Rapanea. 
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■ul / mni longis stipitata, elliptica, basi breviter acuta apice rotundata, usque ad 22 nun 
lata, rigidiuseule coriacea, margine ipso salis incrassata, coslis suberectis subtus te- 
miissime fiiifornii-proininulis, punctis intrafoliaceis magnis raris, praesertim prope basin dis- 
sihs, in foliis junioribus subtus prosilientibus praedita, supra densissime punctulis minutissimis 
atns obsita. Inflorescentiae e raraulis verruciformibus formatae, I — 4-florae, ad 3 nun 
longae, pedicellis brevissimis (vix | mm longis}, crassis, glabris ; flores 2—2 5 mm longi 
glubii. sepala subpatenti-pateriformia , ad l /- i connata, lobis squamiformi-ovatis apice 
pauilo fimbriatis, punctis perpaucis (1—2) nigris praeditis; petala permanifeste ’ ad i/„ 
longit. connata, late elliptica, apice rotundata, atro-punctata ; antherae (in Höre rf) quam 
petala pauilo tantum breviores, latissime ovatae, apice rotundatae et hic puncto ma»no 
atro subdorsali praeditae; ovarium in Höre (f ovoideum, stigmate magno, loboso. 
Australien: Lord Howe’s Island (Fullagar) , an der Küste des trop. Australiens 
F. Bauer). — Kult, im Bot. Gart. Sidney. 
38. R. Cheesemanii (Hemsl.) Mez. — Myrsine Cheesemanii Hemsl. ! mss. in herb. 
Kew . Glaberrima; ramulis gracilibus. Folia petiolis graeillimis, zh | o nun longis 
stipitata, optime ovalia, basi breviter suetoque subacuminatim acuta apice rotundata 
integerrima, ± 60 nun longa, 2 8 mm lata, chartacea, laetissime viridia, utrinque mi- 
nute prominulo-reticulata, juvenilia punctulis parvis oo in adultis evanescentibus praedita. 
Inflorescentiae e floribus 2 4 fasciculatis, basi bracteis perpaucis instructis formatae nec 
prerruris insidentes, 2,5 3 mm longae, petiolis permulto breviores, pedicellis I nun vel 
minute ultra metientibus; flores pedicellos subaequantes, glabri; sepala tenuiter mem- 
branacea, dissite paucipunctulata, margine nuda; petala basi brevissime sed manifeste 
coalita elliptica, rotundata, dissite punctulata; antherae petalis pauilo breviores maximae 
ovato-ellipticae, apice acutiusculae et papillulosae, dorso prope apicem punctulis parvis 
pictae; ovarium floris O ovoideum, laeve, stigmate conico pauilo loboso-inciso. 
Neu-Seeland: Insel Raratonga (Cooks Island), auf dem Mt. Ikurangi 400 m ü M 
(Cheeseman n. 598.) — Blüht im Juni (Herb. Kew). 
oft. R. kermadecensis (Cheeseman) Mez. — Myrsine kermadecensis Cheeseman f 
“ Tr “ s - - X f w - ZeaL InstiL XXIV - C892) 410. - Tota facie praecedenti simillima! 
Bainuli graciles, juniores apicem versus dense ferrugineo-tomentosi celeriter glabrati. Folia 
petiolis dr 7 mm longis stipitata, elliptica vel subrhomboidea, basi longius apice breviter 
nunc brevissime acuta vel rarius obtusiuscula, integerrima, margine (more sequentis) 
pauilo undulatim crispulata, coriacea, glabra supra nitidula, utrinque minute prominulo- 
reticulata, adulta s altem punctulis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentiae e ramulis 
sueto permamfestis breviter cylindricis formatae, 6 — 1 0-florae, petiolos subaequantes 
pedicellis ± 3 mm longis, glabris; flores 2,5 mm longi; sepala basi ad ] /r>— Vs coalita’ 
tnangularia, anguste rotundata, margine minute obscureque ciliolata, perpaucipunctata ’ 
petala basi brevissime sed manifeste coalita, lingulata, anguste rotundata, dissite punc- 
tulata, antherae petalis sat breviores latissime ellipticae fere orbiculares, apice minute 
acuinmulatae, dorso haud punctatae; ovarium floris rf reductum conicum, stigmate crasse 
capitulato. 
Neu-Seeland: Kermadec-Gruppe, häufig auf Sunday-Island (Cheeseman — 
Herb. Kew). 
60. R. Urvillei (A. DC.) Mez. — Myrsine Urvillei A. DC. ! in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. WII. 1 83-*) (05 et in DC. Prodi’. MIL 1844; 95; A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat 
H'st. fi | 8 39 ; 47; Hook. f. Handb. New-Zeal. Fl. (1 867) 184. — Merista laevigata 
, Banks et Sol., ap. A. Cunn. 1. c. (sed specimen alterum hoc nomine in Herb. Banks! 
signatum ad Rubiaceas translocandum!). — Suttonia australis A. Rieh.! Ess. Fl. Nouv. 
Zcl. 1832, 349 t. 38. — Myrsine Richardiana Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mus. I. (1838 
Myrsine undulata A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 1. Ser. II. (1839) 47. Ramuli 
graciles glaberrimi. Folia glaberrima, petiolis gracilibus ± 5 mm longis stipitata, elliptica 
vel obovato-elliptica, basi cuneatim acuta vel acuminata, apice rotundata, integerrima 
margine cnspulo-undulata, dz 42 mm longa, 23 mm lata, coriacea, utrinque laxe 
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