Oneostemon. 203 
"brevissimis vix ultra 3 mm longis stipitatae, folia subaequantes, pedicellis gracillimis 5— 6 mm 
longis; flores 1,5 mm diam. metientes, 5-meri; sepala vix ultra 1/5 connata, membranacea, 
densissime punctata; petala ultra 1/3 coalita lobis suborbieularibus, apice rotundatis et 
leviter oblique emarginatis, bene punctulatis; tubus stamineus basi breviter cum petalis 
connatus crasse urceolatus, antheris ad ?/, liberis apice late truncatis, quam filamenta con- 
nata paullo brevioribus; ovarium ellipsoideum, glabrum stylo 2—3-plo breviore, stigmate 
bene discoideo, integro. 
m Central-Madagascar: Baron n. 4469. — Herb. Kew. 
40. 0. gracile Mez n. sp. — Ramuli gracillimi,. apicem versus dense ferrugineo- 
tomentosi. Folia optime disticha petiolis vix 0,5 mm longis stipitata subsessilia dicenda, 
anguste ovato-elliptica, basi leviter cordata apice anguste rotundata, + 45 mm longa, 6 mm 
lata, glabra, chartacea, laevia, punctis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentiae peduneulis 
brevissimis vix ultra 3 mm longis stipitatae 1—3-florae, optime umbellatae, folia sub- 
aequantes vel iis paullo breviores, pedicellis gracillimis, glabris, + 5 mm longis; flores 
5-meri; sepala vix 0,75 mm metientia bene ad 1/3 conmata, late lingulata, optime rotun- 
data, toto margine pilis brevibus castaneis dense ciliata, bene magnipunctata; ovarium 
glabrum, globosum, stylo subduplo longiore sepala fere triplo superante, stigmate parvo, 
discoideo. — Cet. ignota. 
Ost-Madagascar: bei Tamatave (Goudot). — Herb. Deless, 
Nota. Arbor parva ramulis horizontalibus perregulariter distiche foliatis ex collectore 
habitum coniferinum praebet. f 
41. O, crenatum Mez n. sp. — Ramuli gracillimi, dense ferrugineo-tomentosi. Folia 
disticha, petiolis infra 0,5 mm longis stipitata, apice obtusiuscula, margine prope apicem 
subsinuatim utrinque 4—2-crenata, > 42 mm longa, 5 mm lata, chartacea, opaca, laevia, 
utrinque dense prominulo-reticulata. Inflorescentiae umbellatae, = 42% mm longae, pedunculis 
ad 5 mm longis stipitatae, pedicellis fere filiformibus 3 mm longis; flores 4 mm longi, 
5-meri; sepala basi brevissime connata margine dissite pilis e longioribus capitulatis ciliata, 
paueipunctata; petala paullo ultra '/ connata suborbicularia, prope apicem profunde asym- 
metrice emarginata, bene punctulata; tubus stamineus basi breviter cum petalis connatus 
crassus subglobosus, antheris ad ?/, liberis apice late truncatis, quam filamenta connata 
paullo brevioribus; ovarium claviforme, glabrum, stylo bene breviore, stigmate discoideo, 
integro. 
Madagascar: Ambohimitombo-Wald (Tanala), 1340— 1400 m ù. M. (Forsyth 
Major n. 374). — Blüht im Januar (Herb. Kew). 
: 42. 0. microphyllum (Roem. et Schult.) Mez. — Ardisia microphylla Roem. et 
Schult. (melius Willd.) Syst. IV. (1819) 804; A.DC. in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 139..— 
Oncostemon myrtifolium ^. DC.! 1. c. 90. — Badula myrtifolia Thou.! ap. A. DC. 1. c. — 
Ramuli gracillimi, pilis brevibus crassisque dense obtecti. Folia disticha petiolis vix 4 mm 
longis stipitata, apice rotundata, margine minute crenulata, = 47 mm longa, 9 mm lata, 
rigidula, glabra, opaca, laevia, utrinque punctis magnis prominentibus scabra. Inflorescentiae 
umbellatae, folia subaequantes, subglabrae, pedicellis gracilibus, vix ultra 2 mm longis; 
flores 4—4,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala dorso perparce breviter pilosa, ad 1/5 connata, 
lobis haud punctatis; petala ad 1/4 connata lobis latissimis,. apice oblique subtruncatis 
leviterque emarginatis, haud punctatis; stamina petalis multo breviora ex cl. A. DC. antheris 
crassis, triangularibus, liberis, basi carnosa corollae adnatis; ovarium glabrum, globosum, 
stylo 2—3-plo breviore, stigmate subdiscoideo. : 
Madagascar: ohne Standortsangabe (Du Petit-Thouars, Goudot n. 33). — 
Herb. DC., Deless., Paris, Willd. n. 4486. Rid. 
43. 0. nervosum Bak.! in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXV. (1890) 333. — Ramuli validi, 
novelli dense fulvo-lanati. Folia petiolis + 4 mm longis stipitata, bene lanceolata, utrinque 
optime longe acuta, integerrima, = 140 mm longa, 25 mm lata, chartacea, praeter nervum 
medium subtus in adultis + rudimentarie basin versus pilosum glabra, nitidula, glauco-viri- 
dia, utrinque insigniter dense prominulo-reticulata, punctulis manifestioribus fere destituta. 
