NEW IMIILIi'lMNI': PLANTS. 161 



(lark-reddisli-lnown. ,iil;il)i-oiis. Ijcjncs cllipt ical-<»l)l()iig, !) to Ki t-iu long, 

 4.5 to 8 cm wide, subeoriacccnis, sliining, somcwliat paler beneath, entirely 

 glabrous above, l)eneat]i witli ninnerons scattered small lepidote glands, 

 the base acute, the a})ex usually broad, rounded, rarely subacute or ob- 

 scurely acuminate; nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, not 

 prominent, somewhat ascending, reticulating; petioles stout, 1 to 1.5 cm 

 long. Flowers orange-colored, 5 to 10 or more at the apices of the 

 branches on a short stout rachis, the buds covered by numerous mem- 

 branous, shining, deciduous, elliptical l)racts about 3 cm long, forming 

 ellipsoid heads 3 to 3.5 cm long ; pedicels glabrous, 2 to 3 cm long. Calyx 

 disciform, 5-toothed. Corolla glabrous, 4.5 to 5 cm long and Avide, the 

 tube about 2 cm long, somewhat l)roadened upwards, the lobes 2.5 cm long, 

 2 cm wide, elliptical-obovate, i-ounded. Stamens 10; filaments 2.5 to 2.8 

 cm long, more or less pilose below, glabrous above: anthers 5.5 to 7 mm 

 long. Ovary oblong, glabrous, 5 mm long, 5-celled ; style glabrous, 1 cm 

 long; stigma capitate, 2 mm in diameter. Immature fruit glabrous. 



MixDAXAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 7J,^, October, 190G, also 

 without numbers, November, 1900, and October, 1907. 



A species characterized by its orange flowers, oblong-elliptical obtuse leaves, 

 which are but slightly lepidote beneath, its glabrous ovaries, etc. 



VACCINIUM Linn. 



Vaccinium lanaense Merrill sp. nov. 



Arbor vel arbuscula, glal)j'a, epiphytica ; foliis coriaceis, ovatis vel 

 oblongo-ovatis, 6 ad 11 cm hmgis, acuminatis, basi valde 5-?-nerviis; 

 floribus axillaribus, fasciculatis, parvis, corolla ca. 2 mm longa, cylindrica, 

 glabra ; fi'uctibus ovoideis, 4—5 mm diam. 



An epiphytic shrub or tree, glabrous throughout, the branches light- 

 gray or pale-l)rown, terete. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, rarely ovate- 

 lanceolate, 6 to 7 cm long, 2 to 6 cm wide, coriaceous, shining, apex 

 rather strongly acuminate, base rounded to subacute, the margins entire, 

 somewhat revolute; nerves basal or subbasal, prominent, 5, sometimes 

 with an additional sul)marginal pair, the interior pair leaving the midrib 

 shortly above the base and extending nearly to the apex of .the leaf, the 

 reticulations obscure ; petioles stout, about 3 mm long. Flowers in axil- 

 lary 2- to 5-flowered fascicles, the pedicels glabrous, 3 to 4 mm long, each 

 subtended by a pair of small somewhat sheathing bracteoles. Calyx gla- 

 brous, 2 to 2.5 mm long, the limb short, somewhat spreading, the lobes 

 broadly orbicular-ovate, acute or acuminate, alK)ut 0.7 mm long. Corolla 

 glabrous, cylindrical, short, 2.5 mm long or less, the teeth broadly ovate, 

 al)out 1 mm long. Stamens 10; filaments 1.5 mm long or less, slightly 

 hirsute, the anthers about 1.2 mm long. Style glabrous, deciduous, 2 mm 

 long ; stigma capitate. Fruit ovoid, glal)rous, 4 to 5 mm in diameter. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clements ^31, March and June, 

 1906, also without numbers, September-October, 1906, September, 1907, and 

 October, 1907. 



