Rapanea. 361 



Birma: ohne Standortsangabe (Griff ith n. 3543 (e. p.). — Herb. Berlin, Brüssel, 

 A. Gray, Paris). 



21. R. lucida (Wall.) Mez. — Myrsine lucida Wall.! Cat. (1829) n. 2298; 

 A.DC! in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. (1834) 106 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 95. — 

 Myrsine capitellata Clarke (non Wall.) in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India III. (1882) 512 (e. p.). 

 — Bamuli summo apice cum gemmis minute puberuli. Folia petiolis zh 6 mm longis 

 stipitata, basi acuta apice obtusiuscula, integerrima, zb 1 I mm longa, 30 mm lata, 

 glabra, nitida, laevia vel supra tenuiter prominulo-costulata, margine seriatim punctulato 

 excepto haud manifestius punctata. Inflorescentiae e ramulis brevibus bene cylindricis 

 formatae perpauciflorae, petiolis multo breviores, glabi'ae, pedicellis crassiusculis, brevibus 

 sed manifestis (usque ad 2 mm longis) : flores 3 mm longi, glabri ; sepala ad ! / 4 con- 

 nata lobis ovato-triangularibus, margine bene ciliatis, punctis magnis dissitis pictis; 

 petala ( Q ) ad Y 3 connata lobis ovato-ellipticis, anguste rotundatis, sicut sepala pictis ; 

 antherae floris Q valde reductae; ovarium glabrum stigmate perlongo farciminiformi. 



Birma: bei Taong-dong (Wallich n. 2298), ohne Standortsangabe (wohl Penang) 

 (Lobb n. 484). — Herb. Berlin, Boiss.-Barbey, DC, Deless., Kew. 



22. R. neriifolia (Sieb, et Zucc.) Mez. — Myrsine neriifolia Sieb, et Zucc! 

 (non Cäsar.) in Abh. Acad. München IV. Abth. III. (1846) 137. — Myrsine capitellata 

 Benth. ! (non Wall.) Fl. hongkong. (1861) 205 (quoad specimina hongkong. et syn. 

 nostr.). — Ramuli crassiusculi, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis vix ultra 1 mm longis, gra- 

 cilibus stipitata, glaberrima, integerrima, basin versus persensim acuta apice sueto ob- 

 tusiuscula vel rarius acutiuscula, chartacea vel membranaceo-charlacea, rb 80 mm longa, 

 1 5 mm lata, supra minutissime scrobiculato-reticulata vel rarius laevia. Inflorescentiae 

 e ramulis breviter verruculiformibus formatae, 3 — 7-florae, umbelluliformes, pedicellis 

 glaberrimis, semper manifestis, florigeris 2 — 3 mm, fructiferis satis auctis usque ad 

 5 mm longis; flores 2 — 2,5 mm longi, glabri; sepala fere basin usque libera, squami- 

 formia, margine optime capitulatim flmbriata; petala ad 1 / i longit. connata lobis sub- 

 lanceolatis, punctis rotundis vel elliptico-elongatis nunc permultis nunc paucioribus prae- 

 ditis; antherae apice papillulosae ; ovarium ovoideum v. ellipsoideum , stigmate maximo 

 styliformi, 2 — 2,5-plo longiore, apice brevissime lobuloso. 



Japanische Inseln, häufig (Faurie n. 11906, Füret n. 233. Hügel n. 

 3392, Oldham n. 488, 550, 550a, 953, Siebold!, Warburg n. 7907); Loo- 

 choo-Inseln (Wright n. 186); Formosa (Oldham 304, Warburg 9395); China: Prov. 

 Fu-Tschou (Warburg n. 5770); Prov. Kwang-Tung, besonders bei Hongkong häufig 

 (Champion n. 130, Hance, Lamont n. 421, Wilford n. 352). — Blüht April. 



Einh. Name: Sitsi-noki (Jap.). 



Nota. IIuc fortasse ducenda Athruphyllum lineare Lour. Fl. cochinch. (1790) 120 [= Myr- 

 sine Athruphyllum R. Br. ex Roem. et Schult. Syst. IV. (1819) 509 (» Athyrophyllum* sphalm.) 

 = Myrsine linearis Poir. Dict. Suppl. III. (1813) 709; A.DC. in DC. Prodr. VIR. (1844) 94], 

 certissime ad Ilapaneae genus pertinens et ex descriptione optime quadrans, in Cochinchina 

 lecta, mihi non visa. 



23. R. Playfairii (Hemsl.) Mez. — Myrsine Playfairii Hemsl. ! in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXVI. (1889) 61. — Ramuli glaberrimi, nitidi, crassiusculi. Folia petiolis zir 

 7 mm longis stipitata, glaberrima, integerrima, basin versus persensim cuneatimque 

 acuta, apice rotundata vel latissime obtusiuscula, rtr 50 mm longa, 18 mm lata, coria- 

 cea. Inflorescentiae e ramulis brevissime verruculosis formatae, 3 — 8-florae, optime 

 umbelliformes, petiolis breviores, pedicellis gracilibus, glabris, 3 — 4 mm longis; flores 

 2,5 — 3 mm longi, glabri; sepala basi brevissime coalita, lobis late squamiformi-ovatis ; 

 petala ad 1 / i longit. connata, lobis anguste ellipticis, punctis nonnullis elongatis linei- 

 formibus auctis; antherae late ellipticae; ovarium in flore Q? valde reductum. 



Südchina: Prov. Kwang-Si bei Pa-Koi und Prov. Kwang-Tung in der Umgebung 

 von Hongkong (Play fair, Hance n. 688); Hainan (Henry n. 8121, 8463, 8524). — 

 Herb. Berlin, Asa Gray, Kew, Wien. 



