454 LXXXI. VACCINIACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Vaccinium. 



KHASIA Mrs. ; alt. 3-5000 ft., common. PEGU ; alt. 3-6000 ft., frequent. 



An erect shrub ; branches round, not thick. Leaves 2% by ^-1 in., subsessile, 

 narrowed at both ends, minutely crenate-serrate, nerves distinct beneath. Racemes 

 1-4 in. ; pedicels -^ in. ; bracts | by ~ in. (or narrower), usually caducous ; brac- 

 teoles linear, caducous. Calyx-teeth small, triangular. Corolla \ by ^ in., tubular, 

 glabrous without. Filaments hairy ; anthers opening by short slits from the crenu- 

 lated apex. Berry iin. diam., globose or broader than long. 



13. V. malaccense, Wight Ic. t. 1186; leaves shortly petioled lanceo- 

 late or elliptic narrowed at "both ends, bracts linear or lanceolate caducous, 

 pedicels and calyx pubescent, anther-spurs most minute. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 SappL 587. Epigynium malaccense, Klotzsch in Linncea, xxiv. 50. 



MALACCA; Griffith, Lobb, Maingay. SINGAPORE; SchomburgJc. DISTRIB. Java, 

 Bangka. 



An erect shrub; branchlets glabrous, angular, not thick. Leaves 2| by f-1 in., 

 minutely crenate-serrate, nerves distinct beneath. Racemes 2-3 in., pubescent; 

 pedicels % in. ; bracts ^-g- by - in., caducous. Calyx-teeth minute, triangular. 

 Corolla g by in., ovoid-tubular, pubescent without. Filaments longer than in 

 preceding species, glabrous in Wight's figure, with lax hairs in our examples ; anthers 

 with terminal crenate-serrate pores ; spurs most minute in Wight's examples, wanting 

 in some others. Berry \ in. diam., globose. 



VAR. Lobbii ; racemes calyx and corolla glabrous, corolla rather larger. V. 

 Donianum, var. ft, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 215. Moulmein; Thoung-gyun, 

 alt. 6000 ft., Lobb. 



14. V. bancanum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 587 ; leaves elliptic 

 narrowed at both ends entire, racemes glabrous or minutely pubescent, anther- 

 beaks very short or 0. V. exaristatum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 

 86, 1877, pt. ii. 215, and For. Fl. ii. 91. 



MARTABAN; Kurz. MALACCA; Mt. Ophir, Maingay (n. 699). DISTRIB. Bangka. 



An erect shrub ; branches glabrous or minutely pubescent upwards. Leaves 2 by 

 1 in., obtusely acuminate, base cuneate almost petioled, coriaceous, glabrous, nerves 

 beneath obscure. Racemes 1-3 in. ; pedicels ^ in. ; bracts narrow, caducous, Calyx- 

 tube (in the Mt. Ophir plant) densely pilose ; teeth minute, obtuse. Corolla \ by 

 in., glabrous without or nearly so ; style much exserted. Filaments rather long, and 

 (with the disk) very hairy ; anther-cells oblong, opening by apical pores, hardly 

 beaked. Fruit not seen. The Bangka plant has the calyx-tube glabrescent. Some 

 of the Mt. Ophir examples have much smaller and narrower leaves, 1^ by ^ in. only. 



15. V. G-riffitliianum, Wight Ic. t. 1192; leaves small oblong acute at 

 both ends serrulate glabrous, racemes minutely pubescent, bracts leaf-like sub- 

 persistent, calyx sparsely minutely pilose teeth ovate acute dentate, corolla 

 glabrous without. Epigynium Griffithianurn, Klotzsch in Linn tea, xxiv. 51. 

 Thibaudia camelifolia, Griff. Notul. iv. 301, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 516. 



KHASIA MTS. ; alt. 3-5500 ft., frequent. DISTRIB. South China. 



An erect shrub, 6 ft. high ; branches glabrous, pubescent towards the extremities. 

 Leaves l by -^ in., minutely acutely serrulate ; petiole very short, often pubescent. 

 Pedicels \-\ in. ; bracts %~ in., some of the upper often persistent in fruit. Calyx- 

 teeth -j^in., often glandular- denticulate. Corolla^ by ^ i n - Filaments hairy ; anthers 

 dehiscing by short apical slits, beaks spurred. Berry \ in. diam., globose. 



VAR. glabrata, H. f. & T. ; innovations raceme and calyx glabrous or nearly so. 

 Khasia Mts. This is, of all the Indian forms, that most like V. bracteatum, Thunb., 

 with which Mr. Bentham has suggested (Fl. Hongk. 200) that perhaps V. Donianum, 

 Griffithianum and nilgherrense might all be united. 



16. V. nilgflierrense, Wight Ic. t. 1189 ; leaves lanceolate acute at 

 both ends crenate glabrous, bracts leaf-like subpersistent, calyx closely cinereous- 



