374 MERRILL. 



8. V. villarii Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 166; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. 

 Manila (1892) 105; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 294. 



y. tnicrop/ii/?h<m F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 121, non Reinw. 



V. vari)igiaefoliu7n Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 60, f. D, non Miq. 



Luzon, Province of Bcnguet, Baguio, For. Bur. 951 Barnes, May, 1904; Merrill 

 1166, January, 1903; Williams 1156, lJi58, June, September, 1904; Elmer 5955, 

 :\larcli, 1904; Topping 56, January, 1903; Bur. Sci. Ji21Jt, 2830 Meartis, April 

 and July, 1907, common in open grass-lands 1,500 to 2,000 m alt.: Provinces of 

 Tayabas and Laguna, Mount Banajao, Bur. Sci. 2390 Foxioorthy, March, 1907; 

 For. Bur. 1S91 Curran d Merritt, November, 1907; Bur. Sci. 6063 Rohvuson, 

 March, 1908, exposed ridges at about 2,200 m alt.: Province of Albay, Mayon 

 Volcano, Bur. Sci. 29^/9 Mearns, June, 1907; Bur. Sci. 6493 Robinson, September, 

 1908, alt. 1,000 m. Mindoro, Mount Halcon, Merrill 5502, exposed ridges at 2,400 

 m alt. Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Copeland 1052, I4I8, April and 

 October, 1904; Williams 2516, March, 1905, 2,000 to 3,000 m. 



Variable in size, usual!}' less than 1 m high, but sometimes higher, found at 

 high altitudes from northern Luzon to southern Mindanao, tlie fruit edible, well 

 flavored. By typographical errors Vidal describes tlie leaves as 10 to 25 cm long, 

 and tlie calj'x tube as 3 cm long, whicli should be read as mm in each case. 



9. Vaccinium vidalii Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. 



Arbuscula subglabra 2.5 ad 4 m alta; I'oliis oblongo-ovatis, elliptico- 

 ovatis, vel oblongo-Ianceolatis, coriaceis, nitidis, supra glabris, subtus 

 glabhs vel in costa sparse pilosis, 2.5 ad 3 cm longis, basi acutis, apice 

 obtuse aeuminatis ; racemis axillaribus, folia aequantibus vel superantibus, 

 paucifloris; floribus longe pedicellatis ; corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, 

 circiter 4 mm longa ; staminibus 10 ; antheris productis, poris apicaliter 

 dehiscentibus, dorso aristatis. 



A nearly glabrous slirub 2.5 to 4 m higb. Branches and branchlets 

 glabrous, terete, gray or reddish-brown. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, 

 oblong-ovate, elliptical-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 2.5 to 3 cm long, 

 0.8 to 1.5 cm wide, tlie upper surface glabrous, veiy shiny, the lower 

 surface dull or shining, glabrous, or the midnl^ slightly pilose, the base 

 acute, the apex shoi-tly and obtusely acuminate, tlie margins entire, 

 usually with rather prominent marginal glands simulating teeth ; nerves 

 nearly obsolete, the reticulations entirely so; petioles 2 mn^ long or less, 

 sometimes slightly pubescent. Racemes axillary, solitary, 5 cm long or 

 less, glabrous, each with from two to six long-pedicel led flowers, the 

 pedicels 1 to 1.5 cm long. Calyx-tube broadly ovoid, the Icetli 5. small. 

 Corolla cylindrical-urceol ate, about 4 mm long, 3 to 3.5 mm in diametei', 

 slightly contracted above, the lobes 5, ovate, acute, refloxod, about 1 mm 

 long. Stamens 10 ; iilanicnls lanaic, allcniiatc aliovc: aiillici's 2 mm 

 long, each with two, slender, O.li mm long awns on tbe back, tlie apical 

 tubes nearly 1 mm long, opening by slightly o])lique, orbicular pores. 

 Disk prominent, densely pubescent. Style 3 nun long, glabrous. Fruit 

 gloViOse, 4 mm in diamcler, glabrous except the persistent pulx'scont 

 annulus. 



