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Myrsineœ. 

 Mœsa FoESK. 



Maesa randaiensis Hayata sp. nov. Eami recti fuscentes lenti- 

 cellis prominentibus clensiuscule notati, subglabrati, ramulis gra- 

 cilibus rectis, foliatis. Folia chartaceo-coriacea, angusto-lanceolata, 

 vel lanceolata, 8 cm. longa, IJ cm. lata, apice acuminata, basi 

 obtiisa, plus minus obliqua, margine remotissime serrulata, serrulis 

 minutis J mm. longis mucronatis 1 cm. a se remotis, utraque 

 glabra, costis et venis planis inconspicuis vel tenuissimis, subtus 

 pallidissima, petiolis 7 mm. longis supra sulcatis. Eacemi axillares, 

 3 cm. longi, bracteis minutis ovatis 1 mm. longis, pedicellis 5 mm. 

 longis, prope apicem pedicellorum 1-bracteolatis, ovatis 1 mm. 

 longis Calyx campanulatus, limbo 5-lobato, lobis rotundato- 

 triangularibus IJ mm. longis, 2 mm. latis, crassiusculis margine 

 denticulatis, apice obtuso-rotundatis. Corolla glabra, urceolato- 

 cylindrica, 6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, tubo apice sub lobis leviter con- 

 tracto, 5-lobata, lobis late rotundatis, erecto-patentibus 1\ mm. 

 longis 2 mm. latis apice rotundatis basi leviter auriculatis, mar- 

 gine minute denticulatis. Stamina corollse lobis opposita, cum 

 filamentis 5 mm. longa, prope basin corollaß affixa, antlieris ovatis 

 1^ mm. longis. Ovarium semi-superius apice conicum ad stylum 

 attenuatum. Stylus brevior, cire. 1 mm. longus, apice leviter 3- 

 lobatus. 



lÏAB. Ivandaizan, \i:g. T. Kawakami et U. Moei, Mart. 1908, 

 (Xo. 8547). 



This comes near Mœsa .IJ:>rœna Bl., but differs from it in hav- 

 ing very much looser racemes, larger flowers, and narrower leaves. 



