-100 ; MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
A remarkahle genus, distinguished especially by the bicarpellary ovary with two 
pendulous ovules in each loculus. The baccate fruit points to affinity with Arbutex, 
the polypetalous corolla and habit to Rhodorete. It should, I think, be regarded as an 
anomalous member of the latter tribe with the Guianan Ledothamnus, perhaps, as its 
nearest ally. 
The collection includes the following species :— 
MISCHOPLEURA OVALIFOLIA, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Ramuli novelli minute rufo-puberuli mox lignosi. Folia 8-verticillatim conferta, 
elliptica vel ovalia, 1-1:4 cm.x 5-8 mm., utrinque rotundata, apice minute obtuse 
apiculata, supra nitentia, subtus cano-pulverulenta necnon sparsim sericeo-pilosa, 
utrinque reticulatione prominula. Pedunculi graciles, sparse minute pilosi, + 8 mm. 
longi; pedicelli + 1 cm., indumento simili induti, sepius nutantes. Calyx extus 
sparse strigillosus, 2:5 mm. longus, fere ad basin in lacinias 5 lanceolatas intus apicem 
versus barbatas divisus. Petala oblonga, obtusa, subtruncata, glabra, calycem vix 
excedentia. Bacca +5 mm. in diam. 
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 
_ MiscHOPLEURA RIDLEYANA, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Ramuli novelli graciles, obscure rufo-sericeo-puberuli, mox lignosi. Folia ssepius 
subverticillata, lineari-lanceolata, + 1:5 cm. x 8 mm., acuminatissima, apice acuto 
barbata, supra glabra, nitentia, margine necnon in costa centrali subtus irregulariter 
sparse sericeo-pilosa, subtusque discoloria, cano-pulverulenta. Flores 2-3-ni; 
pedunculi 2-4 mm., recti; pedicelli subfilamentosi, flexuosi, + 6 mm. longi, 
subglabri. Calyx extus basi sparse hirtus; lobi lanceolati, extus glabri, intus 
apicem versus barbati, vix 2 mm. longi. Petala elliptica, truncata, calycem non 
excedentia, glabra. 
Camp VIc, 5500 ft. 
Distinguished at once from the previous species by the leaf-shape. Mr. Ridley called 
my attention to this second species. 
EPACRIDEA. 
(By H. F. WERNHAM.) 
STYPHELIA OBTUSIFOLIA, J. J. Smith, in Lorentz, Nov. Guin. viii. 798. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
STYPHELIA CARSTENSENSIS, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Fruticulus ramosus ; ramuli novelli sparsiuscule minute pubescentes. Folia oblongo- | 
lanceolata, subacuta, + 6mm. longa, + 2:5 mm. lata, subacuta, plurivenia, utrinque — 
glabra. Inflorescentie pauciflore; bracteole 2, subconnate. Sepala ovata, obtusa, 
2-7 mm. longa, ciliolata. Corolla +45 mm. longa, extus glabra, intus basin versus 
loborum lanceolatorum dense barbata, aliter glabra; tubus quam lobi brevior. 
Anthere brevissima. | Ovarium multiloculare ; discus inconspicuus. 
