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VACCINIUM THIBAUDIFOLIUM, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber. Folia subcoriacea, elliptica, 7 em. x 2:5 em—9:5 em. x 4 em., 
longiuscule acute acuminata, supra nitentia; vene utrinque 2-3 e basi orte, insuper - 
arcuate, utrinque prominule. lores in racemos axillares laxissimos glabros 
7-9 cm. longos vel longiores dispositi, in pedicellis glabris tenuibus 2 cm. longis 
vel longioribus, quisque a bractea sepius ovato-acuminata acuta membranacea 
+1 cm. longa 5 mm. lata subtenta. Calyx glaber, campanulatus, deltoideo-5-lobatus, 
totus 3 mm. longus. Corolla globoso-urceolata, extus subglabra, 4-5 mm. longa, 
in apiculo breviter rotundo-5-lobata. Stylus crassus, sulcatus, minute pulverulentus, 
3 mm. longus. 
Camp III, 2500 ft. 
Allied to V. philippinense, Warbg. ; distinguished, among other features, by the longer 
pedicels and the different calyx-limb. 
VACCINIUM TIMONIOIDES, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Caulis ramosus. aemuli gracillimi, sparse puberuli. Folia ovato-rhomboidea, con- 
spicue acuminata, basi obtusa, acuta, +3 em. x 1 cm., pergamacea, utrinque 
glabra, venis prominulis, margine revoluto; petiolus brevissimus, puberulus. 
Flores omnino glaberrimi, in racemos glabros ebracteatos ad 4 mm. longos dispositi ; 
pedicelli gracillimi, insuper curvati, 10-15 mm. longi vel longiores. Calycis lobi 5, 
e basi latiuscula tenuissime subulati, ad 1:5 mm. longi. Corolla anguste acuminato- _ 
urceolata, glabra, 6-7 mm. longa; limbus patente minutiusculus. Ovarium (vel 
calycis tubus) globosum, glabrum, 2:3 mm. longum. 
Camp VI, 3900 ft. 
Allied to F. hispidulissimum (vide supra), differing especially in the glabrousness and 
the globose calyx-tube. 
VacciNIUM WoLLASTONII, Wernham, sp. nov. 
— Fruticulus caule sat tenui glanduloso-puberulo infra glabrescente. Folia crassa, 
lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, apicem subacutum versus leniter angustata, basi 
subacuta, minute crenulata, utrinque glaberrima, vix 7 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata; 
venz supra insculpte, subtus prominule; petiolus crassiusculus, brevissimus. 
Flores solitarii; pedicelli glaberrimi, ad 8 mm. longi; bracteze glaberrime, lineares, 
subspathulate, 2 mm. long, imbricatze. Calycis tubus infundibularis, glaber ; 
lobi late ovati, acuti, breviter acuminati. Corolla 3 mm. longa, nec multo minus 
lata, extus glabra, apice vix constricta ; lobi lati, rotundati. 
Camps XI to XIV, 8300 to 12,500 ft. ci 
Characterised by the very small leaves with margins crenulate in the distal half. 
ERICACEA. 
(By H. F. WERNHAM.) 
GAULTHERIA CALYCULATA, Wernham, sp. nov. ; | gu 
= Frutex modicus; ramuli novelli minute puberuli, mox glabrescentes. Folia sub- 
coriacea, glabra, elliptica, basi rotundata, parum acuminata, subacuta, 177-20 cm. 
