PHILIPPINE ERICACEiE. 
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1. VACCINIUM L inn. 
Flowers axillary, solitary or fascicled. 
Leaves less than 2 cm long. 
Leaves entire 1. V. micropliyllum 
Leaves crenate 2. V. ivhitfordii 
Leaves 5 to 10 cm long. 
Flowers 5 mm long or less 3. V. lanaense 
Flowers about 1.5 cm long 4. V. apoanum 
Flowers in axillary racemes. 
Leaves 5 cm long or less. 
Leaves obtuse, acute, or slightly acuminate, never caudate-acuminate. 
Leaves 4 to 5 cm long. 
Leaf -margins somewhat glandular; anthers not awned 5. V . banksii 
Leaf-margins not glandular; anthers with two prominent dorsal awns. 
6. V. palawanense 
Leaves 3 cm long or less. 
Leaves obtuse at the apex 7. V. pyriforme 
Leaves acute or somewhat acuminate at the apex. 
Leaves at least one-half as wide as long, oval 8. V. villarii 
Leaves more than twice as long as broad, oblong to oblong-lanceolate. 
Racemes usually much longer than the leaves; pedicels 1 to 1.5 cm 
long; leaf -margins more or less glandular 9. V. vidalii 
Racemes usually shorter than the leaves; pedicels less than 1 cm 
long; leaf -margins not glandular 10. V. cumingianum 
Leaves long-caudate-acuminate. 
Young branches and racemes more or less pubescent and with numerous 
pedicellate capitate glands 11. V. tenuipes 
Young branches and racemes glabrous 12. V. cauda turn 
Leaves exceeding 5 cm in length. 
Leaves distinctly petioled, petiole usually about 1 cm long, always 5 mm long 
or more. 
Flowers 1.5 to 2 cm long. 
The whole plant glabrous 13. V. barandanum 
Leaves and inflorescence pubescent.. 14. V. indutum 
Flowers 1 cm long or less. 
The whole plant glabrous. 
Bracts, if any, caducous 15. V. benguetense 
Bracts prominent, persistent 16. V. phiUppinense 
Inflorescence capitate-glandular 17. V. luzoniense 
Leaves subsessile or shortly petioled; petiole never exceeding 5 mm in length; 
leaf-apex acute or slightly acuminate. 
Inflorescence glabrous; leaves sessile or subsessile 18. V. jagori 
Inflorescence and fruits somewhat pubescent; leaves distinctly petioled. 
19. V. halconense 
1. V. microphyllum Blume Bijdr. (1826) 851; Miq. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1 
(1863) 38; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 221. 
V. mindorense Rendle in Journ. Bot. 34 (1896) 355; Merr. in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 293. 
Mindoro, Mount Halcon (Dulangan), Whitehead in Herb. Mus. Brit.; Merrill 
5676; For. Bur. IfltH Merritt. Panay, Mount Midiaas, Yoder. Mindanao, Dis- 
trict of Davao, Mount Apo, Copeland 1037, ./// 17 and s. n. 
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