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crassus, teres, } parte superiore contractus, apice truncatus, basi obconicus, glaber, 
c. 05 em. longus, 0°13 em. diam. Discus pulviniformis, semiglobosus, medio exca- 
vatus, circumferentia 10-lobulatus, vertice a parte inferiore bene distinctus et parcius 
erecto-pilosus, ceterum glaber, c. 0°23 em. diam. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., ridge running up to Angi lakes, terrestrial or epiphytic 
in forest, 8000’. FI. Dee. 6013. 
Amongst the species with one-flowered inflorescences othis one is 
characterized by its acuminate leaves and very shortly peduncled hairy 
flowers. 
A shrub with rose-pink flowers. 
VACCINIUM ROSEIFLORUM J. J. 8., sp. nov. 
Frutex, vamulis tenuibus, minutissime puberulis. o/ia alterna, breviter petio- 
lata, elliptica, obtuse acuminata, basi acute acuminata, integerrima, margine in sicco 
recurva, glandulis marginalibus nullis, supra glabra, subtus patenter minutissime 
rubiginoso-glanduloso-muriculata, pilis apice leviter inerassatis, glabrescentia, 
3-5-plinervia, costa media supra insculpta subtus prominente, nervis basilaribus 
adscendentibus curvatis superioribus fere ad apicem productis in foliis adultis interdum 
tenuiter insculptis, coriacea, ¢. 2°4—-3°9 cm. longa, 1:3-2:15 em. lata; petiolus subsemi- 
teres, supra sulcatus, c. 0°15-0°3 em. longus. Inflorescentie axillares, racemose, 
secundx, laxe c. 7-9-flore, pedunculo brevissimo, cum rhachide puberulo et minute 
muriculato 3°5-3'8 cm. longo. Bractew caduce, foliacee, oblong, obtuse, basi 
breviter petiolato-contracte, supra glabra, subtus puberule et minute muriculate, 
ec. 0°75-0'98 em. longe. Pedicellus tenuis, sub ovario articulatus, puberulus et 
minute clavato-muriculatus, c. 0°5-0°65 em. longus. Calyx adpressus, 5-partitus, 
dentibus triangulis, subacutis vel obtusis, concavulis, puberulis et minute muriculatis, 
c. 0°125 em. longis, 0°15 em. latis. Corolla cylindrica, vix urceolata, 5-loba, utrinque 
glabra, carnosula, explanata, subquadrata, bene 0°7 cm. longa, 0°77 em. lata, lobis 
subsemiorbicularibus, rotundatis, intus papillosis, ciliolatis, c. 0-075 cm. longis, 
0°125-0°13 em. latis. Stamina 10, c. 0°3 em. longa; filamentum lineare, apicem 
versus leviter angustatum, supra basin villosum superne parce pilosum, c. 0°16 em. 
longum; anthera supra basin dorsifixa, curvula, oblonga, bifida, basi oblique 4-lobu- 
lata, parte inferiore echinulato-papillosa, ecalcarata, c. 0°15 em. longa, thecis parallelis 
antice sulco separatis, suleo longitudinali laterali instructis, tubulis erectis, parallelis, 
poro terminali hiantibus, margine recurvis et dentes 2-3 triangulos ad subulatos 
gerentibus. Ovarium semigloboso-turbinatum, patenter puberulum et minute muri- 
culatum, c. 0°175 em. altum, 0°275 em. diam. ; stylus inclusus, teres, truncatus, glaber, 
ce. 0475 cm. longus. Diseus pulviniformis, medio excayatus, exterius leviter 10 lobu- 
latus, glaber, c. 0°175 em. diam. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, edge of forest-patch by ¢? lake, 7000’. 
Bl... Deo, 3088, 27 
Near V. muriculatum J. J. 8., but differing in the indumentum, the more 
, elliptic leaves without marginal glands, the form of the calyx and corolla, the 
non-muriculate anther-tubes, and the enclosed style, 
A small tree with pretty pink flowers. : 
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