PHILIPPINE ERICACE^. 371 
1. VACCINIUM Linn. 
Flowers axillaryj solitary or fascicled. 
Leaves less than 2 cm long. * 
Leaves entire L V. microphyllum 
Leaves crenate 2. V. whitfordii 
Leaves 5 to 10 cm long. 
Flowers 5 mm long or less 3. V. lanaaise 
Flowers about 1.5 cm long 4. V, apoanum 
Flowers in axillary racemes. 
Leaves 5 cm long or less. 
Leaves obtuse, acute, or slightly acuminate, never caudate-acuminate. 
Leaves 4 to 5 cm long. 
Leaf-margins somewhat glandular; anthers not awned 5. V. hanksii 
Leaf-margins not glandular; anthers with two prominent dorsal awns. 
6. V. palawanense 
Leaves 3 cm long or less. 
Leaves obtuse at the apex 7. V. pyriforme 
Leaves acute or somewhat acuminate at the apex. 
Leaves at least one-half as wide as long, oval 8. V. villarii 
Leaves more than twice as long as broad, oblong to oblong- lanceolate. 
Racemes usually much longer than the leaves; pedicels 1 to 1.5 cnl 
long; leaf -margins more or less glandular 9. V. vidalU 
Racemes usually shorter than the leaves; pedicels less than 1 cm 
lonff; leaf mari^ins not dandular 10. V. cumingiafium 
Leaves long-caudate-acuminate. 
Young branches and racemes more or less pubescent and with numerous 
pedicellate capitate glands 11. V, tenuipes 
Young branches and racemes glabrous - 12. V. candntum 
Leaves exceeding 5 cm in length. 
Leaves distinctly petioled, petiole usually about 1 cm long, always 5 mm long 
or more. 
Flowers 1.5 to 2 cm long. 
The whole plant glabrous - 13. V. harandanum 
Leaves and inflorescence pubescent 14. V. indutum 
Flowers 1 cm long or less. 
The whole plant glabrous. 
Bracts, if any, caducous - 15. V. bengucicnse 
Bracts prominent, persistent - 16. V. philippinense 
Inflorescence capitate-glandular 17. F. Ittzomrnse 
Leaves subsessile or shortly petioled; petiole never exceeding 5 mm in length; 
leaf-apex acute or slightly acuminate. 
Inflorescence glabrous; leaves sessile or suhsessile -- 18. V. jagori 
Inflorescence and fruits somewhat pubescent; leaves distinctly petioled. 
19. y. haJconense 
1. V. microphyllum Blume Bijdr. (182G) 851; Miq. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1 
(1863) 38; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 221. 
V. mindorense Kondlc in Journ. Bot. 34 (1896) 355; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 293. 
MiNDORO, Mount Halcon (Dulangan), Whitehead in Herb. :\rus. Brit.; Mernll 
5676; For. Bur. Ul/t ^ferritt. Panay, Mount Midiaas, Yoder. Mindanao, Dis- 
trict of Pavao, Mount Apo, Coiidand 1037, 1ffl7 and s. n. 
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