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VAccINIUM LiGUSTRIFOLIUM J. J.S., sp. nov. 
Frutex ramosus, ramulis sicco angulatis, minute puberulis. Fol¢a alterna, par- 
vula, breviter petiolata, ovato-elliptica vel elliptica, apice angustata obtusa, basi 
acutiuscula vel obtusa, margine in sicco recurva, integerrima, glandula marginali 
orbiculari sicco impressa utrinque supra basin, adulta glabra, ut videtur initio plus 
minusve puberula, probabiliter 3-plinervia, nervis obsoletis, coriacea, sicco rigida, 
e. 1:75-3:25 em. longa, 0°85-1'55 cm. lata; petiolus semiteres, supra sulcatus, sicco 
transverse rugulosus, initio puberulus, glabrescens, c. 0°15-0°35 cm. longus. Inflores- 
centie (1 adest) axillares, breves, c. 4-floree, pedunculo cum rhachide ¢. 0°7 cm. longo, 
glabro, bracteis deficientibus. -Pedicellus sub ovario articulatus, glaber, c. 0°45 cm. 
longus. Calyx 5-partitus, extus pubescens, ce. 0°375 cm. diam., dentibus triangulis, 
acutis, concavis, ciliatis, c. 0°07 em. longis, 0°15 em. latis. Corolla angustius urceo- 
lata, 5-loba, extus glabra, intus parce pilosa, carnosula, explanata c. 0°77 cm. longa, 
fauce bene 0°6 cm., infra medium 0°9 em. lata, lobis ovato-triangulis, obtusis, con- 
vexis, ec. 0°075-0°08 em. longis, 0°12—-0:15 em. latis. Stamina 10, c. 0°375-0°4 cm. 
longa; filamentum lineare, supra basin paulo dilatatum, inferne villosum, superne 
parce eRe e. 0°3-0°33 cm. longum; anthera infra medium dorsifixa, curvula, 
oblonga, ad } partem infra apicem bifida, basi obtusa, tubulis exceptis echinulato- 
papillosa, poltecinta: ce. 0:14 em. longa, thecis parallelis, antice sulco separatis, sulco 
longitudinali laterali instructis, tubulis contiguis, exappendiculatis, poro obliquo 
introrso hiantibus. Ovariwm semiglobosum, patenter pubescens, c. 0°25 cm. diam. ; 
stylus teres, apice contractus, glaber, c. 0°6 em. longus. Discus pulviniformis, 
10-lobulatus, medio excavatus, circa excavationem erecto-pilosus, ceterum glaber, 
c. 0°23 cm. diam. 
_ Hab. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, edge of forest by 2 felis: 7000’. Fl. Dee. 
5544. 
In some respects near V. muriculatum J. J.8., but with the branches 
more robust, the leaves smaller and non-acuminate, shorter inflorescences, 
acute sepals, anthers without murices, and style enclosed. 
A shrub or small tree with pink flowers. 
MYRSINACEA, 
Masa FRuTtIcosa Gibbs, sp. nov. 
Frutex parvus, ramuli stricti, teretes, dense foliati, cum inflorescentiis piliis 
brevissimis patentibus fugaceis puberulis onusti. Folia parva, obovata, basi rotun- 
data, apice angustata, abrupte minute obtuse-apiculata, margine integerrima, recur- 
vata, chartacea, supra glabra, subtus pallidiora, tenuiter striata. Racemi pedunculati, 
1—3-flori, foliis 2- vel 3-plo breviores. Flores albidi, gracile pedicellati. Sepala 4, 
late ovata, acuta. Petala 4, paullo ultra medium connata, lobis suborbicularibus, 
tenuiter crenulatis. Stamina petalis haud multo breviora, antheris ovatis, medio 
dorsifixis. Stylus brevis ; stigmate obtuso, obscure lobulato. Ovarium ultra @ in- 
ferum, lepidotum. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., edge of forest by ? lake, 7000’. Fl, 2. Dec. 5579. 
A small shrub, with rigid ascending branches and dark red-brown striate’ 
