290 MYRSINE. 
of Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 521), Orizaba (Botteri, 886; Bilimek, 14), valley of Cordova 
(Bourgeau, 1472); Guaremata (Friedrichsthal), near Coban, 4400 feet (Tiirckheim, 332) ; 
Costa Rica, Cartago, 6000 to 8000 feet (Grsted); Panama, Veraguas (Seemann, 1255). 
—CotomBia. Hb. Kew. — . 
2. Myrsine pellucido-punctata, GErst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1861, p. 133. 
Costa Rica, common in the mountains at elevations of 2000 to 5000 feet, Irazu, Jaris, 
and Aguacate ((rsted). 
8. Myrsine pendulifiora, A. DC. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 110; Prodr. viii. 
p. 100; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 739. 
South Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 332 ; Sallé), Cordillera of Oaxaca, 
7000 to 8000 feet (Galeotti, 7003). Hb. Kew. 
4, Myrsine rapanea, Roem. et Schult. Syst. iv. p. 509; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 97; 
Mart. Fl. Bras. ix. tt. 50-52; A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. p. 65. 
FroriDa.—MExico, without locality (Sallé) ; Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu (@rsted). 
West Inpies to Sourn Braziz. Hb. Kew. 
5. Myrsine? serrata, Gérst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1861, p. 134. 
Costa Rica, Laguna de Reventado, 8000 to 9000 feet (Ersted). 
2. CYBIANTHUS. / 
Cybianthus, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 87, t. 236; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 648. 
About twenty-five species, with one exception in the Philippine Islands, inhabiting 
the West Indies and Tropical America, chiefly Guiana and Brazil. 
1. Cybianthus costaricanus, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Foliis parvis subsessilibus lanceolato-oblongis, racemis brevibus simplicibus, floribus minutis penta- 
meris, staminodiis squamiformibus cum petalis alternantibus. 
Frutex epiphytus, ramulis brevibus, densiuscule foliosis, cortice rugosa. Folia alterna, subsessilia, 
coriacea, glabra, lanceolato-oblonga vel oblanceolata, 1}—2% poll. longa, breviter cuspidata, basi 
cuneata, integra, venis immersis inconspicuis. Flores minuti, pentameri, albo-virides, racemosi, 
parce glandulosi; racemi simplices, pauciflori, 6-12 lineas longi; bractez pedicellis paullo 
breviores ; calycis dentes acuti; corolla rotata, segmentis imbricatis, rotundatis ; staminodia 
minuta, squamiformia, petalis alterna, ovarium szpe (an semper ?) 3-ovulatum, placenta parva. 
Costa Rica, without locality (Andres). Hb. Kew. 
8. PARATHESIS. 
Parathesis, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 645. 
Ardisiea sect. Parathesis, A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 120. 
About six or eight species in Tropical America, ranging from Mexico and Cuba to 
Colombia and Peru. 
