the hairs gland-tipped; leafblades oblong, elliptic, or broadly ovate, 4-9 cm. long, very thick, each abruptly tipped with a large apical gland, serrate-crenate, sometimes obscurely so, often somewhat shining above, often with colored veins, usually sparingly pubescent about the veins, especially beneath, abruptly narrowed or rounded at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4r-8 cm. long, loosely flowered, the rachis finely pubescent with short crisped white hairs, the branches similarly pubescent; bracts relatively large, puberulent, at least when young, more or less glandularciliate; calyx 9-10 mm. wide, the lobes lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, finely pubescent and ciliolate, the hairs glandless; corolla pink (?), ovoidtu-ceolate, 6-7 mm. long, minutely pubescent with glandless hairs, the lobes spreading or recurved; filaments dilated below, pubescent throughout; capsules spheroidal, 2.5-3 mm. in diameter.
Type collected on Volcan de Po4s, Costa Rica, March, 1896, John Donnell Smith 6639 (herb. Columbia Univ.).
Distribution: Costa Rica.

Gaultheria parvifolia Small, sp. nov
A much-branched shrub with minutely pubescent and somewhat hirsute twigs ; leaf-blades oblong to ovate-oblong, 1-2.5 cm. long, thinnish, acute or acutish, serrulate, dull on both sides, reticulate beneath, sparingly pubescent, cUiate, rounded at the base, short-petioled ; panicles 2-3 cm. long, loosely flowered, the rachis minutely pubescent and sparingly hirsute, the branches similarly pubescent; calyx about 7 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid or ovate-deltoid, acuminate, glabrous or nearly so, except the ciliolate margins; corolla pink, ovoid-urceolate, 6-7 mm. long, pubescent; filaments dilated below, copiously pubescent; capsules not seen.
Type collected in Oaxaca, Mexico, H. Galeotti 1848 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.). Distribution: Oaxaca.

Gaultheria lancifolia Small, sp. nov
A much-branched shrub, finely soft-pubescent with glandless or inconspicuously glandular hairs; leaf -blades lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate or individually ovate-lanceolate, 2-8 cm. long, acutish or somewhat acuminate, gland-tipped, thickish, serrulate, dull on both sides, glabrous or sparingly fine-pubescent, mostly rounded at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4r-8 cm. long, rather loosely flowered, the rachis finely glandular-pubescent with short spreading hairs, the branches similarly pubescent; calyx 8-9 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid to broadly ovate, acute or short-acuminate, somewhat puberulent and ciliolate; corolla ovoid-urceolate, 5-7 mm. long, finely glandular-pubescent, the lobes recurved; filaments dilated below, sparingly pubescent about the middle; capsules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. in diameter.
Type collected at Salto de Agua, Mexico, January, 1906, C. A. Purpus 1774 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Card.) .
Distribution: Central Mexico.

Gaultheria trichocalycina DC. Prodr. 7: 595. 1839
A branching shrub with finely glandidar-pubescent twigs; leaf -blades ovate, usually broadly so, 1-3 cm, long, thickish, acute, usually abruptly gland-tipped, shallowly serrulate, dull on both sides, reticulate, finely pubescent on both sides, or nearly glabrous at maturity, deeply cordate at the base, short-petioled ; panicles 4—8 cm. long, rather loosely flowered,. the rachis glandular-hirsutulous, the branches similarly pubescent; calyx 6.5-7.5 mm. wide, the lobes ovate, acute, glandular-pubescent, ciliolate; corolla ovoid-urceolate or globose-urceolate, 6-7 mm. long, glandular-pubescent, the lobes reciurved; filaments stout, short-pubescent; capsules not seen.
Type locality: Between Pueblo Viejo, Vera Cruz, and Real del Monte, Hidalgo. Distribution: Middle Mexico.