234 VACCINIACE.E. [ FacciniiiM. 



is a shrub, often epiphytic, of the Khasia and Garo Hills, Sylhet, Chittagong and 

 Tenasserim. A. obovata, Don (Vaccinium obovatum, Wight; Gamble 50) Vern. 

 Batay, Nep., is a common shrub of the hill forests of Sikkim and Bhutan. A. 

 saligna, Bth. and Hook. f. ; Gamble 50, is a large epiphytic shrub of the Sikkiin 

 Hills from 1,000 to 5,000 feet, whose leaves are said by Hooker to be used as a sub- 

 stitute for tea. A. Wallichiana, Wight, and A. hirsuta, Wight, are shrubs of 

 Sylhet ; A. verticillata, Wight, and A. odontocera, Wight, of the Khasia Hills and 

 Burma ; and A. auriculata, Griff., is an epiphytic shrub of Burma. 



Pentapterygium contains 3 species, among which P. serpens, Bth. ; Gamble 50. 

 Vern. Kali hurchu, Nep. ; J^umbuten, Lepcha, is a haudsorne epiphytic shrub common 

 on trees and banks about Darjeeling. 



Corallolotrys acuminata, Hook. f. and Bth. (Vaccinium acuminatum, Kurz ii. 

 90), is an evergreen shrub of Eastern Bengal and Burma. 



1. VACCINIUM, Linn. 



About 12 species, of which 4 occur on the Nilgiris and the rest in Eastern Bengal 

 and Burma. V. Leschenaultii, Wight ; Beddome t. 227. Vern. Anduvan, Nilgiris, 

 is a pretty tree with an edible fruit, said by Beddome to have a fine-grained rose- 

 coloured wood. F. rotundifoliiim, Wight, and V. neilgherrense, Wight ; Beddome 

 cxxxvi., are also small trees of the hills of South India. F. Donianum, Wight; Kurz 

 ii. 91, is a large shrub of Burma and the Khasia Hills. F. Dunalianum, Wight, is 

 an epiphytic shrub of Sikkim. Bhutan and the Khasia Hills. 



1. V. serratum, Wight; Gamble 50. Vern. Charu t Nep. 

 A shrub, often epiphytic. Bark brown with white lenticels. Wood 

 white. Pores extremely small. Medullary rays broad, wavy. 



Sikkim, Bhutan and the Khasia Hills, from 4,000 to 8,000 feet. 

 E 3296. Babookhola ; Darjeeling, 4,000 feet. 



ORDER LX. EEICACE^E. 



' Contains about 6 Genera of usually handsome-flowered Indian trees or shrubs ; some 

 of these, however, especially the genera Cassiope and Diplarche, contain merely small 

 prostrate heath-like plants, found in the Inner Himalaya. The Genera belong to 

 2 Tribes, viz. : 



Tribe I. Andromedea3 . . . . Gaultheria, Caesiope, Pieris 



and JEnkianthus. 

 II. Rhodorea3 Diplarche and Rhododendron. 



Gaultheria contains about 5 species. G.fragrantissima,7Va\\. ; Beddome cxxxvi. 

 Vern. Kappuru, Cingh., is a common shrub of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills and 

 Ceylon. G. punctata, Bl. ; Kurz ii. 92 (in this he includes G. fragrantissimd) is 

 an evergreen shrub of the hill forests of Martaban at 6,000 to 7,000 feet ; and G. 

 Griffithiana, Wight ; Gamble 51, is a small shrub of the hills of Sikkim and Bhutan 

 from 7,000 to 9,000 feet. Cassiope fastigiata, Don, Vern. Chhota lewar, Beas ; 

 Seeru, Chor ; JEamba, Kumaun, is the "Himalayan Heather" of travellers in the 

 North- West Himalaya ; it often covers large areas like the European heather. It was 

 also found by Hooker in Sikkim at Mon Lepcha. The common " Heather" or " Ling " 

 of Europe is Calluna vulgaris, Linn. 



Bark generally thin. Wood compact, even-grained. Pores uniform 

 and uniformly distributed, small or very small, numerous. Annual rin^s 

 generally marked by belt of porous wood. Medullary rays short, 

 generally fine or very fine. 



