Mathewsiane. N. O. Vacciniex. 
TAB, CXII. 
SPHYROSPERMUM MYRTIFOLIUM. 
Foliis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, ramis pedunculis calycibusque 
hirsutissimis, ovario quadriloculari. 
Has. Bagasan, Andes of Peru. Mathews (n. 1466.) 
A Genus established by Poeppig and Endlicher, including 
S. buxifolium and S. longifolium of the Peruvian Andes, and 
chiefly distinguished from Vaccinium, “ simplici dentium caly- 
cinorum numero nec non et placentarum situ. Semina fere 
Vaccinii Myrtilli, sed integumentum exterius carnoso-succosum, 
arillum mentiens.” 
Our species constitutes a shrub with very hairy branches and 
with numerous leaves, of a narrow lanceolate form, coriaceous 
_ texture, entire at the margins, which are revolute, glabrous on 
both sides, slightly veiny and glossy above, beneath paler, veinless 
and opaque. Peduncles 1—3 from the axils of numerous 
leaves, and shorter than they, curved downwards, very hairy as 
is the calyx, with long patent hairs. Calyx of 4—5 teeth. Co- 
rolla campanulate, 4—5-fid, the segments erect. Stamens 4—6, 
inserted on the limb of the calyx. Filaments short. Anthers 
two-celled, each cell glandular, tapering into a rather thick 
tube dilated and open at the mouth. Ovary four-celled. 
Fig. 1. A bud. f. 2. Aflower. (f- 3. Flower, the corolla being 
removed. jf. 4. Stamen. f. 5. Calyx and pistil. f. 6. Ovary 
cut through transversely :—magnified. 
