2H4 .MKUKILI.. 



CO, iiiiilto-scriiita. I'aitsulii in calvcc pcrsistciitc iiu-liisa ail a|M<i'iii i\v- 

 liisecns, ^-lot-uhnv. ScMiiina co, aii,L;u>lc-<il)l(»ii,iia. Ai-Koi-. l-'olia (ip- 

 posita. pi'imivcnia. Florrs in pcduiiciilor- lalcralcs cviimsi \r\ i-ac(iii(i>i. 



Mearnsia halconensis .Mcnill ii. sp. 



Arliiii- ad in 111. alta : I'nliis ()pp()siti>, (ililoii^d-laiu-culiit is, coi'iaccis, 

 afuininatis, <i'lal)i'is, ad (i fiii. loiiuis; cyiiii- lalcralihiis. |)aiicilloril)iis, 

 8tainiiiil)us lon^c c.xsci-tis. 



A tree al)i)ul 1(> in. lii,i;li. nearly .Lzlalirous lliroii^ulKnit. branches terete, 

 routjh, gray, or hrownisli. the y()uni;-er hranelilets brownish, glabrous, 

 oh.sciirely -l-angh'(l, the gi'owing tips appresscd-pubescent. Leaves o})- 

 posite, ol)long-lance()hiti', (■ni-iace(»us. glabrous, 5 to (i cm. long. 1..") to 

 'i em. wide, entin'. the margins sightly reeur\-ed, cartilaginous, the apex 

 sharjjly aciiiiiinate, the base acute, glandular-punctate beneath; lateral 

 nerves numerous, ascending, not very distinct; petioles stout 1 to 2 mm. 

 long. Inflorescence from the branches below the leaves, the short few- 

 llowered cymes or racemi's solitary or fascicled, Ihe rachis a]i])ressed- 

 pul)escent, 5 mm. long or less, the bracts deciduous, narrowly o\ate, 

 'i mm. long, the ])edict'ls ] mm. long or nearly obsolete. Calyx tube 

 narrowly canipanulatc. sparingly appressed pubescent, about '^ mm. long, 

 the lobes 4, broadly ovate, obtnse or acnte, 1.5 mm. long, persistent. 

 Petals -t, free, deciduous, glabrous, red, orbicular. .")..") nun. in diameter. 

 apex l)road, ronnded, base narrow. Stamens 8, 1-seriale, li'ce, exserted, 

 glabrous; filaments red, nearly 2 cm. long; anthers ovoid, o.(i mm. long, 

 versatile, 2-eelled. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, the ovules many-seriate; 

 style slender, exserted, slightly exceeding the stamens. Ca])side about 7 

 mm. long, ovoid, slightly compressed, 4-ridged, coriaceous, crowned by 

 the persistent calyx lube and teeth, 2-cellcd, many seeded, dehiscing by 

 a single slit at the apex only and inside the persistent calyx lube. Seeds 

 nai'rowly oblong, about 2 mm. long. 



Oil cxiioscd ri(l<i;os ;it l.tdU m. alt. (No. .17!»2.) 



The f^cmis hero jjropdscd is iipiJarciitly related to liackhoufiia Hook, et Harv.. 

 .and to Mctrosiderus Banks, hut appears to me to be very distinct from both and 

 from all other described j^cnera in this family. It is dedicated to Maj. Edfj;ar A. 

 Mi-ars. snrj^eon, United States Army, with whom tiie author made the ascent of 

 .Mount ilalcon. 



LEPTOSPERMUM Forst. 



Leptospermum amboinense liliuiic iiijdr. (ISiJO) 1100. 



Ill opi'ii licalli- and thicket:^ at and al»)\c li, 4(1(1 in. ait. ( Nos. r)741>. r)747 ) . 



On most of t lie hii^licr moiuitains of tlic I'liilippiiics. 



Malacca thinm^h .Malaya to Australia. 



EUGENIA I. inn. 



Two sjiecies (d" iliKji ii'ki arc rrprocntrd in Mirtiil's iiialrrial. fmni forests 

 below !H)0 m. alt., lint the .specimens are too fiajiincntaiy for accurate deter- 

 mination. 



