128 VACCINIACE^. 



contracta, calycis lobis persistentibus coronata, ad summum leviter depressa, 

 atro-rubra vel purpureo-rubra glabra. Semina elongato-ellipsoidea leriter 

 obliqua elegante reticulata 1^- mm. longa f mm. lata utraque exti-emitate macu- 

 lato-fuscentia, testa membranacea ; embryo cylindricus 1 mm. longus teres, 

 cotyledonibus parvis radicula sequilatis. 



Hab. Baatankei, leg. U. MoKi, Juli. 1912 ; Montibus Arisan : Nim- 

 andaira, ad truncos Querci sp. Jan., 1912, leg. B. Hayata et S. Sasaki. 



Near Vacdnium urcedatum Hemsl. (in Ind. Fl. Sin. II. p. 16.), but differs 

 from that in the leaves which are in the new species acute or obtuse at the base. 



Vaccinium parvibracteum Hayata sp. nov. Rami vel ramuU gracHes 

 cinerascentes. Folia ovato-oblonga vel oblonga usque 8 cm. longa 3 cm. lata 

 apice acuminata ad summum aristata basi obtusa rotundata coriacea subtus ad 

 costam remote glanduloso-punctata margine minute mucronato-serrulata, (serruUs 

 vel mucronibus brevissimis a se 2-3 mm. remotis ascendento-recurvis), (costis et 

 venis supra planis subtus distincte elevatis, venis lateraHbus primariis utroque 

 latere costse 9-10 angulo 60° divaricatis) subtus pallida, petiolis brevissimis 3mm. 

 longis. Eacemi axillares vel terminales 7-8 cm. longi divaricati ascendentes 

 a supra basin usque ad apicem floriferi, perulis basi racemorum 5-& fuscento- 

 rubris rotundato-triangularibus 2 mm. longis totiusque latis vel latioribus apice 

 breve cuspidatis margine erosis, bracteis sub pediceUo singulo singulis 

 ovato-rhomboideis concavis 3-4 mm. longis 2|- mm. latis glabris doreo obscure 

 costatis (costis apice ad cuspidem brevam ^ mm. longam abeuntibus) apice 

 acutis basi infra medium subito cuneato-angustatis basi 1 mm. latis 

 margine eroso-denticulatis parte cuneata basilari integris utraque pagine 

 glabris, bracteohs 2 ad pedicellos remote sitis cnspidato-ovato-rhomboideis 

 IJ mm. longis | mm. latis apice cuspidatis basi cuneatis basi J mm. latis 

 margine utroque latere 1-2 dentibus instructis utraque pagine glabris, pedicelHs 

 2-3 mm. longis divaricatis descendento-recurvis apice cum calyce articulatis, 

 floribus erectis vel nutantibus subsecundis. Calyx late eampanulatus 2| mm. 

 longus 3 mm. latus, tubo late obconico 1 mm. longo, Umbo 5-lobato, lobis 

 majoribus late triangularibus vel rotimdato-triangularibus 1^ mm. longis totius- 

 que latis apice acutis vel breve cuspidatis margine eroso-integris. CoroUa 



