PHILIPPINE EKICACE^. 375 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For\ Bur. 8236 Curran c6 Merritt. 

 December, 1907; Bur. ijci. 4765, 5132 Ramos, same date. 



A species growing on exposed ridge-forcsts at an altitude of about 1,400 m, 

 epiphytic or pseudo-epiphytic, having the strangling habit of most species of 

 Ficus of the section Urostigma. It has also been collected by Vidal in the 

 Caraballo Mountains, Province of Nueva Ecija, Luzon, no. 3144 in Herb. Kew. 



In many respects the present species resembles Vaccinium cumingianum Vidal, 

 but differs especially in its relatively broader leaves, different flowers and lax 

 racemes. 



10. V. cumingianum Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 167; Ceron Cat. PL 

 Herb. Manila (1902) 105; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 112. 



V. sp. {aff. V. coriaceum) Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 60, f. C. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher 5077; Pauai, Bur. Sci. ^OJf Mearns, July, 

 1907; Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), Merrill 4817; Elmer 5804: Province of 

 Zambales, Mount Pinatubo, Bur. Sci. 2535 Foxworthij, April, 1907: Mount Tapu- 

 lao, Bur. Sci. 4783, 5093 Ramos, December, 1907: Province of Pampanga, Mount 

 Abu, Bur. Sci. 1911 Foxworthy, December, 1906: Provinces of Tayabas and Laguna, 

 Mount Banajao, Cuming 805 (type number) ; Elmer 9212; For. Bur. 7893, 7882, 

 7889 Curran & Merritt; Whitford 963; For. Bur. 878 Klemme: Province of Ba- 

 taan, Mount Mariveles, For. Bur. 1330, 1558 Borden; Whitford 245, 459; For. 

 Bur. 2649 Meyer; Merrill 281, Dec. Philip. Forest Fl. : Province of Albay, Mount 

 Mayon, Bur. Sci. 6501 Robinson, September, 1908, alt. 1,100 m. 



A tree 5 to 8 m high growing on exposed ridges at from 1,000 to 2,250 m alt. 



11. Vaccinium tenuipes sp. nov. 



Ai'bxtsciila epiphytica vel terrestris usque ad 3 ni alta; ramulis race- 

 misque plus minus pubescentibus et capitellato-stipitato-glaudulosis ; f oliis 

 coriaceis, ovatis, oblongis, vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 3 ad 5 cm longis, basi 

 rotundatis, apice longe caudato-acuminatis ; racemis axillaribus, folia 

 aequantibus vel superantibus, tenuibus ; floribus longe pedicellatis, corolla 

 1 cm longa, anguste conico-urceolata ; staminibus 10; antheris vix pro- 

 ductis, poris orbicularibus dehiscentibus. 



A terrestrial or epiphytic shrub about 3 m high. Branches terete, 

 glabrous, gray or blackish when dry, the branchlets slender, somewhat 

 pubescent, and with numerous, long, spreading, capitellate-glandular 

 hairs, which are also found on the inflorescence. Leaves alternate, ovate 

 to oblong or even oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 5 cm long, 1 to 2.5 cm wide, 

 coriaceous, shining, glabrous, brown when diy, the base rounded, the 

 apex long and slenderly caudate-acuminate, the acumen usually one-third 

 the length of the leaf, the margins strongly recurved; nerves obsolete or 

 nearly so ; petioles about 3 mm long, glabrous. Racemes axillary, solitary, 

 about as long as the leaves, very slender, few-flowered, somewhat pubes- 

 cent and with numerous spreading capitate-glandular hairs, the pedicels 

 slender, 1 to 2 cm long, each with one or two lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about 1.5 mm long bracts in the lower part. Calyx-tube short, the lobes 

 5, triangular-ovate, acute or slightly acuminate, about 1.5 mm long. 

 Corolla pink or red, glabrous, narrowly conical-urceolate, 1 cm long, 



