Vaeciniwni.] LXxxi. vacciniaceje. (C. B. Clarke.) 455 



pulescent, teeth triangular acute entire, corolla pubescent without. Epigynium 

 neilgherrense, Klotzsch in JJinneea, xxiv. 50. 



NiLOHEKET Mt3. ; alt. 4-8000 ft., frequent. 



Closely resembling V. Griffitkianum, differing in the points stated and in the 

 larger leaves, 2^3 by ^-| in. V. ckinense, Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 297, 

 does not appear to differ except by the wider ovate or oblong leaves. 



17. V. Iiesclienaultii, Wiffht Ic. 1. 1188 ; leaves ovate or oblong acute 

 or obtuse minutely toothed glabrous, racemes pubescent, bracts caducous, anthers 

 spurred. £edd. Fl. Sylv. t. 277. Andromeda symplocifolia, Widl. Cat. 1622. 

 Agapetes symplocifolia, G. Bon Oen. 8yst. iii. 862 ; JOG. Prodr. vii. 555. A. 

 ? arborea, DC. Prodr. vii. 555. Epigynium Leschenaultii, Klotzsch in Imnfuea, 

 xxiv. 50. 



Mts. of SouTHBHN India and Cbtlon ; alt. 4-8000 ft., common. 



The typical form of this species hardly differs from V. Sonianum, n. 1 2, but by 

 the pubescent innovations and racemes ; the flowers and berries are rather larger. 

 The leaves are 2-3 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate. The following varieties differ however 

 considerably in general aspect. 



Vae. arborea, Leschenault ; arboreous, branchlets and racemes very stout nearly 

 glabrous, pedicels J in., berries ^ in. diam. and upwards. 



Vab. rotundifnlia ; leaves 1-1^ in. diam. orbicular obtuse sometimes retuse. V. 

 rotundifolia, Wight 111. t. 139 ; Bedd. For. Man. p. 136.— Ceylon. 



Vak. zeylanica ; bracts large leaf-like and as persistent as the leaves, so that the 

 pedicels are axillary solitary; — Ceylon, Tkwaites, &o. This remarkable plant appears 

 to be a form of the var. arborea; the bracts (in Thwaites. n. 270) attain IJ by § in. 

 and are coriaceous ; pedicels ^ in., stout, recurved in fruit ; berries large. It is 

 connected with f. Leschenaultii by intermediate forms having large but membranous 

 subcaducous bracts. 



4. COItAX.X.OBOTRirS, Sook.f. 



An epiphytic shrub^ branches -round. Leaves alternate, petioled, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, obtusely serrate, coriaceous, base 2-glandular. Pedvmcles axBlary, 

 from below the leaves ; flowers corymbose ; pedicels thickened upwards, articu- 

 lated and cup-shaped under the ovary ; bracts very small. Calyx-tube hemi- 

 spheric ; lobes 5, small, triangular; pdrsisteht. Corolla small, globose-campanu- 

 late, red ; teeth 5, small, tecurved'. Stamens 10, epigynous, free ; anthers 

 oblong, produced into 2 short tubes upwards, dehiscing by short terminal slits. 

 Ovary 5-celled ; style cylindric, somewhat thickened in the middle, stigma 

 capitate ; ovules numerous in each cell. Fruit unknown. 



C. acuminata, Sook.f. in Oen. Pl.\\. 575. Thibaudia acuminata. Wall. 

 Cat. 6297. Agapetes acuminata, O. Bon Oen. Syst. iii. 862 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 

 664. Epigynium acuminatum, Klotzsch in lAnncea, xxiv. 61 ; Bat. Mag. t. 

 6010. Vaccinium acuminatum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 214, and 

 Ft»: Fl. ii. 00. 



Khasia Mts. ; alt. 3-4000 ft., Wallich, Griffith, H.f. ^ T.,&x. Bhotan, Ntittall. 

 yPEGu, Griffith. 



A shrub, 2-4 ft.; branches thick. Leaves 5 by IJ in., sometimes 10 by 2f in. ; 

 base cuneate, glabrous ; petiole ^| in. Corymbs red ; peduncle J-J in. ; pedicels 

 \ in. ; bracts jj in. Calyx-tube cinereous pubescent or glabrous ; teeth i in. Corolla 

 - hy ^ in., glabrous or glandular-puberulous without. Filaments short, sparsely 

 pilose ; anther-ceUs ghindular-ecabrid. 



