Agapetes.] Lxxxi. vACCiNUCBJi. (C. B. Clarke.) 449 



Sect. V. Corolla widely campanulate, straight, lobed much lesB than half 

 its length. Corymbs shortly pednncled. 



24. A. campanulata, Clarke; leaves suhsessile elliptic narrowed at 

 both ends, calyx-limb shallowly 6-lobed, corolla f by ^ in. Vaccinium cam- 

 panulatum, Kurz in Journ. As. Sac. 1873, ii. 85, 1877, ii. 214, and For. Fl. 

 ii. 89. 



Maktaban ; Nattoung, alt. 7000 ft., Kurz. Moulmein ; Parish. 



Branches thick, round, glabrous, tips leafy. Leaves S^ by 1^-lJ in., acute not 

 acuminate, entire, gUbrous, coriaceous. Corymbs from the naked branches, glabrous; 

 peduncles J in. ; pedicels J in., thickened upwards ; bracts -^ in. Calyx-limb lobed 

 hardly half way down. Corolla gradually widened upwards from a campanulate base, 

 deep scarlet ; lobes J-^ in., broadly triangular, acute. Anthers' sprxrred on their beaks. 

 Fruit not seen. 



SPECIES IMPERFECTLY KNOWN. 



25. A. UNEABiFOLiA, Clarke; glabrous, leaves long linear entire petioled, corymbs 

 peduncled, calyx-teeth 1 in. lanceolate. 



MiSHMi ; Thumath summit, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3480). 



Griffith's fragments are without flowers. Branches round, uniformly leafy. 

 J eaves 6 by \-^ in., entire, coriaceous ; petiole ^-J in. Peduncles \-i in. ; pedicels 

 H-i or more, J in., thickened upwards, top cupped. — Peduncles, pedicels and calyces 

 fleshy, rose-coloured (Griffith). 



26. A. Geiffithii, Clarke; glabr.ius, leaves ■ petioled oblong suddenly caudate 

 acuminate entire, peduncles long axillary, calyx-teeth J in. ovate acute. 



MisHMi or Patkote Mts., Griffith. 



Griffith's example is in young bud. Branches round, uniformly leafy. Leaves 5J 

 by If in., with parallel sides, suddenly narrowed into a short tail at the apex, base 

 cuneate, coriaceous ; petiole J in. Peduncle 1 in., axillary; pedicels i-| in., thickened 

 upwards, articulate under the flowers ; bracts i in. 



2. FEXTTAFTERVGXU3K, Klotzsch. 



Shrubs often epiphytic, stems often greatly thickened at the base. Leaves 

 alternate, ovate or lanceolate, toothed or subentire, coriaceous, often with elands 

 at the apex of the petiole. Flowers axillary, corymbose, fascicled or solitary ; 

 pedicels thickened upwards, cupped and articulate under the ovary; bracts 

 small. Calyx-tube 5-angled or -winged; lobes 5, enlarged in fruit. Corolla 

 tubular, shortly 5-lobed, rose or red with transverse marks, or yellow. Stamens 

 10, epigynous, filaments short; anthers elliptic, produced upvpards in 2 long 

 beaks opening by terminal pores or slits, beaks often 2-spurred behind. Ovary 

 5-celled or spuriously 10-celled ; style cylindric, stigma subcapitate ; ovules 

 very many. Berry 5-winged, or distinctly 6-ribbed, 5-celled or spuriously 

 lO-ceHed. Seeds very many, ellipsoid, outer coat very lax. — Species 5, of the 

 Eastern Himalaya and Khasia. 



* Leaoes less than J in., pedicels svhsolitary , anthers uithout spurs on their 

 beaks. 



1. P. serpens, Klotzsch in Linnma, xxiv. 47 ; leaves elliptic-oblong sub- 

 entire. Vaccinium serpens, Wight III. t. 141, D, fig. 2 and lo. t. 1183 ; Hook, 

 f. III. Him. PI. t. 16, B. Th'ibaudia' myrtifolia, Griff. Notul. iv. 301, and 

 Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 510. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan ; alt. 3-8000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., &c. 



Branches pendulous, hispid, densely leafy. Leaves subsessile, bifarious, | by J in., 

 acute, rounded at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, margins recurved. Pedicels J-i in., 

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