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known range. The same district (viz. the mountains northeast of Hakodadi) furnished 

 a new Vacci?iium, which in aspect, and in all its characters except the fruit, accords 

 with the Blueberries of Eastern North America ; but the fruit is that of Etivaccinium. 

 As Mr. Small detected it again on Cape Romanzoff, it is only just that the species 

 should bear the name of Mr. Wright's humble, but invaluable assistant.* V. hractea- 

 turn was not met with ; but in one of the islands south of Japan an allied new species 

 was discovered.^ 



Empctrum nigrum, Linn., was gathered on Cape Siriki-Saki, Nippon, apparently near 

 the sea-level, in lat. 4X7°. 



The vicinity of Hakodadi furnished a new Leucotho'e, said to have light-green blos- 



attenuatis, caulino subsessili basi utrinque soepius 1 - 2-setigero ; pcdiccllis gracilibus ; involucro 5 - 6-floro ; 

 floribus albis ; acheniis fusiformibus sensim longiusculc rostratis, costis scabriusculis. Cape Siriki-Saki, 

 Nippon. 



IxEEis ? (IxERiDiUM ?) LINGU^FOLIA (sp. nov.) : caule folioso suffruticoso superne paniculato ; foliis sub- 

 glaucis crassiusculis integerrimis sessilibus obtusissimis, in caudicc crasso lingulatis basi angustatis, in caulibus 

 ramisve herbaceis floridis oblongis mucronatis basi cordata amplexicaulibus ; capitulis numerosissimis parvis 

 confertissime corymbosis ; involucro cylindrico 4-5-phyllo vix calyculato 5-floro; "floribus albidis vel fla- 

 vidis"; acteniis valde immaturis oblongis 10-striatis apice infra discum planum in collum constrictis ; pappo 

 sordescente uniseriali. Bonin Islands. 



* Vacciniuji Smallii (sp. nov.): caule 3 - 5-pedali ramulisque teretibus glabris ; foliis deciduis ovalibus 

 oblongisve breve acuminatis subsessilibus penniveniis creberrime ciUato-serrulatis ad costam venisque prae- 

 sertim subtus pubescentibus ; fasciculis corymbisve paucifloris sessilibus e gemma terminali ; bracteis caducis ; 

 calycis Umbo 5-fido, lobis semi-orbiculatis glanduloso-ciliolatis ; corolla incarnata vel rubra breviter campanulata ; 

 filamentis villoso-ciliatis ; antheris exaristatis, tubulis longis subexsertis ; ovai-io 5-loculari. 



On the western coast of Kamtschatka, Mr. Small also rediscovered the very rare V. prcestans, mostly in 

 fruit, but with a flower or two, which enables me to complete its characters. 



Vaccinium PRiESTANS (Lamb.) : pygmanim; caule 2 - 3-pollicari e basi gracili repente adsurgente infeme 

 bracteato superne 3 - 5-foliato ; foliis late obovatis ovatisve in petiolum subito contractis reticulato-venosis 

 argute mucronato-serrulatis cUiatis subtus ad venas pubescentibus pro planta magnis (1 J - 2-pollic.) deciduis ; 

 racemo brevi 3 - 5-floro ; bracteis lanceolatis scariosis deciduis ; calycis limbo 5-lobo, lobis ovatis ciliatis ; 

 corolla cylindraceo-campanulata ; filamentis pilosis ; antheris inclusis, loculis breviter tubulosis, arista dorsali 

 obsoleta ; bacca ampla 5-loculari. 



t Vaccinium (Batodendron) Wrightii (sp. nov.): glaberrimum, 2-5-pedale; foliis coriaceis peren- 

 nantibus opacis ovatis oblongisve utrinque acutis vel subacuminatis subserratis ; racemis brevibus laxifloris ; 

 pedicellis secundis nutantibus bracteam scariosam deciduam ter superantibus ; calycis lobis acutissimis ; corolla 

 rubella glabra obovato-urceolata 5-earinulata, ore 5-dentato; filamentis viUosis; aristis antherarum arrectis 

 tubulis gracilibus bre\-ioribus ; ovario sub-10-loculari. Ousima. — Pedicels articulated with the flower, as in 

 V. hracteatum, &c., and in our American V. arhoreum. Not so in V. stamineum, wliieh is the type of a 

 peculiar section {Picrococcus, Nutt.), quite distinct from Batodendron. 



