Tas. 4426. 
MACLEANIA punctatTa. 
Dotted-leaved Macleania. 
Nat. Ord. Vacctnrn#2.—Dercanpria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx truncatus obsolete 5-dentatus inferne ovario adherens. Corolla 
cylindracea, limbo 5-fido. Stamina 10, basi corolle inserta, filamentis per 
totam longitudinem in urceolum connatis. Anthere basi affixe dorso 
mutice, apice in tubum simplicem attenuate et rimula singula introrsum 
dehiscentes. Ovarium 5-loculare, multiovulatum. . Fructus; Bacca?— 
Frutex habitu Thibaudiz vel Ceratostemmatis. Flores numerosi, axillares, 
secundt. Folia subsecunda, nunc punctata. Rami cortice deciduo. De Cand. 
Mac.eanta punctata; foliis sessilibus cordatis obtusis punctatis coriaceis pen- 
ninerviis, pedunculis glomeratis axillaribus terminalibus, corollis conico- 
urceolatis 5-gonis, ore dilatato, lobis patentibus. 
This is very distinct from the three species of this beautiful 
Vacciniaceous genus already described, from my original 
M. floribunda, (Hook. Ic. Pl. 2. tab. 109,) which has very acute 
or acuminated leaves and a differently shaped corolla, from 
M. angulata, (Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 83779,) which has petiolated 
leaves &c., calyx narrower than the corolla, with its mouth con- 
tracted, and from MW. longifiora, (Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1844, Tab. 25,) 
which has oval-oblong leaves, and a much longer, whole-coloured 
corolla, also contracted at the mouth; and it differs from all in 
its distinctly dotted foliage. It is sent from the Andes of El 
Equador by Mr. William Lobb, and it flowered in the greenhouse 
of Messrs. Veitch and Son of Exeter in Nov. 1848. It exists 
in Professor Jameson’s collection from the same country. 
Duscr. A low shrué, with slightly angular branches. Leaves 
alternate, but inclined to be secund, sessile or with a most indis- 
tinct petiole, cordate, the upper ones approaching to oval, obtuse, 
entire, coriaceous, convex, the margin secund, glossy, dotted, 
delicately penninerved. V/owers pedunculate, crowded in the 
axils of the superior leaves, and in a terminal cluster, secund. 
Peduncles clavate, red.  Calye articulated upon the peduncle, 
turbinate, shortly 5- toothed, with 5 wing-like angles, fleshy, deep 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1849. 
