Agapetes.'] LXXXI. VACCINIACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 447 



Pedicels 1 in., stout, thickened upwards, cupped top prominent, in fascicles of 1-4 on the 

 thick part of the branches. Corolla tubular, little widened upwards, red with trans- 

 verse bars ; teeth ^ in., long-lanceolate. Anthers with spurs on the beak. Fruit not 

 seen. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 214 unites this with A. macrantha (n. 11). 

 Griffith's figure, though apparently taken from a specimen now at Kew, is not accurate 

 as regards the leaf-base and petiole. 



15. A. ang-ulata, Hook.f. in Gen. PL ii. 571 ; leaves lanceolate acumi- 

 nate narrowed to a short petiole, calyx-teeth i in. shortly triangular glabrous, 

 corolla 1 in. Ceratostema angulatum, Griff. Notul. iv. 302 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 

 603. Vaccinium odontocerum. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 214, not of 

 Wight. 



PATKOY MTS., south-east of Assam, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3471). 



Very closely allied to A. variegata ; the branches are more quadrangular ; the 

 leaves inflorescence and corolla undistinguishable ; but the calyx-teeth are much 

 shorter and more obtuse than in any of the examples of A. variegata. 



SECT. III. Corolla tubular, lobed less than half its length, straight. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, solitary, 1- (or 2-) flowered. Leaves small. 



16. A. obovata, Hook. f. in Gen. PL ii. 572; leaves less than in. 

 obovate obtuse entire, peduncles 1-flowered, corolla \ in. Vaccinium Sprengelii, 

 Wall. Cat. 6296. V. obovatum, Wight. Ic. t. 1193. Vaccinii sp., Griff. Notul. 

 iv. 300 ; Ic. PL Asiat. t. 517. Epigynium obovatum, Klotzsch in Linncea, xxiv. 

 51. 



KHASIA MTS.; alt. 3-5000 ft, frequent, Griffith, H.f. T., &c. 



A small dense shrub. Branches rigid, terete, glabrous or patently hispid, densely 

 leafy. Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, margins recurved. Peduncles ^-f in., scattered 

 among the leaves, scarcely dilated at the apex. Calyx-teeth ^ in., triangular-lanceo- 

 late, glabrous. Corolla acutely conical in the bud, deep-red, ultimately wide tubular, 

 lobed nearly half its length. Anther-beaks spurred. Capsule in. diam., globose, 

 ultimately dry. Seeds with the outer coat lax. Kesembling in habit and leaves the 

 small-leaved, Vacciniums ; but the corolla (and the seeds) are of Agapetes. 



17. A. buxifolia, Nutt. ; Hook. f. in Sot. Mag. t. 5012 : leaves 1 in. 

 elliptic crenate, peduncles 1-flowered, corolla f in. 



BHOTAN ; Duphla hills, fruttall ; Yeorsi, alt. 4500 ft., Lister. 



A shrub, 3-4 ft. Branches virgate, round, pilose. Leaves obtuse, narrowed at 

 the base, glabrous. Peduncles ^ in., scattered among the leaves, pilose, little dilated 

 at the apex. Calyx-teeth f- in., lanceolate, softly pilose. Corolla tubular, little 

 widened upwards, bright -red ; lobes in., lanceolate, paler or greenish. Anthers 

 without spurs ; filaments longer than usual in Agapetes. Fruit not seen. 



18. A. mitrarioid.es, Hook.f. ms. ; leaves - in. ovate toothed shining, 

 peduncles 2-flowered, corolla f-1 in. 



MISHMI MTS., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3466). 



A small, much branched epiphyte. Branches rigid but slender, flexuous, round, 

 hispid- pilose. Leaves hard, shining on both surfaces, acute, narrowed at the base, 

 subpetioled; teeth rigid but few, shallow. Peduncles % in., axillary, scattered, few, 

 lax, pendent, minutely pilose or glabrous, bifurcate into 2 pedicels 5 in. each; bracts 

 inconspicuous. Calyx-teeth in., lanceolate, glabrous or most minutely pilose. 

 Corolla tubular, hardly at all widened upwards, bright-red ; lobes -5 in., triangular. 

 Anthers not spurred. A species remote in habit from all others of the genus. 



SECT. IV. Corolla straight, divided half way down or lower. Flowers 

 corymbose or subfascicled. 



