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VACCINIUM LIGUSTRIFOLIUM J. J. S., sp. nov. 



Frutex ramosus, ramulis sicco angulatis, minute puberulis. Folia alterna, par- 

 vula, breviter petiolata, ovato-elliptica vel elliptica, apice angustata obtusa, basi 

 acutiuscula vel obtusa, margine in sicco recurva, integerrima, glandula marginali 

 orbiculari sicco impressa utrinque supra basin, adulta glabra, ut videtur initio plus 

 minusve puberula, probabiliter 3-plinervia, nervis obsoletis, coriacea, sicco rigida, 

 c. 1-75-3-25 cm. longa, 0-85-1-55 cm. kta ; petiolus semiteres, supra sulcatus, sicco 

 transverse rugulosus, initio puberulus, glabrescens, c. 0-15-Q-35 cm. longus. Inflores- 

 centiae (1 adest) axillares, breves, c. 4-florse, pedunculo cum rhachide c. 0'7 cm. longo, 

 glabro, bracteis deficientibus. Pedicellus sub ovario ai'ticulatus, glaber, c. 0*45 cm. 

 longus. Calyx 5-partitus, extus pubescens, c. 0'375 cm. diam., dentibus triangulis, 

 acutis, concavis, ciliatis, c. O07 cm. longis, O15 cm. latis. Corolla angustius urceo- 

 lata, 5-loba, extus glabra, intus parce pilosa, carnosula, explanata c. 0'77 cm. longa, 

 fauce bene 0'6 cm., infra medium 0'9 cm. lata, lobis ovato-triangulis, obtusis, con- 

 vexis, c. 0-075-0-08 cm. longis, 0-12-0-15 cm. latis. Stamina 10, c. Q-375-0'4 cm. 

 longa; filamentum lineare, supra basin paulo dilatatum, inferne villosum, superne 

 parce pilosum, c. 0-3-0-33 cm. longum; anthera infra medium dorsifixa, curvula, 

 oblonga, ad \ partem infra apicem bifida, basi obtusa, tubulis exceptis echinulato- 

 papillosa, ecalcarata, c. 0'14 cm. longa, thecis parallelis, antice sulco separatis, sulco 

 longitudinal! kterali instructis, tubulis contiguis, exappendiculatis, poro obliquo 

 introrso hiantibus. Ovarium semiglobosum, patenter pubescens, c. 0'25 cm. diam. ; 

 stylus teres, apice contractus, glaber, c. 0'6 cm. longus. Discus pulviniformis, 

 10-lobulatus, medio excavatus, circa excavationem erecto-pilosus, ceterum glaber, 

 c. 0*23 cm. diam. 



Hob. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, edge of forest by ? lake, 7000'. Fl. Dec. 

 5544. 



In some respects near V. muriculatum J. J. S., but with the branches 

 more robust, the leaves smaller and non-acuminate, shorter inflorescences, 

 acute sepals, anthers without murices, and style enclosed. 



A shrub or small tree with pink flowers. 



MYRSINACE^E. 



M.S:SA FRUTICOSA Gibbs, sp. nov. 



Frutex parvus, ramuli stricti, teretes, dense foliati, cum inflorescentiis piliis 

 brevissimis patentibus f ugaceis puberulis onusti. Folia parva, obovata, basi rotun- 

 data, apice angustata, abrupte minute obtuse-apiculata, margine integerrima, recur- 

 vata, chartacea, supra glabra, subtus pallidiora, tenuiter striata. Bacemi pedunculati, 

 1-3-flori, foliis 2- vel 3-plo breviores. Flares albidi, gracile pedicellati. Sepala 4, 

 late ovata, acuta. Petala 4, paullo ultra medium connata, lobis suborbicularibus, 

 tenuiter crenulatis. Stamina petalis baud multo breviora, antheris ovatis, medio 

 dorsifixis. Stylus brevis ; stigmate obtuso, obscure lobulato. Ovarium ultra | in- 

 ferum, lepidotum. 



Hob. Arfak Mts., edge of forest by ? lake, 7000'. Fl., ? . Dec. 5579. 



A small shrub, with rigid ascending branches and durk red-brown strjate 



