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\/ Vaccinium thibatjdipolium, Wernhara, sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber. Folia subcoriacea, elliptica, 7 cm. X 2*5 cm. — 9'5 cm. X 4 cm., 

 longiuscule acute acuminata, supra niteutia ; venae utrinque 2-3 e basi ortse, insuper 

 arcuatte, u.triuque prominulse. Flores in racemos axillares laxissimos glabros 

 7-9 cm. longos vel longiores dispositi, iu pedicellis glabris teuuibas 2 cm. longis 

 vel longioribus, quisque a bi-actea ssepius ovato-acuminata acuta membranacea 

 + 1 cm. louga 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--j-lobata. Stylus crassus, sulcatus, minute pulverulentus, 

 8 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, Wernbam, sp. nov. 



Caulis ramosus. Ranmli gracillinii, sparse puberuli. Folia ovato-rhomboidea, con- 

 spicue acuminata, basi obtusa, acuta, + 3 cm. X 1 cm., pergamacea, utrinque 

 glabra, veuis proininulis, margine revoluto ; petiolus brevissimus, puberulus. 

 Flores omnino glaberriini, 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 angusteacuminato- 

 urceolata, glabra, 6-7 mm. longa; limbus patente minutiusculus. Ocarium (vel 

 calycis tubus) globosum, glabrum, 2"3 mm. longum. 

 Camp VI I), 3900 ft. 



Allied to F. hispidulissimum {vide supra), differing especially in the glabrousness and 

 the globose calyx-tube. 



Vaccinium VYollastonii, Wernbam, 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; 



venae supra insculptae, subtus prominulae ; petiolus crassiusculus, brevissimus. 



Flores solitarii ; pedicelli glaberrimi, ad 8 mm. longi; bractea^ glaberrimte, lineares, 



subspathulatse, 2 mm. longae, imbricatiB. Calycis tubus infuudibularis, glaber ; 



lobi late ovati, acuti, breviter acuminati. Corolla 3 mm. longa, nee multo minus 



lata, extus glabra, apice vix constricta ; lobi lati, rotundati. 

 Camps XI to XIV, 8300 to 12,500 ft. 

 Characterised by the very small leaves with margins crenulate in the distal half. 



EEICACE^. 

 (By H. F. Wernham.) 



-I Gaultheria caltculata, Wernliam, sp. nov. 



Frutex modicus ; ramuli novelli minute puberuli, mox glabrescentes. Folia sub- 

 coriacea, glabra, elliptica, basi rotundata, parum acuminata, subacuta, 1-7-2 -5 cm. 



