115 



'branchlets : corolla ovate, slightly pubescent : flowers wliitish oi 

 rose-coloured, usually furnished with a large leafy bract. 



Low banks of streams on the Neilgherries, flowering from Feb^j 

 rtiary till April. 



(4) E. APTiNE. (Klotsch.) 



Ident. Klotsch. 1. e. 



Syn. Vaccinium afline, R. W. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1190. 



■Spec. Char. Glabrous shrub r leaves short-petioled', ovate-Ian'; 

 ceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, pointed at both ends, crenato-serrated ' 

 towards the apex : racemes axillaty, flowers secund, drooping, pedi- 

 cels as long as the flowers : bracts leafy, lanceolate, caducous, with 

 two subulate bracteoles at the base of the pedicels : filaments aS 

 long as the anthers, both hairy. 



Khasia mountains. 



(5) E. DoNiANUM. (Klotsch.) 



Ident. Klotsch. 1. c. p. 51. 



Syn. Vaccinium Doniannm', R. W. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1191. 



•Spfi'c. Char. Branchlets virgate, glabrous, terete : leates short-<' 

 petioled, obovate-lanceolate, acuniinate, coriaceous, crenato-serrat- 

 ed : racemes axillary, cernuous, about the length of the leaves, 

 many-flowered : flowers drooping : corolla glabrous, villous within : 

 filaftients short, thick, covered with matted hair : anthers glabrousi 



Khasia mountains. 



(6) E. ROTuiTDiFotiuM. (Wdlp. Mm.) 



Ident. Walp. Ann. II. p. 1095. 

 Syn. Vaccinium rotundifolium, R. W. 

 Engrav. Wight's Hi. II. t. 139. 



Spec Char. Arboreous': leaves orbicular, coriaceous, entire oi 

 Wightly crenatb- serrate, glabrous: racemes axillary and terminal^ 

 longer than the leaves': flowers 5-lobed : filaments filiform, hairy j 

 ant'h'ei- bristles minute or wanting : flowers pale-pink, often streaked 

 with darker lines : lobes of the corolla hairy : berries purplish-red 

 when ripe. 



Ootacamundj 



