• DOI:10.2307/4109259
• Corpus ID: 88449577

Studies in the Ericales: X. An Undescribed Asiatic Gaultheria, with a Key to the Sino-Himalayan Species of Section Leucothoides

@article{Shaw1952StudiesIT,
  title={Studies in the Ericales: X. An Undescribed Asiatic Gaultheria, with a Key to the Sino-Himalayan Species of Section Leucothoides},
  author={Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw},
  journal={Kew Bulletin},
  year={1952},
  volume={7},
  pages={171},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:88449577}
}

• H. K. A. Shaw
• Published 1952
• Biology
• Kew Bulletin

Gaultheria (?Leucothoides) stapfiana Airy Shaw, sp. nov., G. hookeri C. B. Clarke (G. veitchianae Craib) arcte affinis, habitu plerumque elatiore et robustiore, setis ramulorum plerumque brevioribus et sparsioribus plus minus adpressis nec late patentibus distinguenda.--? G.fragrantissima var. racemosa Hook. fil. ex C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3, 458 (1882). Frutex dumosus, (0-15-) 0-6-2-7 m. altus; ramuli rigidi, 2-4 mm. crassi, teretes vel juniores ?angulati, siccitate castanei… 

Gaultheria (?Leucothoides) stapfiana Airy Shaw, sp. nov., G. hookeri C. B. Clarke (G. veitchianae Craib) arcte affinis, habitu plerumque elatiore et robustiore, setis ramulorum plerumque brevioribus et sparsioribus plus minus adpressis nec late patentibus distinguenda.--? G.fragrantissima var. racemosa Hook. fil. ex C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3, 458 (1882). Frutex dumosus, (0-15-) 0-6-2-7 m. altus; ramuli rigidi, 2-4 mm. crassi, teretes vel juniores ?angulati, siccitate castanei vel rubrobrunnei, apicem versus setulis brevibus sparsis adpressis vel patulis castaneis vel fuscis praediti vel glabri. Folia oblanceolata vel obovata vel oblongo-elliptica, 4-14 cm. longa, 1-4-5 cm. lata, basi cuneata usque rotundata, apice acuta usque rotundata et apiculata vel brevissime deflexo-subcaudata, margine brevissime serrata, coriacea, supra saturate viridia, nitida, glaberrima, subtus pallide viridia, haud nitida, punctis elevatis rubidis (basibus setularum mane delapsarum) densiuscule obsita ; costa valida, subtus elevata, supra alte impressa ; nervi primarii laterales 3-6-jugi, procurvi, subtus prominuli, supra conspicue insculpti, secundariis multis reticulatim interpositis ; petiolus brevis, 2-12 mm. longus, parce setulosus vel glaber.Racemi (1-) 2-5 (-12) cm. longi, usque 20-flori, rhachi puberula vel glabra leviter anfractuosa ; bracteae conspicuae, late ovatae, valde convexae, cucullato-cymbiformes, membranaceae, 3-5 mm. longae, acutae, dorso glabrae vel puberulae, margine minute ciliolatae ; pedicelli 5-9 mm. longi, glabri vel minute puberuli, apice articulati ; bracteolae 1-3 mm. infra apicem pedicelli sitae, ovatae, 1-2 mm. longae, acutae, glabrae vel minutissime puberulae, minute ciliolatae. Calyx late aperte cupularis, 4-5 mm. diametro, segmentis ovato-deltoideis 1-2 mm. longis acutis glabris ciliolatis. Corolla urceolata, ovoidea usque subglobosa, 3-4 mm. longa, intus saepe puberula, albida vel viridula vel rosea vel obscure roseo-purpurea. Filamenta ovato-lanceolata, 1-2 mm. longa, applanata, superne attenuata, glabra; antherae ovato-oblongae, 1 mm. longae, thecis biaristatis, aristis gracilibus angulo recto patentibus. Ovarium globosum, 1 mm. diametro, pubescens, stylo 3-4 mm. longo glabro. Fructus subglobosus vel oblongo-ovoideus, 6-8 mm. diametro, azureus vel purpurascens.