198 C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 



marginem praediti; stamina filamentis in tubum basi cum petalis connatum coalitis, antheris 

 ovatis, acutiusculis, quam filamenta brevioribus ; ovarium glabrum, lageniforme, stigmate 

 discoideo. 



West-Madagascar: bei Ankifi (Hildebrandt n. 3259); ohne Standortsangabe 

 (Boivin, Perville n. 343, 440, 476a). — Blüht im Dezember. 



Nota. Stationes in schedulis Boivin i herb. Vindob. inscriptae >ins. Nossibe et Mayotte< 

 omnino incredibiles. 



20. 0. venulosum Bak. ! in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. (1885) 422. — Ramuli validius- 

 culi, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis =b 5 mm longis, sensim in laminam transeuntibus stipitata, 

 oblonga vel oblongo- vel elliptico-lanceolata, basi acuta apice acuminata, ±60 mm longa, 

 20 mm lata, praeter lepides minutissimas brunneas peradpressas subtus dispersas mox de- 

 labentes glabra, nitidula, punctis prominentibus permultis aucta. Inflorescentiae valde ab- 

 breviate racemosae, glabrae, folia subaequantes vel iis paullo breviores , pedicellis validius- 

 culis ± 10 mm longis; flores 6 mm longi, glabri, 5-meri; sepala ad 1 / A — 1 / 5 coalita, sub- 

 orbicularia, latissime rotundata, dense valdeque punctata, margine optime ciliata; petalorum 

 lobi elliptici, apice oblique emarginati, valde punctati, carnosi; stamina a petalis omnino 

 libera, filamentis inter sese in tubum peraltum (usque ad 3 / 4 antherarum altit.) connatis, 

 antheris ovato-ellipticis, anguste rotundatis ; ovarium glabrum, clavatum , stylo paullo lon- 

 giore crassiusculo, stigmate perobscure bilobo. 



Madagascar: Ost-Imerina bei Andrangolöaka (Hildebrandt n. 4083); ohne Stand- 

 ortsangabe (Baron n. 2986, 2997). — Blüht im Mai. 



21.0. Forsythü Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassiusculi, novelli minute dissiteque lepidoti. 

 Folia petiolis ± 3 mm longis, sensim in laminam transeuntibus stipitata, lanceolata vel 

 late lanceolata, utrinque acuta, ±50 mm longa, 1 5 mm lata, juniora subtus lepidibus 

 minutis brunneis mox delabentibus conspersa, rigidula, supra prominulo-costata subtus in- 

 super laxe reticulata, punctis prominulis magnis multisque aucta. Inflorescentiae umbellatim 

 perpauci- (2-) florae, dissite lepidotae, foliis bene breviores, pedicellis ± 6 mm longis; 

 flores non nisi imperfecti cogniti glabri, 5-meri; sepala 1,5 mm longa, basi ad i / i connata, 

 depresso-orbicularia, latissime rotundata, optime punctata, margine breviter denseque ciliata ; 

 petala cum genitalibus descriptioni nimis juvenilia. 



Madagascar: im Walde Ambohimitombo (Tanala) 1350 — 1400 m ü. M. (Forsyth 

 Major n. 336). — Blüht im Januar (Herb. Berlin, Boiss.-Barbey). 



22. 0. Hildebrandtii Mez n. sp. — Ramuli squarrosissimi, validiusculi, apicem 

 versus densissime peradpresseque brunneo-lepidoti quasi membrana obtecti. Folia petiolis 

 ± 3 mm longis stipitata, obovata vel elliptica, basi breviter acuta vel subrotundata, integer- 

 rima, ±30 mm longa, 1 5 mm lata, rigidula, praeter lepides minutissimas subtus dispersas 

 brunneas glabra, utrinque optime prominenti-reticulata, punctis parum prominulis submultis 

 aucta. Inflorescentiae perabbreviate racemosae vel umbellatae, glabrae, folia bene superantes, 

 pedicellis ± 9 mm longis; flores 4 — 5 mm metientes, glabri, 5-meri; sepala basi ad i / 4 con- 

 nata suborbicularia, latissime rotundata, valde punctata, margine breviter denseque ciliata; 

 petalorum lobi elliptici, anguste rotundati, subsymmetrici, valde punctato-maculati ; stamina 

 petalis optime breviora filamentis in tubum magnum liberum coalitis, antheris liberis, ovatis, 

 acutiusculis ; ovarium glabrum, ovoideum , stylo cylindrico longiore , stigmate maximo pul- 

 vinato. 



Madagascar: Ost-Imerina bei Andrangolöaka (Hildebrandt n. 4085); ohne Stand- 

 ortsangabe (Goudot). — Blüht im Mai. 



23. 0. platycladum Bak.! in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. (1885) 421. — Ramuli graciles, 

 glaberrimi. Folia disticha petiolis ± 1 mm longis stipitata, elliptica, basin versus angustata 

 demum subito optime rotundatim contracta vel subcordata, apice sensim acuta demum ma- 

 nifeste mucronulata, integerrima, ±90 mm longa, 35 mm lata, glabra, nitidula, supra 

 sicca laete viridia subtus perinsigniter triste vernicoso-rubentia, costis utrinque tenuissime 

 filiformi-prominulis praedita, membranaceo-chartacea , punctis manifestioribus destituta. 

 Inflorescentiae mihi non nisi valde imperfectae visae ut videtur 1 -florae, glabrae, foliis 



