TABULA CCCXXI. 



Vaccinium claoxylon J. J. 8. n. sp. 



Ericaceae. 



Fig. 1. Ramulus fructifer i. — Fig. 2. Inflorescentiae *. — Fig. 3. Flos sine 

 corolla V 0 - — Fi g- 4. Corolla V- — Fi g- 5 > 6 - Stamina a T °- — Fig- 7. Stylus V 0 - 



Frutex glaber. Folia late elliptica, obtusa, c. 8 — 13 cm. 

 longa. Racemi multiflori, ad 13 cm. longi, floribus parvis. Calycis 

 laciniae gl andulo so-denticulatae. Corolla ovoideo-oblonga, glabra. 

 Filamentum apice excepto pilosum ; anthera profunde bipartita, 

 ecalcarata, thecis paralellis apice poro dehiscentibus. Stylus 

 crassiusculus, inferne longe adpresse pilosus. Discus cupuliformi- 

 pulvinatus, 1 O-lobulatus, . glaber. 



Frutex, ramulis validiusculis, glabris, in sicco angulatis. Folia 

 alterna, late elliptica vel interdum plus minus ve ovata vel ob- 

 ovata, obtusa vel interdum rotundata, basi sensim in petiolum 

 brevem spathulato-acuminata, integerrima, margine in sicco 

 leviter recurva, glabra, subtus glanduloso-punctata, basi vel in 

 petiolo glandulis 1 — 2 marginalibus impressis, in utraque parte 

 costae mediae latae supra subtusque prominentis nervis latera- 

 libus c. 6 (5 — 7) patentibus, valde curvatis, intra marginem 

 anastomosantibus laxe reticulato-venosa, nervis venisque in sicco 

 supra subtusque prominentibus, crasse coriacea, nitida, tota c. 

 8—13 cm. longa, petiolo sectione trans versa late elliptico rugoso 

 glabro c. 1 — 1.5 cm. longo, c. 4.5 — 7.5 cm. lata. Racemi axillares 

 et laterales, solitarii, subsessiles, multiflori, c. 7 — 13 cm. longi, 

 rhachide angulata, glabra. Bracteae cito deciduae. Flores parvi, 

 pedicellati, pedicello sub ovario articulato, glabro, c. 0.25 cm. 

 longo. Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis late ovato-triangulis, obtusis, 



