SPECIES BORNEENSES. 329 
Vaccinium borneénse, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis V. acwminatissimo, Mig. a quo inflorescentia 
contracta subglobosa bracteis ovatis pedicellis brevissimis vel 
nullis calycis lobis majoribus inter alia recedit. 
Rami mediocres teretes cortice atrobrunneo tecti crebre 
lenticellati. Folia 10-15 cm. longa 3-4.5 cm. lata elliptica 
vel elliptico-lanceolata acuta mediocriter acuminata basi -+ 
late cuneata vel subrotundata coriacea integerrima supra lucida 
glabra infra pallidiora lucida costa nervisque breviter pilosula 
caeterum glabra vel subglabra, 5-nervia ; nervi e basi ipsa orti, 
intermedii tres intramarginalibus multo distinctiores supra 
impressi subtus multo elevati nervulis transversis crebris dis- 
tinctis bene reticulatis ; petioli 2~3 mm. longi pilosuli. Inflore- 
scentiae axillares multo contractae in fructu 1.5-2 cm. longae 
ovoideae vel subglobosae ; pedunculi bracteis ovariisque celati 
dense pilosuli ; pedicelli nulli vel fere nulli; bracteae bracteolae- 
que ovatae 1.5-2 mm. longae dense fulvo-pilosulae multicostu- 
latae, sub ovario ipso arcte positae. Calycis tubus subglobosus, 
in fructu semimaturo 3-4 mm. diametro, dense fulvo- vel 
subrufo-pilosulus, dentibus 5 ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis circ. 
2 mm. longis obtusiusculis multicostulatis subcoriaceis + pilosulis 
persistentibus conniventibus. Corolla staminaque non visa. 
Baccae + 20-spermae. 
Borneo :—Sarawak in swampy country. Nov. 1913., Native 
Collector. No. 66 in Herb. Edin. 
This new species is a close relative of V. acuminatissimum, 
Miq., with very similar leaves, but with a very characteristic 
inflorescence which is so contracted as to be quite subglobose, 
while the pedicels are scarcely distinguishable. It is possible, how- 
ever, that Vaccinium acuminatissimum, Miq., forma borneénsis, 
Miq., in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lug.-Bat. I (1863), 36, may be the same 
as this new species. I have not seen Korthals’ original; the 
Malayan material of V. acuminatissimum at Kew and at Edin- 
burgh shows nothing matching the Sarawak plant. 
SPECIES CHINENSES. 
Phe oblongum, Wall., var. biauritum, W.W.Sm. Var. nov. 
Folia parte superiore trilobata lobis lateralibus terminali 
plerumque multo minoribus nonnunquam subaequantibus, 
plerumque 4.5-6 cm. longa, 4-5.5 cm. lata, paulo longiora quam 
latiora. 
“ Shrub of 25-35 ft. In fruit. In open thickets in side 
Seneye on the mountains of the Chungtien plateau. Lat. 
27° 55’ N. Alt. 10,000 ft. July 1913.” G. Forrest. No. 
10,644. 
