44L LXXXI, VACCINIACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Agapetes. 
entire, coriaceous, glabrous, often falsely whorled, marginal nerve obscure. Corymbs 
3 in., with 12-15 flowers; peduncle 3 in., pedicels $ in.; bracts } in., narrowly lan- 
ceolate, Calyx-limb 5-fid about half its length; teeth 3-1 in., lanceolate, subobtuse. 
Corolla 1} by 4 in., distinctly curved at tho apex, deep red, the transverse V-shaped 
bars on the tube obscure. Filaments glabrous; anther-cells granular-scabrous, some- 
what conuate into a tube. Berry fusiform-ovoid, narrowed at the apex and erowned 
with the cup-shaped limb of the calyx (Kurz). 
Sect. II. Corolla tubular, elongate, lobed less than half its length, straight 
at the apex. Flowers in corymbs. 
* Corymbs distinctly peduncled ; anthers granular, not spurred. (See also A. 
loranthiflora, n. 12.) 
3. A. auriculata, Hook. i in Gen. Pl. ii. 571; leaves large sessile 
oblong-lanceolate from a rounded base, corymbs glabrescent, calyx-teeth } in. 
narrowly lanceolate, corolla 2 in. Vaccinium auriculatum , Kurz in Journ. As. 
Soc. 1877, ii. 214; For. FI. ii. 89. Thibaudia auriculata, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. 
t. 508. 
Eastern Himataya; Sikkim, J. D. H.; and Bhotan, Griffith. Kuasa Mrs, alt. 
8-5000 ft., Griffith. Marranan, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis ( fide Kurz). 
Branches stout, glabrous, often angular upwards, Leaves 7 by 2} in., glabrous, 
nearly entire, coriaceous, often falsely whorled, marginal nerve distinctly continuous. 
Peduncles 1-13 in., stout, mostly proceeding from the whorls of leaves; pedicels 1 in., 
stout, much dilated and cup-shaped at apex; bracts is in. Corolla-tube narrowing 
upwards, pubescent without at least when young, bright red, transverse V-shaped bars 
obscure; teeth 3-d in. Fruit } in., ovoid, nearly dry, bright red; calyx-teeth } in., 
broad-lanceolate, striate, connivent, forming a cone as long as the fruit, 
4. A. glabra, Clarke; leaves sessile oblong-lanceolate from a rounded 
base, corymbs pubescent or cinereous almost tomentose, calyx-teeth A in. 
triangular-lanceolate, corolla 2 in. Thibaudia glabra, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat, t. 
514. 
Buoran and Kuasta, alt. 3-5000 ft, Griffith, J. D. H., &e., not infrequent. 
Branches round, glabrous, Leaves 5 by 13 in., sometimes elliptic or ovate, glabrous, 
obscurely erenate, often whorled, marginal nerve obscure. Peduncles 1-14 in., mostly 
proceeding from the leaf-whorls, often many-flowered ; pedicels 3-2 in., slightly dilated 
upwards; bracts j& in. Corolla-tube narrowed upwards, pubescent, green upwards, 
below white with rose-coloured V-shaped transverse bars or nearly colourless ; teeth 
ZA in. Fruit nearly } in., globose, ultimately nearly dry, seeds escaping by 10 pores 
round the disk; calyx-teeth very much shorter than the fruit, distant.—In Griffith's 
figure several of the leaves are shown hairy, but the leaves in Griffith's own n. 1218 
are quite glabrous, as they are in all the other numerous examples. 
5. A. saligna, Hook. f. in Gen, Pl, ii, 571; leaves shortly petioled lan- 
ceolate acuminate from a cuneate base, corymbs glabrous, calyx-teeth 1-4 in. 
lanceolate acute, corolla 1 in. Vaccinium salignum, Hook. f. Ill. Him. PI. t. 15, 
fig. A. 
Eastern Himaraya; Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 7000 ft., frequent, Griffith (Kew 
Distrib. n. 3467), J D. H., &c. Movrmern ; Thoung-gyun, alt. 5000 ft., Lobb. 
Branches not thick, scarcely angular. Leaves 3 by 2-1 in., scattered, entire, 
glabrous, coriaceous, marginal nerve obscure. Peduncles l.i in.; pedicels 1 in., 
gradually thickened upwards especially in fruit, cup at the apex hardly wider than 
the pedicel; bracts JL in. Corolla-tube somewhat widened upwards, glabrous, bright- 
red with obscure transverse V-shaped bars; lobes 1-3 in. Fruit l in., subglobose, 
scarlet (as are the fruiting pedicels), subbaccate ; calyx-teeth scarcely altered, much 
shorter than the fruit.—Stems sometimes greatly thickened at the very base, 
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