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Vaccinium villarii Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) lOrt. 
With the preootling specios (No. 5502). 
Extending from the high tahle hinds of northern Luzon to Mount Apo, Min- 
danao. Endemic in tlse Philippines. 
Vaccinium hutchinsonil Merrill n. sp. 
Epiphyticuui, glabrum^ foliis late elliptk'0-ova.tiS;, abrupto siibcaudato- 
acmiiinntis^ coriaceis^ 8 acl 11 cm. longis, 5.5 ad 7 cm. latis^ basi aeiitis; 
flores usque ad 17 mm. longi, rubri, in raeemos bracteatos axillares 
dispositi, filamentis pause setoso-pilosis. 
A scandent epiphytic or pseudoepiphytic sbrub about 5 m. high. 
Branches glabrous, light gray or browiij the younger ones somewhat 
angular. Leaves broadly elliptical-ovatcj coriaceous^ glabrous, the base 
acute or acuminate, the apex abruptly subcaudate-acuminate, shining, 
entire, 8 to 11 cm. long^ 5.5 to 7 cm. wide; nerves about 7 on each side of 
the midrib, mostly basal, ascending, distinct, the reticulations distinct; 
petioles 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Eacemes axillary, glabrous, 8 to 14 cm. long, 
the bracts oblong-lanceolate, reddish, membranous, deciduous, glabrous, 
acuminate, 2 cm. long, 5 mm. wide; pedicels rather distant, solitary in 
the axil of each bract, about 1.5 cm. long. Calyx globose, rugose, 3 to 4 
mm. in diameter, the teeth 5, triangular-ovate, acute, 1 mm. long. 
Corolla red, tubular-campanulate, glabrous, 14 mm. long, gradually 
wider above. Stamens 10 ; fdaments 6 to 7 mm. long^ with few stilf 
hairs below; anthers narrowly oblong, 5 to 6 mm. long, the terminal 
tubes half the length of the anthers. Ovarj' glabrous; style glabrous, 
15 mm. long. 
Epiphytic or pseudoepiphytic in inossy ridge forests at 2^000 m. alt. {No. -^ 
5524 ) . 
Most closely related to Vaccinium harandanum Vid., from northern Luzon, 
difTcring in its much broader, relatively shorter and differently shaped more 
numerously veined leaves, shorter flowers and slightly setose-pilose filaments. 
Named in lionur of W. I. Hutchinson of the Philippine Forestry Bureau, my 
companion in the ascent of Halcon. 
Vaccinium haiconense Merrill n. sp. 
Scandens, epiphytieum; foliis oblongo-elliptico-ovatis vel obovatis, * 
aeutis vel brcviter acuminatis, hasi acutis, 6 ad 9 cm. longis, coriaceis; 
racemis axillaribus, rhachidibus pedicellis fructibusque ferrugineo-pi- 
losis. 
A scandent shrub or subarlioresccnt, 5 to 10 m. high, epiphytic or 
pseudoepiphytic. Branches reddish brown, ghibrous, terete, the growing 
tips slightly pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-elliptical-ovate or 
somewhat obovate, G to 9 em. long, 2 to 3.5 cm. wide, glandular-punctate 
beneath and paler than above, slightly shining, the base acute, the apex 
acute or shortly acuminate; nerves about 3 on each side of the midrib, 
mostly basal, ascending, not very distinct; petioles stout, 5 mm. long 
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or less, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Eacemes axillary, 5 to 7 cm. 
long, the rachis, pedicels and fruits ferruginous-pilose but not densely 
so; pedicels about 1 cm. long. Fruits globose, about 8 miu. in diameter. 
