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CO, multo-seriata. Capsula in calyce persistento inclusa ad apicoiii dc- 
hiscons, 2-loculare. Scmiua co, anguste-obloiiga. Arbor. Folia op- 
posita, pennivenia. Flores in podnnc-iilos latoralos q^mosi vd racemosi, 
Mearnsia halconensis ilorrill n. sp. 
Arbor ad 10 m. alta; foliis oppo^^iti:^, oblongi)-lanceolatis, eoriaceis, 
aciiminatis, glabris, ad 6 cm. longi^; cymis latcralil)us^ paucifloribuSj 
staminibns longe exsertis. 
A tree about 10 m. high, nearly glabrous throughout. Branches terete, 
rough, gray or brownish, the younger branchlets brownish, glabrous, 
obscurely 4-angled, the growing tips approssed-pubescent. T^eaves op- 
posite, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous, 5 to G cm. long, 1.5 to 
2 em. wide, entire, the margins sightly recurved, cartilaginous, the apex 
sharply acuminate, the base acute, glandular-punctate beneath; lateral 
nerves numerous, ascending, not very distinct; petioles stout 1 to S mm. 
long. Inflorescence from the branches below the leaves, the short few- 
flowered cymes or racemes vsolitary or fascicled, the raclus apprcssrd- 
pubescent, 5 mm. long or less, the bracts dccidiious, narrowly ovate, 
2 mm. long, the pedicels 1 nim. long or nearly obsolete. Calyx tube 
narrowly campanulate, sparingly appressed pubescent, about 3 mm. long, 
the lobes 4^ broadly ovate, obtuse or- acute, 1.5 mm. long, persistent. 
Petals 4, free, deciduous, glabrous, red, orbicular, 3.5 mm. in diameter, 
apex broad, rounded, base narrow. Stamens 8, 1-seriate, free, exserted, 
glabrous; filaments red, nearly 2 cm. long; anthers ovoid, 0.6 mm. long, 
versatile, 2-celled. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, the ovules many-seriate; 
style slender, exserted, slightly exceeding the stamens. Capsule about 7 
mm. long, ovoid, slightly compressed, 4-ridged, coriaceous, crowned by 
the persistent calyx tube and teeth, 2-celIed, many seeded, dehiscing by 
a single slit at the apex only and inside the persistent calyx tube.- Seeds 
narrowdy oblong, about 2 mm. long. 
On exposed ridgt's at 1,400 m. alt. (No. 5792.) 
The genus here proposed is apparently rehited to Backhousia Hook, et Harv., 
and to Mctrosideros Banks, but appears to nie to be very distinct from both and 
from all other described genera in this family. It is dedicated to Maj. Edgar A. 
Mears, surgeon. United States Army, with whom the author made the ascent of 
Mount Haleon. 
LEPTOSPERMUM Forst. 
Leptospermum ambornense TSlumc Bijdr. (1820) 1100. 
In open heaths and thickets at and above 2,400 m. alt. (Nos. 5746, 5747). 
On most of tlie higlier mountains of the Philippines. 
Malacca through Mulaya to Australia. 
EUGENIA Linn. 
Two si)ccies of Eugenia are represented in Alcrritt's material, from forests 
below i)OU m. alt., but the specimens are . too fragmentary for accurate deter- 
mination. 
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