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Vaccinium Poasanum Donn. Sm.—Glabrum. Folia brevi- 
petiolata sempervirentia integerrima oblongo-elliptica, apice 
contracto et obtuse acuminato, basi cuneata. Racemi axillares 
foliis breviores, rhachi brevi, pedicellis paucis gracilibus flores 
aequantibus. Corollae campaniformis lobi brevissimi. Antherae 
muticae poro terminali dehiscentes, loculis quam filamenta brevi- 
oribus a tubulis 3-plo superatis. Bacca 5-locularis. 
Shrub 2™ high. Leaves coriaceous, opaque, 5-7X2-3™, petioles 2-3™" 
long. Rachis about 8™™ long; pedicels 4—5, erect, 1o-14"™ long, bracteate 
at base, bibracteolate in middle; bracts and bracteoles scariose, triangular- 
linear, 2~3™™ long, aristulate, fusco-ciliate. Calyx turbinate, 4™ long, limb 
mucronate. Corolla white, 1°” long, 8™™" broad, not contracted above ; lobes 
broad, acuminate, spreading. Stamens 10, epigynous, a little shorter than 
corolla ; filaments free, villose, 3"" long ; anthers affixed above middle, cells 
2x1™", slender tubes 6-7" long. Berry globose, 6-7™ in diam., many- 
seeded, spurious dissepiments none. 
Borders of the upper lake of Volcdn Poas, Costa Rica, alt. 7800*, Mch. 
1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6634 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm.— Summit of 
Volcén Poas, alt. 8500, Nov. 1896, Tonduz, no. 10783 herb. nat. C. R. 
Ardisia auriculata Donn. Sm.—Glabra. Folia immaculata 
Sessilia maxima obovato-oblonga in triente parte superiore 
acuminata deorsum in lobos amplexicaules angustata. Paniculae 
terminales geminae pyramidales amplae, ramis solitariis, pedi- 
cellis ad apicem versus ramorum secundariorium racemosis 
Sracilibus. Calycis lobi ovatiacuti. Bacca viridis grosse macu- 
lata. 
Tree of medium size; branches smooth, pallid. Leaves entire, char- 
taceous, pellucid, impunctate, minutely lepidote beneath, 4°" long, above 
middle 13°" and at base 4°™ broad, round auricles 1™ long; lateral nerves 
Spreading, arcuate ; pseudo-nerves 2, distinct, remote from margin. Panicles 
_penduculate, scarcely exceeded by leaves, pedicels 6-10™" long. Lobes of 
calyx 2™" long, marked by oblong spots. Berry depressed-globose, 6-7" in 
diam. Flowers not present. 
Forests of Suerre, Llanos de Santa Clara, Costa Rica, alt. goo*, Feb. 
1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6640 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. 
bit Ardisia | Donn. Sm.— Folia supra medium sub- 
crenulata lineari-oblanceolata acuminata in petiolum brevem 
> attenuata punctis et lineis pellucida, nervis primariis paucis. 
