MR. N. E. RROWN ON VACCINIUM INTERMEDIUM. 127 
V. Vitis-idea. I am never in danger of mistaking it for the latter, 
but generally have to beware lest I mistake it for the former. 
The round stem seems to be one of the most marked differences 
from V. Myrtillus. Of that plant the peculiar ridged stem shows 
very clearly now that there are no leaves." 
The above quotations give, better than anything I could write, 
the superficial characteristics of the living plant; to which may 
be added, as further marks of distinction whereby to separate it 
from V. Myrtillus, that the leaves are thicker and firmer in 
texture, less rounded at the base, and with a deeply impressed 
venation; the flowers are rather different in form and have a 
tendency to a racemose arrangement, and the filaments are hairy. 
From F. Vitis-idea the larger size and different habit, the 
absence of punctate dots on the under surface of the leaf (there 
are, however, minute glandular hairs), the more urceolate shape 
of the corolla, and the presence of awns at the back of the anthers, 
at once distinguish it. l l 
The following are the specific characters of V. intermedium :— 
VACCINIUM INTERMEDIUM, Ruthe, Flora der Mark Brandenburg 
und der Niederlausitz, p. 977, t. 1; Guimpel und Klotzsch, 
Pflanzenabbildungen und Beschreibungen zur Erkenntniss offi- 
zineller Gewächse, t. 7; Koch, Synopsis Flore Germanice et 
Helvetica, ed. 2, p. 545; Reichenbach, Icones Flore Germanice 
et Helvetica, vol. xvii. p. 81, t. 1169. f. iv, v, 8-10. 
Plant 20-80 cm. high, forming a dwarf, bushy, evergreen 
shrub. Stem terete, faintly angular above, green, minutely 
puberulous on the younger parts. Leaves alternate, spreading, 
evergreen ; petiole 1-2 mm. long, puberulous ; lamina elliptic or 
obovate, averaging from 15-25 mm. long, and 8-12 mm. broad, 
obtuse with avery small glandular apiculus, more or less cuneate 
at the base, denticulate on the recurved margins, firm in tex- 
ture, bright green and glabrous above, with impressed reticulate 
venation, paler beneath and very sparsely covered with minute 
stipitate glands. Flowers sometimes solitary in the axils of the 
leaves, but more generally in short te rminal bracteate racemes, 
drooping. Bracts more or less leafy. Pedicels 2-4 mm. long, 
glabrous, bibracteolate ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, about 2 mm. 
long. Calyx-lobes short, broadly ovate, acute, glabrous, green. 
Corolla 4-5 mm. long, urceolate-campanulate, with five short, 
deltoid, slightly spreading lobes, pale pink, scented. Filaments 
