100 ME. H. N. EIDLEY 0?^ PLANTS 



A remarkaMe genus, distinguished especially by the bicarpellary ovary uith two 

 pendulous ovules in each loculus. The baccate fruit jioints to afEnity with Arbutese, 

 the polypetalous corolla and habit to Rhodorese. 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. 



Hamuli novelli minute rufo-puberuli mox lignosi. Folia 3-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. JPeduuciili graciles, sjiarse minute pilosi, + 8 mm. 

 longi; pedicelli + 1 cm., indumento simili induti, ssepius nutantes. Calyx extus 

 sparse strigillosus, 2"5 mm. longus, fere ad basin in lacinias 5 lanceolatas intus apicem 

 versus barbatas divisus. JPetala oblonga, obtusa, subtruncata, glabra, calycem vix 

 excedentia. Bacca +5 mm. in diam. 

 Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 



MiscHOPLEURA EiDLEYANA, Wernham, sp. nov. 

 Hamuli novelli graciles, obscure rufo-sericeo-puberuli, mox lignosi. Folia ssepius 

 subverticillata, lineari-lanceolata, + 1*5 cm. X 3 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 sublilamentosi, flexuosi, + 6 mm. longi, 

 subglabri. Calyx extus basi sparse hirtus ; lobi lanceolati, extus glabri, intus 

 apicem versus barbati, vix 2 mm. longi. Fetala elliptica, truncata, calycem non 

 excedentia, glabra. 

 Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 



Distinguished at once from the previous species by the leaf-shape. Mr. Ridley called 

 my attention to this second species. 



EPACRIDE.E. 

 (By H. F. Wernham.) 



Styphelia obttjsifolia, 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, + 6 mm. longa, + 2-5 mm. lata, subacuta, plurivenia, utrinque 

 glabra. Infiorescentice^SbViCifiOYve:) bracteolse 2, subconnatae. Sejjala o\a.i&, 6ht\x?,B., 

 2-7 mm. louga, ciliolata. Corolla + 4'5 mm. longa, extus glabra, intus basin versus 

 loborum lanceolatorum dense barbata, aliter glabra ; tubus quam lobi brevior. 

 AntliercB brevissimse. Ovarium multiloculare ; discus inconspicuus. 



