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Gaultheria.] N.Z. Fl. 175. G. Colensoi, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 162. 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 rupestris, ''Forst. Prodr. n. 195; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel.'' 208, t. 27.

4. G. fagifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 162.—An erect much-branched shrub 4–5 ft. high; branches spreading or ascending, rigid, younger ones more or less setose. Leaves alternate or subopposite, shortly petiolate, ½–1 in. long, oblong or ovate-oblong to broadly ovate, acute or subacute, cordate at the base, crenate-serrate, very thick and coriaceous, both surfaces finely reticulated, quite glabrous. Racemes axillary and terminal, ½–2 in. long, sometimes compound. Flowers white. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, remaining unaltered in all the fruiting specimens I have seen.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 175.

5. G. oppositifolia, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 162, t. 43.—A much-branched shrub 2–8 ft. high; branches spreading, glabrous or sparingly setose. Leaves opposite, sessile or nearly so, sometimes stem-clasping, 1½–2½ in. long or more, ovate or oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, cordate at the base, crenate-serrate, very thick and coriaceous, both surfaces finely reticulated, glabrous or sparingly minutely setulose. Racemes axillary and terminal, the latter often compound, forming broad terminal panicles 2–4 in. long, with opposite spreading branches. Flowers very numerous, white, about ⅙ in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate-triangular, acute, remaining unaltered in all the fruiting specimens I have seen. Capsule dry.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 175. G. multibracteolata, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxiv. (1892) 389.