ERICACEAE. — VACCINIUM 559 



Miinch. IV. pt. III. 129 (Fl Jap. Fam. II. 5) (1846). — Miquel in Ann. 

 Mus. Lugd.-Bat. II. 160 (1865-1866). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. 

 Sci. St. Petershourg, XVIII. 42 (1872); in Mel. Biol. VIII. 608 

 (1872). — Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PI. Jap. I. 282 (1875).— 

 Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^r. 2, VI. 75 (PL David. I. 195 

 (1883)).— Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 14 (1889).— Shirasawa, 

 Ico7i. Ess. For. Jap. II. t. 61, fig. 11-22 (1908). — Dunn & Tutcher in 

 Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. Add. ser. X. 153 {Fl. Kwangtung & Hong- 

 kong) (1912). 



Andromeda chinensis Loddiges, Bot. Cah. XVII. t. 1648 (1830). 



Vaccinium chinense Champion in Hooker's Kew Jour. Bot. IV. 297 (1852). — 



Bentham, Fl. Hongk., 199 (1861). 

 Vaccinium Donianum, var. elliplica Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. II. 161 



(1865-1866). 

 Vaccinium Oldhamii Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. II. 161 (1865-1866). 



Kiangsi: Kuling, side of streams, alt. 1300 m., July 29, 1907 

 (No. 1702; dense bush 1-1.5 m. tall, flowers white). Western 

 Hupeh: Nanto and mountains to northward, A. Henry (No. 3067). 

 Chekiang: vicinity of Ningpo, 1908, D. Macgregor. Korea: 

 Quelpaert, Taquet (Nos. 1083, 1084, 4304); same locality, U. Faurie 

 (No. 660). 



This variable species is very common on the Lushan range near Kuling, but is 

 rare in western Hupeh. 



We have before us the type specimen of Vaccinium Wrightii Gray (in Mem. 

 Am. Acad. n. ser. VI. 398 [1858-1859]), which Hemsley (in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 

 14 [1889]) reduces to Vaccinium bracteatum Thunberg. Gray's species constitutes 

 a well-marked variety of that species, readily distinguished by its long pedicels 

 (8-11 mm.) and glabrous calyx. It may be distinguished as Vaccinium bracteatum, 

 var. Wrightii Rehder & Wilson, n. var. Specimen collected at South Cape, 

 Formosa, by A. Henry (Nos. 591, 636, 947) belong to this variety. The type 

 was collected at Orisima, Liu-kiu Islands, Wright (No. 170 in Herb. Gray). 



Vaccinium fragile Franchet in Jour, de Bot. IX. 366 (1895). 

 Vaccinium setosum Wright in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1896, 24. 



Western Szech'uan: south-east of Tachien-lu, rocks and arid 

 places, alt. 1300-2000 m., June and September 1908 (No. 1079; bush 

 14-30 cm. tall, flowers salmon-red, fruit black); without precise lo- 

 cality, pine woods, alt. 1000-1600 m.. May 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 3917; shrub 20-45 cm. tall, flowers white); June 1903 (Veitch Exped. 

 No. 3917"). Yunnan: Mengtze, grassy mountains, alt. 2100 m., 

 A. Henry (No. 10904). 



