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MERRILL. 
about 4.5 mm in diameter below, tlie upper halt' narrowed and about 2 
mm in diameter above, the lobes 5, broadly ovate, obtuse, 1 mm long, 
erect. Stamens 10, inserted on the base of the corolla; filaments 3 mm 
long, lanate below, attenuate above; anthers oblong, 1.5 mm long, the apex 
not produced, truncate, opening by two orbicular pores, the back not 
spurred. .Disk prominent, rugose, glabrous or nearly so; style stout, 
1 cm long, somewhat pilose. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Cana Volcano, R. N. Clark, August, 1908, altitude 
about 900 m. Mindoro, Ibalo River, For. Bur. 111/85 Merritt, May, 1908, altitude 
about 600 m; Mount Halcon, Merrill 6133, November, 1906, sterile, altitude about 
1,500 m. Negros, Cuernos Mountains, Elmer 9819, 10108, altitude about 1,2.00 m. 
A species of the section Epigynium, well characterized by its very strongly 
caudate-acuminate, almost nerveless leaves, very slender few-flowered axillary 
racemes and long-pedicelled flowers, and especially by the numerous, long, capitate- 
glandular hairs on the young branches and inflorescence. 
12. V. caudatum Warb. in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1905) 173. 
Philippines, without locality, Cuming 905, type number, (Province of Albay, 
ex Cuming’s list in Herb. Kew). 
A species manifestly closely allied to Vaccinium benguetense Vidal, and differ- 
ing from that species only in some minor characters, slightly smaller leaves and 
somewhat shorter petioles, obscure nerves and glabrous filaments. The only 
specimens I have seen are those collected by Cuming, one of which is before me. 
13. V. barandanum Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 169; Ceron Cat. PI. 
Herb. Manila (1892) 105. 
V. hutchinsonii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 294. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mount Data, Merrill 1/580; For. Bur. 5612 Klemme: 
Province of Benguet, Loher 3779 ; Mount Santo Tomas, Elmer 5806; Baguio, For. 
Bur. 971 Barnes. Mindoro, Mount Halcon, Merrill 5521/. 
This species grows at altitudes of from 1,500 to 2,250 m and is usually a 
terrestrial shrub or small tree 4 to 8 m high, although on Mount Halcon it 
grows as an epiphyte. It is distinguished among the Philippine species by its 
relatively large flowers which are 1.5 cm to 2 cm long. Vaccinium hutchinsonii, 
I am convinced, is only a broad leaved form of Vidal’s species, and is accordingly 
here reduced. The type of V. barandanum Vid. was from the District of Lepanto, 
Luzon. 
14. V. indutum Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 169. 
Luzon, District of Bontoc, Vidal 1831, in Herb. Kew. 
This species has been collected but once, and is characterized by its tomentose 
leaves and inflorescence. According to Vidal, it is closely allied to V. barandanum, 
and as Vidal does not give the length of the flowers, it has been assumed, in 
making the key to the species, that they are about the same as in V. barandanum. 
15. V. benguetense Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 168; Ceron Cat. PI. 
Herb. Manila (1892) 105. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Vidal 1515 (type), 1531/, in Herb. Kew; Loher 
3781; Baguio, Elmer 8663; Bugias, Merrill 1/653: Province of Zambales, Mount 
Pinatubo, Bur. Sci. 2561/, 2566, 2579 Foxworthy ; Mount Tapulao, Bur. Sci. 1/983 
