DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU, 151 
MYRTUS FLAVIDA, Stapf, in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2290. Arbor parva vel frutex, ramis divaricatis. 
Ramuli novelli plus minusve dense albo-villosi, vetustiores cortice nigricante vel 
griseo. Folia opposita, patula vel reflexa, petiolo 1-2 lin. longo suffulta, ovato- 
lanceolata, 9 lin. longa, 2-3 lin. lata, basi rotundata, obtusa vel subacuminata, 
acumine obtuso, marginibus plus minusve revolutis, coriacea, supra nitidula, primo 
villosula, mox glaberrima, subtus densius atque diutius villosa (imprimis in costá) et 
glanduloso-punctulata, nervis lateralibus 2 subbasalibus sub margine fere ad apicem 
ductis, czeteris subrectis, supra tantum visibilibus et ut priores levissime impressis. 
Flores axillares, solitarii vel 2-3 fasciculati. Pedicelli villosi, 1-2 lin. longi, vel 
subnulli. Calyeis tubus turbinatus, 1 lin. longus, villosus; lobi 4, suberecti, post 
anthesin conniventes, vix tubo breviores, triangulares. Stamina numerosa, biseriata ; 
filamenta in alabastro, interiora quidem, inflexa, in flore aperto 2-3 lin. longa; 
antheree basi affixz, rotundato-ovate, ł lin. longs. Stylus filiformis; stigma puncti- 
forme. Ovarium biloculare; placentee paulo prominulw; ovula in utroque loculo 
circa 10-14, biseriata. Fructus baccatus, calyce persistente coronatus, globosus, 
13-2 lin. dimetiens, niger. Semina arcte compressa, 10-12 in utroque loculo, 
subreniformia, angulata, pallida, testá crassiusculá durá. Embryo a me non visus, 
sed cavitas seminis curvata, angusta. 
Maripari Spur, alt. 5500 feet; alt. 7700 feet (Haviland, 1155). 
This is a very remarkable species. It is the first Myrtus found in the Archipelago. 
The habit is almost that of certain South- American species, as M. myricoides, H. B. K., or 
M. microphylla, Humb. et Bonpl. One specimen with very small and very revolute leaves 
comes more closely to JM. rufo-punctatus, Brongn. et Gris, from New Caledonia, whilst 
the nearest ally among the Australian species is perhaps M. Metrosideros, Baill, from 
Mount Bellenden Ker in Queensland, a plant which is known only from barren branches, 
TRISTANIA ELLIPTICA, Stapf, n. sp. ($ Eu-Tristania). (Pl. XI. d. figs. 14-17.) Frutex 
humilis. Ramuli nigricantes, crassiusculi, glaberrimi, demum cortice irregulariter 
soluto, pallidiores. Folia alterna vel summa opposita, approximata, petiolo latiusculo 
circa 1 lin. longo suffulta, elliptica vel obovata, 11—22 poll. longa, 1-12 poll. lata, basi 
petiolum acutata, apice obtusa vel obtusissima, valde coriacea, glaberrima, supra 
lucida, subtus opaca, costá supra impressá, subtus crassiusculá prominente, nervis 
lateralibus supra prominulis, utrinque 15-18, 2 lin. inter se distantibus, parallelis, rectis, 
sub ipso margine cum nervo marginali junctis, venulis supra interdum prominulis 
laxe reticulantibus. Cymæ terminales et axillares, breves, congeste, pedunculo vir 4 
poll. longo suffulte, bracteate, glabrse. Bractex ovate, 3-2 lin. long:e, valde caducze. 
Pedicelli 1-14 lin. longi vel vix ulli. Calyx depresso-turbinatus, 1-14 lin. longus, 
dentibus brevibus triangularibus, extus glaber, intus minute albido-tomentellus. 
Petala obovata, transverse latiora, vix 3 lin. longa. Stamina circa 15; filamenta terna 
ad medium connata, exteriora cujusque fasciculi breviora. Ovarium subsuperum, 
3-loculare, globosum, villosulum ; stylus e calycis tubo paulo exsertus; ovula reflexa, 
numerosa. Capsula subglobosa, imá tantum basi calycis tubo adnata, exserta, ad 2 lin. | 
longa. Semina 6-8 in quoque loculo, 3 lin. longa, ala oblonga fere triplo longiore. 
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