Agapetes."] LXXXI. VACCINIACEJC. (C. B. Clarke.) 449 



SECT. V. Corolla widely campanulate, straight, lobed much less than half 

 its length. Corymbs shortly peduncled. 



24. A. campanulata, Clarke; leaves subsessile elliptic narrowed at 

 both ends, calyx-limb shallow]y Srlobed, corolla f by in. Vaccinium cam- 

 panulatum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, ii. 85, 1877, ii. 214, and For. Fl. 

 ii. 89. 



MARTABAN ; Nattoung, alt. 7000 ft., Kurz. MOTJLMEIN ; Parish. 



Branches thick, round, glabrous, tips leafy. Leaves 3 by 1^-1 in., acute not 

 acuminate, entire, glnbrous, coriaceous. Corymbs from the naked branches, glabrous; 

 peduncles in. ; pedicels ^ in., thickened upwards ; bracts T \ in. Calyx-limb lobed 

 hardly half way down. Corolla gradually widened upwards from a campanulate base, 

 deep scarlet ; lobes ^-\ in., broadly triangular, acute. Anthers spurred on their beaks. 

 Fruit not seen. 



SPECIES IMPERFECTLY KNOWN. 



25. A. LINEARIFOLIA, Clarke ; glabrous, leaves long linear entire petioled, corymbs 

 peduncled, calyx-teeth | in. lanceolate. 



MISHMI ; Thumath summit, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3480). 



Griffith's fragments are without flowers. Branches round, uniformly leafy. 

 6 by \-^ in., entire, coriaceous ; petiole ~ in. Peduncles -f in. ; pedicels 

 tf-8 or more, ^ in., thickened upwards, top cupped. Peduncles, pedicels and calyces 

 fleshy, rose-coloured (Griffith). 



26. A. GRIFFITHII, Clarke; glabr.ius, leaves petioled oblong suddenly caudate 

 acuminate entire, peduncles long axillary, calyx-teeth in. ovate acute. 



MISHMI or PATKOYE MTS., Griffith. 



Griffith's example is in young bud. Branches round, uniformly leafy. Leaves 5^ 

 by 1| in., with parallel sides, suddenly narrowed into a short tail at the apex, base 

 cuneate, coriaceous ; petiole f in. Peduncle 1 in., axillary; pedicels ^-f in., thickened 

 upwards, articulate under the flowers ; bracts -L in. 



2. FENTAFTERYGIU1VI, Klotzsch. 



Shrubs often epiphytic, stems often greatly thickened at the base. Leaves 

 alternate, ovate or lanceolate, toothed or subentire, coriaceous, often with srlands 

 at the apex of the petiole. Flowers axillary, corymbose, fascicled or solitary ; 

 pedicels thickened upwards, cupped and articulate under the ovary; bracts 

 small. Caly.r-tube 5-angled or -winged ; lobes 5, enlarged in fruit. Corolla 

 tubular, shortly 5-lobed, rose or red with transverse marks, or yellow. Stamens 

 10, epigynous, filaments short; anthers elliptic, produced upwards in 2 long 

 beaks opening by terminal pores or slits, beaks often 2-spurred behind. Ovary 

 5-celled or spuriously 10-celled ; style cylindric, stigma subcapitate ; ovules 

 very many. Berry 5-winged, or distinctly 5-ribbed, 5-celled or spuriously 

 ' 10-celled. Seeds very many, ellipsoid, outer coat very lax. Species 5, of the 

 Eastern Himalaya and Khasia. 



* Leaves less than f in., pedicels subsolitary, anthers without spurs on their 

 beaks. 



1. F. serpens, Klotzsch in Linncsa, xxiv. 47 ; leaves elliptic-oblong sub- 

 entire. Vaccinium serpens, Wight III. t. 141, D, fig. 2 and Ic. t. 1183; Hook, 

 f. III. Him. PI t. 15, B. Thibaudia myrtifolia, Griff. Notul. iv. 301, and 

 *Ic. PL Asiat. t. 510. 



SIKKIM and BHOTAN; alt. 3-8000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 



Branches pendulous, hispid, densely leafy. Leaves subsessile, bifarious, f by f in., 

 acute, rounded at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, margins recurved. Pedicels -l in., 

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