42 |. MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
MYRTACEXZ. 
DECASPERMUM NEUROPHYLLUM, Laut. & Schum. Flor. Deutsch. Schutzgebiete d. Südsee, 
468. 
Camp I, 700 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
DECASPERMUM PANICULATUM, Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. (1877) pt. 2, 61. Var. 
LONGIFOLIA, Ridl. (var. nov.). Nelitris polymorpha, var. longifolia, Blume, Mus. 
Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 75. 
Camp I, 700 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 
Distrib. Malay Archipelago. | 
This is probably only a very glabrous long-leaved form of a very variable species. 
Myrrvs Krossrr, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex ramosus, ramis pustulosis. Folia opposita, crasse carnosa, elliptica vel 
obovata, obtusa, marginibus recurvis, 5 mm. longa, 3 mm, lata, subtus glandulis 
atris punctata, costa depressa subtus elevata, nervis obscuris ; petiolis 1 mm. longis. 
Flores singuli vel bini, axillares, pedicellis 5 mm. longis. Bractee 1-2 ad basin 
pedicelli sitze, lanceolatze, parvse (ssepe desunt). Calyx tubo obovoideo parce albo 
hirto 1 mm. longo, lobis lanceolatis ovatis pustulatis carnosis 3 mm. longis. Petala 
obovata, ssepe fere reniformia, unguiculata, 4 mm. longa, glandulifera. Stamina 
ad 25, filiformia, petalis fere szequalia. Stylus elongatus, filiformis. Ovarium 
biloculare. Bacca obovoidea, sepalis magnis coronata, rubra, 1 cm. longa. Semina 
plurima, complanata, lzevia, triangulari-subreniformia. 
Camps XII to XIII, 10,500 ft. 
This species is most nearly allied to M. pedunculata, Hook. fil., of New Zealand. It 
is very aromatic, the flowers being full of glands. The calyx is covered with few greyish 
appressed hairs. : 
MYRTUS COMPACTA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex densus, ramis pustulosis. Folia obovata, apice et basi rotundata, coriac2a, i 
crassa, 2-3 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, subtus dense glandulifera, petiolis 1 mm. longis. 
Flores axillares, sessiles vel subsessiles. Bractea lanceolata, parva. Calyx 3 mm. 
longus, tubo glabro obovoideo, lobis lanceolatis acutis pustulosis. Petala 5, sepala 
paullo superantia, lanceolata vel orbicularia, unguiculata, acuta, glandulifera. 
Stamina circiter 20, quam stylus filiformis, multo breviora. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
Allied to the preceding, but with smaller sessile flowers and shorter stamens, aidi 
glabrous calyx. 
Ovarium 3-loculare. 
. MxnTUS nrvauis, Ridl., sp. nov. : 
| Pruticulus, cortice rufescente squamis tenuibus linearibus delabente. Folia opposita, : 
—< elliptica, obtusa, basi vix angustata, crasse carnoso-coriacea, in utroque ied. 
n ‘glandulifera, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, nervis obscuris, costa superne AE, i 
