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C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 
1. B. Richeana Mez n. sj>. — Ramuli crassiusculi, novelli peradpresse ferrugineo- 
lepidoti. Folia late obovato-elliptica sueto subrhomboidea, basin versus cuneatim angustata 
demum subito contracta, apice obtusiuscula, ± 100 mm longa, 60 mm lata, ehartacea, 
glabra, nitidula, supra sublaevia subtus prominulo-reticulata, punctulis parvis paullo pro- 
rainulis subobscuris oo praedita. Inflorescentiae subpauci- vel pauciflorae, densae, usque 
ad 30 mm longae, glabrae vel subglabrae, pedicellis crassiusculis , ±2,5 mm longis; 
(lores 3,5 — 4 mm longi, glabri; sepala medium usque connata, lobis semiorbicuiaribus, 
margine dense breviter c-iliatis, punctis minutis brunneis multis praeditis; petala basi 
breviter coalita elliptica, apice rotundata, punctis multis brunneis e majoribus aucta; 
stamina antheris subtriangularibus, acutiusculis, dorso haud punctatis; ovarium elongate 
ovoideum, stylo subnullo, stigmate capitulato-pulvinato. 
Wohl sicher von den Mascarenen (Mauritius?) stammend (Riclie n. 92). — Herb. 
Berlin, Deless. 
2. B. Commersoniana Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassiusculi, glabri. Folia obovata vel 
elliptica, basi late cuneata apice obtusiuscula, ±55 mm longa, 30 mm lata, non nisi 
juniora cognita chai'tacea, glabra, opaca, laevia vel subtus minutissime perobscureque 
reticulata, punctulis minutissimis prominulis oo praesertim in latere superiore reperiendis 
aucta. Inflorescentiae pauciflorae, densae, dissite brevissime pilosae, foliis subduplo bre- 
viores, pedicellis ± 2 mm longis; ilores 3 — 4 mm longi, glabri; sepala bene ad 1 3 
coalita lobis semiorbicuiaribus, latissime rotundatis, margine brevissime ciliolatis, punc- 
tulis submultis brunneis praeditis; petala basi breviter connata lobis late ellipticis, rotun- 
datis, sicut sepala punctatis; stamina antheris ellipticis, apice obtuse acuminulatis, dorso 
haud punctatis; ovarium ellipsoideum, stylo brevissimo, stigmate subcapitulato. 
Mauritius: Commerson n. 619, Ayres. — Herb. DG., Asa Gray, Leiden, Paris. 
3. B. ovalifolia A. DG. ! in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. (l 834) I I 4 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. 
(1 844) 110. — Myrsine ovalifolia D. Dietr. Synops. I. (1 839) 6 19. — Ramuli crassi, glabri. 
Fig. 46. Badula ovalifolia A. DC. M Habitus. B Flos integer. C Petala duo postice visa. 
D Petalum cum stamine medio longit. dissectum. E Stamen antice visum. F Ovarium. G Pla- 
centa. (Icon, origin. ] 
Folia petiolis vix ultra 5 mm longis, latissimis stipitata fere subsessilia dicenda, elliptica, 
utrinque permanifeste late acuta, ± 120 mm longa, 55 mm lata, adulta rigidula, glabra, 
utrinque dense prominenti-reticulata, punctis glandulosis parvis valde dissitis paucisque non 
