Vaccinium.] 
LXXX. VACCINIACEAs. 
207 
Leaves thin, serrate, lanceolate caudate, 
4 in. long; pedicels-3 in. long . (15) V. pubicarpum 
Leaves elliptic acute, 2 in. long; pedicels 
•08 in. long. (16) V. malaccense 
(1) V. Scortechinii King and Gamble, l.c. 62. 
Shrub or small tree puberulous. Leaves coriaceous, gland- 
dotted elliptic round or obovate, base slightly cuneate; nerves 
faint, *3 to ‘45 in. long, '25 to '35 in. wide. Flowers solitary axillary, 
•35 in. long, rosy, pubescent as are pedicels. Calyx campanulate, 
teeth triangular acute. Corolla cylindric, dilate below tapering 
upwards. Stamens 10; anther processes shorter than anther. 
Fruit globular tomentose. Hab. Mountains at 6000 to 7000 ft. 
altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan; Gunong Berumbun, Telom 
(Ridley). Perak (Scortechini); Gunong Kerbau (Haniff). 
(2) V. viscifolium King and Gamble, l.c . 63. 
Small shrub. Branches thick black. Leaves obovate or 
oblanceolate, round at top, narrowed to base, very coriaceous; 
nerves 4 pairs, conspicuous when dry, usually on both sides; 2 to 
4 in. long, 1 to 27 in. wide; petioles thick, *2 in. long. Racemes 
axillary and terminal, 3 in. long; rachis rather slender, red. 
Flowers crimson. Fruit on decurved pedicels, 3 in. long or less, 
globular, *2 in. through or less, crowned by a large sub-conic disc 
and very small calyx-lobes, 5-celled. Hab. Mountains at 5000 ft. 
altitude. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Ridley). Perak (Scortechini); 
Gunong Batu Putih (Kunstler). 
(3) V. decorum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 36. 
Shrub. Leaves very coriaceous, obovate, tip round, narrowed 
to petiole, gland-dotted beneath, 13 to 23 in. long, 75 to 13 in. 
wide. Racemes axillary, lax, 2 in. long; pedicels *i in. long. 
Calyx-lobes triangular ciliate. Corolla broadly cylindric, dilate 
in middle. Stamens 8, silky; anther processes as long as anther, 
no basal appendage. Fruit semi-globose crowned with disc and 
conspicuous calyx-lobes, on pedicel '2 in. long. Hab. Selangor, 
Gunong Mengkuang Lebah at 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson). 
Near V. viscifolium, but the calyx-lobes larger in fruit. 
(4) V. perakense Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 79, p. 92. 
V. Teysmanni King, l.c. 64, not of Miquel. 
Stunted tree or shrub. Leaves thick coriaceous, obovate 
rounded, base narrowed into petiole; nerves faintly visible or 
more or less conspicuous; 23 to 33 in. long, 1*25 to 2'25 in. wide; 
petioles ’2 to 4 in. long. Racemes slender, 3 to 4 in. long, puberulous. 
Flowers on slender pedicels '2 in. long. Calyx hemispheric, short 
with broad acute lobes. Corolla *25 in. long, cylindric with short 
lobes, white, glabrous. Stamens 8 or 10, sub-exserted apical, 
spurs long, no basal appendage. Fruit globular with a conspicuous 
disc at top. Hab. Perak, Gunong Bubu (Scortechini); Thaiping 
Hills at 4000 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
