1096 LEAFLETS oF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 59 
the uppermost leaf axils, 5 to 8 cm. long, the rachis 
smooth and green; pedicels recurved, 7.5 mm. long, very 
finely puberulent, ultimately glabrous; calyx pendulous, 
cup shaped, 3 mm. high, at least as wide, green, puberulent, 
the 5 triangularly obtuse teeth purplish white; corolla in- 
flated at the deep red base, 8 mm. long, gradually nar- 
rowed toward the small white neck, terminated by 5 ovately 
triangular 1 mm. long teeth, glabrous; stamens 10, in- 
serted around the base of the corolla; filaments pink at 
the base, otherwise whitish, filiform, long hairy especially 
toward the slightly flattened base, 3.5 mm. long; anthers 
oblong with truncate ends, 1.5 mm. long, dorsally attached 
toward the base, the upper portion split and with large 
oblique pores, appendages obsolete; style glabrous, columnar, 
8 mm. long, bearing a minutely pulverulent stigma; ovary 
inferior, with a yellow crown; mature fruit not seen. 
Type specimen 11819, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. 
Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, September, i909. 
Clumps encircling medium sized tree trunks near the 
lower limbs of a sharply wooded ridge at 4250 feet along 
the Mainit creek. "''Taupol" is the Bagobo name. 
Its affinity lies with V. malindangensis Merr., but entirely 
distinct from that species. 
Vaccinium calelanum Elm. n. sp. 
Epiphytie; stems usually several, 2 m. long, inclin- 
ed to creep or sprawl, rigid, only sparingly branched, its 
gray bark usually checked, the twigs brownish and puber- 
ulent. Leaves alternate or indefinitely whorled at the basal 
portion of the relatively short and gnarly branchlets, ascend- 
ing, rigid, with recurved acute or acuminate tips, shining 
deep green on the upper side, much paler green and sprinkled 
with glands on the lower surface, otherwise glabrous, round- 
ed or subtruncate at the base, exceedingly variable in 
size, entire, characteristically brown in the dry state, 
the larger blades 8 dm. long and 4 cm. wide below the 
middle, frequently much smaller and occasionally larger, 
ovately oblong, the smaller ones distinctly ovate with a 
slender tip; petiole thick, dark brown, puberulent, 5 mm. 
