446 Lxxxr. vacciniacb^." (C. B. Clarke.) ^Agapetes. 



** Corymbi subsessile or the pedicels fascicled w solitary, anthers granular, 

 spurred on the beak (except in A. macrantha). 



11. A. varieg^ata, D. Son; G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 862, not of DC. nor 

 of Hook. f. ; leaves shortly petioled lanceolate narrowed at Ijoth ends, calyx- 

 teeth J-J in. triangular-lanceolate glabrous, corolla |-1 in. A. pulcherrjma 

 and odontocera, JSook.f. in Gen. PI. ii. 571. Thibaudia variegata, Wall. Cat. 

 751. T. pulcherrima, Sook. in Sot. Mag. t. 4303. Vaceinium odontocerum, 

 Wight le. t. 1187. V. variegatum, Kurz in Jom-n. As. Soe. 1873, ii. 84 (as to 

 spec, descr. only) ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soe. 1877, ii. 214 ; For. Fl. ii. 89. 

 Caligida pulcherrima and odontocera, Klotxsch in Linnesa, xxiv. 28. 



Khasia. Mts. ; alt. 3-5000 ft., common. Cachae, Keenaw. Chittagonq Hills, 

 British Biema. 



Branches thick,, rojind, often covered with flowers for a great space below the 

 leaves. Leaves towards the end of the branches, alternate, usually- without flowers 

 among them, 4-7 by 1-2 in., entire or toothed, glabrous, somewhat coriaceous ; petiole 

 0-J in. (on the same branch). Pedicels f in., usually densely fascicled on very short 

 spurs, thickened upwards in fruit, terminal cup scarcely wider than the pedicel. 

 Corolla rose-purple, with very .strongly marked V-shaped transverse bands ; lobes 

 J in., lanceolate, green. Anthers with spurs on their beaks. Fruit J-J in. diam., 

 very succulent, red to purple-black. 



12. A. macrantlia, Hook. f. in Gen. PI. ii. 571 ; leaves shortly pe- 

 tioled lanceolate narrowed at both ends, calyx-teeth ^-J in. broadly lanceolate 

 glabrous, corolla If in. Oeratostema variegatum, Eoxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 413, not of 

 Griff, Vaceinium variegatum, Kurz in Joum. As. Soe. 1873, ii. 84, var. 

 macrantha only. Thibaudia macrantha. Hook, in Sot. Mag. t. 4566. 



Khasia and Chittagosq Hills ; Eoxburgh. Moulmein ; Kola Mts., Lohb. 



Resembling the common A. variegata, and, according to Kurz 1. c, only a var. 

 thereof, but with much larger flowers, the corolla If by ^— | in. in Lobb's example, 

 and 2 in. long in Eoxburgh's description and (unpublished) drawings. The anthers 

 have no spurs on the beak (as noticed by Hooker) ; these are always present in A. 

 variegata and in A. grandiflora. 



13. A. loranthiflora, D. Don; G. Don Gen. Si/st. iii. 862; leaves 

 nearly sessile very narrowly obovate-oblong, calyx-teeth ^-J in. lanceolate 

 hispid, corolla 1^ in. Thibaudia loranthiflora. Wall. Cat. 754. Vaceinium 

 loranthiflorum, DC. Prodr. vii. 554. V. verticillatum, ^ elegans, Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soe. 1877, ii. 214. 



Tavoy; Wallich. Pegu; Yomah, alt. 3200 ft, Xars-. 'Sbxm.b 'E.iuls; Maingay, 

 n. 703. 



Branches round, smooth. Leaves 5 by J in., entire, approximate towards the ends 

 of the branches ; petiole 0-^ in. Pedicels J in., hispid, rising among the terminal 

 leaves, solitary or few and fascicled or very shortly corymbose. Cbroite tubular, deep- 

 red ; teeth ^ in., lanceolate, greenish. Anthers with spurs on the beak. Fruit \-^ 

 in. diam., subglobose, hirsute ; calyx-teeth ultimately wide-triangular. 



Var. glahrata; pedicels and calyx-teeth nearly or quite glabrous. — Tenasserim, 

 Heifer (Kew Distrib. u. 3477) ; Moulmein, Lobb. 



14. A. grandiflora, Hook. f. in Gen. PI. ii. 571 ; leaves subsessile 

 oblong-lanceolate suddenly narrowed at the base, calyx-teeth J in. triangular 

 glabrous, corolla 2-2J in. Oeratostema variegatum. Griff. Notul. iv. 302 ; Ic, 

 PI. Asiat. t. 502 (not good). 



MisHMi Mts. and Naqa Hills (soutli-east of Assam), Griffith. 

 Branches stout, round, smooth, leafy at the ends, flowering below the leaves. Leaves 

 nearly sessile, 7 by 2 in., entire, glabrous, marginal nerve subprominent ; base rounded. 



