212 ON A NEW SPECIES AND A NEW VARIETY OF DIOSPYBOS. 



sub-rotundatis vel iuaef|ualiter angustatis tenuiter coriaceis super caesio-viridibus 

 sub-nitidis subtus sub-sordidis margine integris anguste revolutis 7 — 10 em. 

 longis 3.5 — 4.6 cm latis costa medioeri subtus promineiite fusca nei'vis lateralibus 

 gracilihus reticulatione inconspicua petiolo fusco 3 — 6 mm. longo, pedunculo 

 fructifero axillari ereeto-patulo solitario valido puberulo G — 7 mm. longo, oalyce 

 fiuftif'ero patente puberulo 4 — lobo 16 — 17 mm. diam dure coriaceo tubo crasso 

 brevissime cupulari 10 nun. diam. annulo interno elevato instrueto lobis ovatis 

 patulo-wcurxis obtusis undatis, fructibus sub-globnsis glabratis vel obsolete 

 pubescentibus levibus 15 — 19 mm. longis 14 — 16 mm. diam 8 — *? loculatis, scra- 

 ini))us plurimis albumine aequabili. 



//«?>.— Apia. Samoa. Coll. Dr. B. Funk. 1901. n. 19. 



Differs from the type of the speeies by the broader shape towards the 

 base nf the leaves. 



