Parent:
MYRSINE L., 1753
7.
M. oliveri Allan nom. nov.
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Tree up to c. 6m. tall; bark smooth, greyish; branchlets stiff, divergent. Lvs on rather stout flat petioles 5-6-(10) mm. long. Lamina coriac., scaberulous when young, (3)-5-10 × (1·5)-3-4 cm., obovate to elliptic, rounded or slightly emarginate at apex; margins thickened; irregularly dentate in upper part. Infl. of dense, cymose fascicles; pedicels glab., ± 2.5 mm. long. Calyx-lobes 5, narrow; petals 5, free, elliptic, acute, fimbriate. Stamens 5, opp. petals; stigma capitate. Fr. subturbinate-globose, ± 5-7 mm. diam.
DIST.: Three Kings. Great Id.
Type: A, G.T.S.Baylis, 4/12/1945.
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