Gaultheria acuminata Cham. & Schlecht

Gaultheria nitida Benth. PI. Hartw. 45. 1840
Gaultheria laevigata Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 9^: 541. 1842.
An erect branching shrub with glabrous or nearly glabrous twigs; leaf -blades oblong to
ovate-oblong, or sometimes slightly broadest above the middle, 3-11 cm. long, obtuse or acute,
obscurely toothed, bright-green, somewhat shining above, glabrous or nearly so, rounded
at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4-8 cm. long, the rachis puberulent; bracts ciliolate; calyx
4-6 mm. wide, the lobes ovate or triangularovate, acuminate, glabrous, except the ciliolate
lobes; corolla pinkish, urceolate, 7-8 mm. long, minutely pubescent, the lobes slightly recurved;
filaments pubescent; capsules 3-4 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: El Banco, Hidalgo. Distribution: Mexico.

Gaultheria acuminata Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 126. 1830
A branching shrub, with glabrous or sparingly pubescent twigs; leaf -blades oblong, oval,
or ovate, 4-11 cm. long, shortacuminate, reticulate in age, leathery, bright-green above,
slightly paler beneath, glabrous, at least at matm-ity, obsciurely serrulate, abruptly narrowed
or rounded at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4-11 cm. long, the rachis and branches finely
pubescent; bracts pubescent, but scarcely ciliolate; calyx 5-6 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid,
minutely pubescent, acute; corolla urceolate, 7-8 mm, long, sparingly pubescent without, the
lobes ovate, recurved; filaments/glabrous^ruits not seen. . pi. ~YAy, r^ 1
Type locality : Serro Colorado, near Jalapa, Vera Cruz. Distribution: Vera Cruz.

Gaultheria nelsonii Small, sp. nov
A branching shrub with glabrous twigs; leaf-blades oblong, varying to slightly broadest above the middle or below it, 4-U cm. long, thick, acute or slightly acuminate, gland-tipped, serrulate, often shallowly so, glabrous, somewhat shining above, slightly paler and dull beneath, rounded or subcordate at the base, short-petioled; panicles 5-8 cm. long, loosely flowered, the rachis glabrous, the branches glabrous and often slightly glaucous; calyx 6.5-7.5 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid to triangular-ovate, acuminate, glabrous, or the margins inconspicuously ciliate; corolla pink, ovoid-urceolate, 4.5-5.5 mm. long, glabrous, the lobfes recurved; filaments
slightly dilated below, pubescent; capsules not seen.
Type collected near Totontepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, July, 1894, E. W. Nelson 822 (U. S. Nat. Herb.).
Distribution: Oaxaca, Mexico.

Gaultheria acuminata là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Schltdl. & Cham. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1830.