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length. Kacemes with the brandies patent and themselves sometimes branching so as, 

 strictly speaking, to constitute a j^anicle. Flowers about 5 mm. in diameter. 

 Closely allied to the last describedj but at once known from it by the foliage. 



Tapeinosperma paptjanum, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



JRamuli compressiusculi, superne foliati, nainute ferruginei, citissime glabri. Folia 

 usque 17 X 4 cm., saepius 12-14 x 3"5 cm., oblongo-lanceolata, apicem versus attenuata, 

 apice late obtusa, basi in petiolum brevem coarctata obtusa, margine obscure 

 undulata, tenuiter coriacea, pluricostata, costis fere transversalibus, supra glabra, 

 subtus minutissime furfuracea. FaniculcB terminales, quam folia breviores, pauci- 

 ramosse, ramis ascendentibus ramulos breves apice floriferos procreantibus, minute 

 ferruginese, summum 10 cm. longae. Pedicelli 1-4 mm. longi. Calyx 1 mm. longus, 

 alte partitus ; segmenta ovata, obtuse acuta, margine Integra, praesertim apicem 

 versus paucipunctata, sa^pe paullo destrorsum obtegentia. Corolla breviter 

 gamopetala, vis 3 mm. longa ; lobi ovati vel late ovato-oblongi, obtusi, integri, 

 sub apice obscure punctati, 1"5 mm. lati. Antherce basi sagittulatse, apice acutse, 

 corollse lobos vix adsequantes, 1-5 mm. longae ; filamenta antheris duplo breviora. 

 Ovarium subglobosum, 1 mm. longum, quam stylus crassus superne gradatim 

 attenuatus plane brevius. Ooula 8, a^quatoria. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Leaves drying greenish or brownish ; lateral nerves 20 and even more pairs, inserted 

 upon the midrib at or nearly at a right angle, and, like the midrib, more prominent 

 below ; petioles stout, broadly channelled, glabrous, 5-10 mm. long. Branches of the 

 panicles not more than 5 in the specimens collected, l"5-3 cm. long, the ultimate 

 flowering branchlets 3-6 mm. in length. Bracts subulate, almost 1 mm. long. 



According to Mez's clavis (Pflanzenreich, Myrsin. p. 102) this runs down to the 

 neighbourhood of T. scrobiculatum, Mez, and T. wagaijense, Mez, from both of which it 

 differs in many features. 



The genus as hitherto known consists of upwards of 30 species, of which two are 

 Australian and the rest natives of New Caledonia and the Tiji Islands. 



Labisia pumila, Benth. & Hook, f., Gen. PI. ii. 645. Var. alata, Scheff. Myrs. Arch. 

 Ind. 93. 

 Canoe Camp, 500 ft. 

 Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Embelia (§ Euembelia) gracilenta, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Hamuli sat tenues, sursuin paucifoliosi, glabri. Folia petiolata, ovato-oblonga vel 

 oblongo-obovata, breviter cuspidata, apice ipso obtusa, basi cuneata, cliartacea, 

 utrinque glabra et punctulis subobscuris creberrimis inspersa, plerumque 8-10 

 X 4-5-5 cm., raro usque ad 13 cm. longa. lujiorescentice caulem vel ramulos 

 nonnunquam perbreves termiuantes, e racemis panels (circa 5-7) subumbellatis 

 ascendentibus patentibusve gracillimis microscopice papillosis constantes, 4-5 cm. 



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