308 C* Mcz. — Myrsinaceae. 



glabri. Folia petiolis dt 7 mm longis stipitata, obovato-elliptica, basi acuta apice sub- 

 rotundata, zh 75 mm longa, 35 mm lata, rigidiuscula, opaca, supra laevia subtus 

 prominulo-costulata, punctulis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentia oo-flora, ample 

 subpyramidatim panniculata, folia longe superans, paullo puberula; flores 3 mm longi, 

 4-meri; sepala basi breviter coalita, e late ovato acuta, margine optime ciliata biseria- 

 tim punctulata; petala subelliptica, late triangulo-acuta, item biseriatim punctulata; 

 stamina petala subaequantia filamentis petalis alte insertis quam antherae 2 — 3-plo 

 longioribus, antheris emarginatis, medio dorsifixis, punctis ± 4 crassis praeditis ; ovarium 

 in flore q? subnullum. 



Madagascar: ohne Standortsangabe (Du Petit-Thouars). — Herb. DC, Paris. 



17. E. Baronii Mez n. sp. — Ramuli graciles, glabri vel novelli minute pubes- 

 centes. Folia petiolis ±10 mm longis, margine vix crispatis stipitata, basi acuta, 

 ±90 mm longa, 37 mm lata, chartacea, non nisi obscure prominulo-costata, punctulis 

 prominulis multis aucta. Inflorescentia multiflora, laxiuscula, 3-pinnatim panniculata, e 

 racemis perelongatis composita, pubescens; flores 4 mm longi, 5-meri; sepala fere libera, 

 ovata, acuta, margine serrato-ciliata, punctulis parvis ± manifeste in lineas 2 ordinatis 

 praedita; petala floris Q ovato-elliptica , late rotundata, dorso paullo papulosa sicut 

 sepala punctata, intus apice margineque subvillosa ceterum densissime papulosa; stamina 

 floris Q petalis multo breviora antheris dorso multipunctatis apice emarginatis filamenta 

 subaequantibus ; ovarium crasse ovoideum, glabrum, stylo crasso, subduplo breviore, 

 stigmate discoideo. 



Madagascar: ohne Standortsangabe (Baron). — Herb. Berlin. 



18. E. comorensis Mez n. sp. — Bamuli validi, novelli pilosi. Folia petiolis 

 ± 10 mm longis stipitata, obovata vel obovato-elliptica, basi acuta, dz 55 mm longa, 

 2 8 mm lata, coriacea, nitidula, punctulis atris multis praedita. Inflorescentia submulti- 

 flora, squarrose 2 — 3-pinnatim panniculata, parce puberula, non nisi juvenilis mihi visa 

 foliis brevior, ramulis flores laxiuscule racemosos gerentibus, pedicellis 1,5 — 2 mm longis 

 quam bracteae brevioribus; flores vix ultra 2 mm longi; sepala basi breviter coalita 

 lobis ovatis, acutiusculis, margine bene ciliatis, punctis perconspicuis biseriatis pictis ; 

 petala obovato-elliptica, late rotundata, dorso praeter marginem apicemque longe papulosa 

 glabra et optime punctata, intus ad partem superiorem longe ceterum breviter densissime 

 papulosa; antherae magnae, ellipticae, apice rotundatae nee emarginatae, dorso pauci- 

 punetatae, fere sessiles; ovarium floris (j 1 glabrum, valde reduetum. 



Comoren-Insel Johanna: 1500 m ü. M. (Hildebrandt n. 1691). — Blüht 

 Juni — August. Herb. Berlin. 



19. E. Barbeyana Mez. — E. villosa Bak. ! (non Wall.) in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. 

 (1883) 199. — Ribesiodes villosum 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 403. — Ramuli 

 crassiusculi , ferrugineo-villosi. Folia petiolis ± 6 mm longis, margine vix crispatis 

 stipitata, elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, utrinque rotundata vel apice obtusiuscula, ±50 mm 

 longa, 30 mm lata, coriacea vel rigidula, subtus canescentia et prominulo-reticulata, 

 punctis atris paucis aucta. Inflorescentia oo-flora, squarrose tripinnatim panniculata, 

 villosa, pedicellis 2 — 2,5 mm longis, gracilibus, bracteas multo superantibus ; flores 2 mm 

 longi, 5-meri; sepala basi breviter coalita acuta, margine valde villosa, punctata; petala 

 oblongo-lanceolata , apice rotundata, bene punctata, dorso parce intus quam maxime 

 papulosa; stamina petalis minute breviora antheris apice leviter emarginatis dorso atro- 

 verrueosis, filamentis subduplo longioribus super basin affixis; ovarium floris qj* valde 

 reduetum, glabrum, lageniforme, stylo gracili. 



Madagascar: in den Wäldern Ivohimanitra und Ambohimitombo 1350 — 1440 m 

 ü. M. (Forsyth Major n. 7, 275, 737), ohne Standortsangabe (Baron n. 467, 2160a, 

 Goudot, Humblot n. 456, Scott-Elliot n. 2928). — Blüht im Oktober. 



2 0. E. obovata Mez n. sp. (non Hemsl.) — Ramuli graciles, glabri. Folia petiolis 

 ± 10 mm longis, margine ± crispatis stipitata, basi acuta, ±85 mm longa, 40 mm 

 lata, chartacea, praeter nervum medium subtus tomenti stellati rudimentis praeditum 



