562 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 



Subgen. OXYCOCCUS Hook. 



Vaccinium japonicum Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. I. 28 (1863- 

 1864). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petershourg, XVIII. 40 

 (1870); in Mel. Biol. VIII. 604 (1872). — Franchet and Savatier, 

 Enum. Fl. Jap. I. 280 (1875). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 

 16 (1889). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 683 

 (1910). — Schneider, III. Handb. Lauhholzk. II. 561 (1911). 



Western Hupeh: Changyang, woodlands, alt. 1300 m., October 

 1907 (No. 244; shrub 30-60 cm. tall, fruit dark scarlet); without 

 locality, August 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1621); without locality, 

 A. Henry (Nos. 6021, 6431% 2826). Eastern Szech'uan: north 

 Wushan, A. Henry (No. 6431). Western Szech'uan: west and 

 near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2000 m., October 1908 

 (No. 971; bush 30-60 cm., fruit red). 



This species is common in dry situations in open woods of Pine and Oak. The 

 Chinese plant appears to have usually narrower leaves than the Japanese plant. 



