282 C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 
coriacea, glabra, fere omnino laevia, punctis glandulosis manifestioribus destituta. Inflores- 
centiae multiflorae, dense pannieulatae, brevissime pubescentes, foliis multo breviores, pedi- 
cellis per anthesin gracilibus vix ultra 5 mm longis; flores 3,5 mm longi, glabri; sepala vix 
ultra 1/5 connata lobis ovato-ellipticis, bene rotundatis, margine lepidoto-ciliolatis, haud 
punetatis ; petala basi breviter coalita lobis late ellipticis, apice oblique brevissime acuminu- 
latis, punetulis paucis brunneis prope apicem et perpaucis aterrimis cirea medium auctis ; an- 
lherae petalis paullo breviores acutae, dorso punctis paucis atris pictae; ovarium glabrum, 
ovoideum, stylo crasso cylindrico breviore, stigmate diseiformi. 
Bourbon (Réunion) : Boivin n. 1267, Commerson n. 303, Gaudichaud, 
Richard n. 303, 423. 
8. B. multiflora A. DC.! in Ann. sc. nat. 2. sér. XVI. (1841) 89 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. 
(1844) 109. — Tinus multiflora O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 974. — Ramuli percrassi,: 
summo apice novelli ferrugineo-tomentosi celerrime glabrati, verrucosi. Folia petiolis — 
10 mm longis, latissimis crassisque sensim in laminam transeuntibus stipitata, elongate 
obovata, basin versus sensim cuneatim acuta, apice rotundata, == 460 mm longa, 60 mm 
lata, coriacea, glabra, opaca, punctulis prominulis parvis aucta. Inflorescentiae dense squar- 
roseque panniculatae, foliis breviores, non nisi perobseure puberulae, pedicellis crassis usque 
ad 7 mm longis; flores 3 mm longi ; sepala basi breviter coalita fere semiorbicularia, latissime 
. rotundata, crasse coriacea, haud manifestius punctulata; petala basi vix ad 1/7 coalita latissime 
elliptiea, optime rotundata, emarginata, coriacea, punctulis minutis conspersa; antherae per- 
erassae, ovato-triangulares, subaeutae, petalis breviores, dorso concolores nec punctatae; 
ovarium ovoideum, stylo erassiusculo subduplo breviore, stigmate parvo subobtuso. 
wee id in Bergwäldern (Blackburne, Bojer, Riche n. 93, Sieber Maur. 
n. 407). 
9. B. insularis A. DC.! in Trans. Linn. Soe. XVII. (1834) 113 et in DC. Prodr. 
VIL (1844) 109 (e. p., exclus. cit. Commerson n. 304). — Myrsine insularis D. Dietr. 
Synops. I. (1839) 619. — Ardisia insularis Bak. (non Mez) Fl. Mauritius (1877) 190. — 
Tinus insularis O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 974. — B. Barthesia Boj.! (non A. DC.) 
Hort. maurit. (1837) 196. — Stolidia mauritiana H. Baill.! in Adansonia II. (1862) 359 (ef. 
Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris n. 124 (1892) 989). — Ramuli crassi, glabri vel apicem . 
versus peradpresse pallideque ferrugineo-lepidotuli. Folia petiolis latis = 8 mm longis stipi- 
tata, anguste vel elliptico-obovata vel obovata, basi acuta apice obtusiuscula vel rotundata, 
== 70 mm longa, 35 mm lata, punctulis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentiae submulti- 
florae, erectae, subpyramidatae, foliis bene breviores, paullo lepidotae, pedicellis crassius- 
culis per anthesin vix ultra 1,5 mm longis fructiferis duplo vel ultra auctis; flores 3,5 mm 
longi, glabri; sepala ad !/,—1/, connata, minute et saepius obscure punctulata; petala basi 
breviter coalita elongate elliptica, bene asymmetrica ; antherae petalis sat breviores ex ovato 
persensim acutae triangulares, dorso haud punctatae; ovarium crasse ellipsoideum stylo 
breviore, stigmate subdiscoideo. 
Mauritius: Commerson n. 712, Riche n. 40, Bojer. 
Einh. Name: Bois Pintade. i 
10. B. Candolleana Mez n. sp. — B. insularis A. DC.! in DC. Prodr. VII. (1844) 
109 (e. p., quoad cit. Commerson n. 304.) — Ramuli crassi, glabri. Folia petiolis = 40mm 
longis, latissimis et insensim in laminam transeuntibus stipitata, obovata, basi cuneatim 
acuta apice rotundata vel obtusiuseula, += 440 mm longa, 50 mm lata, coriacea, glabra, 
opaca, punctulis prominulis parvis nune parum conspicuis nune manifestioribus partim bre- 
viter lineatim elongatis aucta. Inflorescentiae multiflorae, optime squarroseque bipinnatim 
panniculatae, patentes vel pendulae, parce ferrugineo-puberulae, foliis paullo breviores, pedi- 
cellis per anthesin vix ultra 4 mm longis; flores 4 mm longi, glabri; sepala ultra !/5 connata, 
aperta, semiorbieularia, punctis obscuris brunneis praedita; petala basi breviter coalita, lobis 
latissime ellipticis, rotundatis et emarginellis, punctulis prope apicem brunneis, medio paucis 
atris pictis; antherae petalis paullo breviores maximae, acutiuseulae, dore haud mani- 
festius punctatae; ovarium ovoideum, stylo 3-plo breviore crasso, stigmate disciformi. 
Bourbon: Boivin n. 1268, Commerson n. 304. 
