Vaccinium.'] LXXXI. VACCINIACE^I. (C. B. Clarke.) 451 



3. VACCXNXU2ST, Linn. 



Shrubs, sometimes epiphytic. Leaves alternate, from lanceolate to ovate, 

 entire or serrate, sometimes falsely whorled. Floivers usually small, axillary or 

 terminal, racemed fascicled or corymbose rarely solitary, usually bracteate and 

 2-bracteolate. Calyx-tube globose ; teeth 5, small. Corolla tubular or ovoid, 

 5-lobed, white, rose or yellow-green. Stamens 10, epigynous, free; anthera 

 oblong, produced at the apex into 2 cylindric tubes with terminal slits or spurs 

 (tubes very short in V. bancanum). Ovary 6-celled, or falsely 10-celled ; style 

 cylindric, stigma simple; ovules few or several in each cell. B&rry globose, 

 crowned by the calyx-teeth ; 6- (apparently 10-)celled. Seeds 1 or more in each 

 cell, ellipsoid, compressed ; testa tirm, smooth. Species 100, natives of the 

 N. hemisphere and tropical mountains. 



The Indian species all belong to the subgenus Epigynium (genus Klotzsch), and 

 the foregoing generic character does not include some non-Indian subgenera. 



* Leaves small, 1 in. or less (see also V. Griffithianum, n. 15). 



1. V. Nummularia, H. f. fy T. ms. ; leaves in. broadly elliptic 

 obtuse subentire, racemes often clustered, calyx-teeth very short obtusely 

 triangular. 



SIKKIM and BHOTAN; alt. 8-10,000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 



A small, rigid epiphyte ; branches pendent, densely hirsute, almost bristly. 

 Leaves subsessile, coriaceous, glabrous, margins recurved. Racemes 1-2 in., rose- 

 coloured ; rachis hairy ; pedicels in., glabrous ; bracts i in., elliptic, caducous. 

 Corolla i by ^ i n -> tubular, shortly lobed, glabrous, rosy. Filaments with long hair^ ; 

 anthers dehiscing by slits below the apex, dorsal spurs very large. Fruit | in. diam., 

 subglobose, crowned by the obscurely toothed calyx-limb. 



2. V. retusum, Hook. f. ms.; leaves 1 in. obovate-oblong obtuse entire, 

 racemes solitary or clustered, calyx-teeth very short obtusely triangular. 

 Thibaudia retusa, Griff. Notul. iv. 300, and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 509. 



SIKKIM and BHOTAN ; alt. 7-9000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 



A small epiphyte ; branches pendent, pubescent upwards. Leaves often obtuse or 

 emarginate, base attenuate, scarcely petioled, coriaceous, glabrous, margins recurved. 

 Racemes white, 12 in., glabrous or the rachis pilose ; pedicels ^-i in. ; bracts \^ 

 in., elliptic, caducous. Corolla f by 5-^ in., ovoid- tubular, shortly lobed, glabrous, 

 white with 5 red stripes. Filaments with long hairs ; anthers dehiscing by slits be- 

 low the apex, dorsal spurs very large. Fruit f in. diam., eubglobose, crowned by the 

 obscurely-toothed calyx-limb. 



3. V. sikkimense, Clarke ; leaves 1 in. obovate-oblong acute serru- 

 late, racemes short solitary or clustered, calyx-teeth very short obtuse nearly 

 glabrous. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Lachen, alt. 13,000 ft., J. D. H. 



A rigid, small shrub ; branches pubescent upwards. Leaves subsessile, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, margins recurved. Racemes only seen in bud; bracts in., elliptic, 

 caducous. Corolla i in., lobed deeply. Filaments hairy ; anthers dehiscing by long 

 slits below the apex, not spurred. Fruit not seen. 



4. V. pumilum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, ii. 85 ; leaves f-1 in. 

 elliptic naiTOwed at both ends obtuse, racemes solitary pubescent, calyx-teeth 

 lanceolate pubescent. Kurz in Journ. An. Soc. 1877, ii. 214, and For. Fl. ii. 90. 



BIHMA ; Martaban Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft., Kurz, Brandis. 



A small, much-branched epiphyte ; branches pubescent upwards. Leaves subses- 

 sile, obscurely crenate-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous, margins recurved. Racemes 1-2 



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