Vaccinium floribundum H BK. var. ramosissi- 
mum (D. Don.) Sleumer Notizbl. 13 (1986) 1381. 
Bottvia; Province of Sacaba, Cochabamba, Inachaca. Alt. 2,800 
m. *‘Dicen que las frutas comiendo muchos embriagan.’’ October 
14, 1921. J. Steinbach 5896. 
This abundant highland shrub, locally known in 
Cochabamba as macha-macha, has fruits which intoxicate 
apparently in the same way as those of the related genus 
Pernettya. 
[ 280 ] 
