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LXXX. VACCINIACE^E. 
[Vactinium. 
(5) V. loranthifolium Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 91. 
Small shrub or tree. Branches stout. Leaves very coriaceous, 
obovate, tip round, base cuneate; nerves rather prominent when 
dry; 2 to 275 in. long, 1 to 1*25 in. wide; petioles thick, *2 in. 
long. Racemes thick, terminal, 2*5 in. long, rachis red. Flowers 
crowded on very short thick pedicels. Bracts oblong, blunt, as 
long as calyx. Calyx cupular, lobes broad ovate pubescent. 
Corolla globose-ovoid, glabrous, fleshy, hairy within. Stamens 10; 
anther-processes cylindric nearly as long as the anther, no basal 
process. Fruit pulpy, ‘15 in. long, glabrous, crowned with calyx- 
lobes. Hab. Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson and Haniff). 
(6) V. glabrescens King and Gamble, l.c. 63. 
Epiphyte, pubescent. Leaves coriaceous elliptic blunt, base 
minutely cordate, pubescent beneath when young, 1 to 1*35 in. 
long, 6 to 1 in. wide; petioles under *14 in. long. Raceme solitary, 
terminal, 3 to 4 in. long with a large lanceolate pubescent bract, 
•4 in. long at the base of each flower. Flowers unknown. Fruit 
round or ellipsoid, pubescent, *2 in. long, '15 in. wide. Hab. Perak 
(Scortechini). 
I have not seen this plant; perhaps it is V. longibracteatum Ridl., but 
the description does not quite accord. 
(7) V. longibracteatum Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxviii. 313; 
Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 157. 
A large bush with white-hairy branches. Leaves coriaceous ovate 
blunt sub-cordate, pubescent beneath, 1 to 1*5 in. long, 75 to 1*25 in. 
wide, terminal ones lanceolate-acute pubescent, 5 to 1 in. long. 
Flowers in pairs; in axils of terminal leaves pedicels pubescent, 
*4 in. long. Calyx short, broad campanulate, - r in. long. Corolla 
rose pink, -4 in. long, cylindric, hairy outside and in. Stamens 10, 
included; anther-processes as long as anther with a flat lanceolate 
process from the back. Berry pink globose, '2 in. long, pubescent. 
Hab. Mountains at 4000 to 5500 ft. altitude. Selangor, Gunong 
Ulu Kali. Pahang, Gunong Tahan; Perak, Gunong Kerbau. 
(8) V. breviflos Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xli. 293. 
Shrub. Leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate, abruptly acumi¬ 
nate, base narrowed, glabrous, *2 in. long, ’5 in. wide. Racemes 
axillary and sub-terminal, pubescent, 1*5 in. long. Bracts oblong 
cuspidate, papery. Calyx cup-shaped, entire. Corolla cylindric, 
lobes rounded, ’15 in. long. Stamens 10, appendages nearly as 
long as anthers, no basal processes. Hab. Selangor, Menuang 
Gasing (Kloss). 
The bracts are papery and much longer than the buds, *1 in. long and 
fall off as the flower develops. 
(9) V. Wrayi Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 92. V. 
bancanum King, l.c. in part. 
Tree. Leaves elliptic, slightly narrowed at both ends, stiffly 
