1181. VACCINIUM (A.) VERTICILLATUM. (R.
W. Agapetes verticellata Don Thibaudia setigera ?
Griffith MSS.) Stems shrubby : leaves verticillate,
lanceolate, acuminate, minutely denticulate, acute at
the base: flowers racemoso-corymbose : peduncles
and calyx hispid, corolla glabrous, “ corolla about
an inch long, 5 lobed, lobes short, filaments slightly
cohering, anthers bifid, stigma simplish (sub-simplex.)”—
D. C. Prod. 7, 554.
Pundua mountains, Wallich; Khasya, Griffith.
I am indebted to Mr. Griffith for my specimens.
It is with considerable diffidence I have adopted
the present in preference to Mr. Griffith’s name, as
the two species seem very nearly allied if actually
distinct. V. (A.) setigera is said to have the leaves elliptic
lanceolate attenuated, obtuse at the base, but in
verticillata, acute at the base; that added to verticilla-
tion is the principal character and they associate in
the specimen before me. There is another point in
which the specimen agrees with the latter, the filaments
in it are glabrous while in setigera, they are said
to be bearded.
The magnified corolla is represented much too
hairy, an error entirely owing to the imperfection of
our lithography, for in the original drawing it is shown
scarcely even pubescent: some of the young unexpanded
flowers have a few scattered hairs near the
point the expanded ones, unless when seen under a
considerable magnifier, appear quite glabrous.
1182. Vaccinium (A.) hirsutum. (R. W.)
leaves elliptic-lanceolate, entire, glabrous or subpu-
bescent, racemes erect, corymbose, many flowered:
flowers tubular, long pedicelled : pedicels shorter than
the peduncles, slender and like the calyx and corolla,
hairy: filaments short, anthers pubescent, without
bristles, ending in two long tubes cohering nearly
half their length.
Silhet ? I received the specimen along with the
above, No. 1180, from Dr. Wallich, without station or
name. Though rather imperfect I have ventured to
introduce a figure of it, being so very distinct from
all I have seen, nor does it correspond with any described
species.
1183. Vaccinium (A.) serpens (R. W .) shrubby,
procumbent: branches terete, the young shoots
clothed with coarse dark brown hairs : leaves coriaceous,
subsessile, distichous, subcordato-ovate, obtuse,
mucronate, glabrous on both sides, recurved, and
slightly denticulate on the margin : flowers axillary,
solitary or rarely paired : pedicels shorter than the
leaves, slender, hairy: calyx tube 5 winged, lobes of
the limb membranaceous ovate, ciliated, with glandular
hairs : corolla tubular : filaments short, pubescent:
anthers without bristles, cells short ending in long
filiform tubes.
Bootan, Phullong Woods, Griffith.
This seems quite procumbent probably growing
like ivy on trees. The leaves are from 8 to 10 lines
long and half as broad, ovate, or sometimes slightly
cordate at the base when dry, somewhat corrugated
on the surface, convex above, each ending in a bristle.
The dried calyx is brownish, scariose and translucent
when wetted, the lobes decurrent forming wings to
the tube, corolla about 15 lines long, glabrous within.
1184. Vaccinium (A.)' serratum. (R. W.
Gaylussacea serrata. Lindley, Royle, Dunal.) Stem
fruticose : leaves approximated, narrow lanceolate,
serrated, acute, rigid, coriaceous, shining, shortly pe-
tioled : bracts coloured, subulate : racemes, axillary,
few flowered : flowers withering, long pedicelled, whitish
green.—D. C. Prod. 7, 558.
Khasya, Griffith.
A careful comparison of the specimens with
Royle’s figure and with the character of the species
satisfies me that this is really his plant, in which case
the analysis shows that it is a true Vaccinium and that
Dr. Lindley must have been led, by dissecting
mature fruit, into the supposition that it had a 10
celled ovary.
1185. Vaccinium (A.) venosum (R.W.) shrubby,
glabrous: branches terete: leaves and racemes
congested on the ends of the ramuli: leaves subsessile,
elliptic oblong, acute at the base, tapering to a
point, serrated, rigid, coriaceous: veins above (when
dry) prominent with the interspaces somewhat bul-
late: racemes, axillary, congested on the ends of the
branches, about the length of the leaves: flowers
numerous, ovate, small, short pedicelled, with a minute
subulate caducous bractea and 2 bracteoles:
calyx glabrous, lobes triangular : corolla slightly
hairy within, filaments about half the length of the
anthers : anther cells rough, without bristles, calcarate
at the base, stigma obtuse.
Bootan, Griffith.
A very distinct species easily recognized by its
strongly veined somewhat bullate leaves, and numerous
small flowers, leaves 3 to 3£ inches long and
about 1 broad, very rigid, flowers about 2 j lines
long, the pedicel about the same. The want of
bristles to the anthers places it near V. serratum, the
spur to the anthers is peculiar.
1186. Vaccinium (A) Malaccense (R. W.)
shrubby glabrous, ramuli slender terete : leaves glabrous,
petioled, ovate lanceolate, acute at the base, acuminated,
finely serrated : racemes longer than the
leaves, many flowered, solitary, from the axils of the
upper leaves : flowers drooping, short pedicelled, brac-
tiate : bracts foliacious lanceolate longer than the pedicels
: pedicels hairy with a bractiole about the middle
: corolla ovate villous : filaments hairy, anthers
without bristles : style length of the stamens, stigma
simple, fruit globose, about the size of a pea.
Malacca, Griffith.
Tbe largest leaves on my specimens are about 2 i
inches long and 1 broad at the broadest point whence
they taper to both ends. The longer racemes rather
exceed that length : flowers numerous, about 3 lines
long, often shorter than the adjoining bractea. The
want of bristles to the anthers associates this with
V. serratum but in other respects it is quite distinct.
1187. Vaccinium (A) odontocerum (R W.)
arboreous, glabrous, branches strongly marked with
the’prominent scars of fallen leaves : leaves coriaceous,
linear-lanceolate, shining, slightly denticulate,short petioled
: racemes axillary, rachis about the length of
the petiols, pedicels slender, longer than the peduncle:
flowers tubular, drooping : corolla 5 cleft variegated
with darker zig zag lines : stamens longer than the
tube : horns of the anthers furnished near the middle
with two retrorse bristles, anther cells and filaments
pubescent.
Khasya, Griffith.
Apparently a handsome species. The flowers