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calyx somewhat urceolate, the tube 2.5 mm long, about 3 mm 
in diameter, the lobes 5, broadly triangular, acute or acuminate, 
1.8 mm long, margins distinctly ciliate. Corolla red, slightly 
funnel-shaped, rather broad, 1.6 cm long, sparingly pubescent 
outside, the lobes 5, short, acute or rounded, about 4 mm wide 
and 2 mm long. Stamens 10; filaments 9 mm long, more or 
less pilose with long white hairs ; anthers 8.5 mm long, narrowly 
oblong, base slightly curved and apiculate, the apical tubes 
laterally compressed, 5 mm long, the slit slightly oblique. Top 
of the ovary somewhat white-hispid ; style 1.5 cm long, glabrous. 
Fruit unknown. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Ifugao, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19846 McGregor, 
February 11, 1913, indicated by the collector, with query, as a vine. 
A species manifestly allied to Vaccinium indutum Vidal from which 
it is distinguished by its larger, more prominently nerved, glabrous or 
nearly glabrous leaves; from Vaccinium barandanum Vid., which it also 
resembles, it is distinguished by the vegetative characters just indicated 
and its pubescent inflorescence. 
VACCINIUM TURBINATUM sp. nov. 
Frutex epiphyticus, glaber; foliis crasse coriaceis, obovatis ad 
anguste obovatis, usque ad 9 cm longis, obtusis vel abrupte bre- 
viter obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis, integris, margine re- 
volutis, nervis utrinque 6, tenuibus, adscendentibus ; floribus 
ignotis; racemis in axillis superioribus vel terminalibus, fruc- 
tibus longe pedicellatis, turbinatis, circiter ^ superioribus, 7 mm 
diametro. 
An epiphytic glabrous shrub (flowers unknown), the branches 
olivaceous or brownish and more or less sulcate when dry, the 
growing parts reddish-brown. Leaves thickly coriaceous, ob- 
ovate to narrowly obovate, 5 to 9 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, 
apex obtuse or abruptly, broadly, shortly, and obtusely acumin- 
ate, the base acute, entire, the margins revolute, with usually one 
or two pairs of prominent glands above the insertion of the 
petiole, shining on both surfaces, the upper surface pale, the 
lower one brownish when dry; lateral nerves about 6 on each 
side of the midrib, ascending, slender, not prominent, anastomos- 
ing; petioles stout, 5 to 7 mm long; bracteoles deciduous (not 
seen). Flowers unkown. Racemes, in fruit, about 5 cm long, 
in the uppermost axils or terminal, solitary, few, the pedicels 
about 1.5 cm long, thickened upward and about 2 mm thick at 
the apex, distinctly jointed to the calyx. Fruit turbinate, about 
5 mm in diameter, one-third superior, the persistent calyx-teeth 
broadly triangular, acute or obtuse, about 2 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, in forests on trees, Bur. Sci. 
15068 Ramos, June, 1912. 
