Maesa. 
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XIII. 1891 199. — Ramuli crassiusculi, novelli minute ferrugineo-leprosi, adultiores lcuti- 
cellis magnis saepius verrucosi. Folia petiolis ± I 5 min longis stipitata, elliptico-lanceolata, 
apice obscure acuminata vel acuta, integerrima vel non nisi levissirne undulata, ± 170 mm 
longa, 55 mm lata, chartacea, lineolis nervillil'ormibus bene aucta. Inflorescentiae pauciflorae, 
simplices raceinosae, glabrae, petiolos subduplo superantes, pedicellis 0,25 — 1 mm longis, 
saepius crassiusculis ; tlores 2 mm longi, glabri; sepala ovata, rotundata; petala satis ultra 
medium coalita lobis subtriangularibus, anguste rotundatis, valde lineatis ; stamina e fauce 
exserta antheris late ovalibus utrinque emarginatis quam filamenta duplo vel ultra breviori- 
bus : ovarium stigmate obtuso vi\ lobato, stylo brevissimo. 
Inseln Neu-Guinea, Amboina und Timor (Forbes n. 3763, Lauterbach n. 
1149, Warburg n. 18823, 2 1374, Zippelius). — Blüht und fructifiziert November, 
Dezember. 
Eiuli. Name: Aitik IN. Guinea). 
62. M. racemosa (K. Schum.) Mez n. sp. — M. nemoralis var. racemosa K. Schum. ! 
in Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. IX. 1 887) 21 3 et Fl. Kaiser Wilhelmsl. ( I S89) 1 07 ; Warb, in Eng- 
ler's Bot. Jahrb. XIII. (1 89 1 399; K. Schum, et Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee 
1900) 492. — Frutex parvus ramulis crassiusculis nunc crassis, adultiorilnis dense lenticellis 
suborbicularibus allutaceis verruculosis. Folia petiolis ± I 0 mm longis stipitata, latissimc 
elliptica saepius suborbicularia, apice rotundata vel obtusiuscula, integerrima, ±95 mm 
longa, 65 mm lata, supra nitida subtus glaucescenti-pallida et hic lineolis longis nervilli- 
formibus permanifestis aucta. Inflorescentiae pauciflorae, laxe racemosae, simplices vel infima 
basi in ramulos paucos aequales divisae, glabrae, foliis bene breviores, pedicellis per anthesin 
vix ultra I mm longis fructifei'is auctis; flores 1,5 mm longi, glabri; sepala late ovata, 
acuta, prope apicem sueto punctis crassis perpaucis praedita ; petala ignota ; ovarium stylo 
brevissimo stigmate parvo subdiscoideo apice obtuso. 
Neu-Guinea: Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Finschhafen, Sattelberg, Bismarck-Gebirge 
(Hellwig n. 394, Hollrung n. 1 24, 2749, Warburg n. 21 379). — Blüht März, 
September (Herb. Berlin). 
63. M. laevigata Scheff. ! Cornrn. Myrs. Archip. ind. (1867) 17. — Bcieobotrys lae- 
vigata Zipp. ! ap. Scheff. 1. c. — Ramuli crassiusculi, glaberrimi, parce lenticellati. Folia 
petiolis ±20 mm longis stipitata, oblonga, basin versus sensim acula, apice obtusiuscula, 
integerrima, ± 150 mm longa, 55 mm lata, chartaceo-coriacea, opaca, supra glauca subtus 
rubiginosa. Inflorescenliae subpaucitlorae, glabrae, laxiusculae, pedicellis crassiusculis frueti- 
feris tantum cognitis vix ultra I mm longis ; flores non nisi deflorati cogniti glabri ; sepala 
late ovata, acuta, margine prope apicem serrulata; petala quam sepala paullo longiora 
ad 3 4 altit. coalita lobis latiuscule rotundatis, lineatis ; stamina e fauce vix emergentia 
antheris acutis, prope basin dorsifixis; ovarium ad 2 / 3 inferum stigmate obtuso, stylo 
brevissimo. 
Holländisch Neu-Guinea: Zippelius. (Herb. Leiden). 
64. M. protracta F. Muell. Descript. Notes on papuan plants V. (1877; 92. - Glabra. 
Folia petiolis infra 2 5 mm longis stipitata lanc-eolata, sensim longe acuminata, margine levit < j- 
undulata, in petiolum decurrentia, I 00 — I 75 mm longa, 25 — 50 mm lata, chartacea, lineis 
»pellucidis plerumque destituta. Inflorescentiae racemosae, axillares terminalesque, foliis 
breviores (75 mm longae vel varie breviores), solilariae vel 2 vel plures läsciculatae, pedi- 
cellis flores aequantibus vel paullo superantibus; flores 5-meri corolla vix semiexserta, lobis 
subrotundis tubum subaequantibus. Fructus ovato-globularis vix 2 I in . longus. 
Neu-Guinea: Fly-River (D’A 1 b er t i s). 
Nota. Species mihi non visa diagn. sec. F. Muell.). 
65. M. novo-guineensis Scheff. in Ann. Jard. Buitenzorg. I. (l 876] 32. — »Glabra. 
Folia membranacea, basi acula, angustata, in petiolum subdecurrentia, ex oblongo elliptica, 
apice in acumen plus minusve acutum producta, subglandulose obsolete undulata. Panni- 
culae axillares folium circiter aequantes vel breviores, e racemis paucis elongatis compositae; 
bracteae pedicellis duplo breviores. Calycis laciniae ovatae, acutae, in flore patentes in 
