PHILIPPINE ERICACEAE. 
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6. Vaccinium palawanense sp. nov. 
Arbor parva usque ad 6 m alta, inflorescentia excepta glabra; foliis 
late oblanceolatis vel elongato-elliptico-oblanceolatis, coriaceis, nitidis, 
circiter 5 cm longis, basi cuneatis, apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, 
marginibus revolutis, integris; racemis axillaribus, folia aequantibus, 
sparse pubeseentibus ; floribus circiter 8 mm longis; corolla tubulari, 
medio plus minus inflata, ore vix contracta; staminibus 10; antheris 
dorso 2-aristatis, appendicibus tubulosis, circiter 0.5 mm longis, poris 
orbicularibus dehiscentibus. 
A small tree or shrub reaching a height of about 6 m, the trunk 12 cm 
in diameter, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches terete, glabrous, 
grajdsh, the branchlets somewhat angled. Leaves broadly oblanceolate 
or oblong-elliptical-oblanceolate, about 5 cm long, 1 to 1.8 cm wide, 
coriaceous, brownish when dry, glabrous, the upper surface shining, the 
lower dull and somewhat glandular-punctate, the apex shortly and 
obtusely acuminate, the base gradually narrowed, cuneate, the margins 
entire, rather strongly recurved; lateral nerves 2 or 3 on each side of 
the midrib, not distinct, ascending, the reticulations nearly obsolete; 
petioles stout, about 2 mm long. Racemes axillary, solitaiy, about as 
long as the leaves, somewhat pubescent, each with from 6 to 14 flowers. 
Flowers white to light-pink, fragrant, their pedicels 5 to 7 mm long, 
articulated with the calyx. Calyx tube subglobose, 2 mm long, the lobes 
5, ovate, acute, about 1.4 mm long, their margins slightly ciliate. Corolla 
tubular, about 8 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, somewhat swollen at about 
the middle, the mouth not contracted; lobes 5, erect, broadly triangular- 
ovate, somewhat auricled at the base, less than 1 mm long. Stamens 
10, inserted on the base of the corolla; filaments nearly 3 mm long, lanate ; 
anthers 1.5 mm long, the dorsal awns two, erect, slender, curved, about 
0.8 mm long, the apical tubes cylindrical, about 0.5 mm long, opening 
by terminal pores. Disk glabrous, tumid; style 7 to 8 mm long, slightly 
pubescent; ovary 5-celled. 
Palawan, Mount Victoria, Bur. Sci. 696 Foxworthy, March 23, 1906, on rocky 
slopes along streams at an altitude of about 1,000 m. A form of the same 
species is apparently represented by Bur. Sci. 6^9 Foxworthy, same locality, but 
from an altitude of 1,750 m, a shrub 1.5 to 2 m high on exposed ridges, which 
differs from the type in having somewhat more pubescent racemes and shorter 
dorsal awns on the anthers. 
A species with much the appearance of Vaccinium banksii Merr., but differing 
in many characters, notably in the presence of dorsal awns on the anthers, these 
being absent in V. banksii. 
7. V. pyriforme Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 295. 
Mindoro, Mount Halcon, For. Bur. bh^b Merritt, June, 1906, an epiphytic 
scandent or subscandent shrub, altitude 1,600 m. 
A species resembling Vaccinium microphyllum in habit and vegetative char- 
acters but at once distinguished by its racemose inflorescence. 
