spring from the wood of the preceding year, covering
the branches below the leaves. The most distinctive
peculiarity of this species is the position of the anthe-
rial bristles, half way up the tube in place of on the
back of the anther cell. The leaver are about 6
inches long by about l broad.
1188.. VACCINIUM (A) LESCHENAULTII (R W.
V arboreum Lesch. not Michx. Ayapetis arborea
Dun in D. C. Prod. Andromeda symplocifolia.
Wall. L. No. 1522,) arboreous older branches glabrous,
greyish white, ramuli pubescenti-villous •. leaves
shortly petioled, ovato-elliptic, serrated, acute, paler
beneath, hairy on the costa ^ racemes axillary and
terminal, about the length of the leaves.
Neilgherries, frequent, flowering March and April,
but usually to be met with in différent situations in
flower and fruit at all seasons. The berries which are
about the size of red currants and are agreeably acid
and make excellent tarts, much resembling in taste
those made with the cranberry Oxycoccus palustris or
O. macrocarpus.
' 1189s- Vaccinium (A )N eilgherrense (R. W.)
shrubby, glabrous, except the pubescent young shoots
and leaves : leaves lanceolate, acute at the base,
acuminate at the point, racemes longer than
the leaves, axillary, usually confined to the extremities
of the branches r flowers whitish or rose coloured,
short pedicelled, usually furnished with a large
foliaceous bractea r corolla ovate, slightly pubescent r
filaments hairy, anthers bristled, tubes dilated towards
the apex.
On the low banks of streams Neilgherries t abundant
along the banks of the Pycarrah river for a mile
or two above and below the Bungalow. Flowering
during the dry season, from February till April. It is
nearly allied by its technical characters to the former,
but is evidently quite distinct. The large foliaceous
bracts supplies the best distinguishing mark, but both
in habit and locality it differs.
1190. Vaccinium (A.) a f f in e . (R. W.)
ahrubby, every where glabrous: leayes short petioled,
from ovate lanceolate acuminate to elliptic lanceolate,
pointed at both ends, crenulato-serrated towards the
point: racemes axillary or more frequently from the
previous years* wood about the length of the leaves :
flowers secund drooping, pedicels as long as the
flowers : bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, caducous, with
2 subulate bracteols at the base of the pedicels,
corolla ovate t filaments slender, subulate, as long as
the anthers and tubes, sparingly pubescent at the
base: bristles nearly half the length of the tube :
anther cells roughish, small in proportion to the size
of the tubes.
Khasya—Griffith. This is very nearly .allied to
the following, from the same country, the difference
being confined to the stamens; in this the filaments
are as long as the anthers and both hairy—in that
the filaments short covered with matted hair, and the
anthers glabrous or nearly so.
1191. Vaccinium (Ag.) D onnianum. (R. W.)
ramuli virgate terete glabrous : leaves short petioled,
obovato-lanceolate acuminate, coriaceous, crenato-ser-
rated: racemes axillary cernuous about the length
of the leaves, many flowered : flowers drooping r corolla
glabrous, villous within: filaments short, thickly
coversd with coarse matted hair; anthers glabrous:
bristles short, tubes thick : style exceeding the stamens
: stigma dilated.
Khasya, Griffith. This species is nearly allied to
both the preceding and following, but I think differ*
specifically from both.
1192. Vaccinium (A.) Griffithianum. (R.W.)
shrubby, ramous branches terete, glabrous, except
the pilose’extreme ramuli: leaves elliptic pointed at
both ends,finely serrated, coriaceous,glabrous: raceme*
axillary foliaceous, many flowered :• flowers short pedicelled,
ovate, drooping, each furnished with a leaf like
bractea and two bractiols calyx lobes ovate serrated z
corolla ovate, filaments hairy, about the length of the
anthers r anthers bristled ending in thick tubes.
This 6eems much allied to V. Leschenaultii, but is
I think quite distinct.
1193. Vaccinium (A.) obovatum. (R, W.)
shrubby, procumbent diffuse, glabrous ramuli slender,
very leafy: leaves short petioled, obovate-cuni-
ate, entire, subrivolate on the margin : flowers axillary
solitary drooping, pedicels about the length of the
leaves r calyx and corrolla glabrous, stamens exserted,
filaments very short, anther cells united at the base
forming a spur, bristled : tubes about twice the length
of the anther cells : berry globose about the size of a
small pea.
Cheera Pungee.—Griffith.
In habit this seems to approach Arc. uva-ursi but
otherwise, is a true Vaccinium, and certainly cannot
be mistaken for any other I have seen.
1194. Vaccinium (Ag.) D unallianum. (R.
W.) arboreous or shrubby, glabrous leaves elliptico-
lanceolate, ending in a long slender acumen, entire,
coriaceous, changing to a pale sallow brown in drying:
racemes axillary, gemmate at the base, shorter than
the leaves : scales of the buds ciliate concave : corolla
campanulate: filaments short, broad, pubescent: anthers
setigerous about the length of the corolla : bei ry
orbicular small.
Bootan.—Gri ffitb.
This a curious and very distinct species, most easily
recognised by the peculiar acumen of its leaves, and
in dried specimens, by the unusual pale brown colour
it acquires during that process.
The scally buds from which the racemes spring
are also peculiar in this species and bring it towards
Rhododendron. Fig. 5 of the plate represents outside
and inside views of one of the scales.
1195. Gaultheria Leschenaultii (D. C. G.
ovalifolia Wall. L ist IVo.1523. Andromeda Katayhe*
rensis, Hook Icon. 246. Leucothoe Katagherensis. D.
C. Prod. 7, p. 606, Andromedaflexuosa ! Moon) glabrous,
ramuli subtrigonous : leaves pitioled ovate or
obovate, terminating in a gland, crenulate, punctuate
beneath : racemes axillary or lateral pubescent, a little
shorter than the leaves, erect r bracts concave
acute glabrous, one under the pedicel, two near the
flower. D. C. Prod. 7—593.
Neilgherries, abundant and to be met with in flower
at all seasons. It is a considerable sized ramous
shrub with very thick coriacious leaves and pure
white flowers. Berries blue.
I have adopted D. C. specific name in preference
to Wallich’s catalogue name as having a specific character
attached : on the same grounds Hooker’s specific
name held priority had he correctly recognized
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