MOUNT KOKAIMA IN BRITISH GUIANA. L3 



long' tubes about 3 times as long as the united part, opening by long oblique slits 

 Ovary subglobose, 4-5-eelled ; style r>i-6 lin. long, not exserted, filiform, glabrous ; stigma 

 small, discoid. Ovules numerous in each cell. Berry globose, many-seeded ; seeds about 

 § lin. long, variable in form, with a pale brown reticulated testa. 

 Summit of Mount lloraima, 8600 ft., McConucll A- Quelch, 662. 



Yaccinitjm RORAIMENSE, N. E. Brown, sp. n. Fruticulus, ramis patente pubescentibus 



Miosis. Folia parva, breviter petiolata, rigide coriacea, lanceolata obovata vel 



elliptica, obtusa vel rare acuta, crenato-dentata vel Integra, glabra, marginihus subtus 



incrassata. Racemi breves, terminales, bractcati. Pedicelli bracteolati, pubescentes. 



Bracteoke lanceolata?, acutse, tenuiter glanduloso-ciliatae. Calyx glaber, loliis 



deltoideo-ovatis acutis. Corolla 2f liu. longa, urceolata, breviter 5-loba. Stamina 



10, inclusa, tilamentis a basi attenuatis ciliatis, an.th.eris acutis nee aristatis. 



Ovarium obconicum, 5-loculare, glabrum, loculis 2-3-ovulatis. — Vaccmivm, mi 



Kfloribundum, H. B. & K. ?, Oliver, in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. Bot. ii. (1887) p. 278. 



A small branching shrub, probably of dwarf habit. Branches rather slender, very 



leafy, pubescent with short spreading hairs. Leaves small, petiolate, thick, rigidly 



coriaceous, glabrous; petiole ^-lj lin. long; blade 3|-7 lin. long, 2-5g lin. broad, 



varying from lanceolate to elliptic, obtuse or bluntly pointed, rarely acute, crenately 



toothed or entire, with the margins much thickened beneath, and the veins usually 



inconspicuous above, more or less evident beneath. Flowers in short terminal bracteate 



racemes, or aggregated at the apex of the branches. Pedicels li-3, rarely 4-5 lin. long, 



pubescent, bracteolate. Bracts and bracteoles similar, 1-li liu. long, lanceolate, 



acute, or occasionally the bracts are larger and resemble very small leaves, glabrous, 



more or less gland-ciliate. Calyx jointed to the pedicel, with a 5-lobed limb, glabrous; 



lobes 1 lin. long, deltoid-ovate, acute. Corolla 2f lin. long, urceolate, 5-lobed, 



glabrous; lobes about f lin. long, broadly ovate, obtuse. Stamens 10, included; 



filaments 1 lin. long, tapering upwards from a broad base, ciliate ; anthers acute but not 



aristate. Ovary obconical, surmounted by a thick ring-like disk, 5-eelled, with 2-3 



ovules in each cell, glabrous ; style about lh lin. long ; stigma dilated cushion-like. 



Summit of Mount Roraima, 8600 ft., vm Thurn, 329, 333 ; McConnell & Quelch, 79, 

 494, 642. 



Allied to V. polystachyum, Benth., but very different in foliage. 



Besides the above, there is a specimen belonging to this family which is too imperfect 

 for identification ; it was collected in the Kotinga Valley, McConucll & Quelch, 187. 



ERICACEAE. 



I'ernettya makginata, N. E. Brown, sp. n. Frutex foliosus, ramis gracilibus plus minus 

 hirtis. Folia breviter petiolata, coriacea, ovata vel elliptica, acuta vel subacuta, basi 

 rotundata, supra glabra, nitida, infra ssepe parce setulosa, marginibus infra incrassat is 

 setuloso-denticulatis. Flores axillares, solitares. Pedicelli bracteolati, pubescentes. 



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