MYRTACE& (E. G. Baker) 31 
Napoleona Alexanderi D. Talbot & Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor 
vel arbuscula, ramulis teretibus fere glabris; foliis oblongo- 
obovatis apice cuspidatis margine fere integris vel sinuato- 
crenatis supra subnitentibus costa tenuiter impressa nervis 
lateralibus divergentibus utrinque 8-10 subtus prominentibus 
petiolo brevi suffultis ; floribus axillaribus 3-5 fasciculatis sub- 
sessilibus ; bracteolis rotundatis ; sepalis 5 acutis triangularibus ; 
verticillo primo petaloideo orbiculato rotato albido-lacteo centrum 
versus roseo margine crenulato subtus nervis radiantibus circ. 
35 donato; verticillo tertio e segmentis circ. 35 superne liberis 
et centrum versus inflexis basi in cupulam connatis ; verticillo 
interiore e filamentis cire. 20 plano-linearibus inflexis ; stylo brevi 
apice in discum peltatum expanso, stigmatibus 5 versus margines 
disci radiantibus ; fructu depresse subgloboso ambitu obsolete 
5-lobo vestigiis calycis coronato circ. 6-loculari seminibus in 
quoque loculo solitariis. 
Oban ; n. 9974. 
A tree reaching a height of 30 metres. Leaves 18-21 cm. long, 
t 7:5 cm. broad; petiole + 5 mm. long. Flowers, first petaloid 
verticil about 40 mm. in diameter, creamy-white, rose-coloured 
towards the centre, with about 35 radiating nerves; second verticil 
composed of about 45 linear segments. Interior verticil composed of 
about 20 flat, linear, inflexed filaments. Fruit + 7 cm. in diameter. 
The leading characteristics of this species are the oblong-obovate, 
cuspidate leaves; the flowers in fascicles of 3-5, the first verticil 
creamy-white, rose-coloured towards the centre, about 40 mm. in 
diameter, the third verticil carmine at the base, composed of about 
35 linear inflexed segments and not erect, and the depressed globose 
fruit, about 7 cm. in diameter, obsoletely 5-lobed. 
Named after the late Captain Boyd Alexander. 
Napoleona megaearpa Bak. fil. sp. nov. Verisimiliter arbor 
ramulis angulatis ; foliis papyraceo-coriaceis oblongis vel oblongo- 
Oblanceolatis apice insigniter cuspidatis basi cuneatis nervis 
lateralibus 8-9 prope marginem arcu intramarginali conjunctis 
nervis secundariis tenuibus reticulatis petiolo brevi crasso 
limbo sub 30-plo breviore; floribus mediocribus axillaribus; 
sepalis acutis ovatis apice extus 2-3 glandulosis ; verticillo primo 
petaloideo rotato subtus nervis crassis radiantibus 26-30 donato 
in lacinias plus minus fisso ; verticillo secundo in filamentis liberis 
fisso; verticillo tertio e filamentis superne liberis inferne in 
cupulam connatis; verticillo interiore e filamentis cire. 20 com- 
posito et centrum versus inflexo ; ovario infero 5-loculari ; fructu 
sec. cl. detectorem maximo. 
Oban ; n. 194. 
Leaves 18-24 cm. long, 55-70 mm. broad; petiole thick, 6-7 mm. 
long. Flowers, first verticil petaloid more or less broken up into 
laciniae about 40 mm. in diameter; second vertieil of linear seg- 
