Badula. 
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nisi prope marginem paullo crebrioribus aucta. Inflorescentiae submultiflorae paupere bi- 
pinnatim panniculatae, glaberrimae, foliis subduplo breviores, pedicellis 1,5 — 3 mm longis; 
flores 5 mm longi, glabri; sepala bene ad 1 3 connata lobis margine nudis; pelala basi bre- 
viter coalita lobis paullo asymmelrice elliplicis, apice anguste rotundatis; stamina petalis 
paullo breviora antheris maximis, sessilibus, apice anguste rotundatis, dorso magnipunctatis ; 
ovarium elongate ovoideum, glabrum, valde parvipunctatum, stylo brevissimo, stigmate lato, 
truncato. 
Mauritius: Commerson n. 714. — Herb. Berlin, DC., Paris. 
4. B. maculata Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi. Folia subsessilia, optime 
oblonga, basin versus sensim acuta demum subito rotundatim contracta, apice latissime 
triangulo-acuta, ± 100 mm longa, 40 mm lata, subcoriacea, glabra, subtus dense promi- 
nulo-reticulata, punctis maximis atris jam nudo oculo permanifestis prope nervum medium 
optime lineolatim elongatis maculata. Inflorescentiae subpauciflorae, breviter et densiuscule 
pvramidatae, glabrae, foliis breviores, pedicellis gracilibus ± 3 mm longis; flores (nondum 
satis evoluti) per anthesin vix ultra 3 mm longi, glabri; sepala basi ad y s connata sub- 
orbicularia, late rotundata, margine brevissime ciliolata; pelala basi brevissime coalita late 
elliptica, apice oblique emarginata asymmetrica; antherae maximae petalis paullo breviores 
ovato-ellipticae, acutae, dorso valde maculatae; ovarium ellipsoideum, valde maculatum, 
stylo crasso subaequilongo, stigmate discoideo. 
Bourbon (Reunion): Wald an der Ostküsle (Boi v in). — Blüht im Juni (Herb. Paris). 
5. B. crassa A. DC.! in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. (l 834) 11 4 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1 844) 
1 09. — Myrsine crassa D. Dietr. Synops. I. (l 839) 61 9. — Tinas crassa 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. 
1891) 973. — Ramuli percrassi, glabri. Folia petiolis latissimis, 10 — 15 mm longis stipi- 
tata, elliptica, basi sensim acuta apice optime rotundata, ± 1 I 0 mm longa, 50 mm lata, 
praeter lepides parvas subtus dissitas deciduas glabra, subcoriacea, praesertim supra nitidula, 
utrinque costis suberecto-erectis bene prominulis multis praedita et praesertim subtus minute 
reticulata, punctis glandulosis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentiae submultiflorae, crassae, 
squarrose panniculatae, brevissime ferrugineo-tomentellae, foliis multo breviores, pedicellis 
crassis fructiferis ± 2,5 mm longis; flores 4 mm longi, per anthesin nutantes ; sepala dorso 
puberula basi ad ’/ 3 coalita, margine optime ciliata; petala late elliptica, apice oblique emar- 
ginata asymmetrica; antherae petalis paullo breviores ellipticae, apice acuminulo demum 
truncato praeditae, dorso haud maculatae; ovarium pyramidatum stylo brevissimo, stigmate 
parvo, disciformi. 
Maurit ius: in Bergwäldern (Commerson n. 715, Boivin). — Blüht im September. 
Herb. Berlin, DC., Leiden, Paris.) 
6. B. Balfouriana (0. Ktze.) Mez. — Tinas Balfouriana O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1 891) 
973. — Ardisiae spec. innominata Bak.! Fl. Mauritius (1877) 1 91. — Ramuli crassi, 
glabri. Folia petiolis ± 8 mm longis, crassis stipitata, elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, 
utrinque breviter acuta vel basi subrotundatim contracta, ±150 mm longa, 45 mm lata, 
rigida, glabra, paullo nitidula, utrinque glauco-viridia vel subtus rubentia, tenuiter promi- 
nulo-costulata, haud vel vix reticulata. Inflorescentiae fructiferae tantum cognitae ut videtur 
pauciflorae, paupere panniculatae, foliis breviores, pedicellis fructiferis crassis mihi usque 
ad 8 mm longis visis; sepala bene ad medium connata margine dissite ciliata, crasse 
'•oriacea, non nisi obscure punctulata. Drupa magna, depressa, grosse rugoso-tuberculata, 
± 9 mm longa, 1 2 mm diam. metiens. 
Insel Rodriguez: Balfour n. 1152 (Yenusdurchgang-Exped. 1 874). — (Ilerb. 
Brit. Mus., Kew, Paris.) 
Vota. Praecedenti valde affinis species. 
7. B. borbonica A. DC. in Ann. sc. nat. 2. ser. XVI. (l 841) 89 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. 
1844) 109; Deless. ! Icon, select. V. t. 32. — Tinus borbonica 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 
974. — Ramuli percrassi, novelli dense lepidibus minutis ferrugineis tomenlelli. Folia 
petiolis ± 20 mm longis latissimis, insensim in laminam transeuntibus et vix ab ea dis- 
' ernendis stipitata, oblonga vel anguste obovata, basin versus longissimc angustata apice 
; obtusiuscula vel brevissime lateque acuminata, ± 270 mm longa, 85 mm lata, rigidiuscule 
