30 MR. W. B. TURRILL : А CONTRIBUTION 
MYRSINACEZÆ,. 
* EMBELIA GRACILIS, T'urrill, sp. п. Æ. foribunde, Wall., affinis, sed foliis 
minoribus ovatis, inflorescentia gracilore valde distincta. 
Frutex repens (ex im Thurn), ramis teretibus primo minute glandulosis 
mox glabrescentibus. Folia ovata, apice obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata, 
2-4 em. longa, 1-2:3 em. lata, chartacea, glabra, integra, costa nervisque 
pagina utraque subprominentibus, nervis lateralibus cireiter 7 marginem 
versus sursum curvatis, punctis numerosis distinctis :equidistanter dispositis 
instructa; petioli 5-8 mm. longi, minute glandulosi. —Znflorescentia. g 
ramulos laterales terminans, circiter 3 em. longa et 2:5 em. diametro, minute 
et dense ferrugineo-glandulosa; pedicelli 2:5 mm. longi, graciles ; bracteæ 
fere 1 mm. longæ, dense ferrugineo-glandulosæ. Sepala 4, basi distincte 
connata, triangularia, apice acuta, fere 0°75 mm. longa, 0'5 mm. lata, dorso 
minute glandulosa, Petala 4, elliptico-oblonga, apice rotundata, 1'5 mm. 
longa, 0-75 mm. lata, punctata. Stamina 4, glabra, filamentis 0°75 mm. longis, 
antheris 0°25 mm. longis. | Orarii rudimentum 0°25 mm. altum, glabrum. 
Naval, in flower March 28th, 1906, im Thurn, 200. 
А shrubby сгеерег with minute white flowers. 
ARDISIA BRACKENRIDGEI, Mez т Engler, Pflanzenreich, iv., 236, р. 127. 
Myrsine Brackenridgei, А. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. v. (1861) р. 330 ; 
Seemann, Fl. Vit. p. 149. Ardisia vitiensis, Seemann, Fl. Vit. р. 150. 
Nandarivatu, old Nadrau Road, in fruit Nov. 24th, 1906, im Thurn, 282. 
Distr. Fiji (Viti Levu). 
A shrub 6 feet high, with berries like red currants. 
STYRACACE A. 
SYMPLOCOS LEPTOPHYLLA, Turrill, sp. п. Affinis S. Stawellii, F. Muell., 
sed foliis oblongo-elliptieis non elliptico-oblanceolatis basi acutis differt. 
Arbor ramis glabris vel junioribus leviter puberulis sieco brunneis vel 
flavo-brunneis vel junioribus flavo-viridibus. Folie oblongo-elliptica, apice 
acuminata, acumine usque ad 1 em. longo, basi acuta, usque ad 12 em. longa 
(acumine incluso) et 5 em. lata, integra vel leviter crenata, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque circiter 7 pagina superiore subprominentibus inferiore prominentibus, 
costa supra impressa infra valde prominente; petiolus usque ad 1°5 em. 
longus, fere glaber. /njlorescentia axillaris vel terminalis, usque ad 4 em, 
longa, simplex vel ramosa, puberula; bracteæ ovate, 2 mm. longæ, 1:5 mm. 
latæ, extra puberulæ, intra glabræ ; bracteole ovate, 1:3 mm. longee, 1 mm. 
late, extra puberulæ, intra glabræ ; pedicelli circiter 1 min. longi. Sepala 5, 
oblongo-ovata, obtusa, 2°25 mm. longa, 125-15 mm. lata, extra adpresse 
puberula, intra glabra, margine ciliata, Petala 5, late ovata, obtusa, 3 mm, 
