42 ME. H. X. EIDLET ON PLANTS 



MYRTACE^E. 



Decaspermum neueophtlltjm, Laut. & Sclium. Elor. Deiitscb. Schutzgebiete d. Siidsee, 

 468. 

 Camp I, 700 ft. 

 Distrib. Endeaiic in New Guinea. 



Decaspermtjm pantculatum, Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. (1877) ^i. 2, 61. Var. 



LONGIFOLIA, Ridl. (var. nov.). Nelitris i^olymorpha , var. longlfolia, 'Blume, Mus, 



Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 75. 

 Camp I, 700 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 

 Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 

 This is probably only a very glabrous long-leaved form of a very variable species. 



^ Myrtus Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Frutex ram.osus, ramis pustulosis. Folia opposita, crasse carnosa, elliptica vel 

 obovata, obtusa, m.arginibus recurvis, 5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, subtus glandulis 

 atris punctata, costa depressa subtus elevata, nervis obscuris ; p.etiolis 1 mm. longis. 

 Flores singuli vel bini, axillares, pedicellis 5 mm. longis. Bractece 1-2 ad basin 

 pedicelli sitae, lanceolatse, parvse (ssepe desunt). Calyx tul)o obuvoideo parce albo 

 birto 1 mm. longo, lobis lanceolatis ovatis pustulatis carnosis 3 mm. longis. Fetala 

 obovata, ssepe fere reniformia, unguiculata, 4 mm. longa, glaridulifera. Stamina 

 ad 25, filifoi'mia, petalis fere sequalia. Stylus elongatus, filiformis. Ovarimn 

 biloculare. Bacca obovoidea, sepalis magnis coronata, rubra, 1 cm. longa. Semina 

 plurima, complanata, laevia, triangulari-subreniformia. 



Camps XII to XIII, 10,500 ft. 



This species is most nearly allied to M. liedwiculata. Hook, fil., of New Zealand. It 

 is very aromatic, the flowers being full of glands. Tlie calyx is covered with few greyish 

 appressed hairs. 



"^ Mtrtus compacta, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Frutex densus, ramis pustulosis. Folia obovata, apice et basi rotundata, coriac3a, 



crassa, 2-3 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, subtus dense giandulifera, petiolis 1 mm. longis. 



Flores axillares, sessiles vel subsessiles. Bractea lanceolata, parva. Calyx 3 mm. 



longus, tubo glabro obovoideo, lobis lanceolatis acutis pustulosis. Fetala 5, sepala 



paullo supei'antia, lanceolata vel orbicularia, unguiculata, acuta, giandulifera. 



Stamina circiter 20, qviam stylus filiformis, multo breviora. Ocarium 3-loculare. 

 Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



Allied to the preceding, but with smaller sessile flowers and shorter stamens, and a 

 glabrous calyx. 



^ Mtrtus nivalis, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Frutictdns, cortice rufescente squamis tenuibus linearibus delabente. Folia opposita,. 

 elliptica, obtusa, basi vix angustata, crasse carnosi-cariacea, in utroque latere 

 giandulifera, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, nervis obscuris, costa superne depressa 



