316 C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 
= 100 mm longa, 25 mm- lata, chartacea, utrinque nitidula venisque prominulis prae- 
dita, subtus punctulis multis permanifeste prominulis aucta. -Inflorescentiae e ramulis 
breviter cylindrico-verrueosis formatae ut videtur pauciflorae, umbellulatae, fructiferae 
saltem petiolos aequantes, pedicellis glabris, gracilibus, 5 mm longis. Fructus globosus, 
stramineus, 3 mm diam. metiens, apice bene acuminulatus, lineis brevibus crassisque 
glandulosis nec non prope apicem punctis multis atris pictus, sepalis 5—6 ovato-squa- 
miformibus, vix ad 1/, longit. connatis, apice acutiusculis, punctulis multis partim breviter 
lineiformibus pictis insidens. 
Comoren: Insel Johanna auf Bergen 1500 m ü. M. (Hildebrandt n. 1692), 
Groß Comoro, auf dem Vulkan 1000—2000 m ùü. M. (Kersten [Exped. v. d. Decken], 
ohne Standortsangabe (Boivin, Humblot n. 326, 1534). — Herb. Berlin, Wien. 
76. R. Gilliana (Sond.) Mez. — Myrsine Gilliana Sond.! in Linnaea XXIII. (1850) 
16. — M. angustifolia E. Mey. (non alior.) ap. Schimper, Traité pal. végét. II. (1872) 922 
(nomen tantum). — Frutex habitu oleaceo; ramulis crassiusculis, novellis minutissime 
obsceureque ferrugineo-puberulis. Folia petiolis brevissimis vix ultra 3 mm longis stipitata, 
oblongo-lanceolata, basin versus persensim angustata apice rotundata minuteque emargi- 
nata vel rarius obscure acutiuscula, integerrima vel ad superiorem partem perobscure pauci- 
crenulata, = 10 mm lata, rigida, sicca = rugosa ceterum praeter nervum primarium 
subtus prominentem laevia. Inflorescentiae e ramulis brevissimis vix verruciformibus 
formatae, umbelluliformes, —7-florae, petiolos longe superantes, pedicellis crassis, parce 
ferrugineo-puberulis, = 4 mm longis; flores 5 mm longi, glabri, 5-meri; sepala ad 1/3 
connata, lobis ovatis, apice subrotundatis, praesertim dorso prope apicem densissime 
atropunctatis; petala (floris gI ad ! h coalita, ovato-lanceolata, acutiuscula, lineata punc- 
- tataque; antherae (floris Zt) quam petala multo breviores, late ovato-ellipticae, apice 
obtuse acuminulatae; ovarium in flore Cj! reductum, stigmate sessili, morchelliformi. 
Capland: bei Uitenhaag (Ecklon et Zeyher »Euphorb. n. 47, 49«, Zeyher 
n. 554, 754, 3371), im Gebüsch am Strand bei Port Elisabeth (Gill m. 48), ohne 
Standortsangabe (Burchell n. 4347). — Blüht Februar. ; 
T. R. Boivinii Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis = 7 mm 
longis stipitata, glaberrima, integerrima, basi perlonge cuneatim acuta, + 90 mm longa, 
35 mm lata, coriacea, sieca supra valde scrobiculata nitidula glaucescentia subtus opaca 
rubiginosa, praeter costas minute filiformi-prominulas laevia. Inflorescentiae e ramulis 
crassiuscule verrucosis formatae = 5-florae, umbelliformes, petiolis paullo breviores, 
pedicellis gracilibus, glaberrimis, — 5 mm longis; flores parvi (2 mm), glabri, 5-meri; 
sepala hasi breviter (1/s—1/,) connata, lobis ovato-squamiformibus, rotundatis, punctis 
compluribus pictis; petala ad 1/4 coalita, lobis ellipticis, subrotundatis, punctis nonnullis 
elongato-elliptieis auclis; antherae petalis bene breviores; ovarium subglobosum, stigmate 
margine valde eroso-lobato desuper viso stellato. 
Insel Mayotte (Boivin n. 3268. — Herb. Deless., Wien). 
E 78. R. Seychellarum Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis 
em 5 mm longis, apice in laminam insensim transeuntibus stipitata, basi acuta, inte- 
gerrima , E 440 mm longa, 45 mm lata, coriacea, sicca glaucoviridia glabra, paullo 
nitidula, utrinque optime denseque prominulo-retieulata. morer catan. e ramulis bre- 
vissimis verruciformibus formatae, = 5-florae, glabrae, petiolis breviores pedicellis 
crassiusculis, = 2 mm longis; flores 2,5 mm longi, glabri, 5-meri; sepala hes breviter 
coalita, ovata, rotundata, punctis manifestioribus destituta; petala ad !/ connata, anguste 
elliptica, acutiuscula, haud punctata; antherae floris O magnae ide paullo previores, 
Pe ure acutiusculae; ovarium crasse ovoideum stigmate margine indiviso. 
eychellen-Inseln Maho und : hä i 
(J. Hooker n. 442, 588. — Herb. Pa idi NE OR MM S E 
ES 19. R. acrantha (Krug et Urb.) Mez! in Urb. Symb. antill. Il. (1904) 433. — 
Myrsine acrantha Krug et Urb.! in Notizbl. bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin I. (1895) 79; 
Urb. Symb. antill. I. (1899) 380. — Ramuli validi, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis = 8 mm 
