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C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 
dr 100 mm longa, 2 5 mm lata, chartacea, utrinque nitidula venisque prominulis prae- 
dita, subtus punctulis multis permanifeste prominulis aucta. Inflorescentiae e ramulis 
breviter cylindrico-verrucosis formatae ut videtur pauciflorae, umbellulatae, fruetiferae 
saltem petiolos aequantes , pedicellis glabris, gracilibus, 5 mm longis. Fructus globosus, 
stramineus, 3 mm diam. metiens, apic'e bene acuminulatus, lineis brevibus crassisque 
glandulosis nec non prope apicem punctis multis atris pictus, sepalis 5 — 6 ovato-squa- 
miformibus, vix ad i / i longit. connatis, apice acutiusculis, punctulis multis partim breviter 
lineiformibus pictis insidens. 
Comoren: Insel Johanna auf Bergen 1500 m ü. M. (Hildebrandt n. 1 69 2', 
Groß Comoro, auf dem Vulkan 1000 — 2000 m ü. 31. (Kersten [Exped. v. d. Hecken (, 
ohne Standortsangabe (Boivin, Humblot n. 326, 1 534). — Herb. Berlin, Wien. 
76. R. Gilliana (Sond.) Mez. — Myrsine Gilliana Sond. ! in Linnaea XX1U. ( 1 8 5 0 ) 
76. — M. ängustifolia E. Mey. (non alior.) ap. Schimper, Traite pal. veget. II. (1 872) 922 
(nomen tantum). — Frutex habil u oleaceo; ramulis erassiuseulis , novellis minutissime 
obscureque ferrugineo-puberulis. Folia petiolis bfevissimis vix ultra 3 mm longis stipitata, 
oblongo-lanceolata, basin versus persensim angustata apice rolundata minuteque emargi- 
nata vel rarius obseure acutiuscula, integerrima vel ad superiorem partem perobscure pauci- 
crenulata, — 1 0 mm lata, rigida, sicca dz rugosa cetermn praeter nervum primarium 
subtus prominentem laevia. Inflorescentiae e ramulis brevisSimis vix verruciformibus 
formatae, umbelluliformes, 4 — 7-florae, petiolos longe superantes, pedicellis crassis, parce 
ferrugineo-puberulis, dz 4 mm longis; flores 5 mm longi, glabri, 5-meri; sepala ad 1 / 3 
connata, lobis ovatis, apice subrotundatis, praesertim dorso prope apicem densissime 
atropunctatis ; petala (floris q?) ad 1 / 3 coalita, ovato-lanceolata, acutiuscula, lineata pune- 
talaque; antherae (tloris (J 1 ) quam petala multo breviores, late ovato-ellipticae, apice 
obtuse acuminulatae ; ovarium in fiore q 1 reductum, stigmate sessili, morchelliformi. 
Capland: bei Uitenhaag (Eckion et Zeylier »Euphorb. n. 47, 49«, Zeyher 
n. 554, 754, 3371), im Gebüsch am Strand bei Port Elisabeth (Gill n. 48), ohne 
Standortsangabe (Burchell n. 4347). — Blüht Februar. 
77. R. Boivinii Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis dz 7 mm 
longis stipitata, glaberrima, integerrima, basi perlonge cuneatim acuta, ztr 90 mm longa, 
35 mm lata, coriacea, sicca supra valde scrobiculata nitidula glaucescenlia subtus opaca 
rubiginosa, praeter costas minute filiformi-prominulas laevia. Inflorescentiae e ramulis 
crassiuscule verrucosis formatae dz 5-florae, umbelliformes , petiolis paullo breviores, 
pedicellis gracilibus, glaberrimis, zb 5 mm longis: tlores parvi (2 mm), glabri, 5-meri; 
sepala basi breviter (V 6 — 1 .,) connata, lobis ovato-squamiformibus, rotundatis, punctis 
compluribus pictis; petala ad 1 / i coalila, lobis ellipticis, subrotundatis, punctis nonnullis 
elongato-ellipticis auctis; antherae pelalis bene breviores; ovarium subglobosum, stigmate 
margine valde eroso-lobato desuper viso slellato. 
Insel Mayotte (Boivin n. 3268. — Herb. Deless., Wien). 
78. R. Seychellarum Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis 
dz 5 mm longis, apice in laminam insensim transeuntibus stipitat a, basi acuta, inle- 
gerrima, dz 110 mm longa, 4 5 mm lata, coriacea. sicca glaucoviridia , glabra, paullo 
nitidula, utrinque optime denseque prominulo-reticulata. Inflorescentiae e ramulis bre- 
vissimis verruciformibus formatae, dz 5-florae, glabrae, petiolis breviores, pedicellis 
erassiuseulis, zlz 2 mm longis; flores 2,5nnn longi, glabri, 5-meri: sepala basi breviter 
coalila, ovata, rotundata, punctis manifestioribüs destituta; petala ad J /(i connata, anguste 
elliptica, acutiuscula, haud punctata; antherae floris Q magnae petalis paullo breviores, 
anguste ellipticae, acutiusculae ; ovarium crasse ovoideum stigmate margine indiviso. 
Seychellen -In sein Malio und Pelonette: häufig auf den Gipfeln der Berge 
(.!. Hooker n. 442, 588. — Herb. Kew). 
79. R. acrantha (Krug et Urb.) Mez! in Urb. Symb. antill. II. (1901 433. — 
Myrsine acrantha Krug et Urb.! in Notizbl. bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin 1. (1 895 79; 
Urb. Symb. antill. I. (1899) 3 80. — Ramuli validi, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis dz 8 mm 
