200 C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 



Madagas car : an sonnigen Waldrändern ohne genauere Standortsangabe (Bojer). — 

 Herb. DC, Paris. 



28. 0. latifolium (Sieb.) Mez. — Ardisia latifolia Sieb.! (non alior.) Exsicc. Maurit. 

 II. n. 53. — Tinus latifolia 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (I 891) 973. — Myrsine Sieberi D. Dietr. 

 Synops. I. (1839) 619 (false in Ind. Kew. cum Ardisia guadeloupensi confusa!). — Badula 

 Sieberi A.DC. ! in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. (1 8 34) 1 1 3 t. 5 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 108 

 (var. inclusa). — Ardisia Sieberi Bak. Fl. Mauritius (1877) 190. — Ramuli crassiusculi, 

 novelli minute furfuracei. Folia petiolis crassis dz 7 mm longis, in laminam sensim trans- 

 euntibus stipitata, obovata, basin versus longe cuneatim acuta, apice rotundata vel ob- 

 tusiuscula, integerrima, ± 7 5 mm longa, 40 mm lata, chartacea, glabra, opaca, adulta 

 utrinque densiuscule prominulo-reticulata, haud manifestius punctata. Inflorescentiae ±10- 

 florae, valde abbreviate racemosae, ferrugineo-puberulae, foliis multo breviores, pedicellis 

 ± 3 — 4 mm longis; flores 3 — 3,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala dorso puberula, medium 

 usque vel paullo ultra connata, punctulis parvis consita ; petala ultra 1 / 3 coalita lobis ovato- 

 ellipticis, bene rotundatis apiceque (minute oblique) emarginatis, punctulis parvis dissitis 

 pictis; stamina petalis paullo breviora antberis longis, sensim acutis, filamentis latis foliaceis, 

 in tubum fere liberum altum inter sese connatis; ovarium glabrum, elongate ellipsoideum, 

 stylo brevissimo crasso, stigmate subcapitulato. 



Mauritius: Routon, Sieber Maurit. II. n. 53 et flor. mixt. n. 186. 



29. 0. roseum Aug. DC! in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2. ser. I. (1901) 576. — Ramuli 

 crassiusculi, novelli lepidibus parvis adpressisque ferrugineis consiti. Folia petiolis ± 5 mm 

 longis stipitata, late lanceolata, basi anguste rotundata apice acuminata, integerrima, ± 

 140 mm longa, 33 mm lata, chartacea vel coriaceo-chartacea, praeter lepides minutissimas 

 perobscurasque subtus dissitas glabra, supra sublaevia subtus prominulo-costulata haud vel 

 vix reticulata, punctulis glandulosis minutis submultis praedita. Inflorescentiae optime um- 

 bellatae, ± 5-florae, non nisi minutissime lepidotulae, foliis satis breviores, pedicellis cras- 

 siusculis, vix ultra 5 mm longis ; flores 4 mm longi, glabri, 5-meri ; sepala punctis paucis 

 atris in apice, nonnullis brunneis dissitis praedita; petala ad 1 / 4 connata lobis ellipticis, apice 

 oblique acutiusculis haud manifestius punctatis ; tubus stamineus basi cum petalis connatus 

 antheris anguste rotundatis ; ovarium glabrum, ovoideum, stylo subduplo longiore cylindrico, 

 stigmate disciformi. 



Madagascar: Maroa in Wäldern am Rusen von Antongil (Mocquerys n. 300). — 

 Herb. DC. 



Nota. Habitu Amblyanthum glandulosiim haud male refert. 



30. 0. pter'ocaule Mez n. sp. — Ramuli graciles, glaberrimi, callis crassis de foliorum 

 insertionibus decurrentibus praediti. Folia petiolis ± 4 mm longis stipitata, elliptica vel late 

 elliptica, utrinque breviter acuta vel subrotundata, integerrima, ±50 mm longa, 27 mm 

 lata, chartacea, glaberrima, supra glauca subtus triste saturate rubentia nitida, supra vix 

 subtus manifeste prominulo-reticulata, punctulis oo paullo prominulis concoloribus aucta. 

 Inflorescentiae ± 5-florae, tenerrimae, breviter sed manifeste racemosae, glabrae, folia su- 

 perantes, pedunculis fere filiformibus 40 mm vel ultra longis stipitatae ipsae vix ultra 1 2 mm 

 longae, pedicellis gracilibus, suberectis, ± 4mm longis; flores 1,5 — 2 mm longi, glabri, 

 5-meri; sepala coriacea margine pilis capitulätis brevissimis dense praedita; petala ad i / A 

 connata lobis suborbicularibus, rotundatis leviterque oblique emarginatis, non nisi obscure 

 punctulatis ; tubus stamineus basi breviter cum petalis connatus antheris rotundatis ; ovarium 

 ellipsoideo-clavatum, glabrum, stylo breviore, stigmate parvo, discoideo, integro. 



Central-Madagascar: Raron n. 2946, 2950. — Herb. Kew. 



31.0. polytrichum Rak. ! in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXII. (l 887) 501. — Ramuli crassius- 

 culi, sicut petioli ± 1 2 mm longi densissime ferrugineo-villosi. Folia elliptica vel oblongo- 

 elliptica, basi longe apice breviter lateque acuta, integerrima, ±90 mm longa, 30 mm lata, 

 chartacea, supra demum ± imperfecte glabrescentia, opaca, tenuiter costulata tenuissime- 

 que reticulata, punctulis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentiae submultiflorae, primum 

 abbreviate demum elongate laxeque racemosae, villosae, folia superantes, pedicellis sub- 

 erectis, gracilibus, per anthesin ±12, fructiferis usque ad 20 mm longis; flores 4 mm longi, 



