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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Gaultheria Kalm ex L.

GAULTHERIA Kalm ex L., 1753

Calyx 5-lobed, persistent; corolla 5-lobed, urceolate to campanulate, with 5 imbricate lobes. Stamens 10; anthers 2-celled, not exserted, dehiscing by pores, each cell tipped by 2 erect awns; filaments ± dilated at base. Ovary 5-loculed, style cylindric, stigma simple. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent, often invested by enlarged and succulent calyx; seeds ∞, minute. Widespread genus with c. 120 spp., mostly shrubs. The N.Z. spp. endemic, except G. depressa, which occurs in Tasmania.

Key

1
Fls solitary
2
Fls in simple or branched racemes
3
2
Plant erect; branches ascending or decumbent.
1. antipoda
Plant depressed, procumbent or decumbent
2. depressa
3
Lvs opp, cordate to truncate at base
8. oppositifolia
Lvs alt., neither cordate nor truncate at base
4
4
Lvs c. 3-5 × 1-2 cm.; infl. copiously branched
3. paniculata
Lvs not or very little > 3 × 1 cm.; infl, a simple raceme or sparingly branched
5
5
Infl. a simple terminal raceme; branchlets ± softly pubescent, without setose hairs
4. colensoi
Infl. us. of sparingly branched axillary racemes; branchlets setose, sts also pubescent
6
6
Lvs 10-15-(20) × 5-7-10 mm., of broad-oblong order; racemes us. simple
5. crassa
Lvs 1-3 cm. × 7-10 mm., of elliptic order; racemes us. sparingly branched
7
7
Lamina 2-3 cm. × (6)-10 mm., of narrow-elliptic to sublanceolate order; corolla pubescent on inner surface
6. rupestris
Lamina(1)-2 cm. × 7-8 mm., elliptic to narrowly obovate-elliptic; corolla glab. Within
7. subcorymbosa
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