Vdccinium] 



LXIV. ERICACEAE 



407 



forest 7,500 ft. (Montague Hill, Febr. 1902). A large tree, 1. approximate near the 



ends of branches, rigid, oblan. late, blade H— 1 in. long, suddenly narrowed intoa short 



stout petiole, sec. n. prominent. Racemes on the old wood below the 1., glabrous, bracts 

 red. | in. long, lanceolate, with prominent, very oblique nerves, edge fimbriate, imbri- 

 cate and covering the buds, bracts at the base of peduncle numerous, similar. Fl. -1- 

 and 5-merous, red, on slender pedicels, calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate half the length 

 of corolla. Corolla urceolate, }. in. lonir. glabrous outside, minutely hairy inside, lol.es 

 short, recurved, anthers spurred, filaments clothed with^pmg soft spreading hairs. 



B. L. large, racemes more or less panicled. 



a. "Western Species. 



9. V. Leschenaultii, Wight Ic. t. 1188: Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t.227.— Syn. V. 

 rotundifolium, Wight 111. t. 139. Vern. Ezlavu, Tarn. ; Anduvan, Bad. 



A small or middle-sized tree, 3-oungest shoots and inflorescence minutely 

 pubescent, 1. ovate or nearly orbicular, li-3 in., pet. short. Bracts caducous, 

 calyx-teeth triangular, edges ciliate, corolla pink, ^-h in. long, filaments hairy, 

 anthers spurred. 



Nilgiris, abundant. Anamalai and Palni hills. Fl. January-June. Fr. edible. — 

 C'ey Ion. common about 4,000 ft. 10. v. nilgherrense, Wight Ic. 1. 1189. Western Ghats 

 and adjoining hill ranges from Wainad southwards. A shrub or small tree, 1. lanceo- 

 late, bracts large, less caducous than hi '■>. ll. whit.', calyx and corolla pubescent 

 without. 



b. Eastern species. 



11. V. Donianum, Wight Ic. t. 1191.— 



Syn. I'. njfinr, Wight Ic t. I l'.K). 



A shrub or small tree, j'oungest shoots and 

 inflorescence glabrous, 1. lanceolate, entire or 

 minutely serrate, blade 2-3, pet. ,V-j in. Fl. 

 pink or white, bracts lanceolate, earl}' decidu- 

 ous, calyx-teeth often irregularly denticulate, 

 corolla glabrous outside, filaments with long 

 thin hairs, anthers spurred at apex. 



Khasi hills. Manipur. Shan hills. Upper Burma. 



Hills between Sitang and Salween, Lower Burma. 

 I'l. March-May. Similar to some forms of V. 

 Leschenaultii. 12. V. bancanum, Miq, i I'. exarit- 

 tatum, Kur/.!. shau bills. Sills east of Toungoo, 



.", 6,1 ft. Malay 1'enins. Banska. A shrub or 



small t i'ee, I. elliptic, entire, racemes ami calyx 

 usually corolla often) pubescent, spurs of anthers 

 very snort. 18. V. malaccense, Wighi Ic. i. 1186. 

 Thaungyin 5,8000 ft.. Malay Peninsula and 

 Aivhi]i- D. elliptic-lanceolate, minutelj crenate 

 serrate, racemes and corolla pubescent, anther 

 spurs almost 0, It is not Impossible that the 

 Burma specimens of L2 and L8 ma\ eventually 

 all he referred to I'. Donianum. 



( '. I ,. small, '1 in. and under. 



Pio. L60. \ •" i i a in in Doai 

 aiiuiii, Wight. L 



II. V. Grifflthianum, Wight [o. 1 1!>J. Khasi bills, China. A shrub, attaining 6 ft. 



youngest shoots and racemes pubescent, I. elliptic-lam late, serrulate, I - in. long, 



pet short. Racemes often panicled, pedicels shorter than fl., bracts large, leafliki 

 well as the linear bracteoles, persistent, calyx minutely hairy, corolla ovoid, white, 

 \ in. lone, spurs on the l>eak of anthers prominent. 1~>. v. Nummularia, Hook I 8 

 Tin .ins. Sikkim s 10,000 ft. Bhutan. Kpiphytic, branches long, pendent, .lei. 

 clothed with long bristles. ].. J | in., broaalj elliptic, obtuse, margins recurved, fl, 

 pink. 



16. V. retusum, Hook, til. sikkim 7 9,000ft. Bhutan, Naga hills. A large shrub, 

 often epiphytic, branches pendent, pubescent, l.obovatel I J in. long, obtuse, l.'.n 

 a i t he ends of bra ml. 1.-1 9, bracts pure while, membranous, i h in. long, enclosing the 



buds, persi -.tel.i II 111 i I I he 1 1 open. i..|'nllll pink « it ll ■'> led si li |«s. lilalliellts with long 



