106 ON THE FLOEA OF BOENEO. 



gland-like hairs. Branches terete, reddish-brown, sometimes 

 grayish, the branchlets somewhat angled. Leaves thickly 

 coriaceous, pale, slightly shining when dry, elliptic, 6 to 9 cm. 

 long, 3 to 4 cm. wide, subequally narrowed to the shortly 

 acuminate apex and the acute or somewhat acuminate base, 

 the margins entire, usually with a pair of marginal glands 

 at the junction with the, petiole, the lower surface very ob- 

 scurely glandular; primary lateral nerves two or three on each 

 side of the midrib, slender, ascending, obscurely anastomosing, 

 the reticulations lax, not prominent; petioles 5 to 7 mm. long. 

 Racemes axillary, solitary, 3 to 6 cm. long, the flowers 5- 

 merous, rather numerous, about 8 mm. long; bracteoles 

 acicular, caducous, about 2 mm. long; pedicels 4 to 5 mm. 

 long. Calyx about 4 mm. in diameter, shallow, sparingly 

 pubescent or glabrous, the lobes broadly triangular-ovate, acute 

 or obtuse, about 1 mm. long, their margins usually obscurely 

 ciliate with very short hairs. Corolla about 8 mm. long, 

 narrowed upwards, the mouth contracted, below about 2.5 mm. 

 in diameter, glabrous externally, puberulent inside, the lobes 

 erect or somewhat spreading, ovate, obtuse, 1 mm. long. Sta- 

 mens 10 ; filaments 3 mm. long, inflated below, villous ; anthers 

 oblong, 2 mm. long, the two dorsal awns minute, 0.2 mm. long, 

 the appendages 1 mm. long, cylindric, truncate. Disk pro- 

 minent, glabrous. Style glabrous, about 1 mm. long. 



Sarawak, Ivuching, Native collector .2177, (Bur. Sci.), 

 Feb. -June, 1914, the flowers indicated as white. 



Probably as closely allied to Taccinium ellipticum, Miq., 

 as to any other species, but readily distinguished by its few- 

 nerved leaves and its floral characters. 



Vaccinium hosei, sp. nov. 



Species V. sarawakensi affinis, difiert foliis paullo majori- 

 bus, nervis primariis utrinque 4 vel 5, subtus prominentibus, 

 reticulis distinctis, antheris dorso haud aristatis. 



A shrub or tree quite glabrous except the racemes which 

 are sparingly pubescent with dark-brown, gland-like, short, 

 blunt hairs. Leaves thickly coriaceous, when dry rather pale 

 on the upper surface, brownish on the lower surface, slightly 

 shining, 7 to 11 cm. long, 3.5 to 5 cm. wide, elliptic, base 

 acute, usually with two marginal glands, apex shortly blunt- 

 acuminate, entire; lateral nerves 4 or 5' on each side of the 

 midrib, rather prominent, ascending, anastomosing, the reti- 

 culations lax, rather distinct; petioles stout, 5 to 8 mm. long. 

 Racemes axillary, about 6 cm. long, rather few-flowered, the 

 bracts acicular, 2 to 3 mm. long, deciduous, the pedicels about 

 5 mm. long. Flowers 5-merous, the corolla narrowly ovoid, 

 narrowed upward, glabrous externally, very obscurely pubes- 

 cent inside, about 8 mm. long, the lobes ovate, obtuse, 1 mm. 

 long. Stamens 10; filaments 3.5 mm. long, inflated below, 



