Jamesoniane. N. O. Vacciniee. 
TAB. DCCXVII. 
Vaccinium Muscicoua. Hook. 
Ramulis teretibus pubescenti-pilosis, foliis rotundato-ovatis 
acutis subsessilibus carnosis integerrimis basi subquinque- 
nerviis, pedicellis geminis gracilibus folium subeequantibus 
ebracteatis (nisi ad basin) unifloris, calycis tubo inferne 
ovario adherente pubescente superne libero glabro, dentibus 
acutis, corolla tubuloso-urceolata (coccinea) 5-dentata glabra, 
antheris elongatis muticis apice bifidis. 
Has. Western flank of Chimborazo, at the superior limit of 
the forest, 13,000 feet above the sea-level, growing from the 
trunks of trees, where the roots are enveloped in moss. 
Prof. W. Jameson, 1844 (very rare). 
This is a most distinct species of Vaccinium, an epiphyte, 
owing among moss at the upper limits of the forests of 
Chimborazo. The leaves when living, Dr. Jameson informs 
me, are fleshy; this occasions them to fall off so readily when 
drying, in which state they are not subcoriaceous but seml- 
pellucid, exhibiting lateral nerves (of which there are two 
principal ones on each side at the base) that become incurved 
before they reach the margin and anastomose with those above: 
In their areoles are copious, much branched, lesser veins, which 
have a downward direction, and of which the ultimate veinlets 
are free. The corolla is between cylindrical and urceolate, of 
. bright red colour, 5-toothed at the apex, and the teeth are 
hairy, like those of the calyx, 
Fig. 1. Flower. .2. Section of the calyx, showing the pistil. 
J. 3. Stamens magnified, 
