Badula. 981 
nisi prope marginem paullo crebrioribus aucta. Inflorescentiae submultifforae paupere bi- 
pinnatim pannieulatae, glaberrimae, foliis subduplo breviores, pedicellis 1,5—3 mm longis ; 
flores 5 mm longi, glabri; sepala bene ad !/.connata lobis margine nudis; petala basi bre- 
viter coalita lobis paullo asymmetrice ellipticis, apice anguste rotundatis; stamina petalis 
paullo breviora antheris maximis, sessilibus, apice anguste rotundatis, dorso magnipunctatis; 
ovarium elongate ovoideum, glabrum, valde parvipunctatum, stylo brevissimo, stigmate lato, 
truncato. 
Mauritius: Commerson n. 714. — Herb. Berlin, DC., Paris. 
4. B. maculata Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi. Folia subsessilia, optime 
oblonga, basin versus sensim acuta demum subito rotundalim contracta, apice latissime 
iriangulo-acuta, = 100 mm longa, 40 mm lata, subcoriacea, glabra, subtus dense promi- 
nulo-reticulata, punctis maximis atris jam nudo oculo permanifestis prope nervum medium 
optime lineolatim elongatis maculata. Inflorescentiae subpauciflorae, breviter et densiuscule 
pyramidatae, glabrae, foliis breviores, pedicellis gracilibus = 3 mm longis; flores (nondum 
satis evoluti) per anthesin vix ultra 3 mm longi, glabri; sepala basi ad 1/3 connata sub- 
orbieularia, late rotundata, margine brevissime ciliolata; petala basi brevissime coalita late 
elliptica, apice oblique emarginata asymmetrica; antherae maximae petalis paullo breviores 
ovato-ellipticae, acutae, dorso valde maculatae; ovarium ellipsoideum, valde maculatum, 
stylo erasso subaequilongo, stigmate discoideo. 
Bourbon (Réunion): Wald an der Ostküste (Boivin). — Blüht im Juni (Herb. Paris). 
5. B. erassa A. DC.! in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. (1834) 114 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 
109. — Myrsine crassa D. Dietr. Synops. I. (1839) 649. — Tinus crassa O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. 
(1891) 973. — Ramuli percrassi, glabri. Folia petiolis latissimis, 10—15 mm longis stipi- 
lata, elliptica, basi sensim acuta apice optime rotundata, = 410 mm longa, 50 mm lata, 
praeter lepides parvas subtus dissitas deciduas glabra, subcoriacea, praesertim supra nitidula, 
utrinque costis suberecto-erectis bene prominulis multis praedita et praesertim subtus minute 
reticulata, punctis glandulosis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentiae submultiflorae, erassae, 
squarrose panniculatae, brevissime ferrugineo-tomentellae, foliis multo breviores, pedicellis 
crassis fructiferis = 2,5 mm longis; flores 4 mm longi, per anthesin nutantes ; sepala dorso 
puberula basi ad !/4 coalita, margine optime ciliata; petala late elliptica, apice oblique emar- 
ginata asymmetrica; antherae petalis paullo breviores ellipticae, apice acuminulo demum 
iruncato praeditae, dorso haud maculatae; ovarium pyramidatum stylo brevissimo, stigmate 
parvo, disciformi. 
Mauritius: in Bergwäldern (Commerson n. 715, Boivin). — Blüht im September. 
(Herb. Berlin, DC., Leiden, Paris.) 
6. B. Balfouriana (0. Ktze.) Mez. — Tinus Balfouriana O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 
913. — Ardisiae spec. innominata Bak.! Fl. Mauritius (1877) 191. — Ramuli crassi, 
glabri. Folia petiolis = 8 mm longis, crassis stipitata, elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, 
utrinque breviter acuta vel basi subrotundatim contracta, = 450 mm longa, 45 mm lata, 
rigida, glabra, paullo nitidula, utrinque glauco-viridia vel subtus rubentia, tenuiter promi- 
nulo-costulata, haud vel vix retieulata. Inflorescentiae fructiferae tantum cognitae ut videtur 
pauciflorae, paupere pannieulatae, foliis breviores, pedicellis fructiferis crassis mihi usque 
ad 8 mm longis visis; sepala bene ad medium connata margine dissite ciliata, crasse 
coriacea, non nisi obscure punctulata, Drupa magna, depressa, grosse rugoso-tubereulata, 
= 9 mm longa, 12 mm diam. metiens. : 
Insel Rodriguez: Balfour n. 4152 (Venusdurchgang-Exped. 1874). — (Herb. 
Brit. Mus., Kew, Paris.) 
Nota. Praecedenti valde affinis species. 
1. B. borbonica A. DC. in Ann. sc. nat. 2. ser. XVI. (1841) 89 et in DC. Prodr. VIII, 
(1844) 109; Deless. ! Icon. select. V. t. 32. — Tinus borbonica O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 
974. — Ramuli pererassi, novelli dense lepidibus minutis ferrugineis tomentelli, Folia 
petiolis = 20 mm longis latissimis, insensim in laminam transeuntibus et vix ab ea dis- 
cernendis stipitata, oblonga vel anguste obovata, basin versus longissime angustata apice 
obtusiuscula vel brevissime lateque acuminata, & 270 mm longa, 85 mm lata, rigidiuscule 
