COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 107 



costis subtilibus mediocriter aspectabilibus, tenuiter coriacea, obscure punctata, 

 iitrolnque glabra, ssepius 5-7 X l'5-2 cm. Flores 4-ineri, in racemos brevissimos 

 densifloros usque ad 8 X 10 mm. longos dispositi, breves, squamulis pavvis oblatis 

 ciliolatis punctatis dense imbricatis circa 1 mm. longis omisti; pedicelli graciles, 

 flores plane excedentes, plerique 2-3 mm. longi. Calyx vis usque ad \ gamo- 

 sepalus, 08 mm. longus ; lobi rotundati, margine leviter crenulati, sparsissime 

 punctati, Corolla calycem facile sujaerans, 275 mm. longa, breviter garaopetala; 

 lobi spatliulato-oblongi, obtusissimi, margine eleganter crenulati, sparsissime 

 punctati, 2 mm. longi. Stamina petalis breviora ; antbei'se sessiles, ovoideae, obtusae, 

 lo mm. longae. Ovarium floris masculi minutum, floris foeminei baud visum. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. 



Leaves grey-green wlien dry, paler below ; petioles 5-8 mm. long, stoutish, cbannelled 

 above. Inflorescence globular, usually about 20-30-flowered. 



Near B. densiflora, Mez, whicb, 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 Avork of Dr. Carl Mez, who monographed 

 the Myrsinacete for 'Das Pflanzenreich.' 



Between Camps XII and XIII (10,333-10,888 ft.) a second Hapanea was collected, 

 very close to H-fapuana, Mez, but differing from it chiefly in the somewhat larger ovate 

 (not obovate) leaves. As is the case with the type of R. paimana (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. papiiana, when more is known of that species, it 

 has been thought better to leave them unnamed. 



SYMPLOCACE^. 

 (By S. Moore.) 



Symplocos (§ Bobtja) pusillifloua, S. Moore, sp, nov. 



Frutex verisimiliter, ramis sat validis foliosis cito glabris. Folia majuscula, petiolata, 

 ovato-oblonga, 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 cm. Flores parvuli, 

 brevissime pedicellati, in paniculas axillares quam folia breviores saepius 2"5-4 cm. 

 longas fere a basi ramosas puberulas digesti. Pedicelli 0*25 mm. longi. Rractece 

 ovatse, obtusse, margine ciliatse, 1'5 mm. longae; bracteolae bracteis similes nisi 

 minores. Calycis lobi petalis certe breviores, suborbiculares, margine ciliati, 1mm. 

 longi. Fetala basi connata, ovata, obtusissima, 2 mm. longa. Stamina lo, jienta- 

 delphia, petalis eirciter eequilonga; filamenta glabra, Ion giora circa 2 mm. longa, 

 breviora 1"25 mm. longa. Antherce 0*2 mm. longae. Ovariitni subhemisphEericum, 

 3-loculare, glabrum, circa 1 mm. longum. Stylus breviter bifidus, glaber, 0'3 mm. 

 longus. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Leaves yellow-green, lateral nerves 8-10 on each side of the midrib, flat or sliglitly 



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