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calyx somewhat urceolate, the tube 2.5 mm long, about 3 mm 

 in diameter, the lobes 5, broadly triangular, acute or acuminate, 

 1.8 mm long, margins distinctly ciliate. Corolla red, slightly 

 funnel-shaped, rather broad, 1.6 cm long, sparingly pubescent 

 outside, the lobes 5, short, acute or rounded, about 4 mm wide 

 and 2 mm long. Stamens 10; filaments 9 mm long, more or 

 less pilose with long white hairs ; anthers 8.5 mm long, narrowly 

 oblong, base slightly curved and apiculate, the apical tubes 

 laterally compressed, 5 mm long, the slit slightly oblique. Top 

 of the ovary somewhat white-hispid ; style 1.5 cm long, glabrous. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Luzon, Subprovince of Ifugao, Mount Polls, Bur. Sci. 19846 McGregor, 

 February 11, 1913, indicated by the collector, with query, as a vine. 



A species manifestly allied to Vaccinium indutum Vidal from which 

 it is distinguished by its larger, more prominently nerved, glabrous or 

 nearly glabrous leaves; from Vaccinium barandanum Vid., which it also 

 resembles, it is distinguished by the vegetative characters just indicated 

 and its pubescent inflorescence. 



VACCINIUM TURBINATUM sp. nov. 



Frutex epiphyticus, glaber; foliis crasse coriaceis, obovatis ad 

 anguste obovatis, usque ad 9 cm longis, obtusis vel abrupte bre- 

 viter obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis, integris, margine re- 

 volutis, nervis utrinque 6, tenuibus, adscendentibus ; floribus 

 ignotis; racemis in axillis superioribus vel terminalibus, fruc- 

 tibus longe pedicellatis, turbinatis, circiter ^ superioribus, 7 mm 

 diametro. 



An epiphytic glabrous shrub (flowers unknown), the branches 

 olivaceous or brow^nish and more or less sulcate when dry, the 

 growing parts reddish-brown. Leaves thickly coriaceous, ob- 

 ovate to narrowly obovate, 5 to 9 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, 

 apex obtuse or abruptly, broadly, shortly, and obtusely acumin- 

 ate, the base acute, entire, the margins revolute, with usually one 

 or two pairs of prominent glands above the insertion of the 

 petiole, shining on both surfaces, the upper surface pale, the 

 lower one brownish when dry; lateral nerves about 6 on each 

 side of the midrib, ascending, slender, not prominent, anastomos- 

 ing; petioles stout, 5 to 7 mm long; bracteoles deciduous (not 

 seen). Flowers unkown. Racemes, in fruit, about 5 cm long, 

 in the uppermost axils or terminal, solitary, few, the pedicels 

 about 1.5 cm long, thickened upward and about 2 mm thick at 

 the apex, distinctly jointed to the calyx. Fruit turbinate, about 

 5 mm in diameter, one-third superior, the persistent calyx-teeth 

 broadly triangular, acute or obtuse, about 2 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, in forests on trees. Bur. Sci. 

 15068 Ramos, June, 1912. 



