274 VACCINIACEA. 
10. Cavendishia? warscewiczil, Hemsley. 
Proclesia warscewiczii, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxiv. p. 35. 
GUATEMALA, in alpine localities (Warscewicz). 
4, VACCINIUM. 
Vaccinium, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 483; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 573. 
Shrubs, often very dwarf, and a few species arboreous. About 100 species are known ; 
and they are generally dispersed in the northern hemisphere and in the mountains of 
the tropics; but none has been found in the south temperate or frigid zone. 
1. Vaccinium angustifolium, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 45. 
NortH Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2126); Sour Mexico, Oaxaca, woods at 
3000 to 5000 feet (Galeotti, 1808), Bolafios (Hartweg, 342). Hb. Kew. 
2. Vaccinium confertum, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 265, t. 250. « 
Vaccinium brachystachyum, Benth. Pl. Hartw. pp. 65, 140, et 349. (Tab. LIT.) 
Norta Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2129), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 
8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 561); Sourn Mexico, near Moran, 8400 feet (Humboldt & 
Bonpland), mountains of Carmen, in the Sierra of Oaxaca (Hartweg, 480), Ciudad Real 
(Linden, 388), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 650); GuateMaza, without locality (Salvin & God- 
man, 1861), Volcan de Fuego, at 12,000 feet (Salvin). Hb. Kew. 
We at first thought V. brachystachyum, Benth., was specifically distinct from V. con- 
fertum; hence the reason for the former name appearing on the Plate. 
3. Vaccinium consanguineum, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxiv. p. 64. 
Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Veraguas (Warscewicz). 
4. Vaccinium cordatum, Hemsley. 
Gaylussacia cordata, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 4) ; Walp. Rep. 11. p. 723. 
Sourn Mexico, near Jalapa, at 7000 feet (Galeotti, 1795), Las Vegas, Vera Cruz 
(Linden, 420). Hb. Kew. | 
This species is very closely allied to, if not the same as, V. meridionale, Sw., a native 
of Jamaica. 
5. Vaccinium discolor, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 6); 
Walp. Rep. ii. p. 724. 
Sout Mexico, eastern Cordillera of Oaxaca, 7500 to 9500 feet (Galeotti, 1818). 
6. Vaccinium eriocladum, Dunal in DC. Prodr. vii. p. 571. 
Sovru Mexico, between Tampico and Real del Monte (Berlandier, 254). 
7. Vaccinium geminiflorum, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 267, t. 252; 
DC. Prodr. vii. p. 573. 
Sourn Mexico, peak of Orizaba, 12,000 to 13,000 feet (Galeotti, 1855 ; Linden, 426), 
