vol ovato-oblonga, 18 mm. louga, C mm. lata, apice acuta, recta vel leviter fal- 

 cata, basi obtusa, utraque pagine glabra, margine ciliolato-serralata, supra 

 venis reticnlato-impressis, subtus distincte reticulato-prominentibuSj cost is 

 supra impressis, subtus elevatis ciliato-setulosis, margine ciliolata, tenuiter 

 coriacea, petiolis brevissimis 1 mm. longis, supra sulcatis, alatis. Flores axil- 

 lares, pedicellati, solitarii, pedicellis 1 cm. longi:-,, gracilibus giabris, basi 1-2- 

 bracteatis, bracteis lanceolatis. Calycis tubi campanulati, 1-j mm. longi, lobis 

 4, patentibus, cuspidato-triangularibus, If mm. longis 1.' -mm. latis, apice nis- 

 pidato-acuminatis, utrinque glabris. Corolla alte 4-lobat;i,, lobis extrorse re- 

 curvis, revolutis, liuearibus, apice acutis 8 mm. longis 14- mm. latis ba-^i plus 

 minus latioribus, utrinque glabris, intus ]>lanis, extus elevato-1-costatis. 

 Stamina 8, ad basin corolla^ breviter colinerentiu lineari.-!., 1 cm. longa, filamentis 

 liuearibus complanatis barliatis 2| mm. longis :^ miu. iatis intus 1-costatis, 

 antheris linearibus 4 mm. lougis (excepte tubos) J- mm. la,tis intus j>rofui:de 

 sulcatis minute punctatis, apic-e in tubos in longitudine nntherain a3i'iuaiites 

 productis, pc^ris terminalibus rotundatis. Styli erecti, 8.', mm. longi, apice truu- 

 cati, bat-i disco annulari elevato sufiulti. Fructus igncti. 



HAIJ. Pvandaisan, leg. B. HAYATA et U. ^loin, (No. 7012). 



Differs from the type by the barbate filaments. 



Vaccinium Merrillianum HAYATA, Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 149. Supple- 

 men ta ad descriptionem origiualem. Cataphylla ad l>asin ranmlorum hornotino- 

 rum 8-10 disposita, magnitudine variabilia, superior] bus majoribus obovatis apice 

 rotundatis basi angustatis ad stipitem brevem abeuntibus, 51 mm. longis 2j 

 mm. latis, margine ciliolatis. Flores breve racemosi, I'acemis ad apicem i a- 

 mulorum terminalibus, basi peralatis, (perulis 5-10, rhomboideo-ovatis, 3.J 

 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis, margine ciliolatis) 1-2 cm. lougis ; florilnis 1 -bracteatis 

 2-bracteolatis, (bracteis oblongis apice acutis, basi angustatis integris, 7 mm. 

 longis oA mm. latis, bracteolis linearibus 4 mm. longis, acutis) ]>edicellis 3 mm. 

 longis. Calycis tubus senii-globosus lo mm. longus, limbo 1 mm. lougo, r>- 

 dontato, dentibus late triangularibus, acutis. Corolla urceolata in alabastro 

 Bo- mm. longa, extus glabra, intus jjilosa, 5-lobata, lobis triangularibus. 

 Stamina 10, filamentis 1-i- mm. lougis, reflexo-pilosis, (pilis longis paucis), 

 complanatis, antheris 2 mm. longis, glabris ; loculis linearibus a medio sursina 



