Hi ERICE^. 



vered with wHtish, short hairs : pedicels spreading or nodding, 6"'-4'" long : bracts 1'" long, 

 the superior 1'" above the base of the pedicels ; calyx-tube ovate, 4'" long : limb of the same 

 length, with subulate, distant lobes ; corolla 3"' long : limb spreading, with the lobes ovate, 

 blunt, 4"' long; filaments densely pubescent : anthers inserted above their base, connivent, 

 included, oblong at the base, tapering and bifid from the middle, glabrous ; style i'" exserted ; 

 pericarp ovoid, T" long, 5'" diam. : persistent calyx-limb free, erect, 2'" long.— Hab. Tri- 

 nidad I, Or., Tocuche. 



7. SrMPHYSIA, Prl. 



Calyx campanulate : limb free, subtruncate, minutely 6(-7)-toothed. Corolla ovoid-cam- 

 panulate, 6(-7)-fid, valvate, fleshy. Stamens 13 (-14), distinct, of equal length : anthers 

 ovate-oblong, avraleas : cells distinct from the middle, terminated abruptly with a short, 

 narrow tube, dehiscent at its top with a pore. Ovary 6-celled : cells multioviilate. Pericarp 

 baccate. — ^Evergreen shrubs ; flowers in axillary corymbs. 



10. S. guadelupensis, Kl. Glabrous ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, 

 pointed, taperinff towards the suhsessile base, remotely and obscurely serrulate, veiny be- 

 neath. — Book. ic. f. 293 ; Beless. ic. 5. i. 18. — Vaccinium, Sw. Andreusia, DC. Vacci- 

 nium Imrayi, Hook. ! S. martinicensis, Deless. — A high shrub ; leaves usually 2"-3" long, 

 l"-li" broad ; corymbs simple, peduncled, as long as the leaves ; pedicels 8"'-10'" long ; 

 flowers 4"'-5"' long, 3"' broad : coroUa as long as the ovary ; sexual organs included. — Hab. 

 Dominica I, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe]. 



8. VACCINIUM, L. 



Calyx-limb short. Corolla campanulate or urceolate : limb 4-5-fid. Stamens 8-10, dis- 

 tinct, of equal length : anther-cells distinct above, tapering into a narrow tube, dehiscent at 

 its top. Ovary 4-5 -celled : cells multiovulate. Pericarp baccate. — Shrubs. 



Sect. ViTis-iD^A. — Corolla campanulate. Anthers aimiless, or shortly i-avmed on the 

 back, contracted into long tubes. Ovary devoid of spuiwus dissepiments. — Leaves ever- 

 green. 



11. V. smUacifoliam, Gr. (». sp.). Glabrous; leaves ovate-roundish or ovate, posW- 

 leted, quite entire, 5-nerved, reticulated-veiny chiefly beneath ; corymbs few-flowered : pe- 

 dicels long, thickened above, jointed at the ebraoteolate top ; calyx-teeth minute ; corolla 

 ovate, B-toothed : limb connivent-erect ; sexual organs included ; anthers awnless. — Branches 

 cylindrical, bearing a few pedicels, chiefly at their summit ; leaves 3"-2" long, 3i"-l" broad, 

 leathery, somewhat revolute on their margin, pahnatinerved : first pair of lateral nerves in- 

 cluding an elliptical area and united with the midrib below the cuspidate, lanceolate point : 

 petiole thickish, 2'" long ; pedicels 8"(-10"' long ; flowers 6'" long ; calyx-limb very short, 5- 

 denticulate-repand ; corolla red, as long as the ovary : teeth triangular, one-sixth as long as the 

 tube (the corolla however is really divided to the middle, the greater part of the lobes cohering 

 by the inner epidermis) ; filaments very short, glabrous ; anthers inserted immediately above 

 their base, glabrous, oblong below, bifid to the middle, each cell tapering at the point of 

 division into a linear tube, the terminal pore of which is minute; style usually equalling the 

 corolla, shortly exceeding the anthers. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., Coulabion Mountains. 



13. V. meridionale, Sm.I Branchlets pubescent; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, or 

 elliptical, obsoletely mucronulate, obtusely cartilaginous-serrulate, archnerved, glabrous, or 

 hairy on the midrib above ; flowers racemose : pedicels shorter thaii the flower ; calyx-limb 

 4(-5)-partite : segments triangidar ; corolla ovate, glabrous : teeth triangular, spreading, one- 

 third as long as the tube ; sexual organs nearly equalling the corolla ; anthers with two very 

 short awns on the back. — A high shrub, 10'-30'high; leayes l"-li", pedicels and mem- 

 branaceous bracts 3'", flowers 4'"-5"' long ; corolla reddish-white, twice as long as the ovary ; 

 filaments long, hairy : anther-cells oblong-linear, as long as their narrow tubes ; awns incon- 

 spicuous; berry 4"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pii., J/a^., .4^., in the Blue and Port-Royal 

 mountains, from their summits as low down as the forests of the coffee region. 



