4 J. Perkins. — Monimiaceae. 
b. Folia late ovata, apice manifeste acuminata, basi rotun- 
data vel interdum rotundato-cuneata. Receptaculum fl. 
(J 1 complanatum 15. H. sinuato-dentata. 
1. H. microcarpa Perk. n. sp. — Frutex vel arbor; rami subteretes, 4 ,5 — 3 mm 
lati, glabri; folia opposita, petiolata, petiolo 2,5 — 7 mm longo, obovala vel obovato- 
oblonga, 2,5 — 4 cm longa, 1,4 — 1,7 cm lata, apice acuta vel rotundata vel rarissime 
incisa, basi cuneata, integra, chartacea, utrinque glabra, supra nervis parum conspicuis 
subtus manifeste prominentibus, venis supra non vel vix subtus paullo prominentibus, 
laxe reticulatis, nervis lateralibus 8 — 9, marginem petentibus, margine inter sese curvato- 
conjunctis. Flores Q axillares, solitarii vel in inflorescentiam racemosam, parce ramo- 
sam, 1 — 1,5 cm longam conferti; bracteae minutae, ovatae, merabranaceae. Drupae 
circiter 3, parvulae, 3 mm longae, obovatae, in receptaculo minimo, vix incrassato, 
stipitatae, stipite 1 mm longo, glabrae, stylo brevi coronatae. 
Neu-Caledonien (Caldwell). — Herb. Kew. 
2. H. parvifolia Perk. et Schlechter in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIX. (1907) 106. — 
Frutex 1 m altus (ex Balansa, Pancher) vel 3 m altus (ex Schlechter); rami sub- 
teretes, glabri, 2 — 8 mm lati; folia opposita, petiolata, petiolo 0,5 — 0.8 cm longo, 
glabro, a latere compresso, oblanceolato-elliptica vel obovata, 3 — 5,5 cm longa, 0,8 — 
2,2 cm lata, breviter acuminata vel acuta vel interdum rotundata, basi in petiolum 
sensim angustata, utrinque" glabra, coriacea, integra, nervis venisque supra parum con- 
spicuis subtus manifeste prominentibus, venis dense reticulatis, nervis lateralibus 4 — 6, 
marginem petentibus, margine inter sese curvato-conjunctis. Flores q? solitarii, axillares, 
8 — 10 mm diam. pedicellati, pedicello 14 mm longo, glabro, gracili; bracteae minutae, 
ovatae, glabrae; receptaculum peltato-disciforme, membranaceum, margine undulatum; 
stamina numerosissima, receptaculum fere totum obtegentia, sessilia, conncctivo lineari, 
apice in caput membranaceum peltatum valde compressum subhorizontale dilatato ; an- 
therae subsessiles, loculis distinctis parallelis a latere rirna longitudinali dehiscentibus ; 
flores Q axillares, 3 mm diam. pedicellati, pedicello 4 — 6 mm longo, glabro; bracteae 
minutae, membranaceae, ovatae; receptaculum cupuliforme, margine integrum, mem- 
branaceum, extus glabrum, intus dense tomentosum; carpella 6 — 7, receptaculum ob- 
tegentia, sessilia, in stylum brevem desinentia. Drupae obovoideae, 10 — 11 mm longae, 
6 — 7 mm latae, glabrae, sessiles, in receptaculo incrassato dilatato confertae. — 
Fig. 2 F—G. ' 
Neu-Caledonien: Kongui Gipfei bei 1050 m s. m. (Balansa n. 450 im No- 
vember 1868 fruchtend), Monoique, Tümpel bei den Eisen-Minen von Congui, 100 m 
s. m. (Pancher n. 363 Qf*, Q), Süd-Bezirk, Ngoye, an Waldrändern auf den Bergen, 
ca. 400 m s. m. (Schlechter n. 15353 im November 1902 fruchtend). 
3. H. Balansaei Perk. n. sp. — Frutex 4 — 5 m altus (ex Balansa); rami sub- 
teretes, 2 — 4 mm lati, juniores parce pilosi, demum glabrescentes ; folia opposita, 
petiolata, petiolo 3 — 4 mm longo, juniore parcissime piloso, adulto glabro, ovato-ob- 
longa vel oblonga vel interdum ovata, 3,5—6 cm longa, 1,4 — 2,8 cm lata, apice bre- 
viter acuminata vel acuta, basi cuneata vel interdum rotundato-cuneata, papyracea vel 
subchartacea, integra vel interdum margine juxta apicem denticulis 1 vel 2 instructa, 
subtus pilis minutissimis parce instructa, supra juniora pilos minutos gerentia, adulta 
glabrescentia, supra nervis venisque parum conspicuis subtus manifeste prominentibus, 
nervis lateralibus circiter 5, marginem petentibus. Flores tf (non plane evoluti), cir- 
citer 3 mm diam. axillares, pedicellati, pedicello 2 — 3 mm longo, in inflorescentiam 
racemosam 2 cm longam conferti; rhachis inflorescentiae pilosa; bracteae minutae, 
membranaceae, pilosae; receptaculum carnosum, peltato-disciforme, extus hie illic pilis 
instruetum; tepala 10, inaequalia, glabra, minuta, uniseriata, ovata, apice rotundata, 
quam receptaculum multo minora ; stamina numerosissima, receptaculum fere totum 
obtegentia, glabra. 
Neu-Caledonien: Nördlich von Conception in Wäldern bei 550 m s. m. (Ba- 
lansa n. 2764 cT, im Februar 1870 blühend; Herb. Paris). 
