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tions of it are very short and imperfect. Koorders 19^38, 19Jt29 from Klabat 
and Sepoetan, Celebes, exactly match our very full series of Philippine 
Vaccinium. villarii Vid., and as the specimens conform with Blume’s diag- 
nosis, I have no hesitation in reducing Vidal’s species to the much older 
Vaccinium myrtoides Miq. This adds another characteristic species to the 
already long list of those that are known only from the Philippines and 
Celebes, or from the Philippines and the Moluccas. 
VACCINIUM PLATYPHYLLUM sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis 
ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 14 cm longis et 7 cm 
latis, crasse coriaceis, integris, in siccitate pallidis, nitidis, basi 
acutis, apice prominente acuminatis, nervis utrinque 4 vel 5, 
tenuibus, adscendentibus ; racemis axillaribus, solitariis, parce 
pubescentibus, 4 ad 6 cm longis, bracteis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, circiter 8 mm longis, supersistentibus ; corolla cir- 
citer 5 mm longa, extus leviter pubescentibus ; ovario pubescente ; 
calycibus lobis acutis, 1.2 mm longis, extus pubescentibus. 
A shrub or small tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Branches pale-brownish, terete, smooth, the younger branchlets 
reddish-brown, somewhat angular, rather stout. Leaves alter- 
nate, rather distant, thickly coriaceous, stiff, elliptic to ovate- or 
oblong-elliptic, 11 to 14 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, entire, rather 
pale when dry, base acute, apex prominently acuminate, the 
acumen rather broad, 1 to 1.5 cm long; lateral nerves 4 or 5 on 
each side of the prominent midrib, slender, ascending, mostly 
leaving the midrib in the lower one-third, obscurely anastomos- 
ing, the reticulations not prominent; petioles stout, about 1 
cm long. Racemes axillary, solitary, 4 to 6 cm long, sparingly 
pubescent, the bracts subpersistent, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 
about 8 mm long, black when dry. Pedicels about 7 mm long, 
slightly pubescent. Corolla 5 mm long, externally sparingly 
pubescent, narrowed upward, the mouth about 1.5 mm in diam- 
eter, the short, broadly ovate, obtuse lobes recurved. Anthers 
1.5 mm long. Ovary pubescent. Young fruit cup-shaped, 3 
mm long, pubescent, the persistent calyx-teeth triangular-acute, 
1.2 mm long. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, vicinity of Dingalan on the Pacific coast, 
Bur. Sci. 26583 Ramos & Edano, August 25, 1916, on slopes at an altitude 
of about 200 meters. 
This is perhaps as closely allied to Vaccinium perrigidum Elm., as to any 
other described species. It is characterized by its large, faintly and 
obliquely nerved leaves, and its slightly pubescent racemes. 
VACCINIUM ANGUSTILIMBUM sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber, circiter 3 m altus; foliis coriaceis, lanceolatis 
ad oblanceolatis, integris, usque ad 6 cm longis et 1 cm latis. 
