Badula. 281 



nisi prope margineni paullo crebrioribus aucta. Inflorescentiae submultiflorae paupere bi- 

 pinnatim panniculatae, glaberrimae, foliis subduplo breviores, pedicellis 1,5 — 3 mm longis; 

 flores 5 mm longi, glabri ; sepala bene ad Y3 connata lobis margine nudis ; petala basi bre- 

 viter coalita lobis paullo asymmetrice ellipticis, apice anguste rotundatis; stamina petalis 

 paullo breviora antheris maximis, sessilibus, apice anguste rotundatis, dorso magnipunctatis; 

 ovarium elongate ovoideum, glabrum, valde parvipunctatum, stylo brevissimo, stigmate lato, 

 truncato. 



Mauritius: Gommerson n. 714. — Herb. Berlin, DG., Paris. 



4. B. maculata Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi. Folia subsessilia, optime 

 oblonga, basin versus sensim acuta demum subito rotundatim contracta, apice latissime 

 triangulo-acuta, ±100 mm longa, 40 mm lata, subcoriacea, glabra, subtus dense promi- 

 nulo-reticulata, punctis maximis atris jam nudo oculo permanifestis prope nervum medium 

 optime lineolatim elongatis maculata. Inflorescentiae subpauciflorae, breviter et densiuscule 

 pyramidatae, glabrae, foliis breviores, pedicellis gracilibus ± 3 mm longis; flores (nondum 

 satis evoluti) per anthesin vix ultra 3 mm longi, glabri; sepala basi ad i / 3 connata sub- 

 orbicularia, late rotundata, margine brevissime ciliolata; petala basi brevissime coalita late 

 elliptica, apice oblique emarginata asymmetrica; antherae maximae petalis paullo breviores 

 ovato-ellipticae, acutae, dorso valde maculatae; ovarium ellipsoideum, valde maculatum, 

 stylo crasso subaequilongo, stigmate discoideo. 



Bourbon (Reunion): Wald an der Ostküste (Boivin). — Blüht im Juni (Herb. Paris). 



5. B. crassa A. DC! in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. (l 834) 1 1 4 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1 844) 

 1 09. — Myrsine crassa D. Dietr. Synops. I. (1 839) 64 9. — Tinns crassa 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. 

 (1891) 973. — Ramuli percrassi, glabri. Folia pctiolis latissimis, 10 — 15 mm longis stipi- 

 tata, elliptica, basi sensim acuta apice optime rotundata, ±110 mm longa, 5 mm lata, 

 praeter lepides parvas subtus dissitas deciduas glabra, subcoriacea, praesertim supra nitidula, 

 utrinque costis suberecto-erectis bene prominulis multis praedita et praesertim subtus minute 

 reticulata, punctis glandulosis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentiae submultiflorae, crassae, 

 squarrose panniculatae, brevissime ferrugineo-tomentellae, foliis multo breviores, pedicellis 

 crassis fructiferis ± 2,5 mm longis; flores 4 mm longi, per anthesin nutantes; sepala dorso 

 puberula basi ad 1 / 3 coalita, margine optime ciliata ; petala late elliptica, apice oblique emar- 

 ginata asymmetrica; antherae petalis paullo breviores ellipticae, apice acuminulo demum 

 truncato praeditae, dorso haud maculatae; ovarium pyramidatum stylo brevissimo, stigmate 

 parvo, disciformi. 



Mauritius: in Bergwäldern (Commerson n. 715, Boivin). — Blüht im September. 

 (Herb. Berlin, DC, Leiden, Paris.) 



6. B. Balfouriana (0. Ktze.) Mez. — Tinus Balfouriana O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 



973. — Ardisiae spec. innominata Bak. ! Fl. Mauritius (1877) 191. — Ramuli crassi, 

 glabri. Folia petiolis ± 8 mm longis, crassis stipitata, elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, 

 utrinque breviter acuta vel basi subrotundatim contracta, ±150 mm longa, 45 mm lata, 

 rigida, glabra, paullo nitidula, utrinque glauco-viridia vel subtus rubentia, tenuiter promi- 

 nulo-costulata, haud vel vix reticulata. Inflorescentiae fructiferae tantum cognitae ut videtur 

 pauciflorae, paupere panniculatae, foliis breviores, pedicellis fructiferis crassis mihi usque 

 ad 8 mm longis visis ; sepala bene ad medium connata margine dissite ciliata, crasse 

 coriacea, non nisi obscure punctulata. Drupa magna, depressa, grosse rugoso-tuberculata, 

 ± 9 mm longa, 1 2 mm diam. metiens. 



Insel Rodriguez: Balfour n. 1152 (Venusdurchgang-Exped. 1874). — (Herb. 

 Brit. Mus., Kew, Paris.) 



Nota. Praecedenti valde affinis species. 



7. B. borbonica A. DG. in Ann. sc. nat. 2. ser. XVI. (1841) 89 et in DC. Prodi-. VIII. 

 (1844) 109; Deless. ! Icon. select. V. t. 32. — Tinus borbonica 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 



974. — Ramuli percrassi, novelli dense lepidibus minutis ferrugineis tomentelli. Folia 

 petiolis ±20 mm longis latissimis, insensim in laminam transeuntibus et vix ab ea dis- 

 cernendis stipitata, oblonga vel anguste obovata, basin versus longissime angustata apice 

 obtusiuscula vel brevissime lateque acuminata, ±270 mm longa, 85 mm lata, rigidiuscule 



