probable it would succeed well if planted out in a conserva- 

 tory. It requires a liberal supply of water in summer, but 

 very little in winter. To have this plant well furnished with 

 young wood from the bottom for flowering, it is necessary 

 to cut it well back early in autumn, in order to have the 

 plant clothed with leaves before winter. It is rather difficult 

 to multiply, but may be managed under a bell glass in a 

 bottom heat of 80". 



Note hy Mr. Hartweg. 



This is one of the numerous fleshy-rooted vaccinaceous 

 shrubs, frequently met with in dry and exposed situations in 

 the Andes ; the present species has been collected on the 

 main Cordillera near Loxa, (4° S.) at an elevation of about 

 8,000 feet above the sea, where it forms a neat compact ever- 

 green shrub, five feet high, and is called by the inhabitants 

 Salapa. 



