.Vaccintwm.] LXXXI. VACCINIACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 453 
8. V. Dunalianum, Wight Ic. t. 1194; glabrous, leaves subpetioled 
oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate entire, racemes axillary solitary, corolla 
glabrous without.  Epigynium Dunalianum, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxiv. 31. 
Thibaudia revoluta, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 513.— Thibaudiacea, Griff. Itin. 
Notes 152, n. 752. 
Srxxm, BuorAN and Kuasta Mrs, alt. 3-8000 ft., frequent. 
A large, erect shrub; branches angular, uniformly leafy. Leaves 4 by 1-1} in., 
the linear point often nearly 1 in., base cuneate, coriaceous, margins recurved. 
Racemes 1-3 in.; pedicels -+ in.; bracts round-ovate, margins scarious, densely 
imbricate, a few persistent at flowering-time, usually deciduous before fruiting. Calyx- 
teeth small, triangular. Corolla } in., ovoid-conic. Filaments glabrous; anthers 
spurred, dehiscing by slits at their subentire apex. Berry } in. diam., globose, 
9. V. gualtherisefolium, Hook. f. ms.; glabrous, leaves large shortly 
pus elliptic acute remotely crenate-serrate, racemes axillary solitary. Thi- 
audia gualtherisfolia, Griff. Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 512,—Thibaudiacea, Griff. Itin. 
Notes, 136, n. 590. 
Buoran; banks of the Koollong, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3468/1). SIKKIM ; 
Catsuperri Lake, alt. 7000 ft., J. D. H. 
A shrub, 8 ft. high; branches compressed, Leaves 44 by 2 in., rhomboid or 
rounded at the base, coriaceous, nerves impressed above, glaucous-white beneath ; 
petiole 1-4 in. Racemes 2-3 in.; pedicels $ in. Berries 4-4 in. diam., globose, blue- 
black.—Griffith’s examples are in advanced fruit, showing no trace of bracts; corolla 
unknown. 
- 10. V. glauco-album, Hook. f. ms.; glabrous, leaves obovate-oblong 
acute closely mucronate-serrate, racemes axillary dense with large white sub- 
persistent bracts and bracteoles.—Thibaudia, Graff. Itin. Notes, 154, n. 762. 
Sixxr« Hiaraya; Lachen and Lachoong, alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H. Buoran; 
Tongsa, alt. 7500 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3478). 
A shrub; branches angular. Leaves 24 by 1-1} in., not acuminate, base cuneate, 
coriaceous, nerves impressed above, white beneath; petiole 0-4 in.  Hacemes 2—3-in.; 
pedicels 4-} in. ; bracts 1-1 by 4-4 in., extending to the top of the raceme, and often 
persistent till the fruit is ripe; braeteoles 2-1 on each pedicel, 4-4 in., linear-lanceo- 
late, resembling the bracts. Calyx-teeth minute, triangular. Corolla 1-4 in., ovoid- 
conie, white tinged pink (J. D. H.). Filaments densely hairy ; anthers long-spurred, 
dehiscing by long slits from the subentire apex. Berry į in. diam., globose. 
1]. V. arbutoides, Clarke; leaves large ovate acuminate entire gla- 
brous, racemes axillary solitary pilose, calyx-teeth à in. lanceolate pilose. 
SOUTH-EAST Assam; Patxoy Mrs.; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3469). 
A stout shrub; branches glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2} in., suddenly acuminate, base 
rhomboid or rounded, very coriaceous ; petiole 4-3 in., very stout. Racemes 24 in ; 
pedicels 4 in.; bracts caducous.  Calyz-tube subglobose, densely pilose ; teeth erect, 
somewhat striate.—-Neither corolla nor fruit seen; unmistakeable as a species, and 
(almost without doubt) of this genus. 
+t Racemes alternate, corymbose or subcorymbose towards the ends of the 
branchlets. 
12. V. Donianum, Wight Ic. t. 1191; glabrous, leaves lanceolate or 
oblong acuminate, bracts linear or very narrowly lanceolate caducous, pedicels 
and calyx glabrous, anthers spurred. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 215 
(exclud. var. 8) and For. Fl. ii.91. V. affine, Wight Ic. t. 1190. Phibaudis 
Sprengelii, Wall. Cat. 6298. Agapetes Sprengelii, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 862 ; 
DC. Prodr. vii. 555. Epigynium aiani, eg and affine, Klotzsch in 
Linnea, xxiv. 51, 50. 
