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costis subtilibus mediocriter aspectabilibus, tenuiter coriacea, obscure punctata, 
utrobique glabra, sepius 5-7 X 1:5-2 em. Flores 4-meri, in racemos brevissimos 
densifloros usque ad 8x 10 mm. longos dispositi, breves, squamulis parvis oblatis 
ciliolatis punctatis dense imbricatis cirea 1 mm. longis onusti; pedicelli graciles, 
flores plane excedentes, plerique 2-3 mm. longi. Calyx vix usque ad } gamo- 
sepalus, 0'8 mm. longus; lobi rotundati, margine leviter crenulati, sparsissime 
punetati, Corolla calycem facile superans, 2°75 mm. longa, breviter gamopetala ; 
lobi spathulato-oblongi, obtusissimi, margine eleganter crenulati, sparsissime 
punctati, 2 mm. longi. Stamina petalis breviora ; anthere sessiles, ovoideæ, obtuse, 
15mm. longe. Ovarium floris masculi minutum, floris foeminei haud visum. 
Camp III, 2500 ft. 
Leaves grey-green when dry, paler below ; petioles 5-8 mm. long, stoutish, channelled 
above. Inflorescence globular, usually about 20—30-flowered. 
Near R. densiflora, Mez, which, with different foliage, has 6-12-flowered inflores- 
cences, calyx-lobes with thick dark lines, and stamens much shorter than the petals. 
The plant is named as a tribute to the valuable work of Dr. Carl Mez, who monographed 
the Myrsinacez for ‘ Das Pflanzenreich.’ 
Between Camps XII and XIII (10,333-10,888 ft.) a second Rapanea was collected, 
very close to R. papuana, Mez, but differing from it chiefly in the somewhat larger ovate 
(not obovate) leaves. As is the case with the type of R. papuana (at Kew), Mr. Kloss's 
specimens are in fruit. On this account and because the specimens under notice may 
perhaps eventually be referred to R. papuana, when more is known of that species, it 
has been thought better to leave them unnamed. 
SYMPLOCACE E. 
(By S. Moore.) 
SYMPLOCOS (§ BOBUA) PUSILLIFLORA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Frutex verisimiliter, ramis sat validis foliosis cito glabris. Folia majuscula, petiolata, 
ovato-oblonsa, subito breviterque cuspidato-attenuata, apice ipso obtusa, basi 
obtusa, integra, coriacea, supra glabra, subtus in nervis microscopice puberula nisi 
omnino glabra, summum 18x7 cm. plerumque + 12x5 em. Flores parvuli, 
brevissime pedicellati, in paniculas axillares quam folia breviores sæpius 2:5-4 em. 
longas fere a basi ramosas puberulas digesti. Pedicelli 0°25 mm. longi. Bractew 
ovate, obtuse, margine ciliate, 1:5 mm. longs; bracteole bracteis similes nisi 
minores. Calycis lobi petalis certe breviores, suborbiculares, margine ciliati, 1 mm. 
longi. Petala basi connata, ovata, obtusissima, 2 mm. longa. Stamina 15, penta- 
delphia, petalis circiter equilonga; filamenta glabra, longiora cirea 2 mm. longa, 
breviora 1:25 mm. longa. Antherw 0:2 mm. longe. Ovarium subhemisphericum, 
3-loeulare, glabrum, circa 1 mm. longum. Stylus breviter bifidus, glaber, 6-3 mm. 
longus. | 
Camp VI b, 3900 ft. | | : B 
Leaves yellow-green, lateral nerves 8-10 on each side of the midrib, flat or slightly 
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