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Myrsineee. 
Meesa Forsk. 
Mesa randaiensis Hayata sp. nov. Rami recti fuscentes lenti- 
cellis prominentibus densiuscule notati, subglabrati, ramulis gra- 
cilibus rectis, foliatis. Folia chartaceo-coriacea, angusto-lanceolata, 
vel lanceolata, 8 cm. longa, 14 cm. lata, apice acuminata, basi 
obtusa, plus minus obliqua, margine remotissime serrulata, serrulis 
minutis 4 mm. longis mucronatis 1cm.a se remotis, utraque 
glabra, costis et venis planis inconspicuis vel tenuissimis, subtus 
pallidissima, petiolis 7 mm. longis supra sulcatis. Racemi axillares, 
3 cm. longi, bracteis minutis ovatis 1 mm. longis, pedicellis 5 mm. 
longis, prope apicem pedicellorum 1-bracteolatis, ovatis 1 mm. 
longis Calyx campanulatus, limbo 5-lobato, lobis rotundato- 
triangularibus 14 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis, crassiusculis margine 
denticulatis, apice obtuso-rotundatis. Corolla glabra, urceolato- 
cylindrica, 6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, tubo apice sub lobis leviter con- 
tracto, 5-lobata, lobis late rotundatis, erecto-patentibus 14 mm. 
longis 2 mm. latis apice rotundatis basi leviter auriculatis, mar- 
gine minute denticulatis. Stamina corolle lobis opposita, cum 
filamentis 5 mm. longa, prope basin corolle affixa, antheris ovatis 
1— mm. longis. Ovarium semi-superius apice conicum ad stylum 
attenuatum. Stylus brevior, circ. 1 mm. longus, apice leviter 3- 
lobatus. 
Has. Randaizan, leg. T. Kawaxamr et U. Mort, Mart. 1908, 
(No. 8547). 
This comes near Mesa Dorena Bu., but differs from it in hav- 
ing very much looser racemes, larger flowers, and narrower leaves. 
