Vaccinium."] LXXXI. VACCINIACE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) 453 



8. V. Dunalianum, Wight Ic. t. 1194; glabrous, leaves subpetioled 

 oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate entire, racemes axillary solitary, corolla 

 glabrous without. Epigynium Dunalianum, Klotzsch in Limited, xxiv. 31. 

 Thibauuia revoluta, Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 513. Thibaudiacea, Griff". Itin. 

 Notes 152, n. 752. 



SIKKIM, BHOTAN and KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-8000 ft., frequent. 



A large, erect shrub ; branches angular, uniformly leafy. Leaves 4 by l-l in., 

 the linear point often nearly 1 in., base cuneate, coriaceous, margins recurved. 

 Racemes 1-3 in. ; pedicels - in. ; bracts round-ovate, margins scarious, densely 

 imbricate, a few persistent at flowering-time, usually deciduous before fruiting. Calyx- 

 teeth small, triangular. Corolla i in., ovoid-conic. Filaments glabrous ; anthers 

 spurred, dehiscing by slits at their subentire apex. Berry in. diam., globose. 



0. V. gualtheriaefolium, Hook.f. ms.-, glabrous, leaves large shortly 

 petioled elliptic acute remotely crenate-serrate, racemes axillary solitary. Thi- 

 baudia gualtherisefolia, Griff. Ic. PL Asiat. t. 612. Thibaudiacea, Griff. Itin. 

 Notes, 136, n. 590. 



BHOTAN; banks of the Koollong, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3468/1). SIKKIM; 

 Catsuperri Lake, alt. 7000 ft,, J. D. H. 



A shrub, 8 ft. high ; branches compressed. Leaves 4 by 2 in., rhomboid or 

 rounded at the base, coriaceous, nerves impressed above, glaucous-white beneath ; 

 petiole f- in. Racemes 2-3 in.; pedicels in. Berries \^ in. diam., globose, blue- 

 black. Griffith's examples are in advanced fruit, showing no trace of bracts ; corolla 

 unknown. 



10. V. grlauco-album, Hook. f. ms. ; glabrous, leaves obovate-oblong 

 acute closely mucronate-serrate, racemes axillary dense with large white sub- 

 persistent bracts and bracteoles. Thibaudia, Griff. Itin. Notes, 154, n. 762. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Lachen and Lachoong, alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H. BHOTAN; 

 Tongsa, alt. 7500 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3478). 



A shrub ; branches angular. Leaves 2^ by 11^ in., not acuminate, base cuneate, 

 coriaceous, nerves impressed above, white beneath; petiole 0- in. Racemes 2-3-in.; 

 pedicels - in. ; bracts ^-f by -^ in., extending to the top of the raceme, and often 

 persistent till the fruit is ripe ; bracteoles 2-1 on each pedicel, -^ in., linear-lanceo- 

 late, resembling the bracts. Calyx-teeth minute, triangular. Corolla J-| in., ovoid- 

 conic, white tinged pink ( J. D. H.). Filaments densely hairy ; anthers long-spurred, 

 dehiscing by long slits from the subentire apex. Berry in. diam., globose. 



11. V. arbutoides, Clarke; leaves large ovate acuminate entire gla- 

 brous, racemes axillary solitary pilose, calyx-teeth in. lanceolate pilose. 



SOUTH-EAST ASSAM ; PATKOY MTS. ; Griffith (Kew JJistrib. n. 3469). 



A stout shrub ; branches glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2 in., suddenly acuminate, base 

 rhomboid or rounded, very coriaceous ; petiole 5 in., very stout. Racemes 2| in. ; 

 pedicels in. ; bracts caducous. Calyx-tube subglobose, densely pilose ; teeth erect, 

 somewhat striate. Neither corolla nor fruit seen ; unmistakeable as a species, and, 

 (almost without doubt) of this genus. 



ft Racemes alternate, corymbose or subcorymbose towards the ends of the 

 branchlets. 



12. V. Donianum, Wight Ic. t. 1191 ; glabrous, leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong acuminate, bracts linear or very narrowly lanceolate caducous, pedicels 

 and calyx glabrous, anthers spurred. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 215 

 (exclud. var. 0) and For. Fl. ii. 01. V. affine, Wight Ic. t. 1190. Thibaudia 

 Sprengelii, Watt. Cat. 6298. Agapetes Sprengelii, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 862; 

 DC. Prodr. vii. 555. Epigynium Donianum, Sprengelii and affine, Klotzsch in 

 Linncea, xxiv. 51, 50. 



