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forest 7,500 ft. (Montague Hill, Febr. 1902;. A large tree, 1. approximate near the 

 ends of branches, rigid, oblanceolate, blade 8-4 in. long, suddenly narrowed into a short 

 stout petiol<^, sec. n. i^rominent. Eacemes on the old wood below the L, glabrous, bracts 

 rod. I in. long, lanceolate, with prominent, very obliqtie nerves, edge fimbriate, imbri- 

 cate and covering the buds, bracts at the base of peduncle numerous, similar. Fl. 4- 

 and 5-merous, red, on slender pedicelb, calyx-lobes triangular-lanceolate half the length 

 of corolla. Corolla urceolate, ^ in. long, glabrous outside, minutely hairy inside, lobes 

 short, recurved, antheis spurred, filaments clothed with long soft spreading hairs. 



B. L. large, racemes more or less pauicled. 

 a. Western Species. 



9. V. Leschenaultii, Wight Ic. t. 1188; Bedd. M. Sylv. t.227.-~Syn. F. 

 rotund if olium^ Wight 111. t. 139. Vera. luIaviCj Tarn. ; Anditvan, Bad. 



A small or middle-sized tree, youngest shoots and inflorescence minutely 

 pubescent, L ovate or nearly orbicular, i|-3 in., pet. short. Bracts caducous, 

 calyx-teeth triangular, edges cilia te, corolla pink, J-| in. long, filaments hairy, 

 anthers spurred. 



Nilgiris, abundant. Anamalai and Palni hills. Fl. Jantiarj^-June. Fr. edible. — 

 Ceylon, common about 4,000 ft. 10. V. nilgherrense, Wight Ic. 1. 1189. Western Ghats 

 and adjoining hill ranges from Wainad southwards. A shrub or small tree, 1. lanceo- 

 late, bracts large, less caducous than in 9, fl. white, calyx and corolla pubescent 

 \\ ithout, 



h. Eastern species. 



11. V. Donianum, Wight Ic. t. 1191. — 

 Syn. F. ciffine, Wight Ic. t. 1100. 



A shrub or small tree, youngest shoots and 

 inflorescence glabrous, 1. lanceolate, entire or 

 minutely serrate, blade 2-3, pet. ^^ in. FL 

 pink or white, bracts lanceolate, early decidu- 

 ous, calyx-teeth often irregularly denticulate, 

 corolla glabrous outside, filaments with long 

 thin hairs, anthers spurred at apex. 



Khasi hills, Manipur. Shan hills, Upper Burma. 

 Hills between Sitang and Salween, Lower Burma. 

 FL March-May. Similar to some forms of F. 

 LebcJienaultii. 12. V. bancanum, Miq. (F exaris- 

 tcffum, KuTz). Shan hills. Hills east of Toungoo, 

 5-6,000 ft. Malay Penins. Baiigka. A shrub or 

 small tree, 1. elliptic, entire, racemes and calyx 

 usually (corolla often) pubescent, spurs of anthers 

 very short. 13 . V. malaccense, Wight Ic. t. 1186. 

 Thaungyin 5,8000 ft. Malay Peninsula and 

 Archip. L. elliiatic-laiiceolate, minutely crenate- 

 serrate, racemes and corolla pubescent, anther 

 spurs almost 0. It is not impossible that the 

 Burma specimens of 12 and 13 may eventually 

 all be i^ef erred to F Donianum. 



C. L. small, 2 in. and under. 



14. V, Griffithianum, Wight Ic. 1192. Khasi hills, China. A shrub, attaining 6 ft. 

 youngest shoots and racemes pubescent, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, serrulate, 1-2 in. long^ 

 pet. short. Bacemes often panicled, pedicels shorter than fl., bracts large, leaflike, as 

 well as the linear bx^acteoles, persistent, calyx minutely hairy, corolla ovoidj white, 

 J in. long, spurs on the beak of anthers prominent. 15. V. Ntimmularia, Hook. f. S& 

 Thorns. Sikkim 8-10,000 ft. Bhutan. Epiphytic, branches long, pendent, densely 

 clothed with long bristles. L. h-i in., broadly elliptic, obtuse, margins recurved, fl. 

 pink. 



16. V. retusum, Hook. iil. Sikkim 7-9,000 ft. Bhutan, Naga hills. A large shrub, 

 often epiphytic, branches pendent, pubescent, L obovate 1-1 J in. long, obtuse. Eacemes 

 at the ends of branchlets, bracts pure white, membranous, J-J in. long, enclosing the 

 btxds, persistent until the fl. open, corolla pink with 5 red stripes, filaments with long 



Pio. 160. — Vaceinium Doui- 

 anum, Wight. I. 



