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lxxix. campanulaceae. [Pentaphragma. 
oblong-pubescent. Hab. Wet spots on mountains in forests, 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan, 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson and 
Ridley). 
3. SPHENOCLEA, Gaertn. 
Annual fleshy herb. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, entire. 
Flowers yellowish in dense cylindric spikes, small. Calyx-tube 
turbinate, lobes 5. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, 
on corolla base. Capsule semi-inferior, depressed, globose, cir- 
cumsciss at edge of calyx-tube. Seeds very numerous, minute. 
Species 1, all tropics. 
(1) S. zeylanica Gaertn. Fruct i. 113, t. 24, Fig. 5; King, l.c. 57. 
One to 2 ft. tall, branched. Leaves narrowed at both ends, 
1 to 3 in. long, *2 to 1 in. wide; petioles ’X to ‘5 in. long. Spike 
1 to 2 in. long, pointed; peduncle 1*5 to 3 in. long. Corolla greenish 
white, 'i in. long. Hab . In muddy spots, rice-fields, etc. Not 
common. Malacca (Griffith). Province Wellesley, Golden Grove 
(Ridley). Kedah, Alor Sta (Ridley). Disirib. All tropics. 
Order LXXX. VACCINIACE^. 
Shrubs or small trees often epiphytic. Leaves alternate, entire 
or serrate. Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes or solitary 
axillary bracteate. Calyx campanulate or cupular, adherent to 
ovary, limb persistent, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular or inflate, 
campanulate or globose, 5-toothed. Stamens 10, epigynous 
inserted at base of tube; anthers opening by apical pores or pro¬ 
longed into tubes. Ovary inferior with an epigynous disc, 5- or 
falsely io-cefled. Style and stigma simple. Fruit baccate. Seeds 
numerous. Species about 350, chiefly temperate regions. 
Corolla long, tubular or campanulate; lobes long. 
Calyx-tube terete .1. Agapetes 
Calyx-tube 5 -winged. 2. Pentapterygium 
Corolla small, ovoid or campanulate; lobes short; 
toothlike.- - 3 - Vaccinium 
1. AGAPETES, Don. 
Epiphytic shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, alternate linear to elliptic 
or ovate. Flowers axillary, solitary (or corymbose). Calyx 
globose, 5-lobed or toothed. Corolla tubular or campanulate, lobes 
long green, white or more or less red. Stamens 10; anthers oblong 
with two long apical processes spurred behind; disc pulvinate. 
Ovary 5-celled (or pseudo-io-celled). Berry globose, 5- to 10- 
celled. Seeds numerous. Species 30, chiefly Himalayan. 
