14. Gaultheria minuta Merrill (1941: 152) .

Type:— MYANMAR. Kachin: [Putao District, Nawngmun Township, Hkakaborazi National Park,] Adung Valley, 12,500 ft, 28°20’N, 97°45’E, 25 June 1931, F. Kingdon-Ward 9701 (holotype A 00014989!, photograph of A in K, isotype BM BM000996565!*).

= Gaultheria sinensis J.Anthony in Anonymous (1933: 19) var. layaensis S.J.Rae & D.G.Long in Long (1988 publ. 1989: 334).