144 ERICE.E. 



vered with whitish, short hairs : pedicels spreading or nodding, 6"'-4'" long : hracts 1'" long, 

 the superior 1'" above the base of the pedicels ; calyx-tube ovate, £'" long : limb of the same 

 length, with subulate, distant lobes ; corolla 2'" long : limb spreading, with the lobes ovate, 

 blunt, £'" long ; filaments densely pubescent : anthers inserted above their base, connivent, 

 included, oblong at the base, tapering and bifid from the middle, glabrous ; style j"' exserted ; 

 pericarp ovoid, 7'" long, 5'" diam. : persistent calyx-limb free, erect, 2'" long. — Hab. Tri- 

 nidad !, Cr., Tocuche. 



7. SYMPHYSIA, Prl. 



Calyx campanulate : limb free, suhtruncate, minutely 6(-7)-toothed. Corolla ovoid-cam- 

 panulate, 6(-7)-fid, valvate, fleshy. Stamens 12 (-14), distinct, of equal length: anthers 

 ovate-oblong, awnless : cells distinct from the middle, terminated abruptly with a short, 

 narrow tube, dehiscent at its top with a pore. Ovary 6-celled : cells multiovulate. Pericarp 

 baccate. — Evergreen shrubs ; flowers in axillary corymbs. 



10. S. guadelupensis, Kl. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, 

 •pointed, tapering towards the subsessile base, remotely and obscurely serrulate, veiny be- 

 neath. — Hook. ic. t. 292 ; Deless. ic. 5. t. 18. — Vaccinium, Sw. Andreusia, DC. Vacci- 

 nium Imrayi, Hook. ! S. martinicensis, Deless. — A high shrub ; leaves usually 2"-3" long, 

 V'-\\" broad ; corymbs simple, peduncled, as long as the leaves ; pedicels 8'"-10'" long ; 

 flowers 4"'-5"' long, 3'" broad : corolla as long as the ovary; sexual organs included. — Hab. 

 Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe]. 



8. VACCINIUM, L. 



Calyx-limb short. Corolla campanulate or urceolate : limb 4-5-fid. Stamens 8-10, dis- 

 tinct, of equal length : anther-cells distinct above, tapering into a narrow tube, dehiscent at 

 its top. Ovary 4-5-celled : cells multiovulate. Pericarp baccate. — Shrubs. 



Sect. ViTis-iD>EA. — Corolla campanulate. Anthers awnless, or shortly 2-awned on the 

 back, contracted into long tubes. Ovary devoid of spurious dissepiments. — Leaves ever- 

 green. 



11. V. smilacifolium, Gr. (n. sp.). Glabrous ; leaves ovate-roundish or ovate, point- 

 leted, quite entire, ^-nerved, reticulated-veiny chiefly beneath ; corymbs few-flowered : pe- 

 dicels long, thickened above, jointed at the ebracteolate top ; calyx-teeth minute ; corolla 

 ovate, 5-toothed : limb conuivent-erect ; sexual organs included ; anthers awnless. — Branches 

 cylindrical, bearing a few pedicels, chiefly at their summit ; leaves 3"-2" long, 2i"-l" broad, 

 leathery, somewhat revolute on their margin, palmatinerved : first pair of lateral nerves in- 

 cluding an elliptical area and united with the midrib below the cuspidate, lanceolate point -. 

 petiole thickish, 2"' long ; pedicels 8'"— 10'" long ; flowers 6"' long ; calyx-limb very short, 5- 

 denticulate-repand ; corolla red, as long as the ovary : teeth triangular, one-sixth as long as the 

 tube (the corolla however is really divided to the middle, the greater part of the lobes cohering 

 by the inner epidermis) ; filaments very short, glabrous ; anthers inserted immediately above 

 their base, glabrous, oblong below, bifid to the middle, each cell tapering at the point of 

 division into a linear tube, the terminal pore of which is minute ; style usually equalling the 

 corolla, shortly exceeding the anthers. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., Coulabion Mountains. 



12. V. meridionale, Sw.! Branchlets pubescent; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, or 

 elliptical, obsoletely mucronulate, obtusely cartilaginous-serrulate, archnerved, glabrous, or 

 hairy on the midrib above ; flowers racemose : pedicels shorter than the flower ; calyx-limb 

 4(-5)-partite : segments triangular ; corolla ovate, glabrous : teeth triangular, spreading, one- 

 third as long as the tube ; sexual organs nearly equalling the corolla ; anthers with two very 

 short awns on the back. — A high shrub, 10'-30^high ; leaves 1"-H", pedicels and mem- 

 branaceous hracts %'", flowers 4"'-5" / long ; corolla reddish-white, twice as long as the ovary ; 

 filaments long, hairy : anther-cells oblong-linear, as long as their narrow tubes : awns incon- 

 spicuous ; berry 4"' diam.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Mac/., Al., in the Blue and Port-Royal 

 mountains, from their summits as low down as the forests of the coffee region. 



