452 ; LXXXI. VAČCINIACE®. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Vaccinium. 
in., pubescent-pilose; pedicels JA in.; bracts elliptic, white, caducous. Calya-tube 
pilose, teeth 3; in. Corolla } in., oblong-urceolate, shortly lobed, glabrous without, 
rose-coloured. Filaments pilose; anthers spurred. Berries small, purple. 
** Leaves 13-8 in. 
T Racemes axillary, solitary or subumbellate from whorls of leaves. 
5. V. serratum, Wight lc. & 1184; branchlets glabrous, leaves lanceo- 
late serrate often whorled, peduncles mostly terminal umbelled not clothed with 
broad bracts at their bases, corolla glabrous without. Thibaudia serrata, Wall. 
Cat. 6299. Ceratostemma vacciniaceum, Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 412.  Gaylussaccia 
serrata, Lindl. in Royle Ill. 257, t. 79, fig. 2; DC. Prodr. vii. 558. Agapetes 
serrata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 862. Epigynium serratum, Klotzsch tn Linnea, 
xxiv. 50. 
Sixx1M, Buoran and Kuasta Mrs. ; alt. 3-7000 ft., frequent. 
A stout epiphyte; branches often greatly thickened at their base. Leaves subses- 
sile, 23 by ł in., acute, remotely crenate-serrate nearly to the base, glabrous. Facemes 
2 in., often 3-4 springing umbellately from the terminal whorl of leaves, glabrous or 
nearly so; bracts de in., lanceolate, serrate, those at the base of the peduncles hardly 
larger. Calya-tube smooth ` teeth minute, triangular. Corolla } by } in., tubular, very 
shortly lobed, yellow-green. Filaments glabrous ; anthers not spurred, dehiscing by 
long slits from below the apex. Berry} in. diam., globose, glistening, white or 
yellowish. i 
Var. leucobotrys; leaves elliptic acute from a broad or almost rounded base. 
Epigynium leucobotrys, Nut. ; Bot. Mag. t. 5103.—BnorAN ; Duphla Hills, Nuttall. 
Var. Nuttallii; leaves 7 by 21 in. erenate (not serrate) rugose with nerves im- 
pressed on the upper surface.—Bhotan, Nuttall.—This may be specifically distinct, the 
leaves differing very much both in size and texture. 
6. V. venosum, Wight Ic. t. 1185 ; branchlets glabrous, leaves lanceolate 
crenate-serrate, peduncles mostly terminal umbelled clothed with numerous 
imbricated elliptic bracts at their bases, corolla puberulous without. Epigynium 
venosum, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxiv. 50. 
Misnwpp ` Thumatha summit, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3461). Kuasta Mrs. ; 
Griffith. 
A stout, glabrous epiphyte; branches round. Leaves 3} by 3-1 in., acute, sud- 
denly narrowed to the very short petiole, remotely crenate-serrate nearly to the base, 
coriaceous. Racemes 2-3 in.; pedicels à-1i in.; bracts as long as the pedicels, 
elliptic, caducous, the lowest persistent. Calyx-tube rough with circular glands; teeth 
small, acute. Corolla } by 45 in., ovoid-conic. Filaments glabrous; anthers without 
spurs, dehiscing by long slits below the subentire apex. Fruit not seen. 
Var. hispida; branchlets hispid-pilose upwards, leaves often smaller. Gaylus- 
saccia serrata, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 507, not of Lindl.—Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 
4-7000 ft., frequent, Griffith, J. D. H., &c., frequent.—Leaves varying much in size 
and texture, in the Alpine examples only 13 in. long, in Nuttall’s examples hcrba- 
ceous, little coriaceous, in Griffith’s examples greatly resembling those of V. serratum. 
Berries A in. diam., globose. 
7. V. ardisioides, Hook. f. ms.; glabrous, leaves sessile elliptic acumi- 
nate entire, peduncles umbelled in the terminal whorl of leaves without 
imbricate bracts at their base, corolla glabrous without. 
Mota ; Thoung-gyun, alt. 6000 ft., T. Lobb; Nattoung expedition, Parish. 
Branches 2 ft., naked, with terminal whorls of leaves. Leaves closely sessile, 44 
by 14 in, rounded at the base, coriaceous. Racemes coloured, 2-3 in.; pedicels 1-4 
in., thickened upwards; bracts} in., linear-lanceolate. Calyx glabrous, limb shortly 
campanulate, obscurely 5-pointed. Corolla à by A in., ovoid-conic, deeply lobed. 
Filaments glabrous; anthers spurred, opening by long slits from the subentire apex, 
Fruit not seen. ` 
