BY E. D. MERRILL. 533 



Xanthomybtus MOULTONii (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Myrtus MOULTONII Merr. in Journ. Straits Branch Koy. A^ 

 Soc. 86 (1922) 337. 



Sarawak, Upper Baram, Gunong Temabok, Moulton 6747, 

 altitude about 2100 m. Endemic. 



Xanthomyrtus flavida (Stapf.) Diels in Engl. Bot. Jabrb. 57 

 (1922) 366. 



Myrtus flavida Stapf. in Hook. Ic. lY 3 (1894) t. 229). 



British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Haviland Ji6.5, 

 Gibbs 4284, Clemens 10525. The species endemic, the variety 

 glabrescens (Gibbs) Diels (Myrtus flavida Stapf. var. glabres- 

 cens Gibbs) in New Guinea. 



The synonymy of Xanthomyrtus flavida is given primarily 

 to make Diels' transfer valid. He enumerates the species 

 simply as "Xanthomyrtus flavida Stapf. var. glabrescens Gibbs 

 in N.W. New Guinea 1917, 150." Neither the species nor the 

 variety were so published, both being placed under Myrtus. 



Diels has with good reasons proposed the genus 

 Xanthomyrtus as district from Myrtus, for a number of 

 Papuan species, including also Myrtus flavidn Stapf. of Borneo, 

 one species in New Caledonia, and apparently one in north- 

 eastern Ausralia ; to these must be added two Philippine 

 species Eugenia diplycosifolia C.B. Bob., and Eugenia aurea 

 Elmer. 



Eugenia Micheli . 



Eugenia, spp. 



Three species are represented by incomplete specimens, all 

 from Mount Poi, TVo. 755, the others single specimens, without 

 numers. I have not been able to refer any of these to 

 described forms. 



Leptospermum Forster, 



Leptospermum .TAVANTCU& Blume, Merr. Enum. Born. PI. 

 (1921) 436. 



Mounts Poi and Murud, No. 92, s.n., from altitudes above 

 1500 m. Indochina to Sumatra, Java, and Celebes. 



