1873.] S. Kmz—JVeiv Burmese Plants. 85 



161. Vaccij^'ium MExrATCAi {Qeratostenia miniatum, Griff. Icon. 

 Dicot. t. 504..) 



Frutex epiphjticus glaber ; folia oblongo-lanceolata ad oblonga, acuta 

 V. acuminata, petiolis brevissimis crassis, v. subsessilia, basi subinaequali 

 rotundata, 4-5 poll, longa, acuta v, acuminata, repando-serrulata, coriacea, 

 glabra, subtus nervis numerosis et prominentibus, secus margines evanes- 

 centibus, laxe et prominenter reticulata ; flores coccinei, racemos breves 

 umbelliformes glabros axillares v. laterales efficientes, raro pauci et fasciculati ; 

 calyx glaber ; corolla glabra, 5-gona, c. | poll, longa, lobis brevibus linearibus 

 acutis ; filamenta brevissima, antberse tubo inclusse, granulato-tuberculatae, 

 tubis strictis nudis pauUulo breviores ; baccae desunt. — Ava ? {Gtriff?) 



162. Vaccinium campanulattjm, no v. sp. 



Frutex epiphyticus, glaber, ramulis subangulatis ; folia obovato-oblonga 

 ad lanceolata, obtusa v. obtusiuscule acuminata cum mucrone, petiolis bre- 

 vissimis et crassis v. subsessilia, 2-3 poll, longa, basi acuta v. obtusa, Integra 

 V. subintegra, marginibus recurvis, coriacea, glabra, nervis tenuibus secus mar- 

 ginem liberis, laxe reticulata ; flores coccinei, ssepius variegati, pedicellis graci- 

 libus glabris suiFulti, in racemum gracilem sed brevem glabrum s^pius e ramis 

 ortum dispositi ; calyx glaber, limbo cyatbiformi argute sinuato-5-denta- 

 to ; corolla glabra, c. \ poll, longa, v. pauUo longior, 5-angularis, campanula- 

 ta, lobis longis lanceolatis acuminatis reflexis ; filamenta brevissima ; antbe- 

 rse granulato-tuberculatae, loculis in tubos strictos anthera ipsa sublongiores 

 dorso basi refracto-setosos terminatis. — Martaban. 



163. Yaccestum maceostemon, nov. sp. 



Frutex epiphyticus, 2-4 pedalis, glaber ; folia cum basi crassa rotunda- 

 ta V. obtusa subsessilia, obovato-lanceolata ad lanceolata, acuminata, 3-5 

 poll, longa, marginibus integris recurva, coriacea, glabra, nervis tenuibus 

 marginem versus liberis, tenuiter et laxe reticulata ; flores coccinei, pedicellis 

 gracilibus glabris in racemos magis minusve elongatos glabros subulato-brac- 

 teatos solitarie v. geminatim supra foliorum delapsorum axillis ortos disposi- 

 ti ; calyx glaber, limbo cyatbiformi, lobis longe subulatis ; corolla c. \\ poll, 

 longa, glabra, subcurvo-tubulosa, lobis lineari-lanceolatis reflexis ; filamenta 

 glabra, gracilia, c. \ poll, longa v. longiora ; antherae breviusculte, connatse, 

 laeves, loculis in tubos strictos anthera longiores productis ; baccjE fusiformi- 

 ovoidese, apice angustatae et calycis limbo cyatbiformi coronatse. — Martahan. 



164. VACCiNnjM PUMiLUM, nov. sp. 



Frutex ramosissimus, parvus, epiphyticus, novellis pubescentibus ; folia 

 oblonga ad lanceolato-oblonga, petiolo brevissimo puberulo, basi acuta, ob- 

 tusiuscula, crenulata, crasse coriacea, c. poll, longa v. breviora, subtus (in 

 vivo albidi) pallida, nervis obsoletis ; flores parvi, pedicellis brevissimis pube- 



