Agapetes] LXIV. ERICACE.E 405 



Corolla rose-purple, with darker V-shaped transverse bands j-1 in. Seeds with a firm, 

 shining minutely foveolate testa. The seeds of the sp. of Aijapetes require further 

 study. 13. A. angulata, Hook. f. (Vaccinium odontocerum, Kurz). Patkoi hills. 

 Branches sharply angular. Similar to 12, but calyx-teeth shortly triangular. 14. 

 A. campanulata, Clarke n'f'ciHiHHi ramjianulatum, Kurz). Nattoung, Martaban 7.000 

 ft. L. elliptic, nan-owed into a very short petiole. Corolla campanulate, deep scarlet, 

 lobes broadly triangular. 



(b) Calyx supported by an epicalyx enlarged pedicel or connate bracteoles). 



1"). A. auriculata. Hook. f. ( Vaceinium aitriculatum,'K\iTz). Sikkim, 3— 1.000ft. Bhutan. 

 Khasi hills. L. often falsely whorled, sessile 6-8 in. long, oblong-lanceolate from a 

 rounded base, intramarginal nerves distinct. Corymbs from the old wood or from the 

 whorls of 1„ peduncles stout, pedicels much dilated and cup-shaped at the apex, corolla 

 J in., tube narrowing upwards, fr. J in., bright red. calyx-teeth J in. long, broadly lanceo- 

 late, striate. Very similar, but possibly a new species, is a shrub growing on granite 

 boulders on the hills east of Bhamoat 0.500ft. (Mont. Hill). Corolla widening upwards, 

 calyx supported by a double epicalyx, the outer spreading, the inner adnate to calyx- 

 tube with a free margin. 



16. A glabra, Clarke. Bhutan. Khasi hills. Similar to 12, but corymbs and corolla- 

 tube densely pubescent, corolla green and white, often with rose-cold. V-shaped trans- 

 verse bars. 17. A. Nuttallii, Clarke. Bhutan. L. elliptic, acuminate, blade 5-7, narrowed 

 into stout pet. .J in., corymb lax. corolla 1 in. long. 



B. Corolla-lobes short, bracts short, 1. under 2 in. - 



18. A. obovata, Honk. f. Khasi hills, common. A small dense shrub, branches rigid, 

 I. obovate, less than A in., margins recurved. Fl. solitary on long slender pedicels, cal.- 

 fceeth triangular acuminate, corolla J in. long, acutely conical in bud. 19. A Mannii, 

 Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. 1892, xii. 364. Khasi hills. Similar, but pedicels shorter, 

 barely as lung as fl.. corolla \ in. long, reddish-brown, fr. fleshy globose, \ in. diam. 

 20. A manipurensis, Watt MSS. Manipur 6.000 ft.. 1. similar, fl. in few-fid. corymbs, 

 corolla J in. long. 



21. A. buxifolia, Nutt. Puphla hills. L. lanceolate or oblanceolate, 1-lJ.in., crenate, 

 peduncles solitary, hairy, j in., corolla bright red, J in. long. 22. A. mitrarioides, 

 Hook. f. Mishmi hills. Blanches slender. 1. elliptic, senate J.-J in., peduncles 

 slender solitary. 1>. in. long, bifurcating and bearing 2 fl., corolla 1 in. long. 



C. Corolla campanulate, divided to J its length or further down, bracts 

 small. 



23. A. nana, Hook. f. Xaga hills. A small epiphyte with thick tuber-like stems. 1. 

 lanceolate, narrowed into a very short petiole, epicalyx deeply 10-fid, segments linear, 



corymbs axillary or from the old « I, corolla ]-J in. lobed nearly to the base. 24. 



A discolor, Clarke. Sikkim 3,500 ft. Bhutan. Patkoi range. L. white beneath, 



scattered, elliptic-Ian late, L— 2 in. long, narrowed into short petiole, corolla i-A in. 



long, divided nearly to the base. 25. A pilifera, Hook. f. Khasi and Mishmi hills. L. 

 tered,elliptic, caudate-acuminate, hn-e loimdeil. blade '2-3. i iet iole J in. Fl. fascicled 

 on slender hairy pedicels. 1 in., corolla J in. long. 



Jo. a. Lobbii, Clarke. Jain tia and Naga hills, Thaungyin, 5,000 ft. L. lain late, 



caudate-acuminate. 3 1 in., petiole very short. Corymbs |>eduncled, lax. glabrous, 

 corolla crimson with a white tip, narrow-tubular, ; I. lobes J in. long. 



D. Bracts longer than half the pedicel, glandular hairs on inflorescence, 

 anthers spurred. 



27. A bracteata, llook. f. Tenasserim hills 5,000 ft. A small shrub on rooks, 1. 

 elliptic, caudab acuminate, blade 2- 2$, pet. J in. PI. in axillary bracteate racemes, 



bracts nearly as long OS pedicel. Corolla i in., lobes narrow, 



!•■' urved, nearly as long n^ tube. 28, A. Pottingeri, Praia, Ann. < lard. I 'ale. ix. |.\ i . 58, 

 Each in hill> 1,100 ft. An epiphytic shrub, branchlets hairy. I eliminate, 



4-5 in. long, pel iole short. Calyx-limb huge, campanulate, reticulate, teeth triangular, 

 corolla tubular J-J in. long, lobes short, blunt. 



2. PENTAPTERYGIUM, Klotzsch : Fl. Brit. ltd. iii. 449. 



Epiphytic evergreen Bhrubs, differing from Agapetes by the ."'-angled or 

 -winged calyx-tube and the 6-winged or distinctly -ribbed lierrv. Species 5. 



