444 Lxxxi. TACCiNiACEa;. (0. B. Clarke.) [Agapetes. 



entire, coriaceous, glabrous, often falsely whorled, marginal nerve obscure. Corymbs 

 3 in., witli 12-15 flowers ; peduncle | in., pedicels ^ in. ; bracts } in., narrowly lan- 

 ceolate. Ctdyx-Umb 5-fid about half its length ; teeth |-^ in., lanceolate, subobtuse. 

 Corolla 1 J by i in., distinctly curved at the apex, deep red, the transverse V-shaped 

 bars on the tube obscure. Filamenh glabrous ; anther-cells granular-scabrous, some- 

 what connate into a tube. Berry fusiform-ovoid, narrowed at the apex and crowned 

 with the cup-shaped limb of the calyx {Ktorz). 



Seci. II. Corolla tubular, elongate, lobed less than half its length, straight 

 at the apex. Flowers in corymbs. 



* Corymbs distinctli/ peduncled ; anthers fframdar, not spurred. (Seealso.il. 

 lorantMflora, n. 12.) 



3. A. auriculata, abo/c. /. in Gm. PI. ii. 671; leaves large sessile 

 oblong-lanceolate from a rounded base, corymbs glabrescent, calyx-teeth | in. 

 narrowly lanceolate, corolla f in. Vaccinium auriculatum, Kwz in Joum. As. 

 Soc. 1877, ii. 214 ; For. Fl. ii. 89. Thibaudia auriculata. Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. 

 t. 508. 



"Eastern Himalaya ; Sikkim, J. D. H. ; and Bhotan, Griffith. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 3-5000 ft., Griffith. Maetaban, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis {fide Kurz). 



Brmiches stout, glabrous, often angular upwards. Leaves 7 by 2i in., glabrous, 

 nearly entire, coriaceous, often falsely whorled, marginal nerve distinctly, continuous. 

 Peduncles J-l^ in., stout, mostly proceeding from the whorls of leaves; pedicels 1 in.,' 

 stout, much dilated and cup-shaped at apex ; bracts ^ in. Corollas-tube narrowing 

 upwards, pubescent without at least when young, bright red, transverse V-shaped bars 

 obscure; teeth J-^ in. Fruit \ in., ovoid, nearly dry, bright red; calyx-teeth \ in., 

 broad-lanceolate, striate, connivent, forming a cone as long as the fruit. 



4. A. g'labra, Clarke; leaves sessile oblong-lanceolate from a rounded 

 base, corymbs pubescent or cinereous almost tomentose, calyx-teeth \ in, 

 triangular-lanceolate, coroUa } in. Thibaudia glabra, Gi-iff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 

 514. 



BuoTAN and Khasia, alt. 3-5000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., &o., not infrequent. 



Branches round, glabrous. Leaves 5 by If in., sometimes elliptic or ovate, glabrous, 

 obscurely crenate, often whorled, marginal nerve obscure. Peduncles J-l^ in., mostly 

 proceeding from the leaf- whorls, often many -flowered ; pedicels J-f in., slightly dilated 

 upwards ; bracts ^ in. Corolla-tvhe narrowed upwards, pubescent, green upwards, 

 below white with rose-coloured V-shaped transverse bars or nearly colourless ; teeth 

 ^-^ in. Fruit nearly J in., globose, ultimately nearly dry, seeds escaping by 10 pores 

 round the disk; calyx-teeth very much shorter than the fruit, distant. — In Griffith's 

 figure several of the leaves are shown hairy, but the leaves in Griffith's own n. 1218 

 are quite glabroiis, as they are in all the other numerous examples. 



5. A. sallg'iia, Hooh. f. in Gen. PI. ii. 571; leaves shortly petioled lan- 

 ceolate acuminate from a cuneate base, corymbs glabrous, calyx-teeth §-J in. 

 lanceolate acute, corolla 1 in. Vaccinium salignum, Sook.f. III. Sim. PL 1. 16, 



fig. A. 



Eastebn Himalaya; Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 7000 ft., frequent, Griffith {Kew 

 Distrib. n. 3467), J D. H., &c. Motjlmein ; Thoung-gyun, alt. 5000 ft., Lobb. 



Branches not thick, scarcely angular. Leaves 3 by |-1 in., scattered, entire, 

 glabrous, coriaceous, marginal nerve obscure. Peduncles ^-\ in. ; pedicels 1 in., 

 gradually thickened upwards especially in fruit, cup at the apex hardly wider than 

 the pedicel ; bracts jj in. Corolla-tube somewhat widened upwards, glabrous, bright- 

 red with obscure transverse V-shaped bars ; lobes \-^ in. Fruit \ in., subglobose, 

 scarlet (as are the fruiting pedicels), subbaccate ; calyx-teeth scarcely altered, much 

 shorter than the fruit. — Stems sometimes greatly thickened at the very base. 



