TABULA 3059. 
A. MISCHOPLEURA RIDLEYANA, Wernham. 
B. M. OVALIFOLIA, Wernham. 
ERICACEAE. Tribus RHODOREAE ? 
Mischopleura, Wernham in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, vol. ix. 
ined. Genus novum, verisimiliter ad tribum Rhodorearum referendum, 
anomalum (an Ledothamno proximum ?), corolla polypetala, ovario 
nye aaa ovulis pendulis in quoque loculo binis, fructu baccato 
distinctu 
Calyx 5-partitus; segmenta el Petala libera, oblonga, 
obtusa, truncata vel retusa. Stam 10; filamenta longiuscula, plus 
minusve flexuosa; antherae eau ea a Deve dorso conch apice 
bilobae, pubescentes, poris apicalibus dehiscentes. Discu rassus, 
carnosus, 5-lobus. Ovarium subglobosum, subsulcatum, Sslentulaee 
stylus brevis, validus, subconicus, persistens; stigma truncatum 
Ovula in quoque loculo bina, pendula. Bacca globosa, stylo persistente 
coronata.—Fruticuli vaccinioides, Folia integra, crassa, subtus discoloria, 
costa oe in petiolum crassum brevem 
decurrente. Flores inter minimos in azillis superioribus im cymas 
2-3-floras dispositi ; pedicelli pane Suiietaia flexuosi. 
Species 2, novo-guineenses. 
A. M, Ridleyana, Wernham l.c. 
Ramuli novelli graciles, obscure rufo-sericeo-puberuli, mox lignosi. 
Folia saepius subverticillata, lineari-lanceolata, acuminatissima, 1-5 
em. longa, 3 mm. lata, apice acute barbata, supra glabra, nitentia, 
marginibus necnon in costa subtus irregulariter sparse sericeo-pilosa, 
subtusque discoloria, cano-pulverulenta. Flores bini ve terni ; 
pedunculi 2-4 m lo i; pedicelli subfilamentosi, flexuosi, 6 mm 
longi, subglabri. Calyc extra basi sparse hirtus, vix 2 mm. longus, 
lobis lanceolatis extra glabris, intus apicem versus barbatis. Petala 
elliptica, truncata, calycem haud excedentia, glabra.—H. N. Ripiey. 
New Guinea: Mt. Carstensz, C. B. Kloss. 
B. M. ovalifolia, Wernham l.c. 
Ramuli novelli minute rufo-puberuli, mox lignosi. Folia 3, 
