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C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 
coriacea, glabra, fere omnino laevia, punctis glandulosis manifestioribus destituta. Inflores- 
cenliae multiflorae, dense panniculatae, brevissime pubescentes, foliis multo breviores, pedi- 
cellis per anthesin gracilibus vix ultra 5 mm longis; llores 3,5 mm longi, glabri; sepala vix 
ultra 1 / 5 connata lobis ovato-ellipticis , bene rotundatis, margine lepidoto-ciliolatis, haud 
punctatis ; petala basi breviter coalita lobis late ellipticis, apice oblique brevissime acuminu- 
latis, punctulis paucis brunneis prope apicem et perpaucis aterrimis circa medium auctis : an- 
therae petalis paullo breviores acutae, dorso punctis paucis alris pictae ; ovarium glabrum, 
ovoideum, stylo crasso cylindrico breviore, stigmate diseiformi. 
Bourbon (Reunion): Boivin n. 1267, Commerson n. 303, Gaudichaud, 
R i ch ard n. 303, 423. 
8. B. multiflora A. DC. ! in Ann. sc. nat. 2. ser. XVI. (I 841 ) 89 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. 
(1844) 109. — Tinus multiflora 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. ( I 8 9 I ) 974. — Ramuli percrassi, 
smnmo apice novelli ferrugineo-tomentosi celerrime glabrati, verrucosi. Folia petiolis ± 
1 0 mm longis, latissimis crassisque sensim in laminam transeunlibus stipitata, elongate 
obovata, basin versus sensim cuneatim acuta, apice rotundala, ±160 mm longa, 60 mm 
lata, coriacea, glabra, opaca, punctidis prominulis parvis aucta. Inflorescentiae dense squar- 
roseque panniculatae, foliis breviores, non nisi perobscure puberulae, pedicellis crassis usque 
ad 7 mm longis; llores 3 mm longi; sepala basi breviter coalita. fere semiorbicularia, latissime 
rotundata, crasse coriacea, haud manifestius punclulata; petala basi vix ad l / 1 coalita latissime 
elliptica, optime rotundata, emarginala, coriacea, punctulis minutis conspersa; antherae per- 
crassae, ovato-triangulares, subacutae, petalis breviores, dorso concolores nec punctatae; 
ovarium ovoideum, stylo crassiusculo subduplo breviore, stigmate parvo subobtuso. 
Mauritius: in Bergwäldern (Blackburne, Bojer, Riehe n. 93, Sieber Maur. 
n. 107). 
9. B. insularis A. DC.! in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII. (1 834) 113 et in DC. Prodr. 
VIII. (1844) 109 (e. p., exclus. cit. Commerson n. 304). — Myrsine insularis D. Dietr. 
Synops. I. (1 839) 61 9. — Ardisia insularis Bak. (non Mez) Fl. Mauritius (1 877) 190. — 
Tinus insularis O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1 89 1) 974. — B. Barthesia Boj.! (non A. DC.) 
Hort, maurit. ( l 837) I 96. — Stolidia mauritinna H. Baill.! in Adansonia II. (l 862) 359 (cf. 
Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris n. 124 (1 892) 989). — Ramuli crassi, glabri vel apicem 
versus peradpresse pallideque ferrugineo-lepidotuli. Folia petiolis latis ± 8 mm longis stipi- 
tata, anguste vel elliptico-obovata vel obovata, basi acuta apice obtusiuscula vel rotundata, 
±70 mm longa, 35 mm lata, punctulis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentiae submulti- 
tlorae, erectae, subpyramidatae, foliis bene breviores, paullo lepidotae, pedicellis crassius- 
culis per anthesin vix ultra 1,5 mm longis fructiferis duplo vel ultra auctis; flores 3,5 mm 
longi, glabri; sepala ad J / 4 — */ 3 connata, minute et saepius obscure punctulata; petala basi j 
breviter coalita elongate elliptica, bene asymmetrica ; antherae petalis sat breviores ex ovato ; 
persensim acutae trianguläres, dorso haud punctatae; ovarium crasse ellipsoideum stylo 
breviore, stigmate subdiscoideo. 
Mauritius: Commerson n. 7 12, Riehe n. 40, Bojeix 
Einh. Name: Bois Pi nt ade. 
10. B. Candolleana Mez n. sp. — B. insularis A. DC.! in DC. Prodr. VIII. ( 1 844 
109 (e. p., quoad cit. Commerson n. 304.) — Ramuli crassi, glabri. Folia petiolis ± 10 mm 
longis, latissimis et insensim in laminam transeunlibus stipitata, obovata, basi cuneatim 
acuta apice rotundata vel obtusiuscula, ±110 mm longa, 50 nun lata, coriacea, glabra, 
opaca, punctulis prominulis parvis nunc parum conspicuis nunc manifestioribus partim bre- 
viter lineatim elongatis aucta. Inflorescentiae multiflorae, optime squarroseque bipinnatim 
panniculatae, patentes vel pendulae, parce lerrugineo-puberulae, foliis paullo breviores, pedi- 
cellis per anthesin vix ultra 4 nun longis; flores 4 mm longi, glabri; sepala ultra y 3 connata, 
apert a , semiorbicularia, punctis obscuris brunneis praedita; petala basi breviter coalita, lobis 
latissime ellipticis, rotundatis et emarginellis, punctulis prope apicem brunneis, medio paucis 
alris pictis; antherae petalis paullo breviores maximae, acutiusculae, dorso haud mani- 
festius punctatae; ovarium ovoideum, stylo 3-plo breviore crasso, stigmate diseiformi. 
Bourbon: Boivin n. 1268, Commerson n. 304. 
