PLANTS FROM GUNONG TAHAN, PAHANG. 315 
VACCINIACE Æ. 
VACCINIUM PUBICARPUM, n. sp. 
Frutex 4-pedalis terrestris. Folia tenuiter coriacea lanceolata acuminata 
acuta glabra obscure serrulata, 2 poll. longa, 3 poll. lata, nervis 
primariis 6, petiolo № poll. longo. Racemi foliis breviores 2 poll. longi 
laxi. Bractee minute lineares. Flores pedicellati, pedicellis 1 poll. 
longis, cum calyce pubescentibus. Calyx eupulatus, lobis acutis trian- 
gularibus. Corolla omnino pubescens. Staminum filamentis brevibus, 
antheris linearibus oblongis, processibus 2 apicalibus rectis cylindricis, 
antheras squantibus, omnino glabra. Stylus cylindricus crassiusculus, 
apice plano. Васса parva globosa pubescens sepalis coronata, l poll. 
longa. 
Gunong Tahan, 5000-6000 ft. Shrub 4 feet high, in shady ravines. 
(5443.) 
Resembles V. malaccensis, Wight, which is common in the lowlands of 
the Peninsula, but differs in the long acuminate leaves and pubescent 
fruit. 
V. LONGIBRACTEATUM, n. sp. 
Frutex ramis fuscis hirtis, pilis albis. Folia alterna ovata subcordata 
obtusa coriacea inferne pubescentia superne glabra, 1-11 poll. longa, 
1-11 poll. lata, petiolis pubescentibus 1 poll. longis. Racemi terminales 
longiuseuli, rhachidibus pubescentibus. Bracteæ foliacese coriacez 
lanceolatze acutæ pubescentes, flores multo superantes, 5-1 poll. long, 
1 poll. latæ. Flores desunt. Baceze } poll. long: globose pubescentes, 
pedicellis 1 poll. longis pubescentibus ; lobis calycis triangularibus 
acutis 5, inflexis. 
Gunong Tahan, 3300 ft. (5326.5 
Remarkable for its pubescence and the large lanceolate bracts. The 
leaves are close-set and very coriaceous, hairy beneath with conspicuous 
ascending nerves. 
V. Teysmannt, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 1062. 
Gunong Tahan. 3300 ft. Flowers crimson ; leaves rusty beneath. (5053.) 
Distrib. Perak ; Java. 
ERICACE. 
PIERIS OVALIFOLIA, D. Don, in Edinb. Phil. Journ. xvii. (1834) 159. 
Gunong Tahan, 5000-6000 ft. Small tree 15-20 feet; flowers whitish. 
(5476.) 
Distrib. Himalayas to Japan. 
RHODODENDRON MALAYANUM, Jack, in Mal. Mise. ii. (1822) no. уп. 17. 
Gunong Tahan, 3300 ft. Small tree. (5323.) 
Distrib, Common on hills in Malay Peninsula; Malaya. 
