MYRSINACEAE. — MAESA 585 



4905, type); same locality, October 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 4057); 

 Ya-chou Fu, thickets, alt. 300-600 m., October 1908 (No. 3258). 



Maesa Wilsonn is apparently most closely related to N. castaneifolia Mez wMch 

 IS easily distinguished by the smaller flowers, the obtuse not mucronulate sepals 

 destitute of markings, the more branched inflorescence and the distinctly serrate 

 broader leaves. From M. kupehensis Rehder it differs in its larger flowers, 

 rounded and mucronate sepals, the paniculate longer inflorescence and in the 

 style which is longer than the sepals. 



