406 LXIV. ERICACEjE [Pentapterygium 



A, L. small J pedicels solitary or in pairS; anthers not spurred. 



1. p. serpens, lOotzsch ; Wight Ic. t. 1183 ; Hook. f. 111. Him. PI. t. 15 b. Sikkim, 

 3-8,000 ft. Bhutan, Base of stem lai-ge, tuberous, branches pendulous, hispid, densely- 

 leafy, 1. glabrous, bifarious, margins recurved, corolla J in. long, tubular, briglit red 

 with V-shaped marks. 



B. L. large 2-5 in., pedicels fascicled or corymbose, beaks of anthers spurred. 



2. p. rugosum, Hook f . Kliasi lulls, Bhutan. L. serrate rugose, sec. n. very prominent, 

 corolla J in. white or lose. 3. P. Listen, King. Bhutan 7,000 ft. L. nearly entire, not 

 rugose, corolla ^ in., rose. 4. P. flavum, Hook. f. Bhutan. L. rugose, slightly crenate, 

 corolla I in., yellow. 5. P. Hookeri, Clarke. Sikkim 5-8,000 ft. Bhutan. L. serrate, 

 corolla ^ in., yellow. 



Desmogyne neriifolia, King et Piain; Ann, Gard. Calc. ix. 46, t. 59, China. 

 Kachin hills. Upper Burma. An epiiDhytic shrub, 1. lanceolate, blade 4-5, pet. \ m. 

 long. Fl. in axillary corymbs, bracts small, pedicels enlarged below the calyx into a 

 cup, partialljr enclosing calyx-tube (connate bracteules?) Calyx-limb inflated, wide 

 campanulate, reticulate, margin entire, coioUa 1\ in. long, lobes shoit, fr. crowned by 

 the persistent calyx-limb. The authors of this genus (Journ. As. Soc. Bengal vol, 67. 

 298) justly observe that Agapetes^ Peniopteryrjhim and Besmogyne might be united. 

 In that case the present species would belong to the section of Agapetes^ represented by 

 A. auricuJata (p. 405). 



3. VACCINIUM, Linn. ; FL Brit. Ind. iii. 451, 



Shrubs or small trees, a few species epiphytic, 1. coriaceous. Tl. usually 

 small, generally in racemes, rarely solitary. Racemes in bud often covered 

 by the imbricating bracts. Corolla campanulate cylindric or ovoid, lobes short, 

 anthers oblong, often spurred at the top, produced into 2 cylindric tubes 

 opening by terminal slits. Seeds ellipsoid, fcesta firm, shining, minutely foveo- 

 late. Species 100, JSTorthern Hemisphere and mountains in the Tropics. 



A. L. large, racemes solitary. 



a, L. lanceolate, serrate, mostly falsety whorled. 



1, V, serratum, Wight Ic, t. 1184 ; {Oaylu^mcia serrata, Lindl. ; Eoyle 111. t. 79, 

 fig. 2.) Sikldm 4-9,000 ft. Khasi hills. A shrub, often epiphytic, stem often thick, 

 tuberiforin, 1. often approximate near the ends of iDranchlets (falsely whorled), lanceo- 

 late 3-4 in. long, gradually narrowed into a very shoi't x3etioIe. Fl. greenish-white, 

 racemes several at the ends of branchlets, bracts small, linear. Corolla J in. long, 

 glabrous outside, haii-y inside, filaments hairy^, anthers not splinted. Berry globose, 

 white 01 yellowish, J in. diani. 2. V. venosum, Wight Ic. 1. 1185. Sikkim 4-7000 ft. (the 

 hispid form). Bhutan, Khasi hills. Branchlets sometimes hispid, 1. sessile with a rounded 

 base or suddenly narrowed into a very short petiole, sec. n. prominent. Racemes 

 several near the ends of branches, peduncles 'u ith numerous persistent elliptic bracts 

 at their base. Filaments glabrous, anthers not spurred. 



I). L. elliptic, minutely serrulate, scattered. 



3. V. gualtherisefolitun, Hook. f. Bhutan. Attains 8 ft. Berry blue-black i~| in. 

 diam. 4. V. glauco-album. Hook, f . Sikkim 9-10,000 ft. Bhutan. Bracts J-| in. long, 

 often persistent until the fr. ripens. 



c» xj* enijix'e. 



5. V. Dunaliauum, Wight To. t. 1194. Sikkim 5-8,000 ft. Bhutan, Khasi hills, 

 Manipur. Yunnan. A shrub, often epii)hy tie. L, alternate almost distichous, lanceo- 

 late, long caudate-acuminate, blade 8-5, pet, J in. long. Eacemes in bud enclosed by 

 the broad imbiicating, subseq[uently deciduous bi-acts at the base of peduncle. Fl. 

 pink, corolla ovoid-conic, J in. long, anthers spurred. 6. V. ardisioides, Hook, f . Euby 

 Mines, U|)per Burma. Hills east of Toungoo. Thaungyin, Tenasserim. L. sessile, 

 falsely whorled at the ends of branchletSj elliptic-lanceolate, racemes umbellate in the 

 axils of the uppermost 1. 7, V. arbiitoides, Clarke. Patkoi range. L. scattered, 

 ovate, acuminate, blade 4-5, pet. stout, | in., sec, n. obliq.ue, several paix-s from near the 

 base, racemes hairy. 



8. V. KacMnense, sp. nova. Fanka-puitj Kachin. Hills east of Bhamo in evergreen 



