Thihmdiew.] XCII. VACCINIACE.^. 571 



14, THibaudia, Pav. in II, B. et K. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. iii. 268, — Calycis tiibxis cum pedi- 

 cello continuus, urceolato-campanulatuSj teres ; limbus brevis, obtuse 5-lobu3 v. 5'denta- 

 tus. Corolla tubulosa, teres, baai non inilata, ore contracto ; liiubi lobi 5, parvi, awbuiccti. 

 Stamina 10, coroUfe tube itquilongaj filamcntis brevibus connatis v. coh^ereniibxis ; 

 antherfe miiticfCj lineareSj in tubuloa membranaceos tenues lociilis mnlto longiores riniis 

 longitudinal ibus dehisceutes producta;. Discus cupularis. Ovarium 6-loculare ; stylus 

 filifonnis, stigmata caintellato ; ovula in loculis nunierosa, placentis angulo interiori affixis 

 inseiiia, Bacca parva, globosaj 5-locularis, polysperma, Semina minuta, obtuse angulata, 

 testa coriacea reticulata. — Fnitices caule interdum alte volubilij ramulis st^iua robustis 

 glabria v, puberulis. Folia alterna, persistentia, petiulata v. subscssilia, coriacea, 

 penninervia, nervis valde obliquis, integerrima. Floras in racemos numerosos luultifloros 

 axillares dispositij coccinoij pedicellatij pedicellia basi bracteatis, et interdum bracteolatis, 

 bracteia bracteolisque parvis v. minutis. 



Species nobis cognita} 2, Aiidlimi Nova} Granada et Peruviaj incoljc, 7\ ftorihundu^ II. B. ct K. 

 et 2\ jiichidchensis, IJcntli. Bun, in DC. Prod, yii. 560, cxcL sp.j^hir, WaljK Ann, ii. 1089, //. Ji, 

 ct K, Nov, Gen, et % t 254. 



15. Aerctpetes, G, Do>i, Gen> Sysi, iii. 862, — Calycis tubus teres cum pedicello apice am- 

 pliato artioulatus, urceolatus subglobosus v- turbinatus ; limbus 5-fidus v. 5-x:»artitus, 

 persistens, lubis ssepius triaiigiilari-oyatis acutis. Corolla tubulosa anguste infundibularis 

 V. campanulataj sajpiua alongata, tubo tereti v, 5-gono recto v. lenta curvo, breviter v, 

 altixia rariuB ad medium 5-fido ; limbi lobi erecti recnrvi v. revoluti. Stamina 10, 

 opigyna, corollie sequilonga v, longiora, interduin basi corollae leviter adlioerentia, filamentis 

 T:>revibu3 rarius elongatis siepiiis brevissimig et pubescentibus v, villosis, liberisv, leviter 

 colia^rentibus ; anthers alongata?, rectre v. leviter cur^^fie, liberse v. connatoe, apicibua v. 

 demissius exsertis, tubulia connatis tennibua strictis membranaceisj apice rimia dehia- 

 centibua, dorso muticia v. breviter v. loiighis calcaratis, Diacus pulvinarts, s^epins 

 lobatus. Ovarium 5-locxdare v. soptis spuriis 10-locellatum ; stylus filiformis, apiccm 

 Versus leviter incrassatus, stigmate capitato truncato stephis lobulato ; ovula in loailis 

 numeroaa, placeutia elongatia angulo interior! adnatia medio non ovuliferis inserta. 

 Bacca globosaj S-locularLs v. 104ocellata, polysperma. Semina . . . • — Frutices 

 epipliytici caudice non raro tuberoso, glabri satosi v, glanduloso-pubescentcs. Folia alterna 

 oppoaita v. spuria verticillata, persistantia, sessilia v. breviter petiolata, valde coriacea, 

 integerrima v, serrulata, basi utrincxue sajpissiiiie glandulosa, x^clminer^■ia, nervo in- 

 trauiurginali s^epe percursa, Flores majuscuU v. magni, in coi^ymbos v. raritis racemo,s 

 axillares paxici- v. multifloros dispositi, rarius solitarii, secpius flx^^*^^*^'*'j rosei coccinei v. 

 albi roaeo irrorati, lobis coroUinis aa^pe viridibus, pedicellis nudis v, basi bracteatis sicpeixuu 

 bracteolatis^ bracteia bracteolisque parvis. 



Species ad 2-5, montium Indian transgangotiCiT ct peiiinsida? Jlalayaiisc incol^, una in in**. Fiji iu- 

 digena. DC. Prod, vii, 553 {Agapciis sect. 1), 



Oeniis adniodum naturalc, variat antlicris in ca^lcm specie dorso calcaratis r. ccalcaratis, in sec- 

 tiones Bcqucntos paritor naturalcs dividcndum vklctiir : 



1. CoTOlla eloTjgata, lente curra, breviter o-fida. Stamina ciura anthens apice exsertis dorso 

 miiticis, Hores corymbosi v. rarixis fasciculati. Ilic includcnd^ A, verticillata, Wight, Ic. t. IlSl, 

 A,hiTb\iia,W)^\t,lz, U 1182, A, ohliqua, Griff. Ic, PI. As. t 515 (Thilrmdia), A, WallicUana, 

 Wight, Ic. t.llSO; -4, variegata, Don; Koyle, 111. Bot. HimaL t 79, alieequc, 



2. Corolla recta, lobis longiusculis revoliitis ; antherse crcct?e apice exscrta?, dorso mutica v. cal- 

 caratJe- A. saUgna^ Hook, f. III. HimaL PL t, 15 A (Vaccinium) ; A, pulckey^rima, Hook. Bot, Stag, 

 t- 4303 {Thihaiidid) \ An odoHfocera, Wight, Ic. t 1187 {Vaccinium) ; A. auriculata, Griff, Ic. P], 

 Atj.t- oO^ {Thibai(di(i) ; A.grandijlma, Hook. f. {Ctratosicmma mrtcgatum^ Griff. Ic. PKAs. t. 502 non 

 Willi) ; A, macrantha, Hook. Bot- Mag. t, 4566 (Thif^ttdia) ; A, angulata, A. miniata et A. nana, 

 Griff, Ic. PI. As. t 503, 504, 505 {Ckratoslcmma), ali^equo. CaliutTj^, Khl^ach in Linnaat xxiv, 28- 



3. Corolla tubuloao-campanulata r. vcntricosa, bvctiter o-fiila, loliss revolutia, Stamina rtcta; 



