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GENUS III. EPIGVNIIIM. 



Deeandrla IHonogjrnia. Sex;Syet: 



Gen. Chak. Calyx adherent, tube half-globose, smooth, limb, 

 free, -S-partite : corolla ovate, campanulate or urceolate : stamens, 

 distinct : filaments subulate : anthers 2-celled, mutic or awned, pro- 

 duced into two separate tubes, dehiscing by oval openings at the 

 apex : ovarv inferior, 5-celled, many-ovuled, disk 5-gibbous, an4 

 (jrowned with the Umb of the calyx: berry pulpy, subglobose-. 

 pbovate. 



(1) E. SEERATUM, (KlotSch.) 



Hent. Klotsch. in Linn. XXIV. p. 50. 



Syn. Vaccinium serratiim, R. W. — Gaylussacia serrata, Lindl. 

 Dec?prod. VII. p. 558. — rAgapetes serrata, G. Don. 



Engrav. WiD;ht's Icon. t. 1181. — Royle. 111. t. 79. f. 2. 



Spec Chae. Stem fruticose : leaves nairow-lanceolate, serrated, 

 acute, stiiF, coriaceous, shining, short-petioled, approximated : bracts 

 coloured, subulate : racemes axillary, few-flowered : flowers wither- 

 ing, long-pedicelled, whitish-green. 



Khasia mountains. 



, (2) E. Leschenaul'^u. {KIqUcK) 



Ident. Klotsch. 1. c. 



Sya. Vaccinium Leschenaultii, R. W- — -Afpipetes lymplocifolis, 

 and A. arborea, D%n. in Dec. prod. VII. p. 555. 

 Engrav. Wight's leon. t. 1188. — Spicil. II. t. 128, 



Spec. Char. Tree : older branches glabrous, greyish-white :. 

 branchlets pubescently villous : leaves short-petioled, ovate-elli])tic, 

 serrated, acute, paler below, hairy on the rib ■ racemes axillary 

 and terminal, the length of the leaves : flowers red. 



Neilgherries. Travancore mountains, flowering in March and, 

 Ap.ril. The berries are agreeably acid and make exceUent taf-ts. 



(3) E. Neilgherrense. (/J. W.) 



Ident. Klotsch. I. c. 



Syn. Vaccinium Neilgherrense, R. W, 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1 189.-r-Spicil. II. t. 129. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby, glabrous, except the pubescent young 

 shoots and leaves : leaves lanceolate, acute at the base : racemes, 

 longer than the leaves, axillary, usually towards the ends of the. 



