Vaccmium.] Lxxxi. vACCiNiACBa:. (C. B. Clarke.) 453 



8. V. Dunallanum, Wight Ic. t. 1194; glabrous, leaves subpetioled 

 oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate entire, racemes axillary solitary, corolla 

 glabrous without. Epigynium Dunalianum, Klotzsch in lAnncea, xxiv. 31. 

 Thibaudia revoluta, Onff. Ic. PL Aaiat, t. 513. — Thibaudiacea, Gfrif. Itin. 

 Notes 152, n. 752. 



SiKKiM, Bhotan and Khasia Mts,, alt. 3-8000 ft., frequent. 



A large, erect shrub ; branches angular, uniformly leafy. Leaves 4 by l-lj in., 

 the linear point often nearly 1 in., base ouneate, coriaceous, margins recurved. 

 Bacemes 1-3 in. ; pedicels J-J in. ; bracts round-ovate, margins scarious, densely 

 imbricate, a few persistent at ilowering-time, usually deciduous before fruiting. Calyx- 

 teeth small, triangular. Corolla \ in., ovoid-conic. Mlaments glabrous ; anthers 

 spurred, dehiscing by slits at their subentire apex. Berry J in. diam., globose. 



f). V. ^ualtlierleefoliuin, Hook.f. ms.; glabrous, leaves large shortly 

 petioled elliptic acute remotely orenate-serrate, racemes axillary solitary. Thi- 

 baudia gualtherisefolia. Griff. Ic. PI. Adat. t. 512. — Thibaudiacea, Griff. Itin. 

 Notes, 136, n. 590. 



Bhotan; banks of the KooUong, Griffith (Kew Distrib. u. 3468/1). Sikkim ; 

 Catsuperri Lake, alt. 7000 ft., J. D. H. 



A shrub, 8 ft. high; branches compressed. Leaves 4J by 2 in., rhomboid or 

 rounded at the base, coriaceous, nerves impressed above, glaucous-white beneath ; 

 petiole ^-J in. Racemes 2-3 in. ; pedicels J in. Berries \--\ in. diam., globose, blue- 

 black. — Griffith's examples are in advanced fruit, showing no trace of bracts ; corolla 

 unknown. 



10. V. g'lauco-album, Hook. f. ms. ; glabrous, leaves obovate-oblong 

 acute closely mucronate-serrate, racemes axillary dense with large white sub- 

 persistent bracts and bracteoles. — Thibaudia, Griff. Itin. Notes, 154, n. 762. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; Laehen and Lachoong, alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H. Bhotan ; 

 Tongsa, alt. 7500 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3478). 



A shrub ; branches angular. Leaves 2^ by l-lj in., not acuminate, base cuneate, 

 coriaceous, nerves impressed above, white beneath ; petiole 0-^ in. Bacemes 2-3-in. ; 

 pedicels ^-J in. ; bracts \-\ by J-^ in., extending to the top of the raceme, and often 

 persistent till the fruit is ripe ; bracteoles 2-1 on each pedicel, J-J in., linear-lanceo- 

 late, resembling the bracts. Calyx-teeth minute, triangular. Corolla J-J in., ovoid- 

 conic, white tinged pink (J. D. H.). Filaments densely hairy ; anthers long-spurred, 

 dehiscing by long slits from the subentire apex. Berry i in. diam., globose. 



11. V. arbutoldes, Clarke; leaves large ovate acuminate entire gla- 

 brous, racemes axillary solitary pilose, calyx-teeth ^ in. lanceolate pilose. 



South-east Assam ; Patkoy Mts. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3469). 



A stout shrub ; branches glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2J in., suddenly acuminate, base 

 rhomboid or rounded, very coriaceous ; petiole |-l in., very stout. Bacemes 2J in ; 

 pedicels ^ in. ; bracts caducous. Calyx-tube subglobose, densely pilose ; teeth erect, 

 somewhat striate, — Neither corolla nor fruit seen ; unmistakeable as a species, and 

 (almost without doubt) of this genus, 



tt Racemes tdtemate, corymbose or subcorymhose towards the ends of the 

 branchlets. 



12. V. Donianum, Wight Ic. t. 1191 ; glabrous, leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong acuminate, bracts linear or very narrowly lanceolate caducous, pedicels 

 and calyx glabrous, anthers spurred. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 21 5 

 (exclud. var. ^) and For. Fl. ii. 91. V. affine, Wight Ic. t. 1190. Thibaudia 

 Sprengelii, Wall. Cat. 6298. Agapetes Sprengelii, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 862 ; 

 DC. Prodr. vii, 555. Epigynium Douianum, Sprengelii and affine, Klotzsch in 

 Linneea, xxiv. 61, 50. 



