Agapetes.] lxxxi, VACCraiACE*. (C. B. Clarke.) 44? 



Pedicels 1 in., stout, thickened upwards, cupped top prominent, in feecicles of 1-4 on the 

 thick part of the tranches. Corolla tubitlar, little widened upwards, red with trans- 

 verse bars ; teeth -J in., long-lanceolate. Anthers with spurs on the beak. Fruii not 

 seen. — Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 214 unites this with A.' macrantha (n. 11). 

 Griffith's figure, though apparently taken from a specimen now at Kew, is not accurate 

 as regards the leaf-base and petiole. 



15. A. an^ulataf Hook./, in Gen. PL ii. 671 ; leaves lanceolate acumi- 

 nate narrowed to a short petiole, calyx-teeth ~ in. shortly triangular glabrous, 

 corolla 1 in. Ceratostema angulatum, Gr^. Notvi. iv> 302 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 

 503. Vaccinium odontocerum, Kwe in Jcwrri. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 214, not of 

 Wight. 



Patkot Mts., south-east of Assam, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3471). 



Very closely allied to A. variegata ; the branches are more quadrangular ; the 

 leaves inflorescence and corolla undistinguishable ; but the calyx-teeth are much 

 shorter and more obtuse than in any of the examples of A. variegata. 



Sect. III. Corolla tubulai", loLed less than half its length, straight. Pe- 

 duncles ajdllary, solitary, 1- (or 2-) flovyered. Leaves small. 



16. A> obovata, Hook. f. in Gen. PI. ii, 672; leaves less than ^ in. 

 obovate obtuse entire, peduncles 1-flowered, corolla \ in. Vaccinium Sprengelii, 

 Wall. Cat. 6296. V. obovatum, Wight. Ic. t. 1193. Vaccinii sp., Griff. Notul. 

 iv. 300 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 517. Epigynium obovatum, Klotzsoh in Unncea, xxiv. 

 51. 



Khasia Mts. ; alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent, Griffith, K.J. # T., &c. , _ . 



A smaU. dense shmb. Branches rigid, terete, glabrous or patently hispid, densely 

 leafy. Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, margins recurved. PedtmcUs f-| in., scattered 

 among the leaves, 'scarcely dilated at the apex. Calyx-teeth ^ in., triangular-lanceo- 

 late, glabrous. Corolla acutely conical in the bud, deep-red, ultimately wide tubular, 

 lobed nearly half its length. Anther-beaks spurred. Capsule ^ in. diam., globose, 

 ultimately dry. Seeds yiiih. the outer coat lax. — Eesembling in habit and leaves the 

 small-leaved Vacciniums ; but the corolla (and the seeds) are of Agapetes. 



17. A., buxifolla, Nutt. ; Hook. f. in Pot. Mag. t. 6012 ; leaves 1 in. 

 elliptic crenate, peduncles 1-flowered, corolla f in. 



Bi£0TAN;,Duphla hills, l^uttall ; Yeorsi, alt. 4S00 ft.. Lister. 



A shrub, 3-4 ft. ^rane&s virgate, round, pilose. Leaves obtuse, narrowed at 

 the base, glabrous. Peduncles J in., scattered among the leaves, pilose, little dilated 

 at the apex. Calyx-teeth \-^ in., lanceolate, softly pilose. Corolla tubular, little 

 widened upwards, bright -rM ; lobes J in., lanceolate, paler or, greenish. Anthers 

 without spurs,; filaments longer than usual in Agapetes. Fruit not seen. 



18. A. mitrarloldes, Hook. f. ms. ; leaves ^f in. ovate toothed shining, 

 peduncles 2-flowered, corolla |-1 in. 



MiSHin Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3466). 



A small, much branched epiphyte. 'Branches rigid but slender, flexuous, round, 

 hispid-pilose. Leaves hard, shining on both surfaces, acute, narrowed at the base, 

 subpetioled; teeth rigid but few, shallow. Peduncles | in., axillary, scattered, few, 

 lax, pendent, minutely pilose or glabrous, bifurcate into 2 pedicels | in. each ; bracts 

 inconspicuous. Calyx-teeth §■ in., lanceolate, glabrous or most minutely pilose. 

 Corolla tubular, hardly at all widened upwards, bright-red ; lobes ^-J in., triangular. 

 Anthers not spurred. — A species remote inhabit from all others of the genus. 



Sect. IV. CbroZto straight, divided halfway down or lower. Flowers 

 corymbose or subfascicled. 



