MYRTACE.E (E. G. Baker) 31 



Napoleona Alexander! D. Talbot <k Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor 

 vel arbuscula, ramulis teretibus fere glabris ; foliis oblongo- 

 ■obovatis apice cuspidatis margine fere integris vel sinuato- 

 crenatis supra subnitentibus costa tenuiter impressa nervis 

 lateralibus divergentibus utrinque 8-10 subtus prominentibus 

 petiolo brevi sufi'ultis ; florihus axillaribus 3-5 fasciculatis sub- 

 sessilibus ; bracteolis rotundatis ; sepalis 5 acutis triangularibus ; 

 verticillo prima petaloideo orbiculato rotato albido-lacteo centrum 

 versus roseo margine crenulato subtus nervis radiantibus eirc. 

 35 donato ; verticillo tertio e segmentis circ. 35 superne liberis 

 et centrum versus inflexis basi in cupulam connatis ; verticillo 

 interiore e filamentis circ. 20 plano-linearibus inflexis ; stylo brevi 

 apice in discum peltatum expanse, stigmatibus 5 versus margines 

 disci radiantibus ; fructii depresse subgloboso ambitu obsolete 

 5-lobo vestigiis calycis coronato circ. 6-loculari seminibus in 

 quoque loculo solitariis. 



Oban ; n. 997a. 



A tree reaching a height of 30 metres. Leaves 18-21 cm. long, 

 + 7'5 cm. broad; petiole + 5 mm. long. Flowers, first petaloid 

 verticil about 40 mm. in diameter, creamy-white, rose-coloured 

 towards the centre, with about 35 radiating nerves ; second verticil 

 composed of about 45 linear segments. Interior verticil composed of 

 about 20 flat, linear, inflexed filaments. Fruit + 7 cm. in diameter. 



The leading characteristics of this species are the oblong-obovate, 

 cuspidate leaves ; the flowers in fascicles of 3-5, the first verticil 

 creamy-white, rose-coloured towards the centre, about 40 nnn. in 

 diameter, the third verticil carmine at the base, composed of about 

 35 linear inflexed segments and not erect, and the depressed globose 

 fruit, about 7 cm. in diameter, obsoletely 5-lobed. 



Named after the late Captain Boyd Alexander. 



Napoleona megaearpa Bak. fil. sp. nov. Verisimiliter arbor 

 ramulis angulatis ; foliis papyraceo-coriaceis oblongis vel oblongo- 

 oblanceolatis apice insigniter cuspidatis basi cuneatis nervis 

 lateralibus 8-9 prope margiuem arcu intramarginali conjunctis 

 nervis secundariis tenuibus reticulatis petiolo brevi crasso 

 limbo sub 30-plo breviore ; floribus mediocribus axillaribus ; 

 sepalis acutis ovatis apice extus 2-3 glandulosis ; verticillo primo 

 petaloideo rotato subtus ner\ is crassis radiantibus 26-30 donato 

 in lacinias plus minus fisso ; verticillo secundo in filamentis liberis 

 fisso ; verticillo tertio e filamentis superne liberis inferne in 

 cupulam connatis ; verticillo interiore e filamentis circ. 20 com- 

 posite et centrum versus inflexo ; ovario infero 5-loculari ; fructu 

 sec. cl. detectorem maximo. 



Oban ; n. 194. 



Leaves 18-24 cm. long, 55-70 mm. broad ; petiole thick, 6-7 mm. 

 long. Flowers, first verticil petaloid more or less broken up into 

 laciniae about 40 mm. in diameter ; second verticil of linear seg- 



