452 xxxxi. VACCiNiiCEj;. (C. B. Clarke.) IVaccinium. 



in., pubescent-pilose ; pedicels ^-^ in. ; bracts elliptic, white, caducous. Calyx-tube 

 pilose, teeth ^ in. Corolla 1 in., oblnng-urceolate, shortly lobed, glabrous -without, 

 rose-coloured. Fiiaments pilose ; anthers spurred. Berries small, purple. 



** Leaves 1^-8 in. 



t Racemes aociUai'y, solitary or suhumhellate from wliorls of leaves. 



5. V. serratum, Wight Ic. t 1184 ; branchleta glabrnua, leaves lanceo- 

 late serrate often whorled, peduncles mostly terminal umbeUed not clothed vrith 

 broad bracts at their bases, corolla glabrous without. Thibaudia serrata, Wall. 

 Cat. 6299. Ceratostemma vacciniaceum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 412. Qa,ylussaccia 

 serrata, lAndl. in Royle III. '2S7, t. 79, fig. 2; DC. Pi-odr. vii. 558. Agapetes 

 serrata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 862. Epigynium serratum, Klotzsch in Linmsa, 

 xxiv. 50. 



SiKKiM, Bhotan and Khasia Mts. ; alt. 3-7000 ft., frequent. 



A stout epiphyte ; branches often greatly thickened at their base. Leaves subses- 

 sile, 2^ by f in., acute, remotely crenate-serrate nearly to the base, glabrous. Eacemes 

 2 in., often 3-4 springing umbellately from the terminal whorl of leaves, glabrous or 

 nearly so ; bracts ^ in., lanceolate, serrate, those at the base of the peduncles hardly 

 larger. Calyx-tube smooth ; teeth minute, triangular. Corolla } by ^ in., tubular, Tery 

 shortly lobed, yellow-green. Filaments glabrous ; anthers not spurred, dehiscing by 

 long slits from below the apex. Berry i in. diam., globose, glistening, white or 

 yellowish. 



Vae. leucobotrys ; leaves elliptic aciite from a broad or almost rounded base. 

 Epigynium leucobotrys, Nutt. ; Bot. Mag. t. 5103. — Bhotast; Duphla Hills, Nuttall. 



Vae. NuttaUii; leaves 7 by 2\ in. crenate (not serrate) rugose with nerves im- 

 pressed on the upper surface. — Bhotan, Niittall. — This may be specifically distinct, the 

 leaves differing very much both in size and texture. 



6. V. venosuxn, Wight let. 1185; branchlets glabrous, leaves lanceolate 

 crenate-serrate, peduncles mostly terminal umbeUed clothed -with numerous 

 imbricated elliptic bracts at their bases, corolla puberulous without. Epigynium 

 venosum, Klotzsch in Linncea, xxiv. 50. 



Mishmee; Thumatha summit, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3461). Khasia Mts.; 

 Griffith. 



A stout, glabrous epiphyte ; branches round. Leaves 3^ by f-1 in., acute, sud- 

 denly narrowed to the very short petiole, remotely crenate-serrate nearly to the base, 

 coriaceous. Bacemes 2-3 in. ; pedicels ^J in. ; bracts as long as the pedicels, 

 elliptic, caducous, the lowest persistent. Calyx-tiibe rough with circular glands ; teeth 

 small, acute. Corolla | by i in., ovoid-conic. Filaments glabrous ; anthers without 

 6pu>-s, dehiscing by long slits below the subentire apex. Fruit not seen. 



Var. hispida; branchlets hispid-pilose upwards, leaves often smaller. Gaylus- 

 saccia serrata, Griff. Ic. PL Asiat. t 507, not of Lindl. — Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 

 4-7000 ft., frequent, Griffith, J. D. H., &c., frequent. — Leaves varying much in size 

 and texture, in the Alpine examples only 1^ in. long, in Nuttall's examples herba- 

 ceous, little coriaceous, in Griffith's examples greatly resembling those of V. serratum. 

 Berries ^ in. diam., globose. 



7. V. ardlsioides, Hook. f. ms. ; glabrous, leaves sessile elliptic acumi- 

 nate entire, peduncles umbelled in the terminal whorl of leaves without 

 imbricate bracts at their base, corolla glabrous without. 



Moulmein; Thoung-gyun, alt. 6000 ft., T. Lobb; Nattoung expedition, Parish. 



Branches 2 ft., naked, with terminal whorls of leaves. Leaves closely sessile, 4J 

 by I5 in., rounded at the base, coriaceous. Bacemes coloured, 2-3 in. ; pedicels J- J 

 in., thickened upwards; bracts J in., linear-lanceoJate. Calyx glabrous, limb shortly 

 campanulate, obscurely 5 -pointed. Corolla i by ^ in., ovoid- conic, deeply lobed. 

 Filaments glabrous ; anthers spurred, opening by long slits from the subentire apex. 

 Fruit not seen. 



