454 LXXXI. VACCINIACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Vaccinium. 
Kuasra Mrs. ; alt. 3-5000 ft., common. Peev; alt. 3-6000 ft., frequent. 
An erect shrub; branches round, not thick. Leaves 24 by i-l in., subsessile, 
narrowed at both ends, minutely crenate-serrate, nerves distinct beneath. Racemes 
1-4 in.; pedicels 4-4 in. ; bracts } by jl in. (or narrower), usually caducous ` brac- 
teoles linear, caducous. Calyx-teeth small, triangular. Corolla 3 by à in., tubular, 
glabrous without. Filaments hairy; anthers opening by short slits from the crenu- 
lated apex. Berry in. diam., globose or broader than long. 
13. V. malaccense, Wight Ic. t. 1186; leaves shortly petioled lanceo- 
late or elliptic narrowed at both ends, bracts linear or lanceolate caducous, 
pedicels and calyx pubescent, anther-spurs most minute. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 
Suppl. 587. Epigynium malaccense, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxiv. 50. 
Maracca; Griffith, Lobb, Maingay. Srxcarorn; Schomburgk.—DisTRIB. Java, 
Bangka. 
€ erect shrub; branchlets glabrous, angular, not thick. Leaves 2] by 3-1 in., 
minutely crenate-serrate, nerves distinct beneath. Racemes 2-3 in., pubescent; 
pedicels 4-2 in.; bracts }-4 by KA in., caducous, Calyx-teeth minute, triangular. 
Corolla à by jd in., ovoid-tubular, pubescent without, Filaments longer than in 
preceding species, glabrous in Wight's figure, with lax hairs in our examples ; anthers 
with terminal erenate-serrate pores; spurs most minute in Wight's examples, wanting 
in some others, Berry 1 in. diam., globose. 
Van. Lobbii; racemes calyx and corolla glabrous, corolla rather larger. V. 
Donianum, var. B, Kurz in Journ, As. Soc. 1877, ii. 215,—Moulmein ` Thoung-gyun, 
alt. 6000 ft., Lobb. 
14. V. bancanum, Mig, Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 587; leaves elliptic 
narrowed at both ends entire, racemes glabrous or minutely pubescent, anther- 
beaks very short or O0. V. exaristatum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc, 1873, pt. ii. 
86, 1877, pt. ii. 215, and For, Fi. ii. 91. 
Martapan; Kurz. MarAccA; Mt. Ophir, Maingay (n. 699).—Disrrim. Bangka. 
An erect shrub ; branches glabrous or minutely pubescent upwards. Leaves 2 by 
1 in., obtusely acuminate, base cuneate almost petioled, coriaceous, glabrous, nerves 
beneath obscure. Aacemes 1-3 in.; pedicels J in.; bracts narrow, caducous, Calyx- 
tube (in the Mt. Ophir plant) densely pilose; teeth minute, obtuse, Corolla 1 by 
in., glabrous without or nearly so; style much exserted. Filaments rather long, an 
(with the disk) very hairy; anther-cells oblong, opening by apical pores, hardly 
beaked. Fruit not seen.—' The Bangka plant has the calyx-tube glabrescent. Some 
of the Mt, Ophir examples have much smaller and narrower leaves, 1} by j in. only. 
15. V. Grifüthianum, Wight Ic. t. 1192; leaves small oblong acute at 
both ends serrulate glabrous, racemes minutely pubescent, bracts leaf-like sub- 
persistent, calyx sparsely minutely d teeth ovate acute dentate, corolla 
glabrous without. Epigynium Griffithianum, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxiv. 51. 
Thibaudia camelifolia, Griff. Notul. iv. 301, and Je, Pl. Asiat. t. 516. 
Kurasa Mrs. ; alt. 3- 5500 ft., frequent.—Disrrim. South China. 
An erect shrub, 6 ft. high; branches glabrous, pubescent towards the extremities. 
Leaves 14 by 4-4 in., minutely acutely serrulate; petiole very short, often pubescent. 
Pedicels 4-4 in. ; bracts 4-4 in., some of the upper often persistent in fruit. Calyx- 
teeth 3 in., often glandular-denticulate. Corolla} by jin. Filaments hairy ; anthers 
dehisemg by short apical slits, beaks spurred. Berry 1 in. diam., globose. 
Van. glabrata, H. f. & T. ; innovations raceme and calyx glabrous or nearly so.— 
Khasia Mts.— This is, of all the Indian forms, that most like V, bracteatum, Thunb., 
with which Mr. Bentham has suggested (CRT, Hongk. 200) that perhaps V. Donianum, 
Griffithianum and nilgherrense might all be united, 
16. v. nilgherrense, Wight Ic, t. 1189; leaves lanceolate acute at 
both ends crenate glabrous, bracts leaf-like subpersistent, calyx closely cinereous- 
