92 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
VACCINIUM HISPIDULISSIMUM, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Frutex caule hispidulo. Folia ovato-lanceolata, longe subacute acuminata, firme 
chartacea, ca. 5 em. longa, 1:6 em. lata, alternatim subdistantia, supra sparsissime 
pilosa, subtus papillosa, in costa centrali marginemque versus densiuscule aliter 
sparsissime patule pilosa; petiolus brevissimus, hispidus; vene nisi sub lente vix 
manifeste; margo revolutus. Flores in racemos subcorymbosos terminales ca. 
 5-floros 2:5-3 em. longos hispidulos dispositi; pedicelli 8-12 mm. longi; bracteze 
nulle. Calyx cum ovario hispidulissimus; lobi lanceolati, longe subacute 
acuminati, 5 mm. longi vel longiores. Corolla acuminato-urceolata, extus glabra, 
fere 1 em. longa, apiee constricta; lobi brevissimi, late ovati, obtusi, deflexo- 
patentes. 
Camp VI e, 5500 ft. 
Distinet in the dense hispidulous covering of the branchlets, leaf-veins, petioles and 
inflorescence, the long-acuminate leaves, and the narrow glabrous corolla. 
VACCINIUM PICEIFOLIUM, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Caulis, glaber, fruticulosus. Folia densissime conferta, oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa, 
glaberrima, + 1 em. x3 mm. Flores solitarii, pedicellis glabris 8-10 mm. longis 
suffulti; bracteze subminute, cum bracteolis inconspicue. Calycis glaberrimi 
tubus brevis, subangulatus; dentes 4, late deltoidei. Corolla glaberrima, urceolata, 
breviter et obtuse 4-lobata, 5-6 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. 
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 
Distinguished by elosely resembling a Picea in the shape and the arrangement of the 
leaves. The absence of conspicuous bracts is a distinct feature. 
VACCINIUM NYCTEROIDES, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Frutex glaberrimus, nisi ramuli angulati novelli cum pedicellis sparse glanduloso- 
puberuli. Folia coriacea, ovato-lanceolata, + 2:5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, obtuse 
acuminata, basi rotundata, utrinque glabra ; petiolus ad 39:5 mm. longus, puberulus. 
Flores in racemos breves puberulos dispositi, nutantes, in pedicellis ad 1 cm. longis 
valde deflexis; bracteze obsolete. Calycis tubus obconico-hemisphericus, glanduloso- 
pubescens, vix 2 mm. longus; lobi triangulares, acuti, subglabri, ca. 1:5 mm. longi. 
Corolla extus sparse puberula, anguste acuminato-urceolata, 1:1 cm. longa, insuper 
in lacinias 5 triangulari-lineares obtusas 2-4 mm. longas divisa. Antherarum 
uterque loculus insuper poro obliquo dehiscens, dorso bi-aristatus. Stylus tenuis, 
1-2 cm. longus. 
Camps XI to XLI, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 
According to the description and figures in * Nova Guinea,’ xii. 164, t. L., this species 
appears to be nearly allied to V. profusum, J. J. Smith. This latter, however, is a 
woodland species growing at much lower altitudes, with much more profuse inflorescence; 
differing, moreover, in details of leaf-shape and floral characters which may be readily 
discovered on comparing the descriptions of the two species. 
