Gaultheria gracilis Small

Gaultheria gracilis Small, sp. nov
A much-branched shrub with copiously strigose twigs; leaf -blades elliptic or ovateelliptic. 2-4.5 cm. long, thinnish, acuminate at both ends, gland-tipped, obscurely serrulate, somewhat shining above, dull beneath, pubescent with long scattered hairs at least when young, short-petioled; panicles 2-5 cm. long, loosely flowered, the rachis closely fine-pubescent, the branches rather more sparingly pubescent than the rachis; calyx 5-6 mm. wide, the lobes lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, actuninate, finely pubescent, ciliate; corolla about 4 mm. long, pubescent with short stiff hairs; filaments dilated below, pubescent (?); capsules spheroidal, 2-2.5 mm. in diameter.
Type collected at La Palma, Costa Rica, altitude 1550 m., August, 1898, A. Tonduz 7463 (U. S.
Nat. Herb.).
Distribution: Costa Rica.

Gaultheria setosa Small, sp. nov
A much-branched shrub with copiously setose twigs; leafblades elliptic, varying to elliptic-lanceolate, 3-6 cm. long, thinnish, acuminate at both ends, gland-tipped, rather obscurely serrulate, somewhat shining on both sides, pubescent with scattered bristle-like hairs at least when young, glabrous or nearly so in age, short-petioled; panicles 2-5 cm. long, loosely flowered, the rachis slender, sparingly pubescent, the branches glabrous; calyx 6-7 mm. wide, the lobes triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, except the sometimes obsctuely ciliolate margins; corolla pinkish, 4.5-5.5 mm. long, glabrous, the lobes recurved; filaments stout, dilated below, glabrous; capsules not seen.
Type collected around Los Siguas Camp, southern slope of Cerro de la Horquet£C, Chiriqm, Panama, altitude about 1700 m., March, 1911. H. Pitiier 3245 (U. S. Nat. Herb.). Distribution: Panama.

Gaultheria barbata Small, sp. nov
A much-branched shrub with copiously shaggy long-hhsute twigs, the hairs glandless; leaf-blades elliptic or nearly so, 3-6 cm. long, thickish, somewhat acuminate, often prominently gland-tipped, slightly shining on both sides, paler beneath than above, shallowly serrate, with few bristle-like hairs, rather prominently ribbed and thinly reticulate, somewhat acuminate at the base, short-petioled; panicles 4r-7 cm. long, rather loosely flowered, the rachis shortvillous, the branches more finely pubescent ; bracts ciliolate, glabrous, at least in age; calyx 6-7 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid to ovate-deltoid, acute, puberulent, ciliolate, the hairs glandless; corolla pink (?), conic-urceolate, 6-7 mm. long, minutely pubescent with glandless hairs, the lobes recurved; filaments somewhat dilated, pubescent about the middle; capsules not seen.
Type collected on Volcan de Poas, Costa Rica, March 31, 1907, H. PiUier 2051 (U. S. Nat. Herb.).
Distribution : Costa Rica,