Puate 1941. 
VACCINIUM EXUL, Bolus. 
VacciniacE®. Tribe EuvAccines. 
V. Exul, Bolus (wn. sp.) ; fruticosus, erectus, ramosus, bipedalis vel 
ultra; ramis foliosis, cinereis tenuiter pubescentibus; foliis breve 
petiolatis coriaceis lanceolatis acutis vel acuminatis, serrulatis serra- 
is mucronolis mi il 
bracteolis lanceolato-linearibus acuminatis; pedicellis sub ovario arti- 
Has. In saxosis montium Drakensbergen prope Devil’s Kantoor 
_ (Reipublice Transvaalensis) alt. circa 1,700 metr., fi. Sept. legi (No. 
7616 in herb. Kewensi, &e.). 
Folia 4-5 em. longa, 1°3-1'8 em. lata, internodiis multo longiora. 
ang 2 cm. longi; pedicelli 5-7 millim. longi. Oorolla 5 mill. 
onga. 
rew my attention to this as a very interesting discovery fy) 
Vaccinium has hitherto been found in South Africa, nor indeed any so 
far south (the station above named lies about 25° 30! Lat.) in any 
great highway of interchange, as well for northern forms to travel 
southward as for South African forms to migrate northward. We 
_ and in these respects is very like V. javanicwm, Hook. Icon. Plant. t. 
q 740.—H. Bouvs. f 
Fig. 1. Flowers and bracts. 2. Same, corolla removed. 3. Stamen, front and 
back. Enlarged, 
