139 FLORA OF BRAZIL. 
Has. Organ Mountains, at an elevation of about 4000 feet. 
F1. March. 
Frutex 1-2-pedalis. Folia supra viridia, nitida, subtus 
pallide ferruginea. Corolla angulata, dentata, dentibus 
reflexis. Stylus subexsertus. 
ERICACEA. 
475 et 5802. Leucothoe (Agastia) Organensis ; glabra, ramis —— 
dense fastigiatis, ramulis angulatis, folis petiolatis ovato- | d 
ellipticis obtusis mucronatis basi cordatis margine valde - 
revolutis integerrimis coriaceis reticulato-venosis, racemis - 
axillaribus  trifloris puberulis folio brevioribus, flori- — 
bus pedicellatis, corollis ovato-cylindricis, ovario gla- 
bro. i 
Has. In Sphagnum bogs on the Organ Mountains, at an 
elevation of about 6000 feet. F1. January. 
Frutex 4-6-pedalis. Folia conferta, 6-9 lin. longa, 31-4 - 
lin. lata, supra nitida. Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis ovatis 
acutis puberulis. Corolle albæ?, sub-3 lin. longs, ore - 
contracte. Capsula depressa, hemisphærica. E 
ILICINEZ. 
5696. Ilex buxifolia ; glaberrima, folis parvis elliptico- 
lanceolatis acutis vel interdum obtusis coriaceis üninerviis 
integris margine subrevolutis breve petiolatis supra viri- 
dibus nitidis subtus pallidioribus, pedunculis axillaribus 
trifloris, calyce 4-6-fido, corolla 4-6-partita, drupa 4-6- 
pyrena. 
Has. Bushy places near the summit of the Organ Moun- 
tains. FI. March. 
Frutex 4-6-pedalis, ramosissimus. Rami cinerei, dense 
foliosi. Folia 6-8 lin. longa, 21-3 lin. lata, petiolo 14 lin. 
longo. Racemi folio breviores. Calyx parvus, laciniis late 
ovatis obtusis. Corolla vix lineam longa, alba, laciniis 
ovatis acutiusculis, æstivatione imbricatis. 
