1. VACCINIUM SCORTECHINII, n. sp., King & Gamble. A small tree or large shrub; young branches rather thicker than a crow-quill, dark and much angled when dry, glabrous. Leaves small, coriaceous, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, the apex rounded, the base slightly cuneate, the edges much recurved; upper surface olivaceous-brown, shining when dry; the lower brown, dull, faintly reticulate; sparsely scaly; main-nerves a single pair, rarely 2 pairs, curving upwards, converging at their apices, faint on both surfaces; the midrib depressed on the upper surface, prominent on the lower; length 3 to 45 in.; breadth 25 to 35 in.; petiole very short. Flowers about 35 in. long, solitary, axillary, their pedicels less than 1 in. long, minutely bracteate at the base, pubescent like the outside of the calyx and corolla. Calyx campanulate, the 5 teeth triangular, acute, erect. Corolla about 3 in. long, cylindric, inflated below and tapering to the mouth; the lobes short, broad, blunt, erect or reflexed. Stamens 10, each with 2 apical truncate beaks shorter than themselves, but no basal processes; filaments longer than the anthers, hairy. Ovary with a flat top, 5-celled, each cell with several ovules. Style cylindric, nearly as long as the corolla, pubescent in its lower third, otherwise glabrous. Fruit globular, crowned by the inflexed calyx-lobes, tomentose, many-seeded; seeds not compressed. PERAK: Scortechini; Wray, at elevations of 6,000 and 6,700 feet, 888 and 356; King's Collector 8028.

By the fall of the leaves, in the axils of which they are produced, the flowers appear as if they were in racemes. This closely resembles V. buxifolium and V. coriaceum, Hook. fil., of which figures are given in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 891 and 892, but this has much narrower flowers and broader leaves than either.

2. VACCINIUM MICROPHYLLUM, Blume Bijdr. 851. Epiphytic on tall trees; a small much-branched shrub; young branches as thick as a crow-quill, with small black deciduous scurf. Leaves coriaceous, ovate or elliptic, the apex and base blunt, the former sometimes with a minute apiculus; upper surface bright olivaceous and shining when dry, the lower pale-brown and dull, both faintly reticulate when dry; mainnerves usually a single pair, curving upwards from the base of the midrib and passing to near the apex a little inside the edges, depressed like the midrib on the upper surface when dry, but very faint on the lower;

length 5 to 75 in.; breadth -3 to 5 in.; petioles about 05 in. long, hairy. Flowers 2 to 25 in. long, axillary, usually solitary, decurved; pedicels 05 in. long, or less. Calyx inferior, about 2 in. across, flat, deeply divided into 5 broadly triangular, sub-acute, spreading lobes. Corolla glabrous, widely cylindric-campanulate, deeply cut into 5 broadly triangular acute or sub-acute erect lobes. Stamens 10, from the base of the corolla; anthers oblong, each with an apical process shorter than itself but with no basal appendage; filaments shorter than the anthers, curved, expanded at the base. Ovary superior, broad with flat apex. Style cylindric, as long as the corolla; stigma capitate; ovules few in each cell. Fruit globular, surrounded by and adherent to the calyx, -2 in. in diam. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1063. Diplycosia microphylla, Beccari, Malesia 212; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 458.

MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3484; Maingay (K.D.) 700; Lobb. PERAK, at elevations of 3,000 feet: Wray 470, 1105; Scortechini 1171; King's Collector 3660, 6390. KEDAH: Ridley 5528, 5529.-DISTRIB. Borneo, Celebes, Ternate.

3. VACCINIUM GLABRESCENS, n. sp., King & Gamble. Epiphytic ; young branches rather thicker than a crow-quill, dark-coloured when dry, minutely pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, the apex subobtuse, the base sub-truncate and minutely cordate; upper surface dark olivaceous-brown when dry, reticulate, smooth, shining; lower surface brown when dry, minutely pubescent like the petiole (glabrescent when old); main-nerves 3 or 4 pairs, pinnate, ascending, rather straight; length 1 to 1.35 in.; breadth 6 to 1 in.; petiole under 1 in. long. Racemes solitary, terminal, 3 or 4 times longer than the leaves, bearing at the base of each flower a large lanceolate pubescent deciduous bract -4 in. long and about 2 in. broad at the middle. Fruit sub-rotund or ellipsoid, baccate, softly and minutely pubescent, crowned by the inflexed triangular calyx-teeth, 2 in. long and 15 in. in diam., 5-celled, each cell with several angled seeds.

PERAK Scortechini (without number).

Young

4. VACCINIUM VISCIFOLIUM, n. sp., King & Gamble. branches half as thick as a goose-quill, striate and pale-brown when dry. Leaves very coriaceous, broadly oblanceolate or spathulate, the apex very blunt, narrowed from below the middle to the short flattened petiole, the edges slightly recurved; upper surface olivaceous when dry, the lower bright brown, both glabrous; main-nerves 2 or 3 pairs, originating from the midrib near its base, ascending, little curved, very prominent like the midrib on the upper surface but faint on the lower; length 2 to 2.75 in.; breath 8 to 1.25 in.; petioles about 1 in. Racemes terminal and axillary, often forming, from the fall of the leaves, pseudo

panicles several times longer than the leaves. Flowers not seen. Fruit on curved deflexed peduncles, 5 in. in length, globular, baccate, 2 in. in diam., crowned by the persistent disk and by the 5 minute. triangular calyx-teeth, 10-celled, the cells with more than one small angled seed.

328.

PERAK: Scortechini 405; Wray, at an elevation of 6,700 feet,

VAR. minor, King & Gamble. Leaves only 12 to 1-6 in. in length, their 3 or 4 pairs of nerves not so much from the base of the midrib; racemes not much longer than the leaves; fruit only 15 in. in diam.; pedicels under 2 in. long.

PERAK, at elevations of 5,000 feet: Scortechini 404; King's Collector 8020.

5. VACCINIUM TEYSMANNI, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 1062. A mediumsized tree; young branches somewhat thinner than a goose-quill, darkcoloured and striate when dry. Leaves coriaceous, broadly obovate, often almost rotund-obovate or elliptic, rarely oblanceolate, the apex obtuse or rounded, rarely retuse or sub-acute, the base cuneate and merging in the broad, sometimes glandular petiole; both surfaces glabrous and faintly reticulate, upper olivaceous when dry, shining, the lower dark-brown, the midrib broad on both; main-nerves 4 to 6 pairs, curving upwards and anastomosing freely, more prominent on the upper than on the lower surface; length 2.5 to 3.5 in.; breadth 1.25 to 2.25 in.; petiole 2 to 4 in. long. Racemes slender, often longer than the leaves, axillary and extra-axillary, their rachises somewhat compressed and angled, often puberulous; pedicels slender, curved, minutely bracteolate or ebracteolate at the base, 15 to 2 in. long. Flowers ·35 in. long; their pedicels 15 in. long, decurved or not, puberulous like the outside of the calyx. Calyx less than 1 in. long, campanulate, with 5 acutely triangular spreading teeth. Corolla white, puberulous, narrowly cylindric, tapering slightly to the mouth; lobes 5, very short, spreading or reflexed. Stamens 8 or 10, included or sub-exserted; anthers narrowly oblong, with 2 long apical spurs, but without basal appendages, shorter than the tapering hairy filaments. Ovary hemispheric, deeply grooved; style as long as the corolla, grooved; stigmas 5, very short, linear. Capsule unknown.

PERAK: On Gunong Bubu, at elevations of 4,500 feet, Scortechini 428, 443; Wray 1117, 3909; Curtis 3703.-DISTRIB. Java.

6. VACCINIUM BANCANUM, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 587. A small tree; young branches twice as thick as a crow-quill, deciduously puberulous, pale and angled when dry. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, the apex sub-acute acute or acuminate, the base

cuneate; both surfaces yellowish-brown when dry and rather dull, the lower reticulate; the edges slightly recurved or not; main-nerves 4 or 5 pairs, ascending, slightly curved, faint on both surfaces; length 1 to 2.5 in.; breadth 5 to 8 in.; petioles 1 in. long. Racemes axillary and terminal, twice as long as the leaves, their rachises puberulous, angled when dry. Flowers ·2 in. long; their pedicels slender, decurved, 1 to 2 in. long, puberulous, minutely bracteolate at the base. Calyx puberulous, cupular, 15 in. across, deeply divided into 5 triangular sub-acute spreading lobes. Corolla ovoid or ovoid-globulose, with truncate, wide, entire, wavy or obscurely toothed mouth, puberulous outside. Stamens 10, shorter than the corolla and inserted at its base; anthers short, broad, with 2 short, trumpet-shaped, curved apical processes, opening by wide pores, and, at the base of these processes behind, 2 curved, slender filamentous spurs; the filaments longer than the anthers, flattened, tapering from the base upwards, pubescent. Ovary depressed, bearing a slightly convex 10-grooved disk and many hairs. Fruit 2 to 25 in. in diam., depressed-globular, crowned by the inflexed calyx-lobes, minutely pubescent, 5-celled; seeds numerous, triangular, reticulate, shining. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 454. V. exaristatum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1873, Pt. II. 96; 1877, Pt. II. 215; For. Fl. Burm. II. 91.

PERAK, at elevations of from 5,000 to 6,500 feet: Wray 328, 1528, 3912; King's Collector 7018. MALACCA: Mount Ophir, Moxon; Maingay (K.D.) 699.-DISTRIB. Bangka.

Epiphytic ;

7. VACCINIUM KUNSTLERI, n. sp., King & Gamble. everywhere glabrous; young branches one-third of the thickness of a goose-quill, dark and striate when dry. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, the apex acuminate, the base much narrowed, the edges slightly recurved; both surfaces brown when dry, the upper tinged with olivaceous and reticulate; main-nerves 3 pairs, ascending, little curved, slightly prominent on the upper surface only; length 2 to 2.5 in.; breadth 5 to 65 in.; petioles 1 to 15 in. long. Racemes about as long as the leaves, axillary, minutely bracteolate at the base of the flowers. Flowers 2 in. long, their puberulous pedicels slender, 1 to Calyx cupular-campanulate, about 05 in. long, the limb spreading, wavy, with indistinct broad lobes. Corolla tubular-ovoid, 15 to 2 in. long, the mouth with 5 broad, blunt, short recurved lobes. Stamens 10, slightly shorter than the corolla or as long; anthers small, oblong, each with 2 short, diverging, apical truncate processes, but with none at the base; filaments three times as long as the anthers, tapering, flattened and hairy below, cylindric above. Ovary 5-celled, with several ovules in each cell, depressed; disk slightly convex with radiating

15 in. long

5

grooves; style slightly exserted, hairy below; stigma small. Fruit globular, 2 in. in diam.

PERAK, on Maxwell's Hill, elevation 3,500 feet: Scortechini 39, 428; King's Collector 8415.

nerves.

This closely resembles V. bancanum, Miq., but it is an epiphyte. Its leaves, moreover, are narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, and they have only 3 pairs of mainThe flowers of this are puberulous, and the mouth of the corolla, instead of being entire, has 5 broad, short, recurved lobes. The apical processes on the anthers are also of a different shape from those in V. bancanum.

8. VACCINIUM HASSELTII, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 40. An erect shrub; young branches twice as thick as a crow-quill, darkcoloured and angled when dry, glabrous. Leaves elliptic to ellipticoblong, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, the apex acuminate (often caudately so); upper surface olivaceous-brown, the lower paler; main-nerves 3 pairs, very slightly curved and erect or ascending, the lower pairs passing almost to the apex, faint but distinct on both surfaces, some of the nerves transverse, the others vertical; length 1-5 to 2.5 in.; breadth -6 to 1.25 in.; petioles 2 to 25 in. long, slender. Racemes axillary and terminal, usually slightly longer than the leaves, their rachises at first puberulous but ultimately glabrous, ebracteolate; flower-pedicels slender, curved or straight, about 15 in. long. Calyx shortly cupular, with 5 spreading, broad, sub-acute or blunt teeth. Corolla about 35 in. long, sub-cylindric, narrowing upwards to the mouth; the lobes 5, broad, blunt, erect or reflexed, very short, each bearing a small tuft of hairs. Stamens 10, as long as the corolla; anthers oblong, with 2 apical beaks more than twice as long as themselves but with no basal appendages; the filaments shorter than the beaks but longer than the anther-cells, broad and hairy at the base. Ovary much compressed, surmounted by a large, much corrugated disk; style as long as the corolla, tapering, boldly ridged. Fruit globular, smooth, glabrous, 3 in. in diam crowned by the minute calyx-lobes. V. bancanum, Miq., var. angust folium, Scheff.

PERAK: King's Collector 7515; Derry 3702; Wray 4012. PAHANG : Ridley 1363, 10895. JOHORE: Ridley 6316, 6323. SINGAPORE: Ridley 3030, 6316A, 8907.-DISTRIB. Bangka.

9. VACCINIUM ACUMINATISSIMUM, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 36. Epiphytic shrub, 3 to 8 feet long; young branches half as thick as a goose-quill or less, clothed with short cinereous pubescence. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, the apex caudate-acuminate, the base cuneate, the edges when dry much recurved; both surfaces dark olivaceous-brown when dry: the

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