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LXXX. VACCINIACEAi. 
[. Pentapterygium . 
acute. Hob. Rare. Local on rocks and trees at 5000 ft. altitude. 
Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Kunstler). Pahang, Gunong Berumbun 
(Wray). 
3 . VACCINIUM, Linn. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves coriaceous, alternate, lanceolate or 
ovate. Flowers in racemes or fascicles. Calyx-tube globose, 
small, teeth 4 to 5. Corolla urceolate, tubular or ovoid, pink or 
white. Stamens 8 to 10, free from corolla base; anthers oblong 
with 2 cylindric tubes, dehiscing at top by slits. Disc cushion¬ 
shaped. Ovary 4- to 5-celled (or falsely 8- to 10-celled); ovules 
few or several in a cell. Berry crowned by persistent sepals, 
5-celled. Seeds several in a cell. Species 140, chiefly north 
temperate zone. 
Leaves broad elliptic or obovate, round at tip, 
very coriaceous, usually epiphytes. 
Leaves under *75 in. long. 
Flowers solitary axillary in leaves at tips 
of branches, pubescent . 
Leaves 2 to 3 in. long, broad; flowers in 
long axillary and terminal racemes. 
Racemes long many-flowered; flowers 
long-pedicelled; leaves glabrous. 
Calyx-lobes very small; corolla un¬ 
known ...... 
Calyx-lobes triangular-ovate as long as 
tube in flower. 
Corolla cylindric-ovoid 
Corolla narrow, cylindric . 
Pedicels very short and thick; flowers 
crowded; corolla ovoid . 
Pubescent plant; leaves pubescent, cordate 
at base, one terminal raceme bracts 
large ...... 
Leaves narrowed to the tip, stiff coriaceous, 
entire. Bushes. 
Flowers in pairs axillary in axils of reduced 
terminal leaves .... 
Flowers in axillary racemes. 
Bracts papery oblanceolate, -2 in. long 
Bracts minute. 
Leaves elliptic, 2 by 1 in., very shortly 
pointed; racemes 3-5 in. long . 
Leaves elliptic 1 in. long, distinctly 
pointed; racemes 1*5 in. long. 
Leaves lanceolate, 2'5 by 1 in., acumin¬ 
ate; racemes lax, 2 - 5 in. long . 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate both ends; 
nerves hardly visible; racemes lax, 
2 - 5 in. long ..... 
Leaves elliptic caudate; nerves con¬ 
spicuous; racemes 3 in. long . 
Leaves lanceolate long caudate; nerves 
sunk above ..... 
(1) V. Scortechinii 
(2) V. viscifolium 
{3) V. decorum 
(4) V. perakense 
(5) V. loranthifolium 
( 6 ) V. glabrescens 
(7) V. longibracteatum 
(8) V. breviflos 
(9) V. Wrayi 
(10) V. ardisiflorum 
(n) V. eburneum 
(12) V. bancanum 
(13) V. Hasseltii 
(14) V. acuminatissimum 
