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as the present plant. It is also near A. khasiana H. f. et T., but quite 
distinguishable by its very much narrower leaves and also by its nar- 
rower serrate calyx-lobes. Plants belonging to this genus are 
generally very variable, still the points above mentioned may be re- 
garded as comparatively fixed characters. So far as my observa- 
tions extend, the present plant is quite distinct from any species 
of the genus. 
Vacciniaces. 
Vaccinium LINN. 
Vaccinium formosanum Hayara sp. nov. Rami fusco-purpuras- 
centes, minute rugulosi, ramulis gracilibus teretibus cinerascentibus, 
cicatricibus foliorum remote notatis, pulvinis elevatis, superiore 
gracilliimis pubescentibus. Folia obovata, vel oblonga, coriacea, 3 
cm. longa, 16 mm. lata, apic? acuta vel aristato-acuta, vel calloso- 
acuta, basi acuta, margine callosiuscula leviter reflexa serrata, serris 
ascendentibus, latiusculis, prope basin subintegra, costis et venis 
supra inconspicuis, subtus tenuissime elevatis, venis primariis later- 
alibus utrinque 3-4, tenuissimis, exsiccato supra pallida, subtus 
pallido-rubescentia, petiolis 3 mm. longis supra sulcatis. Racemi 
terminales 74 cm. longi, pedunculis 14 cm. longis, parcissime pubes- 
centibus vel glabratis ad insertionem pedicellorum 1-bracteatis, 
bracteis valde conspicuis, ovatis 14 cm. longis 7 mm. latis, folio cire. 
conformibus, pedicellis 14 cm. longis. Bacce globose, 5mm. in 
diametro, rubra, apice calycis lobis late triangularibus 1mm. latis 
arcte clausis coronate. 
Has. Taito : Taruko, leg. G. Nakanara, 1906, Jan. (No. 695). 
The present plant is near V. bracteatum Tuuns., but differs from 
it in having smaller leaves and in the persistent calyx-lobes. Also 
