454 iixxxi. TACciNiACEiB. (C. B. Clarke.) [^Vaccmium. 



Khasia Mts. ; alt. 3-5000 ft., common. Pegtt ; alt. 3-6000 ft., frequent. 



An erect shrub; branches round, not thick. Leaves 2^ by ^1 in., eubsessile, 

 narrowed at both ends, minutely erenate-serrate, nerres distinct beneath. Eacemee 

 1-4 in. ; pedicels ^^ in. ; bracts J. by ^^ in. (or narrower), usually caducous ; brac- 

 teoles linear, caducous. Calyx-teeth small, triangular. Corolla i by ^ in., tubular, 

 glabrous without. Filaments hairy ; anthers opening by short slits from the crenu- 

 lated apex. Berry \ in. diam., globose or broader than long. 



13. V. malaccense, Wight Ic. t. 1186 ; leaves shortly petioled lanceo- 

 late or elliptic narrowed at both ends, bracts linear or lanceolate caducous, 

 pedicels and calyx pubescent, antber-spurs most minute. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 Suppl. 687. Epigynium malaccense, Klotzsch in Linncea, xxiv. 5Q. 



Malacca ; Griffith, Lohb, Maingay. Sikgapoeb ; Schomburgk. — Disteib. Java, 

 Bangka. 



An erect shrub ; branehlets glabrous, angular, not thick. Leaves 2 J by f-1 in., 

 minutely erenate-serrate, nerves distinct beneath. Sacemes 2-3 in., pubescent; 

 pedicels ^—^ in. ; bracts j-J by ^— ^ in., caducous. Calyx-teeth minute, triangular. 

 . Corolla g by ^ in., ovoid-tubular, pubescent without. Filaments longer than in 

 preceding species, glabrous in Wight's iigure, with lax hairs in our examples ; anthers 

 with terminal erenate-serrate pores ; spurs most minute in Wight's examples, wanting 

 in some others. Berry J in. diam., globose. 



Vak. Lobbii ; racemes calyx and corolla glabrous, corolla rather larger. V. 

 Donianum, var. $, Kwri in Juurn. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 215. — Moulmein; Thoung-gyun, 

 alt. 6000 ft., Lobb. 



14. V. bancanum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Mat. Hujyil 687; leaves elliptic 

 narrowed at both end.s entire, racemes glabrous or minutely pubescent, anther- 

 beaks very short or 0. V. exaristatum, Kurz in Jouj-n. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 

 86, 1877, pt. ii. 216, and For. Fl. ii. 91. 



Maetaban ; Knrz. Maxacca ; Mt. Ophir, Maingay (n. 699). — Disteib. Bangka. 



An erect shrub ; branches glabrous or minutely pubescent upwards. Leaves 2 by 

 1 in., obtusely acuminate, base cuneate almost petioled, coriaceous, glabrous, nerves 

 beneath obscure. JSacemes 1-3 in. ; pedicels ^ in. ; bracts narrow, caducous, Calyx- 

 tube (in the Mt. Ophir plant) densely pilose ; teeth minute, obtuse. Corolla \ by i 

 in., glabrous without iir nearly so ; style much exserted. Filaments rather long, and 

 (with the disk) very hairy ; antber-cells oblong, opening by apical pores, hardly 

 beaked. Fruit not seen. — The Bangka plant has the calyx-tube glabrescent. Some 

 of the Mt. Ophir examples have much smaller and narrower leaves, Ij- by ^ in. only. 



15. V. Griffitliianuin, Wight Ic. t. 1192; leaves small oblong acute at 

 both ends serrulate glabrous, racemes minutely pubescent, bracts leaf-like sub- 

 persistent, calyx sparsely minutely pilose teeth ovate acute dentate, corolla 

 glabrous without. Epigynium Grriffithianum, Klotzsch in Linneea, xxiv. 51. 

 Thibaudia camelifolia, Grjf. N^otitl. iv. 301, and Ic. PL Asiat. t. 516. 



Khasia Mts. ; alt. 3-5500 ft., frequent. — Distrib. South China. 



An erect shrub, 6 ft. high ; branches glabrous, pubescent towards the extremities. 

 Leaves l^ by i-^ in., minutely acutely serrulate ; petiole very short, often pubescent. 

 Pedicels J-J in. ; bracts J-| in., some of the upper often persistent in fruit. Calyx- 

 teeth ^ in., often glandular-denticulate. Corolla | by ^ in. Filaments hairy ; anthers 

 dehiscing by short apical slits, beaks spurred. Berry I in. diam., globose. 



Vau. glaiirata, H. f. & T. ; innovations raceme and calyx glabrous or nearly so. — 

 Khasia Mis. — This is, of all the Indian forms, that most like V. hracteatum, Thunb., 

 with which Mr. Bentham has suggested {Fl. Hongk. 200) that perhaps V. Donianum, 

 Griffithianmm and nilgherrense might all be united. 



16. 'V. nilgherrense, Wight Ic. t. 1189 ; leaves lanceolate acute at 

 both, ends crenate glabrous, bracts leaf-like subpersistent, calyx closely cinereous- 



