Maesa. 43 
XIII. (1891) 399. — Ramuli crassiusculi, novelli minute ferrugineo-leprosi, adultiores lenti- 
cellis magnis saepius verrucosi. Folia petiolis = 15 mm longis stipitata, elliptico-lanceolata, 
apice obscure acuminata vel acuta, integerrima vel non nisi levissime undulata, = 170 mm 
longa, 55 mm lata, chartacea, lineolis nervilliformibus bene aucta. Inflorescentiae pauciflorae, 
simplices racemosae, glabrae, petiolos subduplo superantes, pedicellis 0,25— 1 mm longis, 
saepius crassiusculis; flores 2 mm longi, glabri; sepala ovata, rotundata; petala satis ultra 
medium coalita lobis subtriangularibus, anguste rotundatis, valde lineatis; stamina e fauce 
exserta antheris late ovalibus utrinque emarginatis quam filamenta duplo vel ultra breviori- 
bus; ovarium stigmate obtuso vix lobato, stylo brevissimo. 
Inseln Neu- Guinea, Amboina und Timor (Forbes n. 3763, Lauterbach n. 
1149, Warburg n. 18823, 21374, Zippelius) — Blüht und fructifiziert November, 
Dezember. 
Einh. Name: Aitik (N. Guinea). ; 
62. M. racemosa (K. Schum.) Mez n. sp. — M. nemoralis var. racemosa K. Schum. ! 
in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. IX. (4887) 213 et Fl. Kaiser Wilhelmsl. (1889) 107; Warb. in Eng- 
ler's Bot. Jahrb. XIII. (1891) 399; K. Schum. et Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee 
(1900) 492. — Frutex parvus ramulis crassiusculis nunc crassis, adultioribus dense lenticellis 
suborbicularibus allutaceis verrueulosis. Folia petiolis = 10 mm longis stipitata, latissime 
elliptica saepius suborbicularia, apice rotundata vel obtusiuseula, integerrima, = 95 mm 
longa, 65 mm lata, supra nitida subtus glaucescenti-pallida et hie lineolis longis nervilli- 
formibus permanifestis aucta. Inflorescentiae pauciflorae, laxe racemosae, simplices vel infima 
basi in ramulos paucos aequales divisae, glabrae, foliis bene breviores, pedicellis per anthesin 
vix ultra 4 mm longis fructiferis auctis; flores 4,5 mm longi, glabri; sepala late ovata, 
acuta, prope apicem sueto punctis crassis perpaucis praedita; petala ignota; ovarium stylo 
brevissimo stigmate parvo subdiscoideo apice obtuso. 
Neu-Guinea: Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Finschhafen, Sattelberg, Bismarck- Gebirge 
(Hellwig n. 394, Hollrung n. 124, 2749, Warburg n. 21379). — Blüht März, 
September (Herb. Berlin). 
63. M. laevigata Scheff.! Comm. Myrs. Archip. ind. (1867) 17. — Bacobotrys lae- 
vigata Zipp.! ap. Scheff. l. e. — Ramuli crassiusculi, glaberrimi, parce lenticellati. Folia 
petiolis - 20 mm longis stipitata, oblonga, basin versus sensim acuta, apice obtusiuscula, 
integerrima, + 150 mm longa, 55 mm lata, chartaceo-coriacea, opaca, supra glauca subtus 
rubiginosa. Inflorescentiae subpauciflorae, glabrae, laxiuseulae, pedicellis crassiusculis fructi- 
feris tantum cognitis vix ultra 4 mm longis; flores non nisi deflorati cogniti glabri; sepala 
late ovata, acuta, margine prope apicem serrulata; petala quam sepala paullo longiora 
ad 3/, alit. coalita lobis latiuscule rotundatis, lineatis; stamina e fauce vix emergentia 
antheris acutis, prope basin dorsifixis; ovarium ad ?/; inferum stigmate obtuso, stylo 
brevissimo. ; 
Holländisch Neu-Guinea: Zippelius. (Herb. Leiden). 
64. M. protracta F. Muell. Descript. Notes on papuan plants V. (1877) 92. — Glabra. 
Folia petiolis infra 25 mm longis stipitata lanceolata, sensim longe acuminata, margine leviter 
undulata, in petiolum decurrentia, 100—175 mm longa, 25—50 mm lata, chartacea, lineis 
»pellucidis« plerumque destituta. Inflorescentiae racemosae, axillares terminalesque, foliis 
breviores (75 mm longae vel varie breviores), solitariae vel 2 vel plures fasciculatae, pedi- 
cellis flores aequantibus vel paullo superantibus; flores 5-meri corolla vix semiexserta, lobis 
subrotundis tubum subaequantibus. Fructus ovato-globularis vix 2 lin. longus. 
Neu-Guinea: Fly-River (D'Albertis). 
Nota. Species mihi non visa (diagn. sec. F. Muell... 
65. M. novo-guineensis Scheff. in Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg. I. (1876) 32. — »Glabra. 
Folia membranacea, basi aeuta, angustata, in petiolum subdecurrentia, ex oblongo elliptica, 
apice in acumen plus minusve acutum producta, subglandulose obsolete undulata. Panni- 
culae axillares folium circiter aequantes vel breviores, e racemis paucis elongatis compositae ; 
bracteae pedicellis duplo breviores. Calycis laciniae ovatae, acutae, in flore patentes in 
