116 VACCINIACEJE. 
vel ovato-oblonga, 18 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata, apice aeuta, recta vel leviter fal- 
eata, basi obtusa, utraque pagine glabra, margine ciliolato-serrulata, supra. 
venis retieulato-impressis, subtus distincte retieulato-prominentibus, costis 
supra impressis, subtus elevatis ciliato-setulosis, margine ciliolata, tenuiter 
eoriacea, petiolis brevissimis 1 mm.longis, supra suleatis, alatis. Flores axil- 
lares, pedicellati, solitarii, pedicellis 1 em. longis, gracilibus glabris, basi 1-2— 
braeteatis, bracteis lanceolatis. — Calycis tubi campanulati, 11 mm. longi, lobis 
4, patentibus, euspidato-triangularibus, 12 mm.longis 1i mm.latis, apice cus- 
pidato-acuminatis, utrinque glabris. — Corolla alte 4-lobata, lobis extrorse re- 
eurvis, revolutis, linearibus, apice acutis $8 mm. longis 1i mm.latis basi plus 
minus latioribus, utrinque glabris, intus planis, extus elevato-l-costatis. 
Stamina 8, ad basin corollz& breviter cohserentia linearia, 1 em. longa, filamentis 
linearibus complanatis barbatis 23 mm.longis 3 mm.latis intus l-eostatis, 
antheris linearibus 4 mm.longis (exeepte tubos) imm.latis intus profunde 
suleatis minute punctatis, apice in tubos in longitudine antheram squantes 
productis, poris terminalibus rotundatis. Styli erecti, 83 mm. longi, apiee trun- 
cati, basi disco annulari elevato suffulti. Fructus ignoti. 
Har. Randaisan, lee. D. Hayara et U. Monr, (No. 7012). 
Differs from the type by the barbate filaments. 
Vacecinium Merrillianum Haxara, Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 149. Supple- 
menta ad deseriptionem originalem. — Cataphiylla ad basin ramulorum hornotino- 
rum 8-10 disposita, magnitudine variabili, superioribus majoribus obovatis apice 
rotundatis basi angustatis ad stipitem brevem abeuntibus, 5i mm.longis 23 
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mm.latis, margine ciliolatis. Flores breve racemosi, racemis ad apicem ra- 
mulorum terminalibus, basi perulatis, (perulis 5-10, rhomboideo-ovatis, 34 
mm. longis, 3 mm. latis, margine ciliolatis) 1-2 em. longis; floribus 1-bracteatis 
2-braeteolatis, (bracteis oblongis apice aeutis, basi angustatis integris, 7 mm. 
longis 33 mm. latis bracteolis linearibus 4 mm. longis, acutis) pedicellis 9 mm. 
longis. Calycis tubus semi-globosus 1i mm.longus, limbo 1 mm.longo, 5- 
dentato, dentibus late triangularibus, aeutis. ^ Corolla ureeolata in alabastro 
Sy mm.longa, extus glabra, intus pilosa, 5-lobata, lobis  triangularibus. 
Stamina 10, filümentis 1i mm.longis, reflexo-pilosis, (pilis longis paucis), 
complanatis, antheris 2mm. longis, glabris; loculis linearibus a. medio sursum 
