BOTANY OF THE AZORES. 595 
its arborescent stem, shorter sepals, &c. I am 
not prepared to say whether those characters are 
sufficiently clear and constant to become a specific 
diagnosis. While collecting in the islands, I 
recognized only a single species. As to green or 
reddish flowers, they may be seen on different 
sides of the same bush. 
V 116 (288). Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. Fayal; Flores; Pico. 
“117 (289). Menziesia Daboeci, DC. Fayal; Pico. 
" — (290). Vaccinium Maderense, Link. 
v M8 (292). V. cylindraceum, Sm. Fayal; Flores; Pico. 
V. longiflorum, Wickstr. (Flora Azorica, No. 291), 
videtur esse varietas parviflora. Frutex azorica, 
interdum fere arborescens, omnino convenit cum 
V. Maderense, forma et magnitudine foliorum, 
bracteis foliaceis, et quoque calycis dentibus, qui 
nunc breviores et obtusi, nunc longiores et acuti, 
apparent. Differt praecipue racemis elongatis, et 
corollis seepius multo longioribus, campanulato- 
cylindricis, sed non vere cylindricis. Magnitudo 
coloresque florum valde variant. 
"Ho (241). Olea excelsa, Ait. Fayal; Flores. (Aliena ?) 
* — (—)? Jasminum Azoricum, L. (In Azoricis ignotum.) 
"120 (249), Asclepias fruticosa, L. Fayal. (Aliena). 
V — (243). Exacum filiforme, Willd. 
v 121 (244). Erythrea Centaurium, Pers. Fayal; Flores. 
y (245). E. Massoni, Sweet. Fayal; Flores; Pico. 
Caule tetragono a basi perenne ramoso humifuso, 
ramis floriferis ascendentibus elongatis uni multi- 
floris, foliis plus minusve ellipticis. oblongisve : 
superioribus distantibus acutiusculis, corollze tubo 
limbi lobos ellipticos obtusos et sub anthesi ca- 
lycem subeequante. Corolla alba. ** Chironia mari- We d 
tima, Ait. Hort. Kew, 2, 6—nec Willd.” Herb. 
Smith, spec. ex Azoricis. * E. diffusa, Woods." 
Varietas minor seu montana. Ramis sterilibus 
humifusis, floriferis in pedunculos ascendentes 
2x 2 
