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and obtuse. To M. nemoralis probably belongs a portion of no. 286 of 

 Dr. Seemann's collection. The remainder, with ferrugineous-puberu- 

 lent inflorescence, is something different, but hardly M. Indica. 



M^SA PERSICJEFOLIA (sp. nov.) : glabra ; foliis lato-lanceolatis in- 

 tegerrimis, venis transversis ; paniculis axillaribus folio sub-breviori- 

 bus ; floribus parvis ; bracteis bracteolis calycisque lobis ovato-acutis ; 

 corollte tubo campanulato calyce pauUo longiori ; drupis ovoideo-glo- 

 bosis brevissime pedicellatis. — Mbua or Sandalwood Bay, &c., Feejee 

 Islands. No. 287 of Dr. Seemann's collection, in his list referred to 

 " 31. Indica, var." is perhaps a foi"m of this species ; but the pedicels 

 are longer, the leaves broader, of thicker texture, and the primary 

 veins much more ascending. 



M^SA CORYLIFOLIA (sp. nov.) : foliis ovatis cordatis repando-den- 

 tatis cum I'amis panicuHsque (terminalibus et axillaribus folium adjc- 

 quantibus) dense moUissime pubescentibus superne mox glabratis ; 

 pedicellis flore baud longioribus ; bracteis bracteolisque ovato-subu- 

 latis parvis ; calycis lobis triangulari-ovatis villosis tubum coroUaa 

 brevi-carapanulata3 fere cequantibus ; drupis ovoideis puberis. — Moun- 

 tains of Muthuata, Feejee Islands. " M. macrophylla, Wall. ? " no. 

 288 of Seemann's list, is this species in fruit. The specimens of our 

 Expedition are in flower only. 



Myrsine myric^folia (sp. nov.) : glaberrima ; foliis subspathu- 

 latis seu oblongis basi cuneatis in petiolum attenuatis integerrimis 

 apice sgepius retusis utrinque crebre punctulatis, venis vix perspicuis ; 

 floribus tetrameris sessilibus ; calycis lobis lato-ovatis obtusissimis ; 

 corolla quadripartita ; drupis globosis. Muthuata, Feejee Islands. 

 Eimeo, Society Islands. Drupe closely sessile or nearly so, — by which 

 this species may be distinguished from any form of 31. capitellata 

 (including neriifolia, Korthalsii, &;c.) ; but the discrimination of some 

 forms of this from 31. crassifoUa may be more difficult. The fruiting 

 specimens of Seemann's no. 289 are ambiguous between these two ; 

 the female flowering ones, and also no. 290 (foliage only) belong to 

 31. myriccefolia. 



Myrsine ? Brackenridgei (sp. nov.) : glabra ; foliis raembrana- 

 ceis oblongis utrinque acutis vel acuminatis petiolatis margine inte- 

 gerrimis vel undulatis ; pedicellis filiformibus fructu globoso 3 - 5-plo 

 longioribus ; calyce o-lobo, lobis rotundis ciliatis. — Mountains of Ovo- 

 lau, Feejee Islands. In fruit only ; probably of this genus. 



Myrsine Taitensis (sp. nov.) : glaberrima ; foliis crasso-coriaceis 



