MATERIALS FOE A FLORA OF FORMOSA. 167 



as the present plant. It is also near A. khaslana H. f. et T., but quite 

 distinguishable by its very much narrower leaves and also by its nar- 

 rower serrate calyx-lobes. Plants belonging to this genus are 

 generally very variable, still the points above mentioned may be re- 

 garded a,s comparatively fixed characters. So far as my observa- 

 tions extend, the present plant is quite distinct from any species 

 of the genus. 



Vacciniaceae. 



Vaccinium Linn. 



Vaccinium formosanum Hayata sp. nov. Rami fusco-purpuras- 

 centes, minute rugulosi, ramulis gracilibus teretibus cinerascentibus, 

 eicatricibus fohorum remote notatis, pulvinis elevatis, superiore 

 gracillimis pubescentibus. Folia obovata, vel oblonga, coriacea, 3 

 cm. longa, 16 mm. lata, apice acuta vel aristato-acuta, vel calloso- 

 acuta, basi acuta, margine callosiuscula leviter reflexa serrata, serris 

 ascendentibus, latiusculis, prope basin subintegra, costis et venis 

 supra inconspicuis, subtus tenuissime elevatis, venis primariis later- 

 alibus utrinque 3-4, tenuissimis, exsiccate supra pallida, subtus 

 pallido-rubescentia, petiohs 3 mm. longis supra sulcatis. Eacemi 

 terminales 7 J cm. longi, peduncuhs IJ cm. longis, parcissime pubes- 

 centibus vel glabratis ad insertionem pedicellorum 1-bracteatis, 

 bracteis valde conspicuis, ovatis 1 J cm. longis 7 mm. latis, folio circ. 

 conformibus, pedicelHs 1^ cm. longis. Baccoe globosse, 5 mm. in 

 diametro, rubrœ, apice calycis lobis late triangularibus 1 mm. latis 

 arete clausis coronatoe. 



Hab. Taitö : Taruko, leg. G. Nakahara, 1006, Jan. (No. 605). 



The present plant is near V. hractcatum Thunb., lut differs from 

 i( ill liaving smaller leaves and in the persistent calyx -lobes. Also 



