PHILIPPINE EUICACE^. 37o 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. S2d6 Curran & Merritt, 
December, 1907; Bur. i^ci. Jt765, 5132 Ramos, same date. 
A species growing on exposed ridge-forests at an altitude of about 1,400 m, 
epiphytic or pseudo-epiphytic^ having the strangling habit of most species of 
Ficus of the section Vrostigma. It has also been collected by Vidal in the 
Caraballo Mountains, Province of Nueva Ecija, Luzon, no. 3144 in Herb. Kew. 
In many respects the present species resembles Vaccinium cumingianum Vidal, 
but differs especially in its rehitively broader leaves, different flowers and lax 
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racemes. 
10. V. cumingianum Vidal Eev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 167; Ceron Cat. PI. 
Herb. Manila (1902) 105; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 112. 
y. sp. {aff. V. coriaceum) Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. GO, f. G. 
Luzox, Province of Benguet, Loher 5077; Pauai, Bur, Sci. U04 Mearns, July, 
1907; Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), Merrill 4817; Elmer 5S0-J; Province of 
Zambales, Mount Pinatubo, Bur. Sci. 2535 Foxworthy, April, 1907: Mount Tnpu- 
lao. Bur. Sci. Ji783, 5003 Ramos, December, 1907: Province of Pampanga,- Mount 
Abu, Bur. Sci. 1911 Foxworthy, December, 1906: Provinces of Tayabas and Laguna, 
Mount- Banajao, QumiuQ 805 (type number ) ; Elmer 9212; For. Bur. 7893, 7882, 
7889 Curran d Merritt; Whitford 963; For. Bur. 878 Klcmme: Province of Ba- 
taan, Mount Mariveles, For. Bur. 1330, 1558 Borden; Whitford 2^5, ^59; For, 
Bur! 26/t9 Meyer; Merrill 281, Dec. Philip. Forest Fl.: Province of Albay, Mount 
Mayon, Bur. Sci. 6501 RoUnsoji, September, 1908, alt. 1,100 m. 
A tree 5 to 8 m high growing on exposed ridges at from 1,000 to 2,250 m alt. 
11. Vaccinium tenuipes sp. nov. 
Arbuscula epipliytica vel terrestris usque ad 3 m alta; ramulis race- 
misque plus minus pubescentibus et capitellato-stipitato-glandulosis ; f oliis 
coriaceis, ovatis, oblongis, vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 3 ad 5 cm longis, basi 
rotundatis, apice longe caudato-acuminatis ; racemis axillaribus, folia 
aequantibus vel superantibus, tenuibus; floribus longe pedicellatis, corolla 
1 cm longa, anguste conico-urceolata ; staminibiis 10; antlieris vix pro- 
ductis, poris orbicularibus dehiscentibus. 
A terrestrial or epiphytic slirub about 3 m high. Branches terete, 
glabrous, gray or blackish when dry, the branchlets slender, somewhat 
pubescent, and with numerous, long, spreading, capitellate-glandular 
hairs, which are also found on the inflorescence. Leaves alternate, ovate 
to oblong or even oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 5 cm long, 1 to 2.5 cm wide, 
coriaceous, shining, glabrous, brown when dry, the base rounded, the 
apex long and slenderly caudate-acuminate, the acumen usually one-third 
the length of the leaf, the margins strongly recurved; nen-es obsolete or 
nearly so ; petioles about 3 mm long, glabrous. Racemes axillary, solitary, 
about as long as the leaves, very slender, few-flowered, somewhat pubes- 
cent and with numerous spreading capitate-glandular hairs, the pedicels 
slender 1 to 2 cm long, each with one or two lanceolate, acuminate, 
about 1.5 mm long bracts in the lower part. Calyx-tube short, the lobes 
5, triangular-ovate, acute or slightly acuminate, about 1.5 mm long. 
Corolla pink or red, glal)rous, narrowly conical-urccolate, 1 cm long, 
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