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C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 



Inflorescentiae tenerrimae, dissite longe pilosae, foliis sat breviores, optime umbellatae, pedun- 

 culis ±; 20 mm longis stipitatae, pedicellis 11 mm longis ; flores 5 — 6 mm longi, 5-meri; 

 sepala basi brevissime coalita, membranacea, dorso pilosa, lineari-triangularia, haud mani- 

 festius punctata; petala vix ultra y 6 connata ovato-elliptica , apice anguste rotundata, 

 asymmetrice emarginata, membranacea, punctis destituta; tubus filamentorum basi bre- 

 vissime cum petalis connatus antheris liberis, anguste triangularibus ; ovarium elongate 

 substipitiforme, glabrum, stigmate parvo, discoideo, integro. 



Nordwest-Madagascar: Baron n. 5492. — Herb. Kew. 



44. 0. Capelieranum Adr. Juss. ! in Mem. Mus. Paris XIX. (4 830) 133 t. 1 9. f. 5 — 7; 

 A.DC! in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1 844) 90. — Ramuli validi, novelli dissite ferrugineo-pilosi mox 



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Oncostemon Capelieranum Adr. Juss. A Habitus, 

 cum stamine postice visa. D Ovarium. 



B Flos integer. 

 (Icon. origin.) 



G Corollae pars 



glabrati. Folia petiolis dl 5 mm longis stipitata, anguste oblonga, basin versus sensim acuta 

 apice breviter acuminata demum rotundata, integerrima, dz 75 mm longa, 20 mm lata, 

 chartacea, glabra, utrinque dense prominenti-reticulata, punctulis multis zb in parenchymate 

 absconditis aucta. Inflorescentiae optime umbellatae, pedunculis validis ± 25 mm longis 

 stipitatae , minute puberulae ,, foliis breviores , pedicellis gracilibus dt 1 2 mm longis ; flores 

 3—3,5 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala basi brevissime coalita membranacea, dorso pilosa, lineari- 

 triangularia, haud manifestius punctulata; petala ultra y 3 connata elliptico-ovata, acutius- 

 cula, symmetrica, haud punctata; tubus filamentorum alte cum petalis connatus, antheris 

 liberis apice paullo emarginatis subaequilongus ; ovarium tenuiter ellipsoideum, glabrum, 

 stylo longo, stigmate bene discoideo, integro. — Fig. 35. 



Madagascar: ohne Standortsangabe (Chapelier, Göudot, Du Petit-Thouars). 

 — Blüht im September. (Herb. DC, Deless., Paris.) 



45. 0. dissitiflorum (Bak.) Mez. — Ardisia dissitiflora Bak. ! in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XXII. (1887) 501. — Ramuli gracillimi, apicem versus pilis ferrugineis articulatis dense 

 villosi. Folia petiolis dz 2 mm longis stipitata, elliptica, basi breviter acuta vel subrotundata 



