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THE IT^OKA OF MOUNT llALCON. 297 
DISCOCALYX Moz. 
Discocalyx sp. 
In forests at 1,400 ni. alt. (No. 5008), specimens with immuture fruit only, 
apparently undescribed. 
Discocalyx sp. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 5508). 
RAPANEA Aubl. 
' Rapanea retusa Merrill n. sp. 
Fnitex glaber ad 3 m. alta; foliis oblongo-ohlancx^olatjs^ coriacois, 
apice retusis, basi ciineatis, 2 ad 5 cm. longis, sul)tus valdc glaiidu- 
loso-punctatis; flores 4-meri, 2 mm. longi^ fa^ciculati ; pulaliri ovatis, 
acutis, pnnctatis usque ad ^ conuatis. 
' All erect much l)ranclu!d shrub about 3 m. liigh. <,dnbrons throughout. 
Branches brown or gray, the younger ones glandular-punctate. Leaves 
oblong-obhinccohite, to narroAvly ollipticaholihnicoolate, 2 to 5 cm. long, 
0.5 to 1.5 cm. wide, coriaceous^ shining above, ])ot]i surfaces glandular- 
punctate, the lower one more prominently so, margins entire, the apex 
retuse, the base cunoate; petioles 3 to 8 mm. long; nerves and reticula- 
tions obscure. Flowers fasciculate in the leaf-axils, usuallv about 5 in a 
fascicle, the pedicels glabrous, glandular-punctate, 3 to 4 mm. long. 
Calyx lobes 4, ovate, acute, nearly 1 mm. long, glandular-punctate. 
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Corolla 2 mm. long, the lobes 4, narrowly-ovate, acute, glandular- 
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punctate, united for the lower J. Anthers suborbicular-ovate, about 
1.2 mm. long. Fruit globose, al)out 3 mm. in diauieter, slightly glan- 
dular-punctate or nearly epunctate, crowned by the style which is 
apparently sessile and coarsely lobed. 
In open heaths at 2,400 ni. alt. (Nos. 5734, 5735) ; both specimens in fruit; 
f also collected by Merritt in July, 1906, at from 1,()00 to 2,200 m. alt. (Nos. 4420, 
4449), both specimens with staminate floWcrs. 
Apparently a distinct species, characterized by its 4-inerou:5 flowers, and oblong- 
oblanceolate, retuse, glabrous, glandular-punctate leaves, but in the absence of 
pistillate flowers I am not sure of its afTmity, but it appears to belong in the 
% group with Rrrpanea myrfilliiui, ^f. phiti/stigwn, etc., this group 1)eing develoj)ed in 
New Zealand, Australia, etc., with a single sjH'cies extending as far north as Xcw 
Guinea. 
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EMBELIA llurm. 
Embelia halconensis Merrill n. sp. H PuttaraT) 
Frutex vel arbor erecta, glabra; foliis oblong(j-ovjrtis, integris, 5 ad 
7 cm. longis; racemis axillaribus, solitiiriis, 3 ad 4 cm. longis, basi 
squamis imbricatis destitutis; flores 5 et G-meri, petalis basi breviter 
coniiatis; filamentis quain pctalis brevioribus. ," 
A shrub or tree glabrous throughout, reaching a height of 10 m. 
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Branches dark gray, slender, leuticellatc. Leaves oblong-ovate, entire, 
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