208 C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 
prominulo-costulata nec reticulata, punctulis co prominulis praedita. Inflorescentiae coi 
stanter uniflorae folia subaequantes vel paullo breviores, pedicello gracillimo = 17mm 
longo in ?/, artieulato ex inflorescentiae axi florisque pedicello vero composito; flores - 
=+ 5 mm longi, glabri, 5-meri; sepala paullo ultra 1/; connata lobis triangularibus, acutis, - 
margine bene ciliatis, haud manifestius punetatis; petalorum lobi ovati, rotundati, haud 
punctati; stamina petalis bene breviora filamentis in tubum antheris subaequilongum ureeo- | 
latum connatis, antheris liberis, linearibus, apice rotundatis; ovarium ovoideum, pilis | 
stellatis cum styli basi dense ferrugineo-tomentellum, stylo triplo longiore crassiusculo | 
stigmate disciformi. : 
Madagascar: im Walde Ambohimitombo (Tanala) 1350— 1400 m ü. M. (Forsyth 
Major n. 306), ohne Standortsangabe (Baron n. 3674). — Blüht im Januar. — Herb. 
Boiss.-Barbey, Kew. 
56. 0. macroseyphon (Bak.) Mez. — Ardisia macroscypha Bak.! in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. XXI. (1885) 420. — Ramuli graciles, novelli pilis paucis crassis ferrugineis conspersi - 
celerrime glabrati. Folia disticha petiolis vix ultra 4 mm longis stipitata, lanceolato-elliptica, 
basi breviter acuta, = 45 mm longa, 15 mm lata, coriaceo-chartacea, glabra, subtus nitida, 
utrinque dense prominulo-costulata marginemque versus reticulata, punctulis prominulis 
concoloribus multis subobscuris sed secus marginem praesertim ad apicem manifestis aucta. 
Inflorescentiae 1—2-florae, tenerae, foliis bene breviores, pedunculis gracilibus = 17 mm 
longis stipitatae, pedicellis ad 7 mm longis; florem vidi unicum haud dissectum 4 mm | 
longum, glabrum; sepala squamiformi-ovata, acutiuscula, margine optime dense ciliata; — 
petalorum lobi late triangulares. | 
Central-Madagascar: Baron n. 319, 2278, 4024. — Herb. Kew. 
57. 0. filicinum Mez n. sp. — Ramuli gracillimi, dense distiche ex axi praecedente 
orti, optime ferrugineo-tomentosi. Folia densissime distiche disposita fere sessilia, ovata, 
basi late truncata apice rotundata, integerrima, = 6 mm longa, 3,5 mm lata, chartacea, 
glabra, laevia, subtus dense prominulo-punctulata. Inflorescentiae | — 2-florae, folia aequantes 
vel paullo superantes, dense ferrugineo-furfuraceae, pedicellis = 2 mm longis; flores 4mm 
longi, 4-meri; sepala vix ultra 1/4 connata, suborbicularia, late rotundata nec emarginata; 
haud manifestius punctata, margine bene ciliolata; petalorum lobi reniformes, haud punetali; 
stamina profunde inclusa a petalis libera antheris basi incrassatis apice longe acutis, quam 
filamenta in tubum optimum coalita longioribus; ovarium minute tomentellum, ovoideum, 
mu te longiore eylindrico, antheras exacte aequante, stigmate discoideo. — 
ig. 36. 
; Madagascar: im Walde Ambohimitombo (Tanala) 1350—1400 m ü. M. (Forsyth 
Major n. 373), bei Andragaloaka (Parker), ohne Standortsangabe (B aron n. 2245, 3867). 
— Herb. Berlin, Boiss.-Barbey, Kew. 
16. Amblyanthus A. Dc.*) à 
Amblyanthus A. DC. (non Nees) in Ann. sc. nat. 2. ser. XVI. (1 841) 79 et in D C. Prodr. 
Vill. (1844) 91; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. (1847) 648; Endl. Gen. Suppl. II. (1842) 66; Hook. f. 
in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. II. (1876) 648; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India III. (1882) 5335. 
Pax in Engl. et Prantl, Pflzfam. IV. 4. (1889) 95; Baill, Hist. pl. XI. (1892) 332. 
Flores hermaphroditi, 5-meri. Sepala imbricata vel dextrorsum tegentia, per anthesi | 
aperta, basi = alte connata, lobis acutiusculis margine nudis. Petala medium usque vel 
ultra in tubum infundibuliformem connata lobis dextrorsum tegentibus per anthesin paten- 
tibus, symmetricis, apice late rotundatis emarginatisque. Stamina 5 petalis prope basin affir 
inter sese in tubum crassum intime conglutinata; antheris tota fere longitudine introrsum 
birimose dehiscentibus; filamentis antheras superantibus vel iis brevioribus. Ovarium glabrum, 
ovoideum vel ellipsoideum; stylo elongato petala subaequante crasso; stigmate discoideo. 
t " dußhvs = obtusus; &vdos = flos; ob flores ante anthesin obtusos (nec, ut in Ardisit, 
acutos). 
