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JANUARY 31, 1911] THE ERICACEAE or Mount Apo 1097 
long; midrib conspicuous beneath especially toward the base, 
with 2 lateral pairs arising from near the base, the upper 
lateral pair stronger and curvingly arched clear into the apex, 
reticulations none. Inflorescence sessile, clustered, axillary; 
the subtending bracts large, rigid, imbricate, broadly rounded 
or rotund, the basal ones much reduced and subglabrous 
except the ciliate margins, the other short but densely fer- 
ruginous pubescent; braéteoles 2, subtending the pedicels or 
attached to them at the base, ovate in outline, 3 mm. long, 
the acute apex ciliate, the lateral margins brown winged; 
pedicels stout, at most 1 em. long, glabrate, usually recurved; 
calyx glabrous, 5 mm. long or shorter, cupshaped, truncate 
at the base, more or less angular even in the dry state, 
dark green, bearing 5 short and broad teeth; buds short 
yellowish gray pubescent, oblong; corolla deep red, turbinate, 
12.5 mm. long, with 5 short obtuse or longer and acute 
teeth, veiny; stamens 10, inserted upon the base of the cor- 
olla and falling with it; filaments flattened the whole length, 
3 mm. long, glabrous or only sparsely strigose on the outer 
side toward the top; anthers beakless or with only very 
short ones, 4 mm. long, oblong, dorsally attached toward 
the base, the blunt basal portion inwardly curved, the upper 
one half divided, dehiscent through large longitudinal slits 
on the ventral side; style smooth, nearly 15 mm. long, te- 
rete, reddish, terminated by a small red stigma; ovary in- 
ferior; fruit not seen. 
Type specimen 11345, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
District of Davao, Mindanao, August, 1909. 
Collected on small trees scattered among interlaced shrubs 
in the mossy woods at 7750 feet of mount Calelan. The 
Bagobos call it ‘‘Calumping.’’ 
A critical segregate from V. apoanum Merr., but leaves 
differently shaped, calyx distinctly toothed and with other 
minor floral characters. The ripe fruits for both of them are 
unknown. 
Vaccinium medinilloides Elm. n. sp. 
An epiphyte; stems several in the clump, 1.5 m. long, 
rigid, branched, 2 cm. thick, covered with smooth gray bark; 
