﻿TAB. XXX. 



Prionotes Americana. 



Foliis ovatis acutis serratis, corolla campanulata. 



Azalea bullata. Forst. Msi. in Herb. Banks. 



Hab. Cape Horn. Forster. Staten-Land, near Terra del 



Fuego. Mr. Reynolds [n. 24 and 36). 



I am not aware that any Epacrideous plant lias been pub- 

 lished as a native of the New World. The present one, 

 which I refer to Prionotes of Brown, with which it seems 

 to agree sufficiently in character and in general aspect, is 

 an inhabitant of the southern extremity of that vast country. 

 A specimen exists in my Herbarium which was gathered by 

 Forster, and much more beautiful ones have been kindly sent 

 me by Mr. Greene, collected in Staten-Land by Mr. Reynolds. 

 The original Prionotes (P. cyathodes) is a native of Van Die- 

 men's Land, and differs from this species in its much larger 

 size, lanceolate, remote leaves^ long peduncles, and cylindrical 

 ^oviy flowers. 



Fig. 1. Flower. / 2. Stamens, pistil, and hypogynous scales, 



/. 3. Section of the germen. /. 4. Ripe capsule (from which 



the seeds have fallen away). / 5. Single valve of the capsule, 



showing the septum. / 6. Column, 5-lobed at the extremity, 



to which the ripened seed? were attached -.^magnified. 



