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6. Vaccinium palawanense sp. nov. 



Arbor parva usque ad 6 m alta^ inflorescentia excepta glabra; foliis 

 late oblanceolatis vel elongato-elliptico-oblanceolatis^ coriaceis, nitidis, 

 circiter 5 em longis, basi cuneatis, apice breviter ol)tuse acuminatis, 

 marginibus revolutis, iiitegris; racemis axil lari bus, folia aequantibus, 

 sparse pubescentibus ; floribus circiter 8 mm longis; corolla tubulari, 

 medio plus minus inflata, ore vix contracta; staminibus 10; antheris 

 dorso 2-aristatis, appendicibus tulmlosis, circiter 0.5 mm longis, poris 

 orbicularibus dehiscentibus. 



A small tree or shrub reaching a height of about (> m, the trunk 13 cm 

 in diameter, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches terete, glabrous, 

 grayish, the branchlets somewhat angled. Leaves broadly oblanceolate 

 or ol)long-elliptical-ol)lanceolate. al)0ut 5 cm long, 1 to 1.8 cm wide, 

 coriaceous, ])rownish when dry, glabrous, the upper surface shining, the 

 lower dull and somewhat glandular-punctate, the apex shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate, the base gradually narrowed, cuneate, the margins 

 entire, rather strongly recurved ; lateral nerves 2 or 3 on each side of 

 the midrib, not distinct, ascending, the ' reticulations nearly obsolete ; 

 petioles stout, about 2 mm long. Eacemes axillary, solitary, al)out as 

 long as the leaves, somewhat pul)escent, each with from 6 to 11 flowers. 

 Flowers white to light-pink, fragrant, their pedicels 5 to 7 mm long, 

 articulated witli the calyx. C'alyx tube subglobose, 3 mm long, the lobes 

 5, ovate, acute, about l.-l mm long, their margins slightly ciliate. Corolla 

 tubular, about 8 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, somewhat swollen at about 

 the middle, the mouth not contracted ; lol^es 5, erect, broadly triangular- 

 ovate, somewhat auricled at the base, less than 1 mm long. Stamens 

 10, inserted on the base of the corolla ; filaments nearly 3 mm long, lanate ; 

 anthers 1.5 nun long, the dorsal awns two, erect, slender, curved, about 

 0.8 mm long, the apical tubes cylindrical, about 0.5 mm long, opening 

 by terminal pores. Disk glabrous, tumid ; style 7 to 8 mm long, slightly 

 pubescent; ovary 5-celled. 



Palawan, Moiuit Victoria, Bur. Sci. 696 Foxworthy, March 23, 1906, on rocky 

 slopes along streams at an altitude of about 1,000 m. A form of the same 

 species is apparently represented by Bur. Sci. 6.'i9 Foxworthy, same locality, but 

 from an altitude of 1,750 ni, a shrub 1.5 to 2 m high on exposed ridges, which 

 differs from the type in having somewhat more pubescent racemes and shorter 

 dorsal awns on the anthers. 



A species with much the appearance of Vaccuiiuni haiikfiii ]\lerr.. but differing 

 in many characters, notably in tlie presence of dorsal awns on the anthers, these 

 being absent in V. haiiksii. 



7. V. pyriforme Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 295. 



MiXDORO, Mount Halcon, For. Bur. JjJf2.'f Mcrrift, June, 1906, an epiphytic 

 scandent or subscandent shrub, altitude 1,600 m. 



A species resembling Vaccinium microphyllum in habit and vegetative char- 

 acters but at once distinguished by its racemose inflorescence. 



