452 LXXXI. VACCINIACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Vaccinium. 



in., pubescent -pilose ; pedicels ^- in.; bracts elliptic, white, caducous. Calyx-tube 

 pilose, teeth ^ in. Corolla \ in., oblong-urceolate, shortly lobed, glabrous without, 

 rose-coloured. Filaments pilose ; anthers spurred. Berries small, purple. 



** Leaves l|-8 in. 



t Racemes axillary, solitary or subumbellate from whorls of leaves. 



5. V. serratum, Wight lc. t 1184; branchlets glabrous, leaves lanceo- 

 late serrate often whorled, peduncles mostly terminal umbelled not clothed with 

 broad bracts at their bases, corolla glabrous without. Thibaudia serrata, Wall. 

 Cat. 6299. Ceratostemma vacciniaceum, Roxb. Fl. 2nd. ii. 412. Gaylussaccia 

 serrata, Lindl in Royle III. 257, t. 79, fig. 2; DC. Prodr. vii. 558. Agapetes 

 serrata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 862. Epigynium serratum, Klotzsch in Linncea, 

 xxiv. 50. 



SIKKIM, BHOTAN and KHASIA MTS. ; alt. 3-7000 ft., frequent. 



A stout epiphyte ; branches often greatly thickened at their base. Leaves subses- 

 sile, 2^ by f in., acute, remotely crenate-serrate nearly to the base, glabrous. Racemes 

 2 in., often 3-4 springing umbellately from the terminal whorl of leaves, glabrous or 

 nearly so ; bracts -^ in., lanceolate, serrate, those at the base of the peduncles hardly 

 larger. Calyx-tube smooth ; teeth minute, triangular. Corolla \ by in., tubular, very 

 shortly lobed, yellow-green. Filaments glabrous ; anthers not spurred, dehiscing by 

 long slits from below the apex. Berry l in. diam., globose, glistening, white or 

 yellowish. 



VAE. leucobotrys ; leaves elliptic acute from a broad or almost rounded base. 

 Epigynium leucobotrys, Nutt. ; Bot. Mag. t. 5103. BHOTAN; Duphla Hills, Nuttall. ' 



VAR. Nuttallii; leaves 7 by 2 in. crenate (not serrate) rugose with nerves im- 

 pressed on the upper surface. Bhotan, Nuttall. This may be specifically distinct, the 

 leaves differing very much both in size and texture. 



6. V. venosum, Wight Ic. t. 1185 ; branchlets glabrous, leaves lanceolate 

 crenate-serrate, peduncles mostly terminal umbelled clothed with numerous 

 imbricated elliptic bracts at their bases, corolla puberulous without. Epigynium 

 venosum, Klotzsch in Linncea, xxiv. 50. 



MISHMEE; Thumatha summit, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3461). KHASIA MTS.; 

 Griffith. 



A. stout, glabrous epiphyte ; branches round. Leaves 3^ by f-1 in., acute, sud- 

 denly narrowed to the very short petiole, remotely crenate-serrate nearly to the base, 

 coriaceous. Racemes 2-3 in. ; pedicels -^ in. ; bracts as long as the pedicels, 

 elliptic, caducous, the lowest persistent. Calyx-tube rough with circular glands; teeth 

 small, acute. Corolla \ by ^ in., ovoid-conic. Filaments glabrous ; anthers without 

 spurs, dehiscing by long slits below the subentire apex. Fruit not seen. 



VAK. hispida; branchlets hispid-pilose upwards, leaves often smaller. Gaylus- 

 saccia serrata, Griff. Ic.^PL Asiat. t. 507, not of Lindl. Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 

 4_7000 ft., frequent, Griffith, J. D. H., &c., frequent. Leaves varying much in size 

 and texture, in the Alpine examples only J in. long, in Nuttall's examples herba- 

 ceous, little coriaceous, in Griffith's examples greatly resembling those of V. serratum. 

 Berries in. diam., globose. 



7. V. ardisioides, Hook. f. ms. ; glabrous, leaves sessile elliptic acumi- 

 nate entire; peduncles umbelled in the terminal whorl of leaves without 

 imbricate bracts at their base, corolla glabrous without. 



MOULMEIN; Thoung-gyun, alt. 6000 ft., T. Lobb; Nattoung expedition, Parish. 



Branches 2 ft., naked, with terminal whorls of leaves. Leaves closely sessile, 4 

 by 1| in., rounded at the base, coriaceous. Racemes coloured, 2-3 in. ; pedicels |-| 

 in., thickened upwards ; bracts in., linear-lanceolate. Calyx glabrous, limb shortly 

 campanulate, obscurely 5 -pointed. Corolla i by ^ in., ovoid- conic, deeply lobed. 

 Filaments glabrous ; anthers spurred, opening by long slits from the subentire apex. 

 fruit not seen. 



