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near V. Griffithianum Wight and V. Macgillivrayi, Seem, but distingu- 

 ishable from the former by its smaller adpressed calyx -lobes which 

 crown the fruit and from the latter by the much smaller calyx and 

 long pedunculate fruit. 



Vaccinicum japonicum Thunb. var. ciliare Matsum. (in sched.). in 

 Herb. Tokyo. 



Hab. Eandaisan, leg. U. Moet, 1908. 



DisTEiB. The variety, is limited to the southern part of 

 Japan. Compared with a specimen so labelled at the Tokyo 

 Herbarium. The description of the variety is not yet published. 



Vaccinium randaiense Hayata sp. nov. Rami graciles fusco- 

 cinerascentes, rugulosi, ramuhs gracillimis, foliatis. Folia lanceolata 

 vel oblongo -lanceolata, chartaceo-coriacea, 5-7 cm. longa, lJ-2 cm. 

 lata, apice cuspidato-acuminata, basi rotundata, rotundato- acuta, vel 

 cuneato-acuta, margine adpresso-serrulato-integra, serrulis obtusis 

 remotis prope apicem et basin subintegra, pinninervia, basi obscure 

 tri-nervia, costis et venis supra non elevatis inconspicuis, subtus te- 

 nuiter elevatis, gracihbus, petiolis brevibus 2-3 mm. longis. Eacemi 

 ramosi terminales 10-15 cm. longi graciles, Acribus secundatis, pedi- 

 cellis 5-6 mm. longis, calycis lobis triangularibus acutis glabris, 

 ciholatis. Stamina cum filamentis 5 mm. longa, filamentis 2^ mm. 

 longis, barbatis. Antherag lineares 2J mm. longse, prope basin affixse, 

 dorso breve 2-calcarat89, calcaribus brevissimis J mm. longis, trans- 

 versim patentibus, apice attenuatœ 2-fid8e, locellis apice acutis, 

 leviter reflexis, poris ovalibus margine dehiscentibus, basi connatis 

 rotundatis. Ovarium apice dense barbatum. 



Hab. Eandaisan, leg. T. Kawakami et U. Mori, 1908, Aug. (No. 

 7004). 



