Notes on Myrtaceae VIII. Two new species from Africa

Arbor parva circ. 15 m alta ramulis robustis acute quadrangularibus omnino glabra. Folia petiolata, oblonga, basi truncata, late rotundata vel subcordata, apice acuta, 8-19 cm longa, 2-8 cm lata, coriacea, costa supra impressa, subtus crassa prominente, nervis lateralibus numerosis, utrinque prominulis. Petiolus canaliculatus, margine alatus, 1 % cm longus. Inflorescentia terminalis, cymoso-paniculata, ramulis quadrangularibus articulatis robustis. Alabastra circ. 5 mm in diametro. Sepala late rotundata, 2 mm longa. Petala coalita, operculum circ. 5 mm in diametro formantia. Stamina 17 mm longa. Bacca ignota. Belgian Congo, Boenda, Tshuapa, Germain 8347 fl. 16.5.1954, type (BR, duplicate in WAG.).