Imrayance, N. O. Vacciniese. 



TAB. CCXCII. 



Vaccinum Imrayi. 



Fructicosum glaberrimum, foliis brevi-petiolatis ovatis utrinque 

 acutis coriaceis subtus reticulatis, corymbis pedunculatis axil- 

 laribus terminalibusque, corollis quinquefidis crassissimis, 

 antheris muticis* 

 Hab. Mountains of Dominica. Dr Imray. (w, 147,) 

 Frutex elatus, ramis lignosis, junioribus rufescentibus. Folia 

 bi-triuncialia et ultra (in unico exemplari 5-uncialia) coriacea, 

 dura, ovata, integerrrimaj acuta, basi in petiolum brevem at- 

 tenuata, supra laeviaj obscure et oblique penninervia, subtus 

 venis prominentibus reticulata. Pedunculi folio breviores, 

 axillares vel terminales, apice corymbosi. Pedicelli superne 

 dilatati, sub calycem articulati. Flores majusculi. Calycis 

 tubus subglobosus, limbo brevi, S-lobo, lobis latis brevi- 

 subapiculatis» Corolla longitudine ovarii, subcampanulata, 

 crassissima, lirabo 54obo, lobis ovatis acutiusculis erectis mar- 

 ginibus involutis. Stamina 10, ad basin coroUae inserta. jPi/a- 



menia brevia, dilatata. Antherce ovata, apice attenuatse, muticae, 

 poris 2 obliquis dehiscentes. 



This is one of the most remarkable species of the genus with 

 which I am acquainted, and one of many fine and beautifully 

 preserved plants of Dominica, for the possession of which, I am 

 indebted to my valued correspondent Dr Imray. Of the present 

 plant the firm coriaceous leaves are, in one specimen in my pos- 

 session, 5 inches long. The pedicels are, each of them, dilated 

 immediately beneath the ovary or calyx,'and there jointed; but 

 the most remarkable feature in the plant is its extremely thick 

 corollas, so thick and so firm, that they are diflBcult to dissect, 

 even with a very sharp knife. . 



Fiff. 1. Flower. /. 2. Calyx and pistil. /. 3. Portion of the 

 corolla and two of the stamens : — magnified. 



