Rapanea. 311 
ad 7 mm longis slipitata, elliptica, basi breviter acuta apice rotundata, usque ad 22 mm 
lata, rigidiuscule coriacea, margine ipso satis incrassata, costis suberectis subtus te- 
nuissime filiformi-prominulis, punctis intrafoliaceis magnis raris, praesertim prope basin dis- 
sitis, in foliis junioribus subtus prosilientibus praedita, supra densissime punctulis minutissimis 
atris obsita. Inflorescentiae e ramulis verruciformibus formatae, 41—4-florae, ad 3 mm 
longae, pedicellis brevissimis (vix 1 mm longis), crassis, glabris; flores 2—2,5 mm longi, 
glabri; sepala subpatenti-pateriformia, ad 1/, connata, lobis squamiformi-ovatis, apice 
paullo fimbriatis, punetis perpaucis (1— 2) nigris praeditis; petala permanifeste ad 1/3 
longit. connata, late elliptica, apice rotundata, atro-punctata; antherae (in flore g') quam 
petala paullo tantum breviores, latissime ovatae, apice rotundatae et hie puncto magno 
atro subdorsali praeditae; ovarium in flore g" ovoideum, stigmate magno, loboso. 
Australien: Lord Howe's Island (Fullagar), an der Küste des trop. Australiens 
(F. Bauer). — Kult. im Bot. Gart. Sidney. 
58. R. Cheesemanii (Hemsl.) Mez. — Myrsine Cheesemanii Hemsl.! mss. in herb. 
Kew. — Glaberrima; ramulis gracilibus. Folia petiolis gracillimis, + 10 mm longis 
stipitata, optime ovalia, basi breviter suetoque subacuminatim acuta apice rotundata, 
integerrima, + 60 mm longa, 28 mm lata, chartacea, laetissime viridia, utrinque mi- 
nute prominulo-reticulata, juvenilia punetulis parvis oo in adultis evanescentibus praedita. 
Inflorescentiae e floribus 2—4 fasciculatis, basi bracteis perpaucis instructis formatae nee 
verrucis insidentes, 2,5—3 mm longae, petiolis permulto breviores, pedicellis 4 mm vel 
minute ultra metientibus; flores pedicellos subaequantes, glabri; sepala tenuiter mem- 
branacea, dissite paueipunetulata, margine nuda; petala basi brevissime sed manifeste 
coalita elliptica, rotundata, dissite punctulata; antherae petalis paullo breviores maximae, 
ovato-ellipticae, apice acutiusculae et papillulosae, dorso prope apicem punetulis parvis 
pictae; ovarium floris © ovoideum, laeve, stigmate conico paullo loboso-inciso. : 
Neu-Seeland: Insel Raratonga (Cooks Island), auf dem Mt. Ikurangi 400 m ü. M. 
(Cheeseman n. 598.) — Blüht im Juni (Herb. Kew). 
59. R. kermad is (Che n) Mez. — Myrsine kermadecensis Cheeseman! 
in Trans. New-Zeal. Instit. XXIV. (1892) 410. — Tota facie praecedenti simillima. 
Ramuli graciles, juniores apicem versus dense ferrugineo-tomentosi celeriter glabrati. air 
petiolis = 7 mm longis stipitata, elliptica vel subrhomboidea, basi longius apice breviter 
nune brevissime acuta vel rarius obtusiuscula, integerrima, margine (more sequentis) 
paullo undulatim erispulata, coriacea, glabra supra nitidula, utrinque minute prominulo- 
reticulata, adulta saltem punetulis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentiae e ramulis 
sueto permanifestis breviter cylindricis formatae, 6 —1 0-florae, y reip 
pedicellis = 3 mm longis, glabris; flores 2,5 mm longi; sepala basi ad 1/,— Jg ipe 
lriangularia, anguste rotundata, margine minute obscureque ciliolata, perpaucipuncta a; 
petala basi brevissime sed manifeste coalita, lingulata, anguste rotundata, dissite punc- 
tulata; antherae petalis sat breviores latissime ellipticae fere orbieulares, apice minute 
acuminulatae, dorso haud punctatae; ovarium floris g" reductum conicum, stigmate crasse 
capitulato. 
Neu-Seeland: Kermadec-Gruppe, häufig auf Sunday-Island (Cheeseman. — 
Herb. Kew). ; 
60. R. Urvillei (A. DC.) Mez. — Myrsine Urvillei A. DC.! in dem cns 
Soc. XVI (1834) 105 et in DC. Prodr. VII (1844) 95; A. ur pe ". = 
Hist. II. (1839) 47; Hook. f. Handb. New-Zeal. Fl. (1867) 184. — ao E d 
Banks et Sol! ap. A. Cunn. l c. (sed specimen alterum e mul oni A d 
signatum ad Rubiaceas translocandum !). — Suttonia australis A. Ric "d sap aso) 
Zél. (1832) 349 t. 38. — Myrsine Richardiana Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mus. I. € 
171. — Myrsine undulata A. Cum. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 4. Ser. II. (1839) 47. an; cem: 
graciles glaberrimi. Folia glaberrima, petiolis gracilibus EB mm longis stipita , elip 
basi cuneatim acuta vel acuminata, apice rotundata, integerrima, 
33 mm lata, coriacea, utrinque laxe 
24* 
vel obovato-elliptica, 
margine crispulo-undulata, = 42 mm longa, 
