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A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS 



IV. ADDITIONS TO THE FLOBA OP SUMATRi. 



Description of a new Vaccinium. Dy "William: Fawcett, B.Sc, P.L.S. 



Vaccinium Forbesii (sp. nov.). Herb. Forbes, in Mus. Brit., No. 2371, 



Frutex aut arbor ramulis racemis calycibusque pubescentibus, foliis 

 brevi-petiolatis ellipticis ufrinque obtusis 13 mm. longis racemis margini- 

 bus rocurvis integris coriaceis glabris subtus rufis imbricatis, 38 mm. 

 longis terminalibus, floribus breve-pedicellatis, in axillis bracteonim 



TACOINIUJI FOnUESII. 



foliis paullo minorum, calyce 3 mm. longo lobis tuH longitudine 

 ol)tusis, corolla 5-7 mm. longa ovoido-tubulari extus Tix pubescente aut 

 glabra intus pubescente rubra aut coccinea marginibus albis (H. 0. F.), 

 filamontis staminum pilosis, loculis antherarum ellipticis minutissimis 

 spinulis teotis dorso esaristatis in tubulos breves rectos apice apertos 



