COLLECTED IX DUTCH Jv"EW GUINEA. 91 



vense secundaria? subtus prominulae, utrinque ca. 4 petiolus subglandulari- 

 papillosus. Flores glaberrimi, in raceraos 6-7 cm. longos glaljros laxos ca. 10-14- 

 floros dispositi. Pedicelli graciles, insuper curvati, ad I'o cm. longi, apice necnon 

 inflati; bractese paucse, inconspicua?, pedunculi prope basin insertae. Calycis tubus 

 ovarium amplectens, tubulari-campanulatus, ca. 3 mm. longus ; lobi 5, rotundati, 

 ad 2 mm. longi. Corolla late urceolata, apiculato-acuminata, 6-7 mm. longa; lobi 

 brevissimi, rotundati. Stylus + 5 mm. longus. 



Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 



Distinct in the glabrous flowers, which are shortly and bluntly apiculate in bud, borne 

 on long slender pedicels in lax racemes and situated in the upper axils. 



Vaccinium Bodenii, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Fruticulus glaber ; rannili A^alde angulati, dense foliosi. Folia crasse coriacea, ovata 

 vel elliptica, apice rotundata, fere 1 cm. longa, 55 mm. lata, utrinque glabra; venae 

 supra celatse, subtus prominulae, paucae nee vero valde manifestae. Flores solitarii 

 vel bini axillares ; pedicelli ad 3 mm. longi, in calycem brevissimum latissime et 

 obscuriuscule dentatum desinentes. Corolla couico-urceolata, 5 mm. longa, basi 

 4-5 mm. lata, extus ut calyx glabra ; lobi breves, rotundati, patentes. 



Camps XII to XIII, 11,000 to 12,500 ft. 



Characterised by the tough, small leaves and small flowers on very short, thick 

 pedicels. Allied, apparently, to V. amhyandrum, 1'. Muell. 



Vaccinium ccelorum, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Cuiilis ramosus, subglaber. Folia coriacea, elliptica, 7-8 mm. X 4-5 mm., apicem 

 rotundaium versus obscure crenulata, basi rotundata. Flores solitarii vel bini, in 

 pedicellis 6-7 mm. longis.v.jomnind> glabri ; bractese lanceolala?, pedunculi basin 

 aniplectentes, linbricatEe. Calyx brevissimus, ± obscure 5-dentatus. Corolla 

 globoso-urceolata, insuper iu ajncixlum brevem elliptice lobatum constricta, tota 

 6-7 mm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata. 



CMmpsXIII to XIV. 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



Distinguished by the very small, tiiick, elliptic leaves and short inflated flowers. 



Vaccinium culminicolum, "Wernham, sp. nov. 



Stiffruticulus raraulis graciliusculis novellis hispidulo-puberulis. Folia crasse coriacea, 

 venis prajter centr;ileru plus minus celatis, in margine hie inde irregulariter sparse 

 ciliata, alitor glabra, ovata, apice basique rotundata, 9-12 mm. X 6-8'5 mm. ; 

 petiolus brevissimus. Flores solitarii, pedicellis sparse hispidulo-pilosis 3 mm. 

 longis sufFulti; bracteae inconspicuae. Calycis tubus brevis, sparse pilosus ; dentes 

 angulares, ciliati. Corolla globoso-urceolata, glabra, 8 mm. longa; lobi anguste 

 obtusi, 2-3 mm. longi. 



Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



Iltlated to V. cyclopense. J. J. Smith, which it resembles closely in leaf-shape ; but 

 the corolla-lobes of our species are relatively long and narrow, and almost spathulate. 



