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CONTENTS,

PART I.— August, li)l().

Seport on the Botany of the Wollaston Expedition to Dutch Neiv (Jtiinea,
1912-13. By Henky N. Kidley, C.M.G., M.A., F.U.S., F.L.S., assisted tin
Messrs. E. G. Bakek, S. Moore, H. F. Weknham, C. H. Wright, atid others.
W^ith an Introduction by Mv. C. B. KhoSH pages 1-269

PAKT II.— October, 1922.
Titleiwye, Contents, and Index 271-281

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I. Report on the Botany of the Wollaston Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, 1912-13.
By Henry N. RiDLEy, C.M.G., 3I.A., F.B.S., F.L.S. Assisted by Messrs.
E. G. Baker, S. Moore, H. F. Wernham, C II. Wright, and otfiers. Jlith uu
Introduction by Mr. C. B. Kloss.

(Plates 1-6.)

Rt-ad 7th May, 1914.

^^ 1 HE experience of the Exjiedition sent by the British Ornithologists' Lcioii in

1910-11 to New Guinea proved that it Avas not possible to reach the central rangi
^ Snow Mountains (Nassau Range) by way of the Mimika River. It appeared tha
23 Utakwa Uiver, about 50 miles to the east, offered a better prospect of success, and JVii.

E. R. Wollaston, who. had been a member of the first expedition, proposed to conduct

; another and to enter the country by that river. The Committee of the British

Ornithologists' Union Expedition genei'ously handed over to him the balance of their

^ fund, and through the generosity of certain subscribers he was enabled to return in

V 1912. The object of this second expedition, which was organised and conducted by

Mr. Wollaston, was to collect animals and plants, study the ethnology of the natives and

explore, so far as possible, the geography of the part of the Nassau range drained by the

Utakwa River. Mr. Wollaston was fortunate in securing the services of Mr. C. Boden

Kloss, Assistant Director of the Museum at Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States, ibr

the supervision of the zoological and botanical collections and the photographic work.

The transport work was carried out by 71 Dyaks from Borneo, whilst five collectors,

natives of SaraAvak, were employed in collecting botanical specimens. The party was

accompanied by an escort provided by the Netherlands East Indian Government, under

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the command of Lieutenant (n.nv Captain) A. Van de Water, and numbered in all
226 persons. A landing was made on the Utakwa River on September 18, 1912, and
the expedition left the country on April 3, 1913.

An account of the expedition has been published in the ' Geographical Journal '
(vol. xliii. 1914, pp. 218-208), from which I have taken some information, and Mr. Kloss
has added to the present pajier a short account of the track followed. The collections
made by him, and brought down under great diflTiculties by the expedition, are the most
extensive and important ones ever brought to this country from New Guinea.

Despite tlie large botanical collections made in Dutch and German New Guinea,
and described by Dutch and German botanists, the number of new species and genera
in proportion to the number of specimens collected is very large, there being about
500 new species and 8 new genera. This illustrates the extraordinary richness of the
Papuan flora. The flora of British New Guinea has been more neglected than that
of Dutch and German New Guinea; except for Forbes's collections on the Sogeri
Mountains, wliich have not yet been fully worked out, and a small lot obtained liy
Macgregor and Giuliauetti, no collecting of importance has been done there.

In working out this great collection I was assisted by Mr. E. G. Baker, who identified
and descril)ed the LeguminosiB and Melastomacese, Mr. Spencer le Marchaut Moore
and Mr. Wernhatn, who took charge of tlie Gamopetalae except the Utricularias, which
I undertook myself. Mr. C. H. Wright has determined the Cellular Cryptogams, and
Mr. Massee the Fungi, mostly parasitic on the dried flowering plants. I have also
to thank Fleet-Surgeon INIatthew for assistance and advice as to the Ferns, and
Mr. Sprague and others of the Kew Staff for advice on various critical species. The
field-notes as to colour were made by Mr. Kloss on the tickets. There being no locality-
names known r.L the spots where the plants were collected, they are localised by the
^ 1 nu'-iiber and altitude. Where such a locality is given as IX to XI, it signifies
the plant was collected en route between these two points.

Itinerary by C. B. Kloss, F.R.G.S.

Carstensz Peak, 15,961 ft. high and situated in 4° 5' 50" N. and 137° 12' 50" E., is some-
what west of north of, and about 62| miles distant from, the mouth of the Utakwa River,
Avhere the expedition entered New Guinea. It is slightly the highest of several snowy
summits which occur along the great mountain range that runs, speaking very broadly,
east and west across this portion of the island, and has by far a larger area of snow than
any other peak in the chain, while Mt. Idenburg, another snow summit, lies only some
ten miles to the westward ; so that the area of high land is greater in this locality than
in any other part of New Guinea, which possesses the only equatorial snow-mountains
between Africa and America.

Ranges of high mountains, with peaks rising to 11,400 ft., run more or less parallel
to the Main Chain and 10-12 miles distant, while the foothills begin to rise from
the coastal plain about 20-30 miles to the south of it.

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The whole coastal plain in this region is low and marshy, and the steamers which
transported the expedition anchored ahout 15 miles np the Utakwa River between
banks coA'ered with IS'ipah palms and swampy littoral jungle. The " Launch " or " Base
Camp " was placed another 13 miles up stream on the right bank of the Setakwa, an
eastern tributary of the Utakwa, in high forest growing on deep alluvial soil entirely
devoid of rock and stones, but so little above the river-level that the bivouac, itself
situated on the river-edge, was several times slightly flooded, and on these occasions the
surrounding country was knee-deep under water. It is probable that during the rainy
season. May to September, this region is often severely inundated.

Practically no plant-collecting was done here, as country of this nature, 60 miles to
the eastward, had already been worked by the botanists of Dr. Lorentz's expeditions to
Mt. Wilhelmina {vide A. F. Heerderschee, Nova Guinea : E,esultats de I'Expedition. . .
1912-1913). The jungle swarmed with minute bush-ticks, and the after-effects of a
walk in it were most unj)leasant.

The next camp, " Canoe Camp," was situated at a spot which, for our purpose, was the
head of navigation, though small canoes could jjrobably be taken, if necessary, a few
miles higher. This camp, 150 ft. above sea-level, was about 22 miles up the Setakwa
from the "Launch Camp," and 31 miles from the sea in a direct line. Here the river
ran in a bed of boulders and coarse gravel, with the banks on its eastern side 50-60 ft.
in height, wliile the foothills began a couple of miles away: immediately behind the
camp, however, the country was low-lying and swampy.

The overland journey began from this point, and camps were made thereafter a day's
march apart : in the early stages these journeys were as much as six miles in length, but
later, on the high slopes of Carstensz, they shortened to little more than two *.

Travelling from the Canoe Camp to Camp I, some 2j miles of swampy land were
traversed before the foothills were met ; thence for another 2\ miles the route led up
and down across gullies and ridges until Camp I was made at 500 ft. ; perhaps 100 ft.
lower than the highest ridge crossed. The camp was placed on the bank of a stony-
bedded stream with some swampy land opposite.

Soon after leaving Camp I the route ascended a narrow ridge and continued along
this until the next camp w^as made at a height of 1830 ft. For the last third of the
march the track ran over sharp and broken limestone: the greatest height attained
along this section was 1900 ft. The summits of the ridges followed were often only
4-5 ft. broad.

From Camp II the way led along a continuation of the limestone ridge already
mentioned, then dipped down to a stream at 1600 ft., meandered through involved
muddy country with many small brooks and limestone outcrops, and then ascended the
side of a hill to Camp III at 2500 ft.

* These figures are taken from the route survey of the journey on a scale of 1 : 50,000, and are not the actual
distances travelled, which were, of course, much greater, especially in the more broken parts of the mountains.

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Camp III was situated on the sontherii slope of a range of foothills the summit of
which, 3000 ft. high and half- an -hour's journey from the camp, was known to us as
Observation Point : for from a clearing there, Mt. Carstensz and its snows (26 miles
away) and the intervening country, together with the mountains west and east, from
Tapiro Peak to the Linnaeus Tops, were visible on clear mornings.

Tlie hills culminating in Observation Point are to be regarded as mere outliers of
the main mountain ranges, from which they ai'e separated by valleys wherein run
streams the beds of which probably in no case exceed 1000 ft. in altitude. But
though of equal elevation with Camp VI a, where collecting was done later on, it
will be seen that the flora of tlxe two localities differs considerably. As pointed out,
Camp III and Observation Point are practically detached from the main ranges, while
Camp VI a lay well within the mountainous region. But the former, being the first
dejiot cam J) on the route to the snows, was occupied for a considerable period, and
possibly a fuller collection was made in its neighbourhood than elsewhere.

From Camp III a course was taken along the side of Observation Hidge and
thence across gradually-falling, much-watered land with limestone outcrops to a river
whence a watershed was reached, with a descent to a second river at 900 ft. ; then
up along high ridges and down to Camp IV, at 1100 ft. on the bank of the Utakwa
Iliver, which we had last been in touch with some distance below the Base Camp.

Four days' marching from the Canoe Camp had brought us to a point on the main
stream some 14^ miles distant to the !N.E., and situated at the foot of the frontal
range.

From Camp IV to Camp V the frequently steep banks of the Utakwa Iliver were
followed for about 2^ miles ; then a route was taken for some distance up a tributary
running between high jorecipices and steep l);inks : this was left for hills which
carried the track vip to 2500 ft., and a descent was again made to the Utakwa, where
Camp V was placed at an altitude of 1775 ft., half a mile above a conspicuous landslip
across the stream.

Between Camp V and Camp VI the march was kept as close to the river as possible ;
once or twice, as in the jirevious section, the way being taken through the water itself.
The highest ground passed over was less than 150 ft. above the terminal camp, which
was placed on a point contained by the Utakwa — now the Tsingarong — and the
Kemarong, a western affluent, at a height of 2115 ft.

No systematic plant-work was done at Camp VI, tlie second depot, as it lay in a basin
surrounded by steep hills ; but at a subsidiary Camp, VI a, 3050 ft., on the western bank
of the Tsingarong (which was followed from here onwards), collecting was carried on for
some days. This camp was situated in one of several grassy clearings on a ridge.

A second Camp, VI /;, 4475 ft., was later established on the shoulder of a ridge
dropping Lo the Tsingarong and divided from VI a by broken country and several
streams.

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Finally, a third subsidiary Camp, VI c, was made still higher up tlie same ridge, to
the westward of the route, at a height of about 5500 ft. The site of this camp was
only separated from the northern slopes of Mt. Venus, 8470 ft., by the gully of the
Kemarong E^iver, and was the first collecting locality to possess that flora and fauna
which were found further on in the heart of the mountains at similar altitudes.

From VI b a descent Avas made down the northern side of the ridge to Camp VII,
which observations by both aneroid and hypsometer place at 3585 ft.

From Camp VII we dropped to the Hiver Nusalarong, 2960 ft., which has its source
in the snows of Carstensz ; this was crossed about 1^ miles above its confluence with the
Tsingarong, and the ascent was then made to a long north and south ridge dividing the
two rivers, to which it falls steeply on either hand. A temporary Camp, VII «, Avas made
at a height of 5430 ft. Several native villages were situated on the ridge, which has
evidently been long occupied, and w'as largely covered with grass, bracken, and other
secondary growths : portions of it bear the names of Winker-ibu and Bogger-ebok.
At 6300 ft., the highest point of this march, where it broadens out, it is covered witli
oak and mixed forest denselv clad with moss and reekins' with moisture. Thence a
steep descent led to a large, level inhabited clearing above the gorge of the Tsingarong,
where Camp VIII was placed at a height of 4970 ft.

The journey beyond Camp VIII comprised an ascent across a ridge, a descent to a
river (Bandarong), and then a rise through an old grassy clearing and much secondary
growth to a ridge where Camp IX was placed in an inhabited clearing at 5610 ft.* :
this was occupied as a temporary depot by some collectors and a guard while tlie
rest of the journey to Mt. Carstensz was completed.

The inhabited area of the mountains traversed lay between Camps VII and IX,
and the clearing that has taken place has considerably affected the flora there.

The track onward dropped about 800 ft. to the Bandarong Pi-iver, which, coming from
a direction west of north, joined the Tsingarong below Camp IX, and then ascended
gradually up through the stream or else made detours to pass round the spurs, some-
times too steep to support other than scrub vegetation which overhung the river,
until Camp X was made in dense mossy jungle at 6370 ft. A large-fruited pandanus
occurred here and was eaten by the natives accompanying the expedition.

From Camp X the banks of the river were followed with a few detours until Camp XI
at 8075 ft. was reached. This was placed on the boulders of the river-bed, and Casuarinas
draped with moss were the dominant feature of the vegetation.

Above Camp XI the broad stony bed of the river was first followed and, when this
was left, an open treeless slope densely clad with scrub was traversed to the comb of
the ridge. This was ascended for some distance, and Camp XII was made along part of
its narrow extent where cloud and rain obscured the forward view. The camp was

* All iirovioua heights by aneroid ; this and subsequent altitudes by hypsometer observations.

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situated at 10,900 ft., and was the highest point at which trees were encountered, for
though they occurred at slightly greater altitudes elsewhere, the remainder of the
journey was made on slopes too rocky or steep to support large growths. The first
naturally open country met with was hetween Camps XI and XII.

From Camp XII the western slope of the ridge was descended to the valley of the
Nusulanarong, where Camp XIII was set at 10,300 ft. The low dense scrub which
covered the sides of the ridge was thickly clad Avith moss, and the party traversed it
over a network of roots and branches several feet above the ground.

With the exception of a small area of shrubs and small trees, 20 ft. high, in the centre,
the valley was treeless ; its northern and eastern slopes were dry, but the western area
was swampy, and this was crossed before Camp XIV and the snows were reached. Scrub
similar to that on the east clothed the western slopes above the bog to equal height :
thence to Camp XIV, and almost to the edge of the snow, the steep rocky slopes of
Carstensz were clad with moss of many brilliant colours and gradually diminishing
small scattered shrubs; just below the snow-line the last flower met with was a
daisy [Myriactis).

The expedition to Mt. Carstensz followed a river which took its source from the
snows : we were therefore ascending all the time, yet, as a matter of fact, some of the
earlier camps were placed at a higher level than those succeeding them, because the
route there had frequently to be taken along the crest of the river-valley or across
spurs which dropped abruptly into it. It was not until crossing the Bandarong
(4800 ft.) beyond Camp IX that the journey, having penetrated the frontal range,
became a steady ascent, and we had the feeling that we were really on the slopes of
the main range.

These data will serve as an introduction to Mr. Ridley's analysis of the flora and
his indication of its zones. Such zones, however, for the most part, must necessarily
have very indefinite boundaries, for the mountainous country traversed was of a very
confused and broken nature, and it was not until the main mass was reached that clear
altitudinal zones could be traced.

The Botanical Begioks of the Expedition.

(1) The Coast Begion. — The country between the Base Camp and Camp I may be
regarded as a coastal or lowland region rising from the sea-level to 500 ft. Here the
forest was swampy and dense, and the flora was of a Malayan type with a few more
distinctly Papuan plants.

(2) The Foothill Area from Camp I to Observation Point and thence to Camps IV, V,
and VI, may be considered as submontane, for though the latter localities are well within
the mountain region from which plants might descend to them, yet, on account of their
low situation in the valley of the Utakwa, tbey should be included in this zone of 500 to

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3000 ft. elevation. The country consisted of steep forest-covered lulls. " The formation
of the foothills," says Wollaston (Geogr. Journ., March 1914, p. 252), " is exceedingly
complex. The ground on which the first depot camp was situated (about 2300 ft.) was
a light-coloured limestone rock. A few miles to the south-east was a steep ridge, along
the top of which was an outcrop of pure coral rock ; and a few miles to the north-west
of it the ridges between the various river-valleys appeared to be made entirely of
boulders and gravel." The forest in this region was very dense, and the flora was
typically Malayan. Here occurred the Anonacese, Garcinias, Olacinese, and Icacinea^
(except one species of Gomphandra), Sapindaceae, Ampelidese, Eugenia (one only of
which ascended higher), Barringto7iia, Leguminosae, Melastomacese, Gardenia, Ixora,
TFebet^a, TJrophi/llum, Nauclea, Maesa, Ardisiu, Flsonia, Myristicaceae, Euphorbiaceae,
Jloya, Ap07'uellia, Hemigraphis, Colens, Conocephalus, Laportea, Oheronia, Fhaias,
Calanthe, Acanthephippium, Plocoglottis, Saccolahium, Cypripedium, Curculigu,
Bioscorea, Burmannia, Gi/mnosiphon, Forresila, Sustim, all the palms except one or two
Mhich ascended a little higher, Freycinelia, Aroids, Cyperus, Hypolytra, Thysanolcena,
Leptaspis, Lopliatlieruw , and Centotheca. Typically Papuan genera were Dictyoneuru,
Antiaropsis, Faradaya, Ridleyella, and Eurycentrum.

Tapeinospenna (New Caledonia), Bourchardatia, and Chorizandra are typically
Australian, and Juiicus alone represents the Pakearctic flora so abundant at higher
altitudes.

(3) The Frontal 3Ioimtatn-belt. — Between Camps VI a and X is situated the frontal
mountain-belt ; plants were obtained in it np to a height of 6300 ft., but it has summits
rising another 5000ft., so that the collections maybe taken to represent the lower
portion of the forested mountain-zone of the frontal range.

Here the Begonia and Balsam region extended from the slopes above Camp VIII
to those beyond Camp IX, from 3000 to 6500 ft. Tiie highest cultivated plots
were seen in this region at 6000 ft., but on the less steep slopes of Mt. Venus, at
7000 and 8000 ft., cleared ground was seen in the distance. The cultivated plants were
plantains, Colocasia, sugar-cane, ginger, and tobacco. Pew weeds of cultivation were
brought back by Mr. Kloss, but one might include as such Oxalis corniculata. Nastur-
tium indicum, Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Crepis japonica, Dichrocephala, Ocimum,
Kyllinga, Paspaliim, Eleusine, and some other grasses and sedges.

Characteristic of this zone were two species of Viola, Dry mar ia, Hypericum, Ecodia,
Astilbe, Cremnohates (a new genus of Legnotidae), (Enanthe, Palmeria, Lebregeasia,
Focephyllum, Ei^ica, Epiblastus (ascending to 8000 ft.), Coelogyne, Tieniophyllum, Smilaoc,
Dianella, Pollia, Scirpus chinensis, Fmperata, Saccharum, and IschcBmum. Dodoncea,
usually a sea-shore or often sandy-country plant, was met with here, and rattans
ceased at 4000 ft. elevation. Here it might be noticed that the Malayan element
had much diminished and a considerable admixture of Palaearctic forms commenced
to appear, viz., Hypericum, Qiuanthe, Galium, Gnaphalium, Viola, Lysimachia, and
Banunculus.

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(-t) The 3Iain Hange. — Beyond Camp IX begins the traverse of the main range, and
from this camp to Camp XI, Casuarina trees and violets were the most noticeable
features. This is at an altitude of G500 to 8000 ft. Wollaston writes : " Between 7000
and SOOO ft. the larger forest trees disappear, and their place is taken by Fandanus and
Casuarina. At about the same altitude there is a marked increase in the number of
herbaceous plants, particularly terrestrial orchids {Giulianetta disticha, Fterostylis),
gentians, geraniums, and other plants of familiar appearance."

Above Camp XI lay the open country zone, and here, Mr. Kloss tells us, were most
conspicuous orchids, a daisy (Mi/rlactis), a geranium, a meadowsweet {Astilbe), ever-
lasting flowers {Anaphalis), and rhododendrons. ]\tr. Wollaston writes : " Between 9000
and 11,000 ft., the most conspicuous plants are bushy vacciniums and rhododendrons of
several species ; these plants form a very dense bushy jungle always heavily overgrown
Avith mosses which is very difficult to traverse. Among them grow up to about 10,500 ft.,
the cuiious pine-like trees of Podocarpus papuaiius. Above 11,000 ft. the rocks become
so steep tliat very few 2)lants can grow at all ; here and thei'e, in the less precipitous
places, a few rhododendron bushes are found up to about 13,000 ft. ; above which the
only plants found were a daisy (Myriactis) and a few grasses and mosses." Among the
plants collected at this altitude are a certain number of Malayan genera which have
crept up from the base ; such are AcronycMa, Senslowla, Pilea, Elatostana, Cypholophus,
Argostenima, Tbnonins, Spathoylottis, Ceratosfylis, Phreatia, and a number of represen-
tatives of such widely dispersed genera of orchids as JUendrobium, Bidhoplnjllum, and
Hahenana, and of other plants such as ~Rubus, Impatieiis, Symplocos, and Ilex, of which
a specimen barely distinguished from /. Savilandi Loes. of Mt. Kinabalu was obtained.

The rest of the flora falls into three groups: —

(1) An Australian group, illustrated by Corysanthes, Pterostylis, Astelia, Aljnnia,
Olearia, Fittadinia, Quintinia, Danthonia.

(2) An Antarctic grouj), in which I include such genera as occur in Australia, New
Zealand, and South America, with often outliers in the South African region. Such
are Drimys, Gimnera, Pltfosponim, Cojyrosma, Prat la, Erechthites, and Abrotanella,
the distribution of this latter being Australia, the Falkland Isles, New Zealand, and
llodriguez.

(3) A Palsearctic group, represented by Spiranihes, Ranunculus, Thalictrum, Poten-
tilla, Epilobmm, Veronica, Euphrasia, Gaultheria, Crepis, Lithospermum, Anaphalis,
Polygonum (Himalayan species), Gentiana, Viola, Trisetum, Deschampsia, and Poa.

In other high mountains of New Guinea were obtained Taraxacum and Sagina.
Some of these genera occur also in the mountains of the Philippine Islands and Java,
and a few, Euphrasia, Gentiana, and Gnaphalium, as far as Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo.

In view of our present limited knowledge of the Papuan flora, despite the great
collections made in New Guinea, it would be premature to lay down any theory of the
origin of the Plora of New Guinea. Further research is still being made by the German
and Dutch botanists, and we may hope that the most neglected portion of the Island,

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British New Guinea, may throw more light on the distribution of plants whenever we
get collections from there.

There seem, however, to have been invasions of plants from all four points of the
compass : from the north, as illustrated by the Palsearctic plants ; from the east, the
Polynesian genera ; from the south, the Australian and Antarctic plants ; and from
the west, the Malayan element.

In the low coastal region of the south, which is perhaps of geologically modern date,
as Mr. Wollaston records a mass of coral rock on a high ridge inland, the flora is
distinctly that of the western ^lalay Archipelago in origin. Despite the proximity of
Australia, tlie Australian flora is hai'dlj^ as well represented as might have been expected ;
but this is probably due to the great climatic diff"erences between the two countries.
The occurrence of Polynesian plants not met with in Australia, as Vavcea, Trimenia, and
HeUconin, is, of course, of considerable interest, as showing a wave of invasion from the
east. Of the group of plants I have described as Antarctic, perhaps the most prominent
is Drimys, of which there are no fewer than eight species in the collection, and two othei-
species have been recorded from New Guinea. Tlie genus is strongly represented in
Australia and Polynesia and Southern Chile to Mexico. In Asia it gets as far as
]\It. Kinabalu, where it disappears. The Palsearctic flora is nearly confined to the highest
l^arts of the mountain, and resembles that of the Himalaya ; nearly all the genera have
been found in the Philippine mountains, which may represent the direction from which
these northern j)lants have come.

The scantiness of the Anonaceae, Leguminosce, and Laurineas in the collection is rather
striking, especially as in the publications of the Dutch and Germans these orders are
not well represented, and they seem to be comparatively rare in New Guinea. Another
somewhat striking phenomenon is the immense number of Epidendrese among Orchids
and the scantiness of the Vandese ; the species of Dendrobium and BulbophijUum in
New Guinea seem endless.

The Saxifragaceae Cunoniaceae are singularly well represented here, with Qiiin{inia,
SpircBOjisis, Astilbe, and the endemic genera Argyrocalymna and Pyrsonoia.

The Scitamineee of New Guinea are remarkably difi"ercnt from those of the western
Malay Archipelago. We may notice the disappearance of such characteristic genera as
Zinylher, Gastrochilus, Globba, AJpinia {Catimbium section), and Stacliyphrymum, which
are replaced by Biedelia, Eriolopha, Guillainia, AJpinia of the Hellwiyia section, which
should probably be specifically separated, Plychanthus, the curious new genus Thylaao-
pliora, Tapeinocheilm, Cominsia, and Heliconia ; a number of these are also represented
in the Polynesian Islands. The Scitaminese of the Philippine Islands have a much
greater Malayan aflinity.

On the whole, it would appear advisable to consider New Guinea with a few of the
most adjacent islands as forming a distinct region of its own, with a large endemic flora,
mixed with derivatives from Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia, and, possibly through
the Philippines, from the temperate regions of the north.

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DICOTYLEDONES.

POLYPETAL^.

By H. N. Ridley.

RANUNCULACE^.

IIa-NUNCTjltjs amerophylltjs, v. voa Muell. in Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. i. part ii. (1889) 1.
Camps XII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Disirib. British New Guinea, Mt. Scratch ley.

Ranunculus lappaceus, Sm. in Rees, Cyclop, xsis. 01, var. scapigebus. Hook, f.,
subvar. papuanus, Ridl., subvar. nov.

Differs from the typical variety in having the petioles and peduncles more slender
and rather less hairy, the leaves 3-li-Iobed, 1'5 cm. long and as wide, and the Mowers
and achenes smaller.

Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. Mowers yellow.

Dlstrib. British New Guinea, Mt. Scratchley, GiuUanetti (Herb. Kew.).

Ranunculus lappaceus, Sm., is a native of Australia, and is usually a plant of
some size. The variety scaplgerus, Hook, f., is a small reduced mountain plant from
Tasmania.

Ranunculus tridens, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis crassus, 2 cm. longus. Folia in apice caulis congesta, petiolis 5 cm. longis
hirtis, lamina coriacea hirta obcuneata triloba basi angustata 2-5 cm. longa 1 cm.
lata quo latissima, lobo medio longiore lanceolate subacuto 8 mm. longo 3 mm.
lato. Scapl 7-10 cm. alti, saepe bitlori, hirti. Bractea floris inferioris foliacea,
lanceolata, Integra, obtusa, hirta. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, hirta, 3 mm. longa.
Petala 5, obovata, unguiculata, obtusa, 6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, in dorso
purpurascentia, flava. Sfamiim ad 30, antheris ellipticis. Carpella 12-15 pai'va.
Camps XII to XIII, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

This species is allied to R. lappaceus, Sm., but its foliage is very distinct, though one
occasionally sees leaves on specimens of that species which tend towards this long
cuneate trilobed form.

Thalictrum papuanum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Kerha gracilis, simplex, 16-17 cm. alta. Caulis basi longe nudus. Folia 2, in medio
cauii aj)prosimata vel per 5 cm. dissita, triioiiolata, glabra, i'oliolis obovatis triiobis
1 cm. longis 7 mm. latis, lobis brevibus rotundatis obtusis, nervis prominulis,
petiolo 1 mm. longo, petiolulo intermedio 2 mm. longo, lateralibus 1 mm. longis.
jPedunculi pars supra folia sita 0 cm. longa. Flores 2. Bractece foliacese, ovatse,
lanceolatsBj inferior 5 cm. longa, summa minor. Sepala 4, oblonga, ovata, subacuta,

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2 mm. longa. Stamina cii'ca 15. Carpella 9-11. stipitata, rostrata. Achcenia
circiter 9-11, cuvva, falcata, costata, stylo coronato, 3 mm. longa, stipite 1 mm.
Ion go.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

This resembles a very depauperate form of T. javanimcm, Jungbuhn, but tbe carpels
have a distinct and rather long stij^es, like those of T, jplMippinense, from which it
differs in the flowers.

This is a genus new to Pajiua.

MAGNOLIACE^.

y Drimts grandtfloka, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia sessilia, coriacea, rigida, subtus albescentia, oblanceolata, cuspidata, acuta, basi
angustata vel obovata, obtusa, basi lata, 5-9 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, costa pro-
minula, nervis circiter 7 paribus tenviibus in utraque facie conspicuis. Flores
singuli, axillares, pedicellis 5 cm. longis. Sepala 2, coriacea, ovata, obtusa, 6 mm.
longa. Petala 8-9, iuaequalia, oblonga, obtusa, 1 cm. longa. Stamina plurima,
filamentis brevibus latis complanatis basi iucrassatis, autheris basiiixis. Carpella 2,
in apice tori longiusculo, fere 1 mm. longa, semiovata.

Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

Distinguished by its sessile coriaceous leaves with white backs, and the large flowers
2 cm. across with unequal j)etals, some being wider than others.

/ Drimts rosea, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Friitex internodiis 3-5 cm. longis. Folia 3-5-na verticillata, coriacea, subtus
albescentia, sessilia, oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, basi late rotundata, l-5-6"5 cm.
longa, 3-4 cm. lata, nervis circiter 6 paribus, iiti'inque reticulationibus elevatis.
Flores plures in pedunculis erectis vmifloris 6-7 cm. longis. Sepala 2, lata, orbicularia,
coriacea, rotundata, 8 mm. longa, 10 mm. lata. Fetala 8, oblonga, oblanceolata,
obtusa, unguiculata, insequalia, 14 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata vel minora, rosea.
Stamina circiter 34, filamentis latis crassis, antherarum loculis ad basin divaricatis.
Carpella 2-3 in toro mediocri.
Camps XII to XIII, 10,000 ft.

A very distinct si>ecies in its whorled coriaceous leaves with an elevated network of
nerves above, and its large long-pedicelled rose-piuk flowers with clawed petals. The
leaves are described as grey-green,

. Dkimts tjmbellata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia elongata, oblanceolata, breviter acuminata, basi longe angustata, cuueata,
coriacea, sicca, superne griseo-viridia, lucida, subtus glauca, 17-20 cm. longa,
4"5-5-5 cm. lata quo latissima, nervis 22 paribus intra margines anastomosantibus,
costa crassa elevata superne depressa, petiolis crassis sulcatis 6 mm. longis.
Faiiiculce 5-6, terminalis 3-5-5-5 cm. longa, pedunculis 2-3 cm. longis gracilibus,
ramis 1-3-floris 1 cm. longis .umbellatis. £ractecB brevissimie, caducse. Sepala

c2

12 ME. 11. X. EIDLET OX" PLANTS

caduca, oi-bicnilata, vix 1 mm. louga. JPetala 4, ovata, obtusa, pustulata, 2 mm.
longa. Stamina 20, exterioua brevia, filamentis latis quadratis, interiora filamentis
loug'ioribus late linearibus, antheris loculis oblongis divaricatis ad basin sulcatis.
Pistilla 3-4, obcuneata, lata, 1 mm. loiiga, stigmatibus crassis cariniformibus.
Receptaculum subglobosum.
Camp VI b, 39()() ft.

A species very distinct in tlie large leaves and umbellate brandies of tlie terminal
panicles of very small flowers. The leaves are minutely dotted black on both sides, and
the stem and panicle are rough and wrinkled. The pustular petals are also a peculiar
characteristic.

It is perhaps most nearly allied to D. Hoioei, F. von Muell., but has much smaller
llowers.

\J Dkiiixs dexsifolia, Pddl., sp. nov.

Rami crassi, 5 mm. diametro, atri. Folia approximata, coriacea, rigida, oblanceolata,
acuminata, versus basin angustata, obtusa, auriculata, 10 cm. longa, i'o cm. lata,
costa lata crassa, petiolis crassis 5 mm. longis. Flores plures in pedicellis com-
planatis superne dilatatis 3 cm. longis erectis. Alabastra ovoidea, acuta, globosa.
Sepalu 2, caduca. Petala 2, spathulata, obtusa, 8 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Stamina
18, inaequalia, antheraruin loculis pauUo ad basin divaricatis 3 mm. longis. Torus
haud altus. Carpella 3, crassa, oblonga.

Camps 511 to XIII, 10,500 to 11,000 ft.

Allied to I), dipetala, E. von Muell., of Australia, but more comjiact, with smaller
flowers, spathulate petals, and shorter stamens.

, Drimys parviflora, Ridl., sp. nov.

Rami nigri. Folia rigide coriacea, congesta, obovata, basi cuneata, 2 cm. longa,
1 cm. lata, marginibus incrassatis, nervis 4 paribus, petiolis 2 mm. longis crassis.
Fedicelli erecti, complanati, 8 mm. iongi. Sepala 2, connata, apicibus liberis,
caduca, 2 mm. longa. Petala 4-5, lineari-oblonga vel subspathulata, obtusa,
angusta, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Stamina brevia, circiter 16, lilamentis brevibus
crassis, antherarum loculis divaricatis. Carpella 2-4, brevissima, crassa. Torus
vix distinctus.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Allied to I), grandijlora, but with concolorous smaller leaves, 4 or 5 petals, aud fewer
stamens. The whole flower is smaller.

'.j Drimys eloxgata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex (?) ramis gracilibus. Folia alterna, obovata, spathulata, obtusa, coriacea,
35 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, basi angustata, nervis 5 j^aribus vix conspicuis intra
marginem anastomosantibus, jjetiolis 2 mm. longis. Flores extra-axillares, singuli
in pedunculis gracilibus, 2 cm. longis. Sejmla 2, ovato-orbicularia, cymbiformia,
5 mm. longa. Petala 5, oblonga, ad basin angustata, apice obtusa, 1*8 cm. longa,
7 mm. lata. Stamina 30, exteriora breviora, dimidio interiorum 5 mm. longorum

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aequalia, filamentis cvassis, antheris basifixis, loculis ad basin cli^aricatis. Pistillum
unicura, cylindricuin, uniloculare, stigmate lateral!, stylo nullo.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft. ; Camps VI 6 and Vic, 3900 to 5500 ft.
A very distinct species in its long slender branches and loug-pedicelled flowers, which
appear to have been rose-pink.

Dkimts buxifolia, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules validuli, dense foliati. Folia oblanceolata, obtusa, basi angustata, rigida,
coriacea, 1-5-1-8 cm. longa, 0'5-l"2 cm. lata, nervis 3 paribus, petiolis crassis 2 mm.
longis. Mores axillares, siuguJi, parvi, pedunculis 1 mm. longis. Alabastra
globosa. Sepala 4 mm. longa, ovata. Fetala 4, oblongo-ovata, basi angustata,
8 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Stamina 20, suba^qualia, filamentis latis, antheris
ovatis loculis basi divaricatis. Fistilla parva, 3, staminibus breviora. Torus vix
elevatus.

Camps XIII to XVI, 8300 to 10,500 ft.

Allied apparently to D. Traversi, T. Kirk, of New Zealand, which it resembles in the
small stiff foliage, recalling that of the bos-tree.

DuiMYS YACCixVioiDES, Ridl., sp. nov. (Plate 1. figs. 1-6.)

Fruticulus ramis gracillimis. Folia obovata, obtusa, rotundata, basi angustata, 5 mm.
longa, coriacea, glabra, costa prominula, nervis 2 paribus vis distinctis, petiolis
1 mm. longis. Flares singuli, asillares, 2 mm. lati, pedicellis gracilibus 6 mm.
longis. Seiiala 2, ovata, obtusa, glabra. Tetala 2, oblanceolata, obtusa. Stamina 8,
subaequilonga, filamentis crassis, antherarum loculis ad basin divergentibus. Car-
pelluni unicum, ovoideum, obtusum, complanatum, staminibus fere sequilongum.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

A most remarkable little species with slender branches and somewhat distant small
rounded leaves, resembling a Vaccinium of the V. Oxycoccos type. It must be much
the smallest species of the order Magnoliacea?.

New Guinea seems to be the headquarters of the genus Drimys. Besides the species
here described, there are recorded from the island 1). hatamensis, Becc, and U. pi^ierita.
Hook. fil. ; the latter also occurs in Borneo and the Philippines.

DILLENIACE^E.
•^ WoRMiA HiRTA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Arbor ramis pilis brevibus rigidis tectis. Folia eUiptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, versus
basin angustata et breviter in petiolis decurrentia, apice angustata, cuspidata,
coriacea, glabra, marginibus breviter denticulatis, 14-18 era. longa, 7'5-8 cm. lata,
nervis 17 paribus superne depressis subtus elevatis, nervulis sub-parallelis plurimis
tenuibus iuconspicuis, petiolis gracilibus canaliculatis baud alatis hirtis. Bacemus
2-3-florus, 3'5 cm. longus, pedunculo 7-9 cm. longo, pedicellis crassiusculis 8 mm.
longis, omnibus hirtis. Sepala 5, oblongo-ovata, exteriora 2 subacuta, interiora
obtusa, apice rotundata, extus hirta, 1-5 cm. longa, 0-7 cm. lata. Petala citrina,

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14 MR. 11. jS'. EIDLEY ox PLANTS

obovata, spathulata, rotundata, 3-5 cm. longa, ad apicem 2"7 cm. lata, ad basin
unguis 3 mm. lata. Stamina plurima, exteriora breviora 6 mm. longa, interiora
longiora 1 cm. longa. Carpella 7, glabra, 1 cm. longa, matura espansa, ovata,
obtusa ; stylo coronata, 1-5 cm. lata.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Allied to TF. Macdonaldi, F. von Muell., but differing in its hairy stem, petioles, and
sepals, and the much larger petioles. " Flowers deep lemon-yellow. Fruit carmine."

/ Saueauia £xiMLi, Eidl., sp. nov. (Plate 1. figs. 15-19.)

Frutex ramis gracilibus lenticellatis. Folia coriacea, ovata, obtusa vel subacuta, in
marginibus denticulata, 3'5-4 cm. longa, 2*5-2 cm. lata, superne glabrescentia, pilis
paucis dissitis, svibtus jiallidiora, in reticulationum juncturis pilis atris obsita, costa
squamis acutis tecta, nervis 5 paribus, petiolis pilis squamiformibus tectis 1 mm.
lougis. Flores singuli, axillares, pedicellis 2 cm. longis hirtis. Sepala 2, exteriora
ovata, rotundata, obtusa, 8 mm. longa et lata, pilis aj)pressis atris dissitis tecta,
interiora angustiora 4, lanceolata, acuminata, cartilaginea, in medio dense setis
roseis longis rigidis tecta. Fetala ad basin connata, spathulata, rotundata, alba,
14 mm. longa, 10 mm. lata. Stamina brevia, 25, tubo petalorum adnata, hlamentis
latis complanatis, antheris linearibus apice bifidis, introrse dehiscentibus aequilongis.
Oi'arium subglobosum, obscure 5-lobum. Stijli 5, glabri.
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.

A most curious species and quite unlike any other in its small round coriaceous leaves,
drying fuscous above and dotted all over beneath with very small black hairs on the
junctions of the reticulations. The two very distinct series of sepals, the inner ones
narrow and ornamented with a mass of long stiff pink bristles projecting beyond the tip
of tlie sepal, and the connate petals falling off the flower with the stamens attached, are
also unique in this genus.

\i Satjrauia oblanceolata, Eidl., sp. nov.

Catties et folia glabra. Folia, elliptica vel oblanceolata, obtuse cuspidata, basi
angustata, marginibus undulatis, 9-12 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, pilis aculeiformibus
in dentibus remotis, nervis 12 paribus, costa setis brevibus appressis munita, petiolis
1 cm. longis paucisetosis. FecluncuU axillares, subterminales, 3, adulti glabri,
4 cm. longi. Flores in cymis 3. Bractece oblongse, 4 mm. longae, pedicellis
fequales, setis appressis tectse. Bracteola; florales breviores, ovatse, lanceolatse,
obtusJE, marginibus hirtis. Sepala orbiculari-ovata, 6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, setis
appressis dissitis. Petala oblonga, qua,drata, 8 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, apice biloba,
lobis obtusis denticulatis. Aniherce lineares, appendiculati, filamentis ad basin
connatis sequilongas. Styli 5, graciles, liberi.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Flowers white. Near Sau'rania j^endtila, Blume, Bijdr. 127, but the stems are glabrous,
the sepals hairy with flattened seta?, and the petals are not rounded at the top but
bilobed.

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V Satjuatjia uniflora, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex. Folia obovata, cuspidata, basi cuneata, in marginibiis obscure crenulata et
minute aciculata, 12 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, glabra (nisi juvenilia birta), costa
semper birta, nervis 10 paribus, petiolis 0-5 mm. longis vel brevioribus birtis.
Flores singuli, pedicello erecto o'S-'l cm. longo birto. Sepala 5, ovata, 6 mm.
longa, in dorso birta. Petala 5, linearia, oblonga, 12 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata,
apicibus triincatis emarginatis. Stamina plurima, antberis linearibus appendicu-
latis. Styli 5, glabri.

Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5.500 ft.

Allied to S. papuuna. Sebum., but witb larger solitary flowers, 2"5 cm. across, and
obovate leaves.

Saituatjia monadelpha, Scbeff. in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. i. (1S7G) 8.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrlb. Endemic in New Gviinea.

. Sattratjia M0LLISSI5IA, E.idl., sp. nov.

Frutex caule foliis floribusque undique pilis mollissimis flavescentibus tectis. Folia
magna, late oblanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, in margine denticulata, 21 cm.
longa, 10 cm. lata, nervis 19 paribus, costa nervisque dense birtis. Flores sub-
sessiles vel pedicellis 5 mm. longis birtis sutfulti, extra-axillares. Sepala 5, ovata,
pilis longissimis extus tecta, 1 cm. longa. Petala 5, glabra, oblonga, obtusa.
Stamina glabra, antberis breviter appendiculatis. Styli breves, 2, glabri.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

All tbe specimens are in bud, so tbat I cannot give tbc dimensions of tbe petals.

It is allied to S. Versteegii, Sebum., but is more softly and closely villous and tbe
leaves are widely oblanceolate.

Sauratjia hystrix, Eidl., sp. nov.

Folia coriacea, superne glabra, subtus dense lanugine ferruginea tecta, oblonga, basi
cordata, apice obtusa, in marginibus aculeis brevibus atris basi incrassatis armata,
21 cm. longa, 15 cm. lata, nervis 13 paribus, costa crassa, petiolis 1 cm. longis
crassis aculeatis. Flores sessiles, in capitulum 3 cm. latum congesti, pedunculo
11 cm. longo rufo-furfuracco et aculeato. Involiicrum rigidum, orbiculare, in
margine aculeatum, in dorso scabridum, setis brevibus. Sepala oblonga, coriacea,
obtusa, extus dense setis longis rubris tecta, 1"5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata. Petala
teuuiora, obovata, basi angustata, extus setosa.
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Allied to S. conferta, Warb., but distinct in its tbick coriaceous leaves, wbieb are red-
woolly on tbe back, its tborny peduncle, and its remarkably long stiff bristles on tbe
sepals. Tbe specimens were nearly past flowering.

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ANONACE^.
, Okophea setigera, EidL, sp. nov.

Rami atri, liirti, superne (partes juniorcs) dense brunneo-velutiui. Folia lanceolata,
acuminata, basi obtusa subcoriacea, subsessilia, 13 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, sicca
utrinque gi-isea, nervis subtus prominentibus 14 paribus setosis, setis in nervis
uervulis et reticulationibus dissitis, costa densius setosa. Flores in pedunculrs
axillaribus dense rufo-birtis. Sejoala 3, parva, ovata, dense liirta. Petala 6 in
seriebu^s 2, exteriora sepaloidea, lanceolata, obtusa, extus ad 1-5 mm. longa, interiora
4 mm. longa, oblonga, obtusa, versus basin pauUo angustata, extus longe birta,
intus glabra. Stamina 12, glabra, connective prolongato rotundato erecto. Carpella
plura, birta.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.

A single specimen witli one flower. Tbe foliage resembles tbat of O. setosa, King.
Tbe petals are bardly spatbulate, being only slightly narrowed at the base. The stamens
have a curved rounded, rather large connective.

Cananga odoeata, Hook. f. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. i. 130.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula.

PoPOWiA PisocARPA, Endl. in Walp. Hep. i. 74.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Sumatra, Java, Borneo.

OxTMiTRA BIGLANDULOSA, Scbcff. in Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. xxxi. (1870) 341.

Camp III, 2500 ft. " Pale yellowish brown. Eig tree."

Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

There is also a species of Artabotrys in the collection, but too imperfect to describe.
The order Anonacese does not seem to be nearly as well represented in New Guinea as
ill tlie more western islands of the Archipelago.

MENISPEIIMACE^E.

Stephania Zippeliana, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Eat. iv. (1868) 86.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

CEUCIEEE.E.

Nasturtium inbicum, DC. Syst. ii. 199.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Indo-Malaya, China.

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Cardamine niRSUTA, Linn. Sp. PL 255.
Camps III to VI, 2100 to 500 ft.
Distrib. All Temj)erate and Tropical Regions.

Papuzilla, Ridl., gen. nov.

Serha piisilla, hirta. Folia lanceolata vel ovata, Integra vel dentata. Macemi
axillares, rachi spina terminata nuda, floribus parvis 2. Sepala 4, oblonga. Petala 4,
breviora. Stamina 2, sepalis breviora. Pistillum ovoideum, stylo brevi crasso,
stigmate capitato lobato. Silicula ovoidea, bilocularis, 2-sperma, septo mem-
branaceo. Semen j^eiidulum, obovoideum, rugosum, funiculo longiusculo.

Papuzilla minutiplora, Ridl., sp. nov. (Plate 1. figs. T-l-l.)

Herha 5 cm. alta, ramosa, canle hirto. Folia lanceolata vel ovata, superiora ad
apicem tridentata, dentibus ovatis acutis, carnosa, costata, 5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata.
Hacemus 9 ram. longus, pubescens, spiniformis, basi floribus 2 parvis 1 mm. longis,
pedicellis 3 mm. longis pubescentibus. Sepala oblonga, obtusa. Petala mox
caduca, linearia, obtusa, alba, basi angustata. Stamina 2, filamentis brevibus.
antlieris ellipticis majusculis. Pistillum ovoideum, stylo brevi. Silicula bivalvis,
cbartacea, 2 mm. longa, ovoidea, complanata. Semina 2, ovoidea, purpurea, rugosa,
2 mm, longa.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

I do not know the afiinity of tbis little plant, but it appears to be one of the Isatidese.
The arrangement of the inflorescence with the bare rachis only bearing two flowers at
the base, the upper part being converted into a spine, resembles that of the Egyptian
Zilla.

The flowers are evidently much reduced, the petals very small and soon falling, and
the stamens reduced to two only. The leaves vary in form, the lower ones being ovate
to lanceolate, entire, the upper ones bearing three teeth at the top. In one specimen
the leaves are all elongate cuneate, dilated uj^wards from a narrow base Avith several
teeth at the apex.

VIOLACE^.

Viola ltjnata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules debiles, elongati, glabri, internodiis 6 cm. longis. Folia late hastata, ferr
lunata, obtusa vel rotundata, in marginibus undulata, glabra, 1 cm. longa (a sinu
ad apicem), 2'o cm. lata, lobis votundatis 1 cm. longis et sequilatis, nervis 5 paribus,
petiolis gracilibus 1"5 cm. longis. Stijmlce lanceolata?, oblougse vel ovata?,
acuminatge, 4-5 mm. longte. Pedunculus gracilis, 6-9 cm. longus, uniflorus.
Sepala ovata, lanceolata, acuta, viridia, glabra, 2 mm. longa, trinervia. Petala
5 mm. longa, 3 angusta, oblonga, obtusa, 2 latiora subacuta. Calcar brevissimum,
obtusum. Stamina calcarata. Stylus brevis, crassus, curvus, truncatus, stigmate

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18 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

obtuso. Capsula 7 mm. longa, linearis, angusta. Semina ellipsoidea-ovoiclea,
lactea.
Camps VIII to IX, i900 to 5500 ft.

This is allied to V. arcuata, Blume, a little kuown plant from JaA'a, but it is quite
glabrous and the leaves are not serrate. The stipules are glabrous, with very few teeth
at the base.

,/ Viola Klossii, PJdl., sp. nov.

Serha stolonifera, rhizomate lignoso. Folia subcoriacea, cordata, acuta, obtuse remote
serrata, basi jiaullisper in jietiolum angustata, 2 cm. longa, 2"5 cm. lata, lobis
rotundatis 7 mm. longis, nervis 5 paribus baud conspicuis, petiolis 5'5 cm. longis.
StipulcB lanceolatse, acuminatge, glabrae, integrse, 4 mm. longae. Fedimculi 4-8 cm.
longi. Bractete lanceolatte, acuminatse, angustae. Sepala angusta, lanceolata,
acuminata, 4 mm. longa. Petala superiora obovata, rotundata, unguiculata, 1 cm.
longa, 5 mm. lata, iuferiora oblonga obtusa. Calcar cjiindricum, horizontale,
crassum, obtusum, 6 mm. longum. Stamiiium appendices ovati. Stylus longus,
crassiusculus, rectus, stigmate cupuliformi. Capsula brevis, ovoidea, 5 mm. longa.
Semina obovoidea, paUide brunnea.

Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.

A dwarfed, much reduced form at Camp XIII.

Flowers white with a violet centre.

Allied to F. Patrinii, but the bases of the leaves are not cuneate and decurreut on
the petiole, the spur is longer, and the capsule is not narrow, as in that species.

, , . SCHUURMANSIA PAE.VIFLOKA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia coriacea, obovata, subacuta, basi longe angustata, multo et tenuiter striata,
15 cm. longa, G cm. lata, petiolis alatis 4 cm. longis. Panicula brevior, 9-10 cm.
longa, densiiiora, basi 3 cm. nuda, ramis brevibus. Bractece miuimse, semi-
amplexicaules, lanceolatae, denticulatce. Bedicelli vis 1 mm. longi. Sepala 4,
ovata, obtusa, imbricata, in dorso rugosa. Petala 4, lanceolata, obtusa, longiora
1 mm. longa. Staminodia 16, iinearia, acuminata, alba, in una serie, furcata.
Stamina 4, antheris ellipticis mucronatis sessilibus. OvatHwu glabrum, conicum,
• obtuse triquetrum, unilocuiare, placentis 3 parietalibus. Stylus acuminatus,
stigmata minima.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

This differs from S. Heiininffsiana, Sebum., in its much smaller size, obovate leaves,
much smaller flowers, and acuminate style with very small stigmas.

PITTOSPORE.E.

PlXTOSPOEUil NUBIGENUM, Pidl., SJ). nOV.

Frutex. Folia crasse coriacea, alterua, obovata vel oblanceolata, obtusa, basi
angustata, marginibus iutegris involutis, 3-5'5 cm. longa, 8-10 mm. lata, nervis

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 19

circiter 6-paribus cum reticulationibus supra depressis, subtus paullo elevatis,
petiolis 2 mm. loogis pubescentibus. Uacemi axillares birti, 2-5 mm. lougi.
BractecB lanceolatte, 2 mm. longae, birtse. Fedicelli 5-6 mai. longi, birti. Sepala
5, coriacea, oblouga, obtusa, marginibus ciliatis. Fetala 5, linearia, oblono-a, 6 mm.
longa, 2 mm. lata, obtusa. Stamina 5, breviora. filamentis crassiusculis com-
planatis versus apices attenuatis glabris, antberis aurantiacis dorsifixis, loculis ad
basin divaricatis. Ovarium sessile, birtum, ovulis pluribus. Stylus validus,
cylindricus, glaber. Stigma latum, planum. Capsula globoso-oblonga, circiter
1 cm. longa, seminibus pluribus atris irregulariter angulatis 4 mm. longis.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.
A very distinct species in its stiff, almost spatbulate leaves and sbort yellowisli

racemes ; the petals appear to bave been dark piak. The young parts of the plants aud

the petioles of adult leaves are covered with dark coloured hairs.

PiTTOSPORUM siXL'ATrM, Blume, in Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 161.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

POLYGALACE^.

Salomonia crLiXDRiCA, Kui-z, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xliii. ii. (1871;) 79.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 700 ft. ; Camp VI o, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Burma and Malaya.

CAUYOPHYLLEJ^:.

Drymaria cordata, Willd, in Eoem. & Scbult. Syst. v. 406.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft., and Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

Distrib. Southern India and Ceylon, Sumatra, Cliina.

The form represented by tlie specimens quoted has 2 stamens only, the style is l)ifid
and the capsule 2-seeded. The species varies much in the number of stamens (2 to 5),
style arms (2 to 3), and seeds (1 to 3 or more).

HYPERICINE.E.

Hypericum paptjanum, Rial., sp. nov.

Herba erecta, raraosa, cauls gracili glabro rufo 24 cm. alto. Folia opposita, sessiha,
ovata, apice et basi rotundata, glanduloso-punctata, 12 mm. longa, 7 mm. lata,
subtus glaucescentia. Flores singuli in apice ramorum, pedicello gracili 8 mm.
longo. Sepala lanceolata, obtusa, 3 mm. longa. Fetala obovata, obtusa, flava,
margine vino rubro, 8 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Stamina breviora, circiter 5 mm.
longa. Styli 3. Capsula ovoidea, 5 mm. longa, stylis 2 mm. longis coronata.
Camps IX to XII, 5500 ft. to 11,000 ft.

xMlied to E. pulogense, Merrill, of the Philippines, but with much narrower sepals,
larger petals, and shorter stamens.

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20 MR. H. IN". EIDLET O^ PLAJS^TS

Hypericum japonicum, Thunh. Fl. Jap. 295, t. 31.
Can Ills VII to IX, 3600 to 6700 ft.
Distrib. Waste ground in Tropical and Temperate East Asia.

GUTTIFEE.E.

J Garcinia (§ Discostigma) Wollastonii, Eidl., sp. nov.

Rami angulati. Folia coviacea, elliptica, lanceolata, acuminata, obtusa, basi angus-
tata, sessilia, 6-10 cm. longa, 3'5-l! era. lata, nervis circiter 12-paribus tenuibus,
nervulis vix tenuioribus. Flores masculi in fasciculis axillaribus, bracteis minutis
lanceolatis ovatis acutis flavescentibus 4 mm. latis, pedicellis 4 mm. longis.
Sepala 2, minima, ovata, acuta. Petala 5, multo majora, orbiculata, basi paullo
angustata. Stamina in fasciculis 4, antberis 7 minimis, filameutis in stipitem
crassum counatis. Fistillodium magnum, agariciforme, stylo gvacili, stigmate magno
rotundato capitato fusco rugoso.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

Tbe flowers resemble tbose of G. saraicakensis, Pierre, in form and structure, but
the foliage is very different, beiug much thinner and larger, with the nerves more
conspicuous.

'. Garcinia viridiflora, Ridl., sp. nov.

Arbor ramis baud angulatis. Folia lanceolata, cuspidata, tentiiter coriacea, basi
cuncata, 18 cm. longa, 5"5 cm. lata, nervis plurimis parallelis ultra 30-paribus,
petiolis 2 cm. longis rugosis. Flores pauci (2-3), axillares, subsessiles, pallide
virides, 2 mm. longi. Sepala 4, orbicularia, rotundata, vtersus apioes paullisper
gibbosa, marginibus minute ciliatis. Fetala 4, oblonga, acuta, apice incurva ;
sepalis longiora, carnosa, intus sulcata. Stamina ad 15, antberis sessilibus elliptico
oblongis liberis complanatis in receptaculo paullo elevato. Fistillodium nullum.
Flores femiuei et fructus desunt.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

This has much the habit of G. Forbesii, King, of Sumatra, but the flowers are much
smaller, and the anthers are not orbicular but oblong.

*

'( Garcinia Klossii, Eidl., sp. nov.

Rami 4-angulati, flavescentes, 2 mm. crassi. Folia coriacea, lanceolata, basi longe
acuminata, apice acuta, sicca grisea, 9 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, nerns 10 paribus
sui^erne depressis subtus elevatis intra margines anastomosantibus, nervis secun-
dariis brevioribus sed fere aeque crassis, petiolis 1-15 cai. latis rugosis canaUcuIatis.
Flores masculi in fascicules sessiles axUlares congesti, 5 mm. latis. Rraciece ovatae,
acutse. Sepala 4, ovata, rotundata, rigida. Fetala tenuiora, oblanceolata, obtusa,
ad basin angustata, oequilonga, 0'35 mm. longa. Stamina 14, filameutis baud

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connatis quam antberse ellipticfe longioribus. JPistUlocUum sequilongum, stylo
elongato, stigmate parvo capitate.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

i^Garcinia kubriflora, Ridi., sp. nov.

Folia tenuitei' coriacea, lanceolata, louge acuminata, cuspidata, ad basin angustata,
12 cm. longa, 45 cm. lata, nervis tenuibus 8 paribus, jjetiolis caualiculatis 12 mm.
longis. Flores masculi in fasciculos axillares 4 mm. latos congesti, rubri, pedicellis
2 mm. longis. Sepala 4, orbicularia, rotundata. Fetala 4, lanceolata, obtusa,
quam sepala duplo longiora, 2 mm. longa. Stamina 6 in verticillum connata,
antberis lanceolatis acutis. Pistillodium parvum, fere sequilongum, stigmate
oblongo obtuso.

Camp I, 700 ft.

Allied to G. tetrandra, Pierre, and G. ficrorhiza, Miq., but with more stamens.

TILIACE^.

ELiEOCARPTJS viscosus, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jabrb. xviii. (1893) 201.
Camp III, 2500 ft. " Flowers yellowisb white."
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

El^ocarpus florulenttis, Ridl., sp. nov.

Arbor glabra. Folia elliptica vel oblanceolata, obtusa, serrata, coriacea, utraque
facie conspicue reticulata, 8'5-9"5 cm. longa, 3'5-4 cm. lata, nervis 7-8-paribu.s
subtus elevatis, petiolis 1 cm. longis. Racemi plurimi, erecti, 10 cm. longi, floribus
plurimis, pedicellis sericeis 5 mm. longis. Sepala lanceolata, subacuta, 4 mm.
longa, sericea. Fetala glabra, 5 mm. longa, late obcuneata, oblonga, laciuiis
pluribus linearibus ad dimidium fissa. Stamina iilamentis brevissimis glabris,
antberis linearibus appendiculatis. Ovaritmi subglobosum, hirtum ; stylo ad basin
conoideo, superne glabro subulato, sepalis sequilongo. To'us lobatus, undulatus.

Camp III, 2500 ft. ; Camps VII I to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

Allied to F.Jloribundus, Blume, but differing in the stiff oblanceolate leaves, and to
E. Iliqueli, Hocbreutiner, of Banka, which has flowers twice as large.

El^ocarpus ochracetjs, E.idl., sp. nov.

Arbor hirta. Folia opposita, papyracea, elliptica, cuspidata, basi angustata, acuta,
in marginibus denticulata, 15 cm. longa, 9'5 cm. lata, superne glahra costa et nervis
hirtis exceptis, subtus hirta, nervis 10 paribus, petiolis 1*5 cm. longis hirtis.
Racemi breves, axiUares, 1 cm. longi, pedicellis 2o cm. longis hirtis, floribus 2-4.
Bractece lineares, acuminatse, 2 mm. longae. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata, acuta,
15 mm. longa, ad basin 3 mm. lata, omuino hirta. Fetala 2 cm. longa, linearia,
oblonga, laciniata, basi hirta, apice glabra, laciniis 10-12 acutis insequalibus.

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Stamina filamentis gracilibus glabris 5 mm. longis, antlieris linearibus fascicule
pilorum ad apiceni munitis. Ovarium globosum, birsutum. Stylus quam petala
brevior, in dimidio inferiors birtus, superne glaber. Torus parvus.
Camp III, 2500 ft. " Flowers ocbre."

Allied to Tl. edulis, Teysm., in tbe form of the flower and the opposite leaves, but
whilst the leaves are small and lanceolate in that species, they are very large in this,
and the whole plant is much more hairy. Forbes's nos. 295 and 580, from British New
Guinea, seem to be the same species.

Grewia lattrifolia, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 302.
Camp III, 2500 ft. " Flowers pale lemon."
Disti'ib. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago.

\/ Sloanea coriacea, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia opposita, juvenilia subtus f ugaciter ferrugineo-furfuracea, deinde, glabra, coriaeea,
elliptica, acuminata, basi cuneata, obtusa, 16 cm. longa, 7"5 cm. lata, nervis
8 paribus, nervulis reticulatis in utraque pagina conspicuis tenuibus, petiolis 12 mm.
longis. Flores singuli, axillares, in pedicello pubescente 1 cm. longo. Sepala 5,
ovata, acuta, 1 era. longa, 0'5 cm. lata, utrinque pubescentia. JPetala 5, oblonga,
14 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata, dentibus 0-7 latis brevibus obtusis. Stamina numerosa,
0 mm. longa, pubescentia, filamentis bi*evibus 1 mm. longis, antheris linearibus
ad apices latcraliter dehiscentibus, arista longa acuminata. Discus 5 mm. latus,
velutinus, cancellatus.

Camp VI «, 3100 ft.

Allied to S. Forhesii, F. von MuelL, from which it differs in its glabrous leaves and
longer stamens and the considerably longer awns.

GERANIACB.E.

Geranium paptjancm, Ridl., sp. nov,

Mhizoma repens, vagiuis foliorum delapsorum ferrugineis costatis tectum. Caiilis
crectus, 30 cm. vel ultra longus, glabrescens, internodiis 5-0 cm. longis. Folia
basalia caulinis confer mia, sed longius petiolata, caulina petiolis 5-10 mm. longis
pubescentibus, lamina ambitu flabellata, sinu basali vix distincta, lobis 5 oblongis
apice 2-3-lobis, superne pilis paucissimis subtus in nervis pilis pluribus induta,
7-9 mm. longa, 15 mm. lata. Stipula; lanceolatte vel lineares, acuminatte, pub-
escentes, 2 mm. longtie. Pedunculi graciles, 4— 1."5 cm. longi, pubescentes uniflori.
Ih'actece lanceolataj, acutse, cuspidatse, basi latye, 4 mm. longse, basi et marginibus
sericeo-hirti3e. Fetala la-te rosea, 1 cm. longa, 0 cm. lata, obovata, rotundata,
unguiculata, glabra. Stamina quam sepala breviora, filamentis glabris, antlieris
brevibus oblongis, apicibus rotundatis. Ovarium pilosum, styli glabri.
Camps X to XI, 0700 to 8300 ft.

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Var. ALPESTRE, PJdl., var. nov.

Herba minor compactior, foliis 7*4 mm. longis 7 mm. latis.

Camps XIII to XI, 8300 to 10,500 ft.

Closely allied to this is a smaller-flowered plant, with broader papery stipules, from
Wharton Range, New Guinea, collected by Giulianetti (Herb. Kew.). It seems also
intermediate between this and the next species.

Geranium monticola., Eidl., sp. nov.

Herba pusilla, perennis, 3-14 cm. alta. Folia petiolis gracilibus 5-7 cm. longis
sericeis, lamina 5-palmata G mm. louga 12 mm. lata subtus sericea supernc
hirtula, lobis trilobulatis obcuneatis, lobulis obtusis vel minvite muci'onulatis.
Slipulce ovatse, acutse, pubescentes, latos, ferruginese, 2 mm. longse. Flores singnli,
pedunculis 5 mm. longis sericeis. Bvaclece 2, ovataj, acutte, ferruginese, pubescentes,
2 mm. longai. Pedicelli 5 mm. longi, sericei. Sepala laiiceolata, acuta, cuspidata,
tricostata, sericea, basi sericeo-hirta, 8 mm. longa. Petala paullo longiora, obovata,
cuneata, obtusa. Stamina glabra, sepalis breviora. Carpella hirta, stylis brevibus
glabris.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

This differs from the preceding species in the silky-white backs to tlie leaves, the
broad ovate paj)ery stipules and bracts, the smaller and narrower petals which appear
to have been white, and the shorter thicker styles.

OxALis CORNICULATA, Linn. Sp. PI. 435.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Dislrib. All over the world. A weed.

Impatiens Hawkert, Bull, in Gard. Chron. n. s. xxv. (1886) 761, fig. 168.

Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camps VI b, Vll to VIII, 3600 ft. to 4000i ft.

These latter sf)ecimens have the petals nearly entire instead of distinctly lobed.
Specimens from Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft., are more hairy than usual.

I cannot distinguisli these specimens from specimens of I. Hawkeri, Bull, in Herb.
Kew., but the colour of the flowers as given by Mr. Kloss in his field-notes is " mauve-
pink," whereas the ordinary well-known plant is generally nearly scarlet.

The species is endemic, and appears to be widely spread in New Guinea.

Impatiens Klossii, Eidl., sp. nov.

Herba caule glabro, innovationibus hirtis. Folia 2-4-na verticillata, lanceolata,
acuminata, basi cuneata, in marginibus crenata, crenis piligeris, 7 cm. longa,
1"5 cm. lata, superne glabra, subtus nervis elatis 5-paribus cum costa hirtis, petiolis
hirtis 5 mm. longis. Pedimciiliis hirtus, 5 cm. longus. Flores 3 cm. lati, albi vel
rosei. Sepaluiii ovatum, cuspidatum, glabrum, 5 mm. longum. Fetala obovata,
obtusa, Integra, alis retusis e medio denticulatis, labello ovato cuspidate.

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Camps VI b and VI c and VII to VIII, 3600 to 5500 ft. ; Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to
1100 ft.

A form "with the leaves sprinkled with hairs ahove.

This species is allied to I. Herzogii, Schum., of Papua, differing in its hairiness,
and the more distinctly obovate petals and broader lip. The flowers are described as
ranging from -niiite to pink.

EUTACE^.

EVODIA SPECTABILIS, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia trifoliata, glabra, coriacea, foliolis obovatis obtusis breviter cuspidatis 10-14 cm.
longis 7-8 cm. latis (medio paullo latiore 8-10 cm. lato), basi in petiolulo 1 cm.
longo decurrentibus, nervis 10-12 paribus subtus elevatis, petiolo 9 cm. longo.
Fcmicula brevis, 4 cm. longa, 8 cm. lata, trichotoma, pedunculo 2-5 cm. longo,
pedicellis pubescentibus 7 mm. longis. Sepala 4, ovata, obtusa, pubescentia, 4 mm.
longa. Petala alba, oblonga, lanceolata, obtusa, carinata, apicibas incurvis 5 mm.
longis, facie interna e basi pubescente. Stamina 4, filamentis crassiusculis apice
angustatis 8 mm. longis, antheris ellipticis. Discus pubesceus, substellatum, lobis
brevibus obtusis 4. Ovarium 4-lobum. Stylus vix dimidio filamenti sequalis.

Camp VI h, 3900 ft.

Allied to E. crassiramea, K. Schum., of New Guinea, but the leaves are petioled.

Terminthodia oppositifolia, Ridl, sp. nov. (Plate 1. figs. 20-27.)

Hami graciles. Folia opposita, simplicia, obovata vel oblanceolata, obtuse cuspidata,
basi longe cuneata, margine integro, 8-9 cm. longa, 3'5-4"5 cm. lata, nervis
tenuibus pluribus parallelis, petiolis gracilibus 12 mm. longis. Paniculce axillares,
trichotomae, 4 mm. longse, pauciflorse. Bractece minimaB, ovatte. Pedicelli 2 mm.
longo?. Flores parvi, 2 ram. lati. Sepala 4, pavva, ovata. Fetala majora, 4,
triangularia, acuta, staminodiis 4 adnatis. Stamina 4, filamentis sequilongis
complanatis versus apices attenuatis. Discus pulviniformis. Ovarium 4-lobum.
Stylus staminibus sequalis, filiformis. Stigma capitatum, bilobum. Cocci 4, ovati,
bivalves, 4 mm. longi, glanduliferi, monospermi, endocarpio soluto. Semen
tenuissimum, pai"vum, ala lanceolata obtusa.
Camp VI h, 3900 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

The genus Terminthodia was founded by myself on a shrub obtained on Gunong
Tahan in the Malay Peninsula. It is allied to Fvodia. Its distinctive characters were
its alternate simple leaves and winged seeds. In this species the leaves are opposite,
and there is, so far as I can see, but one (instead of two) winged seeds in each coccus.
The habit and general form of the flowers are the same in both species, excej^t that
I see in this species four staminodes alternating with the stamens each consisting of a
short filament adnate to the petal and an abortive triangular anther.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH i\EW GUINEA. 23

V BOUCHARDATIA CTANOSPERMA, E,idl., sp. nov.

Friitex ramis tenuibus pateDtibus partibus juvenilibus birtis. Folia tenuia, sub-
berbacea, lanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, 12 cm. longa, 2*5 cm. lata, glabra,
nervis 14 paribus intra niargines anastomosantibus, petiolis angulatis 1 cm. longis
hirtis. Racemi in asillis superioribus 1'5 cm. longi, floribus parvis paucis albis 4 mm.
longis. Sepala parva, 4, ovata, lanceolata, acuta, pubescentia. Petala 4, oblonga,
obtusa, quam sepala mu^lto longiora apicibus incurvis. Stamina 8, quam petala
breviora, filamentis latis planis, antberis basifixis parvis ellipticis. Torus cylin-
dricus, angulatus. Ovarium 4-lobum, in apice tori. Sii/lus brevis, crassus. Stigma
parvum, globosum, rubrum. Cocci 2, endocarpio soluto cartilagineo albo, 7 mm.
longi, acuti. Semina globosa, 5 mm. longa, atrocyanea, nitida.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Tbe genus Bouchai'datia was founded by Miquel for Ilelieope neurococca, P. MuelL,
a native of Australia. Tbis species differs from tbat in the narrow lanceolate
loaves.

ACRONYCHIA. MURINA, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Arbor. Folia coriacea, obovata, obtusa vel retusa basi in jietiolos decurrentia, 4 cm.
longa, 2 cm. lata, margiuibus inci-assatis, nervis 9 paribus tenuibus et vix con-
spicuis, petiolis gracilibus 1'2 cm. longis. Flores 2-3 in pedunculo rigido crecto
1*5 cm. longo, pedicellis 8 mm. longis. Sepala parva, 4, orbicularia. Petala 4,
linearia, oblonga, obtusa, recurva, apicibus incurvis, intus carinata, in margine
pubescentia, 6 mm. longa. Stamina 8, pubescentia, filamentis linearibus compla-
natis acuminatis margiuibus pubescentibus, antheris ellipsoideis parvis. Ovarium
lagenlforme, glabrum, stylo crassiusculo staminibus breviore. Torus cylindricus,
costatus. Fructus pyriformis, acutus, 4-angulatus, 4-locularis (vix maturus).

Camps XIII to XI, 8300 ft.

The flowers of this plant when boiled exhale a most powerful odour of mice, whence
the scientific name.

BUESERACE/E.

Santiria acuminata, Solium. Fj. Kais. Wilhelmsl. 64.
Camp I, 700 ft.
Distrih. Endemic in New Guinea.

MELIACE^.

Dysoxylon caulostachyum, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bat.-Lugd. iv. (1868) 12.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

The calyx-tube is rather longer than iisual in these specimens, and indeed the whole
flower is larger, but I suppose it to be only a form of this species.

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26 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

DisoxYLON Ktjnthiana, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iv. (1808) 13.

Camp I, 500 ft.

liisirib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Dysoxylon hirtum, Ridl., s]?). nov.

Arbor liirta. Folia 30 cm. longa, raclii dense liirta, foliolis ellipticis acnrainatis,
terminali oblanceolato ad basin angustato, lateralibus 3-16 cm. longis, d? cm.
latis, nervis 15 paribus glabris, costa in pagina superiore birta infra i'urfaracea
excepta, petioluL's 1 mm. loniris hirtis. licwemus brevissimus, 5 mm. longiis,
birtus, bracteis lanceolatis subacutis birtis. Flares jjauci, pedicellis brevibus.
Sepcila pubescentia, ovata, triangularia. Petala lineari-oblonga, dimidio inferiore
connata, obtusa, extus pubescentia. Tabus stamineus cylindi'icus, longior, 12 mm.
longus, apice denticulatus. Antherce 10 inclusre, lineares, glabra?. Discus tubulosus,
cylindricus, margine ciliato. Ovarium couicum, pubeseens. Sli/liis tubo stamineo
sequilongus.
Camp I, 700 ft.
Allied to D. amooroides, Miq., wbicli it mucli I'esembles in tbe flowers, but it is much

more bairy, with brown velvety hairs, and the leaves have more nerves and are narrowed

at tbe base.

Aglaia iiTJBRA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia subopposita, simplicia, in apice ramorum congesta, tenuiter coriacea, oblanceo-
lata, acuminata, basi obtusa, sessilia, sicca grisea, 18-24 cm. longa, 4-8 cm. lata,
superne pilis fasciculatis tecta, subtus nervis borizontalibus 30 elevatis, costa
utrinque birta, nervis pilis fasciculatis rufo-brunneis decidviis tectis. Fanicula
terminalis, 8 cm. longa, ramis brevibus laxifloris birtis. Flores rubri, pedicellis
1 mm. longis hirtis. Sepala brevia, ovata, rotuudata, 5. Petala imbricata, coriacea,
elliptica, obtusa, 1*5 mm. longa. Stamina 5, in tubum subglobosum connata,
extus glabra, antberis oblongis introrsis, loculis subparallelis hirtis baud exsertis.
Ovarium conicum, rugosulum, in gynopboro brevi cylindrico sessile, glabrum.
Camp I and Camps I to III, 500 ft. " Dull red."
Nearest to A. simpUcifolia, Harms, but distinguished by the very differently shaped

sessile larger leaves with horizontal nerves covered at first with small tufts of bron'n

woolly liairs. These soon fall off, leaving tbe nerves with a curious undulate appearance.

The calyx is also smaller, the petals shorter and wider, the staminal ring is nearly as

long as the petals, and the ovary is glabrous.

Vav^a pauciflora, E.idl., sp. nov.

Folia oblanceolata, acuta, ad basin angustata, obtusa, subsessilia, 11-16 cm. longa,
4-6 cm. lata, glabra, tenuiter coriacea, nervis 10 paribus ascendentibus. Flores
cymosi, 2-3 in pedunculo glabro 2 cm. longo axillari. Bractem parvae, Aanceolatse.
Calyx cupuliformis, lobis 5 ovatis acutis pubescentibus 1 mm. longis. Fetala
libera, lanceolata, obtusa, 7 mm. longa, pubescentia. Stamina 10 in tubum connata

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quam petala breviora, basi disco brunneo cupuliformi adnata, pubescentia, prope
bases antherarum albo-hirta, antbeiis ellipticis longitudinaliter debiscentibus,
apioulo brevi. Ovarium subglobosum, birtum, biloculare ; ovula in iitroque
loculo 2, peiidula, coUateralia. Sii/lus cyliudricus, crassus, apice angustatus,
stamina superans, hirtus. Stigma capitatum, obscure 5-lobum. Bacca globosa,
bilocularis, nigra, j)ubesccns, 7 mm. longa, pericarpio crustaceo intus nitido,
seminibus 2.
Between Camps I and III, 500 to 2500 ft.

Allied to Vavcea vitiensis. Seem., but -with nearly sessile leaves, tbe petiole being
winged nearly to tbe base, and very ^qw flowers in a small cyme. The ovary seems
clearly to be only 2-celled, not 4-celled as in the other species, with two seeds ia each
cell. The two or three known species of the geuus occur in the Fiji Islands, and have
petioled leaves and long-peduncled corymbs of tlowers.

OLACINEiE..

Lepionurtjs pubescens, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia alterna, sul)remota, tenuiter coriacea, ovata, longe acuminata, basi cnneata,

glabra, 13-15 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, nervis tenuibus 5 paribus, petiolis 3 mm.

longis. SpiccB axillares singulse vel binae, pubescentes. Braclece lanceolaiae,

deflexse, hirtse, diu persistentes. Mores parvi, 3 mm. lati, dissiti, sessiles, hirti.

Scpala 5, minuta, ovata, hirta. Petalar 5, triangularia, acuta, extus hirta.

Stamina 5, petalis opposita, extus discum insertn, filamentis brevissimis, antheris

ovatis triangularibus. Discus quadratns, breviter l.-lobus.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

This differs from Lepionimis sylvestris, Bl., in its hairy inflorescence of sessile flowers
and the lanceolate persistent bracts.

ICACINEJ^.
Pentastxra, Ridl., gen. nov.

Arbores. Folia alterna, coriacea vel membranacea, glabra, pctiolata. Cymce axillares,
breves, pauciflorse, floribus parvis. Sepala 5, ovata, carinata, pubescentia. Petala 5,
breviora, libera, linearia, oblonga, retusa, faciebus internis carinatis. Stamina 5,
sep ills opposita, filamentis brevibus, antheris introrsis parvis. Ovarium hirtum,
uniloculare. S(i/lo nuUo.

Species 2.

Pentastira. flava, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Arbor. Folia elliptica, lanceolata vel obovata, acuminata, basi cuneata, membranacea,
10"5-13 cm. longa, 4'5 cm. lata, nervis 5-paribus subtus elevatis, petiolis 3 mm.
longis. Cymce 3 cm. longte, pubescentes. Bractece miuutiJe, liueares, hirtye.
Fedicelli 1 mm. longi, hirti. Sepala 5, ovata, apice acuta, iuflexa, pubescentia,

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in dorso carinata, secundum marginem tenuiora, 2 mm. longa. Tetala 5, fere
«;quilonga, anguste oblonga, apice emarginata, carina elevata, versus apices latiora,
glabra. Stamina fere requilonga, filamentis brevibus, antheris conicis. Ovarium
conicum, obtusum, hirtum.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp VI a, 3100 ft. ; and Camp VI b, 3900 ft. " Elowers
deep yellow."

Pentastika nitida, Ridl., sp. noy.

Hami rigidi. Folia, lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, apice obtusa, basi cuneata,
coriacea, nitida, 11 cm. longa, 2'7 cm. lata, nervis 5-7 intra margines anastomo-
santibus, petiolis 2-3 mm. longis. Cymce breves, paucifiorfB, 5 mm. longa^
pubescentes. FedicelU 1 mm. longi. JBractece parvse, lineares, pubescentes.
Sepala 5, ovata, obtusa, carinata, basi subgibbosa, 2 mm. longa. Fetala breviora,
oblonga, ajoice bifida, facie interna carinata. Stamina petalis sequilonga. Ocariuin
pubescens.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

The flowers of this species are almost identical with those of the preceding, but the
foliage is entirely diflPerent. The young parts of the branches are pubescent. The
leaves are lanceolate and quite stiff and coriaceous, while those oiF.flava are quite thin
and elliptic to ovate. The sepals in both species are ovate, valvate, and erect, thickened
in the centre, the thickening being widest at the base and narrowing upwards. The
valvate petals are shoi'ter, linear-oblong, with a keel running along the inner face and
becoming more developed towards the apex, where it is nearly equal in width to the
half of the petal. The ovary is very small and hairy, imilocular.

The affinity of the plants seems to he with Apodytes, but they have the keeled petals
of Yillarezia, thovigh differing from that genus in the valvate sepals and petals.

PociLLAKiA, Ridl., gen. nov.

Arbor vel frutex. Folia alterna, coriacea, elliptica, petiolata. glabra. Splcce graciles,
pubescentes, floribus parvis sessilibus, bracteis minutis. Cahjx gamosepalus,
brevissimus, 5-dentatus. Corolla urceolaris, lobis 5 ovatis acutis. Stamina 5,
sepalis opposita, filamentis brevissimis, antheris longioribus oblongis. Pistillum
cylindricum, albo-hirtum.

Species unica.

POCTXLATIIA PUBESCENS, Ridl., sp. noV.

Tiami ad apices pubescentes. Folia tenuiter coriacea, elliptica, cuspidata, basi
cuneata, glabra, 17 cm. longa, 55 cm. lata, nervis 11 paribus subtus elevatis, nervis
secundariis fere aeque conspicuis, reticulationibus in utraque pagina conspicuis,
pedicellis 1 cm. longis. Spic(P graciles, singuli, axillares, pubescentes, 6 cm. longae,
floribus sessilibus parvis dissitis. Bractece minuta?, hirtse. Calyx orbicularis,
pubescens, dentibus brevibus 5. Corolla gamoj)etala, campanuJata, extus pubescens,

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 29

2 mm. longa, lobis 5 acutis ovatis. Stamina ad basin corollse adnata, glabra,
5 filamentis brevibus, antberis majusculis oblongis obtusis longitudiualiter de-
hiscentibus. Ovarium dense albo-birtum, cylindi"icum.

Camp I, 700 ft.

This plant differs from the genus Phlebocalymna in the short campanulate corolla,
the petals being completely connate.

Leucocorema, Ridl., s^en. nov.

Frutecc vel arbor. Folia magna, membranacea, alterna, hirta, obovata, marginibns
undulatis obsciire dentatis, petiolis longis. Bacemi birti, axillares, foliis breviores,
unisexuales. Flores masculi parvi, in fasciculis dissitis pedicellatis. Sepala 5-2,
exteriora ovata, pubesceutia, 3 interiora lanceolata. Fetala 5, breviora, lanceolata,
undique albo-hirta. Stamina 5, alterna, filamentis brevissimis, antberis longis
elliptico-oblongis petalis fere sequilongis. Liscus albo-hirtus. Flores fceminei
non visi.

Leucocorema latifolia, Ridl., sp. nov.

Partes juveniles pilis flavis tectse. Folia obovata, breviter cuspidata, obtusa, basi
angustata, 20 cm. longa, 13 cm. lata, nervis 9-paribus in utraqiie facie flavo-hirtis,
subtus nervulis etiam flavo-hirtis, petiolis 5 cm. longis hirtis. JRacemi 9 cm. longi,
flavo-hirti. Flores parvi, pedicellis fasciculatis 1 mm. longis. Sepala 2, exteriora
fasciculo pilorum flavorum ad apices ornata, interiora sparse pubesceutia. Fetala
minora, dense pilis albis tecta. Stamina filamentis minimis subulatis, autheris
loeulis majusculis linearibus flavidis, connectivo depresso. Discus vix elevatus,
pilis albo-sericeis tectus.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Perhaps nearest to Mappia, but the hairy membranaceous leaves, the very small
white hairy petals, and the imbricate coriaceous sepals make it quite distinct.

GOMPHANDRA IMPRESSA, Ridl., Sp. UOV.

Folia parva, coriacea, late lanceolata, breviter obtuse vel subacute acuminata, basi
angustata, 6 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, nervis tenuissimis circiter 6 paribus cum.
nervulis et reticulationibus aeque conspicuis superne impressis subtus elevatis, costa
prominula, marginibus incrassatis, petiolis 1"5 cm. longis gracilibus. Cymce
axillares, laxse, 25 cm. longae, 3 cm. latse. Flores ad apices ramorum subumbellati,
pedicellis 2 nam. longis. Bractece ad bases pedicellorum, ovatte, appressse. Sepala 5,
ovata, rotundata, marginibus ciliatis. Fetala 5, oblonga, apice recurva, glabra,
3*5 mm. longa, fere ad basin libera, glabra, costa media intus paullo elevata.
Stamina 5, filamentis glabris quam petala brevioribus, antberis oblongis dorsiflxis.
Ovarium hirtum. Stylus cylindricus, crassiusculus. Stigma capitatum. Ovarium
biloculare, ovulis binis.

Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

30 ME. H. N. EIDLEY O:^ PLANTS

Distinguislied by its coriaceous finely-reticulate polished leaves, and glabrous stamens.
The inflorescence is finely pubescent.

ILICINE.^.

Ilex Havilandii, Loesener, Mouogr. Aquifol. 423. I. vaccinioides, Stapf, in Trans.
Linn. Soc, ser. 2. Bot. vol. iv. (1894j 14-0.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Closely resembling the variety suhenervis, but Avith somewhat broader petals and
longer stamens.

Distrib. Borneo.

CELASTRIKE^.

^ Perkottetia nervosa, Eidl., sp. nov.

Hamuli tenues. Folia alterna, 1-2 cm. remota, membranacea, ovata vel ovato-
lanceolata, acuminata, basi rotundata, in marginibus obscure remote crenato-
denticulata, processubus atris remotis minutis, 10-o-ll"5 cm. longa, 4-6"5 cm. lata,
nervis superue depressis subtus ennspicue elevatis circiter 7 ascendentibus longe
a margiue arcuatim anastomosantibus, nervulis transversis et horizontalibus
elevatis panels, petiolis 5-7 longis. Paniculoi axillnres, graciles, 3 cm. longse, ramis
brevibus minute glandulosis. Bractece minimse, ovatse. Fedicelli brevissimi.
Sepala 5, ovata, acuta. Fetala lanceolata, acvita, duplo breviora. Stamina alterna,
brevia, sepalis aqnilonga, autheris obcordatis. Ocarimn ovoideum, biloculare,
ovulis 2 in utroque loculo erectis. Stylus crassiusculus, cylindricus. Stigmata 2,
brevia, crassa, recurva. Discus crassus, marginibus elevatis. Bacca pisiformis,
2 mm. longa. Semina 4, brnnnea, pustulosa, dorso convexo, ventro angulata.
Camp YI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to P. aljjedris, Blume, but distinguished by the few prominent nerves of the
leaves.

v/ Perkottetia grandifolia, PJdl., sp. nov.

Folia alterna, niembrauaceo-coriacea, remota, glabra, elliptico-ovata, acuminata, acuta,
basi breviter cuneata, 13-16 cm. longa, 6'5-8 cm. lata, nervis tenuibus subtus
elevatis 7 j)aril)us, arcuatim anastomosantibus, petiolis 1 mm. longis. Faniciilai
2 cm. longye, axillares, puberulaj, pedunculis 1 cm. longis, ramis brevibus 4-5.
BractecB minutae, lanceolatae. Floves minimi, 1 mm. lati. Semla 5, ovato-
lanceolata, acuta. Fetala teuuiora et lougiora, lanceolata, acuta. Stamina 5,
alterna, fllamentis minimis marguie disco adnatis, antberis elliptico-ovatis. Ocarium
in disco semi-immersum. Stylus brevissimiis, cylindricus. Stigma capitatum.
Biscus crassus, latus.

Camp I, 700 ft.

Distinct in its large quite entire leaves, and the thick disc, to which the very short
stamens are attached.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 31

Pekuottetia caudata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex vii'gntus. Folia alterna, coriacea, elliptica, abrupte caudata, obtusa, basi
cuneata, 7 cm. longa (cauda 2 cm.), 2 cm. lata, nervis utrinque prominulis paribus
ad 17, petiolis I'o em. lougis. Racenii (vel paniculse) graciles, laxi, parviflori
et pauciflori, 2-35 cm. lougi, basi louge nudi. Bractece miimtae, lanceolatae,
obtusse. Flores remoti, pauci, 2 mm. lati, pedicellis 1 mm. latis. Sepala 5,
minuta, ovata, obtusa. Pelala 5, paullo longiora, oblouga, obtusa. Stamina 5,
filamentis brevibus ci'assiusculis apicibus attenuatis, antheris ovatis acutis. Discus
com|)lanatus, angustatus, tenuis. Fistillum couicum, stylo brevi.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Veiy different in foliage from most species of tlie genus, but closely resembling
P. alpedris, Blume, in the form of the flower.

AMPELIDE^.

Cissus (§ Tetrastigma) vikidescens, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caiilis gracilis, baud lignosus, nee lenticulatus. Folia trifoliata, glabra (sicca
brunnea), berbacea, lanceolata, elliptica, basi vis angustata, obtusa, in marginibus
sparse denticulata, 9 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, nervis 8 paribus, peliolulis 4-5 cm.
longis, petiolo 4 cm. longo. CymoB parVfB, axillares, pedunculis gracilibus 1*5 cm.
longis, ramis paucis brevibus pubescentibus. Flores perparvi, 1 mm. longi, in
pedicellis pubescentibus 1 mm. lougis. Sepala brevia, rotundata, pubescentia.
Petala 4, multo longiora, lanceolata, acuta, pabescentia. Stamina minuta. Pistil-
litm breve, conicum.
Canoe Camp, 500 ft. "Flowers greenish white."

Allied to C. paptiana, Miq. and C. pergamacea, Blume, but with thinner lanceolate
leaflets and very small flowers.

Cissus grandifolia, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jalu-b. xviii. (1893) 199.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. " Elowers yellowish white."
Distrih. Endemic in New Guinea.

Cissus conchigeka, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caidis rufo-liirtus. Folia simplicia, alterna, ovata, cuspidata, cordata, marginibus
sinuutis cum processubus aculeiformibus in apicibus nervorum, 8 cm. longa, 5'5 cm.
lata, supra glabra costa depressa hirta excepta, subtus in nervis et nervulis rufo-
hirta, nervis 8 paribus, petiolis 2 cm. longis rufo-hirtis. Stipuloi orbiculari-
oblongee, hiitae, planne, 3 mm. longse et sequilatse. Cynice compositae, axillares et
terminales, pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis hirtis. Peclicelli 2 mm. longi, graciles.
Calyx cupuliformis, ore integro, pubescens. Petala 4, libera, oblonga, obtusa.
Discus rotundatus, lobatus. Pistillum conicum, protrusum. Stylus filiformis,
longiiisculus.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

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Allied to C. Forsteniana, Miq., but much more hairy, and the leaves of thicker texture.
The stipules are very curious, being round, flat, and hairy, resembling in shape some
kinds of shells.

Leea stjndaica, Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. iii. 610.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; and Camp I, 700 ft. A rather more hairy form than usual.
Distrib. Malay Archipelago.

SAPINDACEJ3.

Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, 366.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Tropical Asia.

Allophylltjs l^te-virens, Kidl., sp. nov.

Arbor {1) glabra. Folia trifoliata, petiolis teretibus 12 cm. longis ; foliolis mem-
branaceis Isete-virentibus glabris subtus nitidis oblanceolatis acuminatis basi
angustatis, marginibus parce et remote dentatis, 12 cm. longis, 5 cm. latis, nervis
9 paribus, petiolulis 2 mm. longis. Paniculce axillares 10 cm. longre, ramis
inferioribus 3 cm. longis, floribus copiosis congestis, pedicellis 1 mm. longis.
Sepala 4<, lanceolata, obtusa, uuum ovatum bis latius quam cetera. Petala 4,
linearia, sj;)athulata, apicibus dilatatis lanuginosis. Stamina 8, ad jiistillum
appressa, filamentis liaearibus, autberis ovoideis rotundatis. Discus lobatus,
majusculus. Ovarium pubescens, stipitatum, couicum, stigmatibus longis recurvis.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

This species is allied to A. glaber, Hadlk., but it has much larger thinner leaves
drying bright green, with shorter denser panicles of larger flowers. The specimens
bear, on the lower branches of tlie panicle, curious conical hairy galls 5 mm. long and
terminated by the abortive perianth. Each contained a dipterous larva,

PoMETiA PINNATA, Porst. Char. Gen. 110.
Canoe Camp, 100 ft.
Distrib. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Islands.

DiCTTONETJRA Bamleui, Laut. & Schum. PI. Deutsch. Sclmtzgebiete Siidsee, 421.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.
Rather more velvety than in tlie original description, but probably this plant.

Harpullia ctrpANOiDES, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 86.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

DoDON/EA viscosA, Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. 19. .;

Camps VIII to IX, 4900-5500 ft.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 33

I do not think it is usual to find tliis plant at such an altitude in the Malay region ;
it is common at sea-level.

Distrib./ Tropics of both hemispheres.

/
^ ANACARDIACEiE.

Semecarpus rostrata, Valeton, Bull. Dep. Ind. Neerl. x. 29, Ic. Bogor. t. 359.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

^ Semecarpus hirtiflora, E,idl., sp. nov.

Folia alterna, oblanceolata vel obovata, acuminata, basi gradatim attenuata, obtusa,
coriacea, subtus grisea, 18 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, superne omnino glabra costa hirta
excepta, nervis 10-12 paribus subtus hirtis, petiolis 2 cm. longis hirtis. Bacemus
terminalis, brevis, 3"5 cm. longus, rachi flavo-hirta. Flores brevissime pedicellati,
pedicello crassiusculo hirto. Bractea lanceolata, flavo-hirta. Sepala 5, parva,
ovata, hiita, obtusa. Petala multo longiora, lanceolata, acuta, 4 mm. longa, extus
hirta, patentia. Stamina 5, brevissima, filamentis tenuibus glabris, antheris parvis
subglobosis. Discus tenuis, planus. Ovarium majusculum, semiglobosum, dense
flavo-hirtum, 1-loculare. Styli 3, validi, divergentes, decurvi ; stigmatibus cou-
spicuis bilobis atris subglobosis. Drupa cordata, acuta, hirta, viridis, 2 cm. longa,
ad basin 1'5 cm. lata, hypocarpio obconico hirto 1 cm. longo flavo.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

This species is allied to S. Cassuviiim, Koxb., of the Moluccas, and to an undescribed
species from Borneo, differing from both in the oblanceolate leaves and more hairy
flowers. In the Borneo species the whole inflorescence is covered with red velvety hairs.
This group of the genus is distinct from the typical Semicarpi, in the greater size of the
flowers and the longer nearly valvate petals.

LEGUMINOSiE.
(By E. G. Baker.)

Desmodium ormocarpoides, DC. Prod. ii. 827.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malaya, Philippines.

Desmodium sinuatum, Blume. ex Baker, in Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 166.
Camps VIII to IX, 4000-5500 ft. ; Camps III to VI, 2500 ft.
Distrib. India, Malay Islands.

Pueraria pilosissima, Bak. fil., sp. nov.

Caulis volubilis, pilosus, teres vel subteres. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata. foliolis
ovato-rhombeis apice acuminatis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis, terminalibus

second series. — BOTANY, VOL. IX. F

84 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

sequilateralibus lateralibus iua^quilateralibus, omuiLus subtus tomeutosis margiue
pilosis, uervis lateralibus 8-10, uervulis perniiiltis tenuibus conjungentibus. StipulcB
angusta3, piloste. Mores numerosi, fasciculato-racemosi. Bractece lineari-lanceolatae,
acuminatae, caducse, floribus lougiores. Bracteola; parvae, lineares, calyce breviores.
Calyx pilosus, calycis dentibus 2 superioribus in unum coalitis tubo In-evioribus.
Vexilhim siiborbiculare, obovatum, apice emarginatum, basi ungaiculatuiu, supra
basin bicallosum. Alee oblongse, basi uiiguiculatac ; carina alas subtequans.
Ovarium lineari-birsutum, multi-ovulatum. Lecjumen ignotum.
Canoe Camp. 150 ft.

This plant is noticeable on account of the pilose stems and glaucous green foliage.
Leaflets 10-15 cm. long, 5-8 cm. broad. Flowers numerous, fasciculate-racemose, the
rhachis slightly uodoso. Calyx rt 8 mm. long, teeth 3-1 mm. long. Standard 10-
11 mm. long, apex emargiuate, ±10 mm. broad. Wings and carina ±10 mm. long.

Several species ol Tueraria have been already described from New Guinea, but these
seem to require a little revision. P. novoguineeiisis, TVarb., is identical with P. Thun-
bergiana, Bentb., and P. se7'icans, K. Schum., in tlie ' Index Kewensis,' is considered
as synonymous with P. pliaseoloides, Bentb. In P. textilis, Laut. & K. Schum., the
calyx is only 4 mm. long, that is much shorter than in P. pilosissima.

■^ Phaseoltjs novogtjineensis, Bat. fil., sp. nov.

Oaulis pilis plus minus obtectus. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, stipellata, foliolia
terminalibus cequilateralibus ovato-lauceolatis lobatis, lobo medio majore, basi
cuneatis apice subacuminatis, foliolis lateralibus infequilateralibus latere exteriore
lobatis utriuque pilis m.inus obtectis. Flores pauci, ad apicem peduuculorum
fasciculato-racemosi. BracteolcB ovatse, acutse. Calyx brevis, lobis obtusis brevibus.
Vexillmn suborbiculare, basi unguiculatum. Alee oblongo-obovatse, basi calcaratse,
unguiciilatse ; carinae rostrum tortum. Ocarium lineare, multi-ovulatum. Legimien
ignotum.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600-1900 ft.

Stem more or less pilose. Terminal leaflets 7-8 cm. long, trilobed, middle lobe
longest, lateral leaflets lobed on tljc exterior side, 6-7 cm. long. Flowers few at the end
of a moderately long peduncle. Calyx 4-5 mm. long, lobes l"5-2*0 ram. long. Standard
+ 14 mm. long. Wings moderately spurred. Keel about 12-14 mm. long. Allied to
P. calcaratus, Eoxb. Quite distinct from P. papuanus, Pulle.

'J ViGNA PAPUANA, Bak. fil., sp. nov.

Herba annua, suberecta, ramosa. Stipulce lanceolatas, longitudiualiter striatse, infra
insertionem pauUo productae. Folia pinnatim 3-foliolata, stipellata, foliolis termi-
nalibus sequilateralibus ovato-lanceolatis ajjice acuminatis basi cuneatis, lateralibus
ina^quilateralibus ovatis subacuminatis baud lobatis. Flores lutei, pauci, ad
apicem peduuculorum fasciculato-racemosi. Bracteolce lineares. Calyx dentibus
inferioribus lanceolatis margiue ciliatis, 2 superioribus in unum coalitis. Vexillivm
suborbiculare, basi unguiculatum, apice emarginatum. Alee inajquilateraliter

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 35

oblongo-obovatoe, basi calcaratte. Carina dorso rotundata. Stigma introrsum,
laterale. Ovaritim elongatum, pubescens, Jineare, multi-ovulatum.

Camp III.

An aumial, in our specimen about 17 cm. bigh. Leaflets terminal, 40-50 mm. long,
lateral 30-45 mm. long, 13-20 mm. broad. Peduncles 4-7 cm. long, few-flowered.
Bracteoles linear, as long as or sligbtly longer tban tbe calyx. Calyx +6 mm. long.
Standard +10 mm. long, ratlier broader Iban long. Ovary longitudinally grooved.
Pod not seen.

Allied to Vigna luteola, Bentb., differing by tbe stipules being inserted sligbtly above
the base.

DoLiCHOS Lablab, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, 725.

Camp III, 2500 ft. ; Camps VIII to IX, 4900-5500 ft.
Distrlb. Tropics of tbe Old World.

PtOSACE^.

(By H. N. Ridley.)

RuBDS GLOMERATUS, Blume, Bijdr. 1111.

Camps I to III, 150 to 500 ft.; Camp VIZ), 3900 ft.
Distrib. IMalay Peninsula and Islands.

^ RiTBUS GLOMERATUS, Blume, var. geandiflortjs, Ridl., var. nov.

Folia ovata, cordata vel basi Integra, supcrne glabra, subtus ocbracea, furfuracea,
nervis appressis birtis. Inflof'escentia B. glomeraii tijpici, sed pedicellis validis
1-1-7 cm. longis birsutissimis. Seixtla ovata, cuspidata, 6 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata,
ad basin dense at longe birta. JPetala fere aequilonga.
Camp VI 6, 3900 ft. ; Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Anotber long-pedicelled form but less hairy and with tbe flowers resembling those of
typical M. glomeratm was obtained at Camps VII and VIII. R. glomeratus is a widely
dispersed species in tbe Malay Archipelago and Peninsula, generally found at some
altitude, and varies considerably ; but amongst all the specimens I have seen, I have
met with none witli the peculiar long stout pedicels, nor with the distinctly cuspidate
sepals, characteristic of this variety. The leaves are less hairy than is usual in this
species ; in some specimens they show rudimentary lobing.

V RUBUS TNTEGRIFOLIUS, Ridl., sp. noV.

Frutex scandens, caulibus velutino-birtis sparse aculeatis, acideis brevibus. Folia
ovata, apice acuta, basi breviter cuneata in marginibus breviter dentata, 3-5'5 cm.
longa, 2-3'5 cm. lata, coriacea, superne glabra, nervis 4 paribus et reticulationibus
elevatis dense rufo-lanuginosis, aculeis cost^ paucis parvis. Stipul(S oblongae,
laciniatse, 05 mm. longae, 0-2 mm. latse, extus dense hirtse. Fanicula tcrminalis,
brevis, dense ferrugineo-hirta, pedicellis crassis 1-1-5 cm. longis. Sepala ovata,

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36 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

cuspidata, O'S mm. longa, OG mm. lata, extus lauuginoso-hirta. Pefala scpalis

breviora, spathulata, obovata, apice lato rotimdata, retusa, dente medio miiiimo.

Stamina breviora, plurima. Carpella ad 12, basi lata, rotundata, superne

ascendeutia, curva, stylo longiusculo.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Nearest to B. ritgosus, Buch.-Ham., but tbe leaves are quite entire and cuneate at
the base, not cordate, and the flowers are larger and long-pedicelled.

RuBrs I10S.EF0LIUS, Sm. PL Ic. Ined. iii. t. 60.

Camp VI «, 3100 ft.; Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.; Camps IX to XI,
4900 to 8300 ft.

A pubescent form, with the terminal leaflets unusually narrow and acuminate.

Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago.

Rtjbus Fernandi-Muelleki, Focke, in Abh. Xaturw. Ver. Brem. xiii. (1895) 165,
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.
Distrib. British New Guinea.

RuBTJS PARADOXUS, Ridl., sp. nov.

Suffi'ute.v scandens, glabra inflorescentia excepta, caulibus aculeis validis munitis.

Folia trifoliata, rigide coriacea, sicca, brunnea, foliolis orbicularibus vel ellipticis

obtusis vel cuspidatis, medio majore basi rotundato, marginibus denticulatis

aculeatis, 4-6 cm. longis 3 cm. latis, nervis 5 paribus superne depressis subtus

elevatis, petiolulis 2 mm. longis, petiolis 25 cm. longis armatis. Racemtis vel

jjaniculae binse axillares, armati, 3 cm. lougi, lanuginosi. Bractece lanccolatse,

extus lauugiuosEe. jP/os stellatira expansus, 9 mm. latus. Sepalab, ovata, oblouga,

obtusa, utrinque lanuginosa, 4 mm. longa. Petala mox decidua, oblonga, obtusa,

sepalis a^quilonga, dimidio hxtitudinis, lanuginosa. Stamina circiter 24, disco Isevi.

Ca?'pella 12, conica, stylo brevi, ad basin albo-lanata. BrnpcB 6-S, 3 mm. longa in

sicco. Semina complanata, ovata, rugosa.

Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. ; Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

A very peculiar plant, of which there are two forms, the one from the highest

altitudes being much condensed with smaller stiffer leaves, and much more thorny, the

stem, midrib and petioles of the leaves and rachis of the inflorescence being densely

armed with hooked thorns. The petals are for half their width or more covered with

a woolly pubescence like the sepals, and apparently fall off shortly after the flower

opens. The sepals then spread open in a star-like fashion. The stamens and pistils

are comparatively few, the latter very small, and surrounded at the base by hairs.

PoTENTiLLA PARVULA, Stapf, in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2293, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2.
Bot. vol. iv. (1894) 147.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
This seems to be a very variable species. At Camp XIII was obtained a very small-

COLLECTED m DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 37

leaved form, the leaves nearly sessile and subglabrous ; one from Camp XIV was a
compact, very silky-haired form, with tlie stem and the short sessile leaves covered with
dense long silky white hairs. The flowers are yellow.
Distrib. Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo.

SAXIFRAGACE^.

AsTiLBE PHiLiPPiNENSis, Henry in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, xxxii. (1902) 155.
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. " Flowers pinkish."
Disi?'ib. Philippines.
It differs slightly from the form of the Philippines in its narrow sepals.

1/ Spiejeopsis canariifolia, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Hirta. Folia opposita, imparipinnata, li cm. longa, foliolis 5 coiiaceis ellipticis basi
rotundatis in marginibus serratis sessilibus, teraiiuali obovato basi cmieato, 7 cm.
longo 3 era. lato, inferioribus paullo minoribus, nervis 9 paril)us subtus elevatis
dense hirtis, pilis stellatis flavescentibus, superne parce hirtis. Stlj^)ul(B latae,
caducae, rotundatae, hirtae. Panicula in fructu 9-18 cm. louga, hirta, basi 6 cm.
longa et nuda, ramis 5 cm. longis. Sepala 5, lanceolata, acuta, jiarva. Corolla et
genitalia non visi. Capsula 2 mm. longa, hirta, in pedicello 1 mm. longo,
segmentis 3 ellipticis hirtis dehiscens, stylis 3 persistentibus. Semina plurima,
tenuia, ellipsoidea, angusta, basi breviter producta, ad apicem ala longiore
angustiore munita.
Camps III to VIII and thence to Camp IX, 2000 to 5500 ft.

This differs from ^S*. celehica, Miq., in its leaves, which are not cinereo-pubescent, and
have fewer nerves. The capsule is trilocular, with three distinct styles, instead of being
bilocular with two styles.

The specimens possessing inflorescence are in the very young bud state.

^ SPIRiEOPSIS POMETIIFORMIS, Ridl., sp. nov^

Glabra. Stipules latae, ovatae, cordatae, obtusae, 5 mm. longae. Folium 20 cm.
longum, petiolo 5 cm. longo, foliolis 9 coriaceis lanceolatis acuminatis 9 cm. longis
3 cm. latis, petiolulis 2 mm. longis, costa glandulifera, nervis 15 paribus, utraque
facie tenuiter reticulatis, sicca virescentia. Panicula densiflora, 12 cm. longa,
ramis furfuraceis. Flores in racemis brevibus copiosi. Sepala 5, lanceolata,
acuta, parva. Corolla et genitalia non visa. Cajjsula 4-locularis, furfuracea,
3 mm. longa, lobis 4 oblougis rostratis dehiscens, stylis 1 mm. longis gracilibus,
stigmate capitato. Semina fusiformia, apice acuminata, basi producta, longiora.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

This species, of which no flowers were obtained, is very distinct in the glabrous
leaves, resembling those of the genus Pometia, and the four-celled fruit with four
styles.

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38 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

POLTOSMA PUBESCENS, Ridl., sp. nov.

Partes juveniles omnino pubesceutes. Folia opposita, lanceolata, acuminata, basi
augustata, cuneata, coriacea, superne glabra, subtus pubescentia, 10 cm. longa,
5*5 cm. lata, nervis 8 paribus cum nervulis birtis, petiolis 2 cm. longis birtis.
JRacemns 13 cm. longus, racbi pubescente, floribus pluribus approximatis, pedicellis
1 mm. longis pubescentibus. Bractece minutse, lanceolatce, acutiB. Ovarium 1 mm.
longum, pubescens. Sepala 4, ovata, triangularia, acuta. Petala linearia, obtusa,
8 mm. longa. Siamina filamentis linearibus birtis. Stylus validulus, glaber,
stigmate discoideo.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Nearest to P. Icetevirens, Griff., of tbe Malay Peninsula, but tbe flowers are much
longer, and the leaves larger and thinner.

QUINTINIA EIGIDA, Ptidl., Sp. nOV.

FrHfex{?) ramis crassiusculis. Folia dense approximata, erecta, alterna, rigida,
coriacea, oblanceolata vel elliptica, Integra, margiuibus iuvolutis, apice obtusa, basi
breviter cuneata, 5'5-6 cm. longa, 2-2"3 cm. lata, pagina inferiore atro-punctata,
costa crassa subtus prominente superne depressa, nervis tenuibus 22 paribus,
superne indistinctis, subtus obscuris, petiolis crassis 5 mm. longis. Racemi
axillares, foliis breviores, 5 cm. lougi, rachi augustata. Flores parvi, deflexi,
plures. Fedicelli 1 mm. longi. Cahjcis tubus obconicus, resinosus, lobis 4 oblongis
obtusis. Fetala 4, coriacea, valvata, lanceolata, acuta, 2 mm. longa, patentia.
Stamina 4, e margine disci orta, filamentis brevissimis subtriangular^bus basi latis
superne attenuatis, antheris sequilongis ovatis subcordatis, quam petala multo
breviora. Discus magnus, 4-lobus, lobis obtusis superne excavatis. Ovarium
conicum, 4-sulcatum, stigmatibus capitatis 5. Capsula in pedicello 3 mm. longo
nutans, 4-valvis, valvis acutis, sepalis persistentibus.

Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft.

Allied to Q. MacGregorii, E. Muell., of British New Guinea, but with much thicker
and more rigid leaves and larger sepals.

Argtrocaltmna, Schum. & Lauterb.

This genus was founded by Schumann and Lauterbach (Plora der Deutschen Schutz-
gebiete in der Siidsee, 336) for a plant obtained in Dutch New Guinea with an inferior
two-celled ovary and tbe petals, sepals, and stamens in fours. I add here three others,
all of which, though obviously closely allied, have the parts in fives, and a five-celled
ovary. Schumann refers the genus to Saxifragacece, but I think this affinity very
doubtful. The ovary is distinctly inferior, and much resembles that of the Melastomaceae,
especially in A. Jiexuosa, Ridl., which is covered with appressed scale-like trichomes
resembling those common in Melastoma. The leaves, however, are always alternate
and distinctly thorny along the edge.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 39

ARarKOCALTMNA DENTICULATA, Ricll., sp. nOV.

Folia alterna, tenuiter coriacea, elliptico-ovata, cuspidata, acuta, basi obtusa,
marginibus incrassatis, dentibus aculeiformibus, 13 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, nervis
10 paribus subtus eleyatis in dentes excurrentibus, aciculis minutis iu utraque
facie, patiolis canaliculatis 6 mm. longis. Cyiiue trichotomte, asillares et terminales,
liirtiB, 4-0 cm. longse, patentes. Bractece angustoe, liaeares, lanceolatse, 2 mm.
longse, liirtaj, pedicellis 4 mm. birtis. Calyx obovoideiis, 5-lobatus, 3 mm. longus,
hirtus, lobis lanceolatis sequilongis acutis. Petala crassa, lanceolata, triangularia,
acuta, longiora, pilis albis iu medio obsita. Stamina 5, breviora, lilamentis brevibus
exti"a discum ortis. Anthercje o\Aon<^\:e, obtusse. Stylus pubescens, staminibus altior,
stigmate obcouico apice obscure lobato. Discus anuulatus, pilis albis ad basin
styli obsitus. Ocai^imn inlerum, 5-loculare, ovulis plurimis.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

The branches of this plant are slightly flexuous. The calyx and branches are covered
with flat triangular yellowish trichomes like those of species of Melastoma.

.y ARGi'ROCALTMXA FLEXUOSA, Ptidl, sp. nOV.

CaiiUs lignosus, flexuosus. Folia alterna, ovata, acuminata, acuta, margine
deuticulata, coriacea, superne in sicca virescentia, subtus cinnamomea, undique
trichomatibus parvis acutis dissitis scabrida, 10 cm. longa, 4"5 cm. lata, petiolis
5 mm. longis. Cymce quam folia breviores, hirtye, di- vel trichotomae, 4 cm. longge,
3"5 cm. latss. Bractece lineares, acutce. Bedlcelli 2 mm. longi, liirti. Flores
parvi, 5 mm. lati. Calyx obconica, parva, lobis 5 ovatis lanceolatis acutis latis
hirtis, apicibus recurvis. Fetala 5, lanceolaia, carnosa, acuta, extus pubescentia.
Stamina 5, filamentis crassis. Discus obscure lobatus, rotundatus. Stylus crassus,
stigmate capitato.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Distiuguished from A. arhorea, Sclium., by its flowers being pcutamcrous and the
cymes much shorter. Tlie disc has curious depressions in a circle on its surlacc.

Erora A. denticulata, Eidl., it is distinguished by its much smaller obconic, not
ol)ovoid calyx-tube, and its larger sepals.

I, Argtrocalymna MONTANA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex densifolius, ramis copiose leuticcllatis. Folia congesta, coriacea, rigida,
ellipticii, oblouga, basibus latis, apicibus rotundatis, appresse deuticulata, 2'5-5 cm.
longa, l'5-2 cm. lata, costa superne canaliculata, nervis 5 paribus, petiolis brevibus,
crassis 2 mm. longis. Cymce breves, densse, 2"5 cm. longse, 3 cm. latte, dense hirtae.
Fedicelli breves, hirti. Calyx brevis, latus, semiglobosus, hirtus, lobis ovatis 5.
Petala 5, lanceolata, intus et extus hirta, fasciculo pilorum alborum in dimidio
ornata. Stamina 5, glabra, filamentis gracilibus longiusculis, antheris brevibus
ovoideis ellipticis. Stylus ad basin conicus, validus, hirtus. Stigma majusculum,
capitatum.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

40 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Allied to A. Jlexuosa, Ridl., in the short calyx-tube, but it is a much more condensed
and compact plant, with the petals hairy on both sides, the style stouter and hairy, and
the stigma larger.

Pyrsonota, Ptidl., gen. nov.

'^ Frutex virgatus. Folia subopposita, coriacea, lanceolata, serrata, spinosa, multi-
nervia, nervis tenuissimis, petiolis brevibus. Racemi breves, axillares, hirti.
Bractece lanceolataj. Flores minores, pedicellati. Sepala 6, lanceolata, hirta.
Fetala 5, oblonga, glabra, iBquilonga, apicibus trilobis. Stamina 15 e margine
disci 5-lobi orta, fllamentis brevibus, antheris oblongis hirtis. Ovarium subglobosum,
hirtum, biloculare, ovulis 2 in loculo utroque pendulis. Slyli 2, connati. Stigma

r capitatum, bilobum.

Pyrsonota calophtlla, Ridl., sp. nov. (Plate 3. figs. 48-54.)

Rami aureo-hirti. Folia longe acuminata, basi breviter cuneata, obtusa, serrata,
spinis parvis, 6 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, superne Isevia, subtus aureo-hirta, nervis
circiter 40 paribus tenuissimus et cum nervulis et reticulationibus elevatis, petiolis
2 mm. longis. Racemi 5 mm. lougi, pauciflori. Bractece minutse, hirtae.
Pedicelli 4 mm. longi. Sepala lanceolata, obtusa, 2 mm. longa. Petala apice
truncata, breviter triloba, lobis obtusis. Stamina filamentis liberis pubescentibus.
Camps X to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

This plant is evidently allied to the genus Platylophus of South Africa, which it
resembles in its lobed petals and 5-lobed disc, but it differs from that in its 15 short
stamens in threes, glabrous ovary, and 2-ovuled loculi. Prom Gilbeea of Australia it
differs in its fewer stamens, which are long in that genus, whilst it resembles it in the
presence of two ovules in each loculus.

HALOEAGE^.

GlJNNEKA MACROPHYLLA, Blume, Bijdr. 513.
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.
Bistrib. Java and the Philippines.

GUNNERA RENIFORMIS, Ridl., Sp. UOV.

Herba humilis, rhizomate squamis parvis tecto. Folia reniformia, dentata, dentibus
brevibus latis truncatis, 1'2 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, nervis 4 e sinu ortis ramosis
subtus hirtis, pagina superiore pilis dissitis tecta, petiolis hirtis 2-5 cm. longis.
Racemi simplices, graciles, 25 cm. longi, rachi hirta. Flores glomerulati, superne
masculi, inferne foeminei. Flores masculi, tubo subcylindrico superne dilatato,
laminis 2 dentiformibus, petalis nullis. Stamina 2, filamentis brevissimis, antheris
ellipticis. Bractece oblongae, apiculatse, ad margines hirtse. Flores foeminei
congesti, tubo brevi, dentibus 2 acutis. Stigmata subulata, crassiuscula.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 and 11,000 ft.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 41

Allied to G. cordifolia. Hook, fil., of Tasmania, but differing in its reniform leaves,
more slender inflorescence, and absence of petals.

^ Haloragis secunda., Ridl., sp. nov.

Herha ultra 30 cm. alta. Caulis villosus. Folia opposita, elliptica, utrinque obtu.sa,
crenulata, coriacea, scabra, 2 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata, subtus liirta, costa crassa
birtiore, petiolis 2 mm. longis. Fanicula terminalis, ramis liorizontalibus 2-4 cm.
longis birtis. Flores secundi, plures, pedicellis 1 uim. longis birtis. Calycis tubus
ovoideus, 8-costatus, birtus, 1 mm. longus, lobis 4 lanceolatis acutis. Petala 4,
oblonga, linearia, 3 mm. longa, apice incurvo birto. Stamina 6, antberis linearibus
petalis ajquilongis, filamentis minutissimis. Stigmata 4, pustulata, sessilia.

Camp VI 6, 3900 ft.

Allied to R. tetrayijna. Hook, fil., but larger; witb bigger leaves, and larger flowers
in secuad borizontal racemes.

LEGNOTIDE.E.
Cremnobates, Ridl., gen. nov.

Friitex vel arbor. Folia opposita, obovata, serrata, coriacea, petiolata. Stipulce
parvse, crassse, late ovatte. Fanicula breves, axillares. Bracicce parvae, lanceolatae.
Flores plures, parvi. Sepala 5, valvata, ovata. Fetala 5, minima, linearia, apice
trifida. Stamina 10, filamentis brevibus, antheris cordatis. Discus majusculus,
10-lobus, lobis obtusis. Ovarium conoideum, superum, uniloculare, uniovulatum.
Stylus brevissimus. Drupa unilocularis. Semen albuminosum.

Cremnobates ilicina, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia elliptica, obovata, obtusa, serrata, basi cuncata, kcte virentia, 5 cm. longa,
2-8 cm. lata, utrinque tenuiter i-eticulata, nervis costa crassiuscula excepta
inconspicuis, petiolis 3 mm. longis. Stijmla; 1 mm. longse. Fanicula brevis, 2 cm.
longa, glabra, ramis brevibus subverticillatis. Bracteee angustae, lineares, lanceolatae.
Fedicelli 1 mm. longi. Sepala ovata, acuta. Fetala minima, alba, laciniis 3
angustissimis. Stamina ex incisuris disci orta, quam sepala breviora, filamentis
brevibus, antberis ovatis cordatis nigris. Ovarium obtusum, conicum. Drtipa
8 mm. longa, 4 mm. crassa, cylindrico-ellipsoidea, obtusa, sepiilis ad basin per-
sistentibus, pericarpio crasso lignoso. Semen ellipsoideum ; testa tenuis, brunnea ;
albumen copiosum, aequabile ; cotyledones foliacei.
Camp YIc, 5500 ft.
Tbis plant bas tbe babit of an Flceoclendron witb bright yellow-green coriaceous

leaves. Tbe small wbite trifid petals, the stamens rising from tbe notcbes of tbe tbick

10-lobed disc, and tbe superior one-seeded drupe are peculiar characteristics. 1 know

no genus in tbe order at all closely allied to it.

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42 ME. H. X. EIDLET ON PLANTS

MYRTACE^E.

Decaspermum neueophtlltjm, Laut. & Sclium. Elor. Deiitscb. Schutzgebiete d. Siidsee,
468.
Camp I, 700 ft.
Distrib. Endeaiic in New Guinea.

Decaspermtjm pantculatum, Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlvi. (1877) ^i. 2, 61. Var.

LONGIFOLIA, Ridl. (var. nov.). Nelitris i^olymorpha , var. longlfolia, 'Blume, Mus,

Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 75.
Camp I, 700 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Distrib. Malay Archipelago.
This is probably only a very glabrous long-leaved form of a very variable species.

^ Myrtus Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex ram.osus, ramis pustulosis. Folia opposita, crasse carnosa, elliptica vel
obovata, obtusa, m.arginibus recurvis, 5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, subtus glandulis
atris punctata, costa depressa subtus elevata, nervis obscuris ; p.etiolis 1 mm. longis.
Flores singuli vel bini, axillares, pedicellis 5 mm. longis. Bractece 1-2 ad basin
pedicelli sitae, lanceolatse, parvse (ssepe desunt). Calyx tul)o obuvoideo parce albo
birto 1 mm. longo, lobis lanceolatis ovatis pustulatis carnosis 3 mm. longis. Fetala
obovata, ssepe fere reniformia, unguiculata, 4 mm. longa, glaridulifera. Stamina
ad 25, filifoi'mia, petalis fere sequalia. Stylus elongatus, filiformis. Ovarimn
biloculare. Bacca obovoidea, sepalis magnis coronata, rubra, 1 cm. longa. Semina
plurima, complanata, laevia, triangulari-subreniformia.

Camps XII to XIII, 10,500 ft.

This species is most nearly allied to M. liedwiculata. Hook, fil., of New Zealand. It
is very aromatic, the flowers being full of glands. Tlie calyx is covered with few greyish
appressed hairs.

"^ Mtrtus compacta, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex densus, ramis pustulosis. Folia obovata, apice et basi rotundata, coriac3a,

crassa, 2-3 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, subtus dense giandulifera, petiolis 1 mm. longis.

Flores axillares, sessiles vel subsessiles. Bractea lanceolata, parva. Calyx 3 mm.

longus, tubo glabro obovoideo, lobis lanceolatis acutis pustulosis. Fetala 5, sepala

paullo supei'antia, lanceolata vel orbicularia, unguiculata, acuta, giandulifera.

Stamina circiter 20, qviam stylus filiformis, multo breviora. Ocarium 3-loculare.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Allied to the preceding, but with smaller sessile flowers and shorter stamens, and a
glabrous calyx.

^ Mtrtus nivalis, Eidl., sp. nov.

Frutictdns, cortice rufescente squamis tenuibus linearibus delabente. Folia opposita,.
elliptica, obtusa, basi vix angustata, crasse carnosi-cariacea, in utroque latere
giandulifera, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, nervis obscuris, costa superne depressa

COLLECTED IN DUTCH KEW GUHNTEA, 43

subtus elevata, petiolis brevissirais. Floi^es singuli, axillares, 5 mm. in diametro,
pedicellis brevissimis. Bractece lauceolatse, foiiaceae, binse. Calyx tubo obconico,
lobis 5 lanceolatis obtusis glandiilosis. Petala 5, lanceolata, oblonga, obtusa, band
unguiculata, glandulosa, 15 mm. longa. Stamina 15, breviora. StyUis longior,
crassiusculus. Stigma capitatum, subtrilobum. Baccn succulenta, rubra, globosa.
Semina reniformia, pustulata, brunnea.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Apparently a creeping or prostrate plant, with tlie bark detacbing itself in red flakes.
The leaves and flowers are much smaller than in the last tAvo species, the petals
lanceolate, not distinctly clawed, and the seeds pustulate and reniform.

Backhousia aurea, Ridl., sp. nov.

Fndex (?) ramis parce ramosis pubescentibus, partibus juvenilibus rufo-hirtis. Folia
opposita, tenuiter coriacea, superne appresse hirta, subtus densius cupreo-rufo hirta,
4'5 cm. longa, 15 cm. lata, nervis vix conspicuis, petiolis 2-3 mm. longis. Flores in
cymas termiuales 5 cm. longas dispositi, pedunculis cum ramis hirtis 2 cm. longis.
Alahastra conica, acuta. Fedicelli 2 mm. lougi, apice bracteis 2 minimis lanceo-
latis muniti. Calyx brevis, campanuiatus, glaber, lobis 5 ovatis rotundatis
coriaceis 0-5 mm. longis. Petala 5, lanceolata, obtusa, basi angustata, 4 mm.
longa. Stamina plurima, 7 mm. longa, in annulum perianthio adnatum disposita.
Ovarium apice depresso-rotundatum, a calyce liberura, biloculare. Ovula plurima.
Stylus crassiusculus, quam stamina longiur.

Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. " Flowers golden."

A new genus for New Guinea, the other known species being Australian. It is very
distinct from these in its hairiness.

The ovary is, in the dried specimens at least, quite free from the calyx-tube and only
attached at the base.

Rhodamnia pauvifolia, Ptidl., sp. nov.
Arbor ramis tenuibus parce sericeis, partibus juvenilibus undique sericeis. Folia
parva, coriacea, glabra, ovata, basi rotundata, apice acuta, 2 cm. longa, 12 mm. lata,
ntrinque punctata, nervis circiter 4 paribus vix conspicuis, nervis lateralibus 2 e
costa ortis a basi 2 mm. remotis inconspicuis, petiolis 1 mm. longis sericeis.
Pedimculi fliiformes, sericei, axillares, 2 cm. longi, uniflori vel cymose triflori,
ramis 5 mm. longis. Bractea ]\ix.Vd ovarium orta, lanceolato-linearis, 2 mm. longa.
Calycis tubus giobosus, sericeus, 1-2 mm. longus, lobis 5 ovatis acutis sericeis
2 mm. longis. Petala parva, ovata, obtusa, alba. Stamina brevia. Stylus
cylindricus, stigmate capitato.
Camp VI h, 3900 ft.

Distinct from all other species by the small ovate glabrous leaves, with almost
entirely invisible nerves. The two lateral nerves, which are so characteristic in this
genus, are almost equally invisible ; they rise from the midrib about 2 mm. from its
base. The flowers are few and very small on long slender peduncles, some one-flowered

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aud some ending in a cyme of three flowers. Blume describes a species from New
Guinea, R. glauca, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 79. The description is very incomplete,
but as the leaves are described as acute at the base, it cannot be this plant.

Eugenia (§ Jambosa) stjbalata, Bidl., sp. nov.

Rami graciles, 4-alati, alis paullo elevatis. Folia tenuiter coriacea, oblanceolata,
acuminata, basi cuneata, 10 cm. loiiga, 2'5 cm. lata, nervis 10-11 paribus, nei'vo
iutramarginali a margine 3 mm. reinoto, petiolis 2 mm. lougis. Ilores singuli
vel bini, terminales in ramis. Tedunculus gracilis, 4-angulatus, 1 cm. longus.
Bractece 2, lineares, angustissimse, 3 mm. longse. Pedicellus 1"5 cm. longus, teres.
Calyx elongato-turbinatus, in pseudo-pedicellum 5 mm. longum attenuatus,
1"5 cm. longus, lobis 4 ovatis obtusis marginibus scariosis 2 mm. longis. Fetala
orbicularia, 5 mm. longa et lata. Stamina 2 cm. longa, antheris linearibus oblongis.
Stylus gracilis, lougior.

Camp I, 700 ft.

Allied to Jamhosa synaptoneura, Laut. and K. Schum., but differing in the thinner
texture of the leaves, the longer pedicels, aud the longer calyx-tube with smaller lobes.

Eugenia (§ Jambosa) longipes, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. (1891} 391.

Camp I, 700 ft.

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

The petals and stamens are not described in the publication above quoted. The
petals are narrow at the base, obovate, more or less distinctly clawed, 3 mm. long, and
apparently pink, the stamens very numerous, 1 cm. long, and the filiform style 25 cm.
lonff.

\] Eugenia (§ Jambosa) garcinioides, Bidl , sp. nov.

Arbor ramis validulis. Folia coriacea, elliptica vel oblanceolata, basi breviter
attenuata, obtusa, 7-8'5 cm. lata, sicca cinnamomea, costa prominula, nervis
8 paribus tenuibus utrinque prominulis, iutramarginali obscuro, petiolis validis

1 mm. longis atro-rubentibus. Cyma infra folia lateralis, lignosa, 4 cm. longa,
ramis tribus ramulosis, ramulis 4-floris. Flores remoti, pedicellis brevibus crassis

2 mm. longis. Calycis tubus infundibuliformis, basi latus, baud costatus, 5 mm.
longus, lobis 4 rotundatis coriaceis 2 mm. longis. Fetala orbicularia, 5 mm. longa,
marginibus tenuioribus. Stamina breviuscula, 5 mm. longa, antheris ellipticis.
Stylus validulus, aequilongus.

Camp III, 2000 ft.

Another of the section Jambosa with fairly large flowers on the lateral cymes. This
species is distinguished by its stiff leaves with fine, rather inconspicuous nerves, the
intramarginal one being quite invisible. The leaves suggest those of one of the
Garcinias.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 45

/ Eugenia (§ Jambosa) Vandewateki, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Folia membranacea, lanceolata, acuminata, basi cuneata, sicca pallida, viridia, 12 cm.
longa, 4*5 cm. lata, nervis 5 paribus prominulis, secundariis fere aeque prominulis,
intramarginali 5 m.m. a margiue remoto, petiolis crassiusculis 5 m.m. longis.
Inflorescentla lateralis, brevis, pauciflorge. Fediinculus validus, 5 mm. loncus,
pedicellis 4 patentibus crassiusculis 17 mm. longis. Calycis tubus iDfundibuli-
formis, 1*5 cm. longus, lobis 4 late ovatis triangularibus obtusis 1 cm. longis.
Petala 4, obovata, obtusa, 1"8 cm. longa. Stamina 1-5 cm. longa, copiosa. Stylus
2"- cm. longus.
Launch Camp, at sea-level.

This is allied to J. oligoneura, Schum., of New Guinea, but the flowers are
twice as large, and the leaves are Icxnceolate and not obovate. The whole flower
is 3 cm. across.

I Eugenia (§ Jambosa) salicina, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex (?) ramis gracilibus. Folia salicina, lanceolata, acuminata, obtusa, tenuiter
rigide coriacea, 9 cm. longa, 1--1-6 cm. lata, nervis tenuibus plurimis, nervulis fere
seque conspicuis, nervo intramarginali tenuissimo margiuem appropinquante,
petiolis 3 mm. longis. Flores siuguli, axillares et terminales. Pedunculus gracilis,
2*5 cm. longus, internodiis 2-3, bracteis 2-3 linearibus angustissimis 2 mm. longis.
Calycis tubus angustissirae clavatus, basi gradatim incrassatus, tunc abrupte
dilatatus, 12 mm. longus, 5 mm. latus, ad apicem tenuiter costatus, lobis 4 late
rotundatis ovatis vol orbicularibus 5 mm. longis. Fetala 4, ovata, orbicularia,
7 mm. longa. Stamina 2 cm. longa. Stylus pauUo longior.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Apparently one of the stream-bank species with narrow willow-like leaves, resembling
E. Seyneana, Duthie, of the Malay Peninsula. Tbe long, slender, club-shaped calyx-
tube is peculiar.

Eugenia {^ Jambosa) Daphne, Eidl., sp. nov.

Bami validuli, brunnei. Folia congesta, versus apices coriacea, lanceolata, acuminata,
acuta vel obtusa, basi rotundata, 13 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, costa prominula, nervis
inconspicuis circiter 8 paribus versus apicem folii obscuris, intramarginali 3 mm.
a margine remoto undulato, petiolis crassis nigris 2 mm. longis. Flores singuli
bini vel terni, umbellati, in pedunculo gracili 4 cm. longo, pedicellis 2 cm. longis.
Calycis tubus campanulatus, Itevis, 5 mm. longus, basi abrupte pseudo-pedicellatus,
pseudo-pedicello 1 mm. longo, lobis 4 rotundatis obtusis, marginibus scariosis.
Fetala ovata, obtusa, 5 mm. longa, puncticulata. Stamina 1 cm. longa. Stylus
ultra dimidio longior.

Camp I, 700 ft., and Camps III to VIII, 2000 to 3600 ft.

Distinguished by its smooth lanceolate, nearly sessile leaves with very inconspicuous
nerves, usually quite invisible in the upper part of the leaves, and by its flowers being

46 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

solitary or more rarely gathered, in umbels of two or three, and tlie long pendulous
pedicels.

Allied to E. salicina, E-idl.

J ETJGE>fiA (§ Jambosa) plumea, Ridl., sp. nov.

Rami graciles. Folia coriacea, lanceolata, acuta, basi cuneata, 6 cm. longa, 2 cm.
lata, subtus punctata, nervis tenuibus inconsj)icuis circiter 10 paribus, secundariis
irregularibu.s et fere aeque conspicuis. Panicula terminalis, 4 cm. longa, laxa
pauci-ramosa, ramis angulatis 2 supei'ioribus ssepius trifloris. Calycis tiibus 2 mm.
longus, infundibuliformis, pustulosvis, lobis ovatis aeutis. Petala alba, ovata,
obtusa, 2 mm. longa, baud calyptrata, separatim caduca. Stamina piurima,
3 mm. longa, antheris loculis globosis.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

This is allied to Clavimyrtus firma, Blume ; but the leaves are not cuspidate and are
fewer-nerved, and the calyx-tube is much shorter and funnel-shajjed.

V EuGENTA {^ Calyptranthes) Fi.AVESCENS, Eidl., sp. nov.

Arbor ramis tenuibus flavescentibus, internodiis 4 cm. longis. Folia elliptica,
lanceolata, longe acuminata, acuta, basi longe cuneata, sicca superne grisea, subtus
flavescentia, 13 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, nervis copiosis tenuibus inconspicuis,
intramarginali margini contiguo, petiolis 5 mm. longis. CymcB infra folia laterales,
3 cm. longse, 5-6-flor8e, pedunculo brevi 2 mm. longo, ramis paucis 4 angulatis et
intra angulos sulcatis flavescentibus. Calycis tubus turbinatus, rugosus, lucidus,

3 mm. longus, lobis brevibus ovatis rotundatis. Fetala orbicularia, 3 mm. longa,
singulatim caduca. Stamina 6 mm. longa, antheris minutis globosis. Stylus
brevior.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

This appears to be allied to E. Jambolaua, Lam., but the flowers are a good deal
larger than most of that section and the lanceolate, long, acuminate leaves are very
different.

J EuGENTA (§ Caltptranthes) rubro-punctata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Mami validi. Folia coriacea, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, basi cuneata, 20 cm. longa,
6 cm. lata, costa prominente, nervorum paribus ad 15 prominulis, intramarginali

4 mm. a margine remoto, petiolis crassis 5 mm. longis. Cymie laterales, infra-
axillares, 1"5 cm. longae, ramis 4 brevil)us flavescentibus angulatis, floribus 4-6
parvis in cymas dispositis. Alabastra 5 mm. longa. Calycis tubvis 5 mm. longus,
e basi angusta gradatim superne expansus, ad apicem 3'5 mm. latus, lobis 4 brevibus
ovatis 1 mm. longis. Fetala ovata, acuta. Anthei'ce subglobosae. Stylus validus,
purpui-eus.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. " White, speckled pink."

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This is allied to E. Jamholana, Lam., but the distant fewer prominent nerves
distinguish it readily. The leaves dry of a light greenish colour; the calyx is rugose
and shining when dry. The specimen is only in bud.

, EuGEXTA {^ Syztgitjm) tkivenis, Pddl., sp. nov.

Folia tenuiter coriacea, elliptica, acuminata, cuspidata, obtusa, basi cuneata, 12 cm.
longa, 5 cm. lata, nervis 8 paribus tenuibus, intramarginali 3 mm. a margine
remoto conspicue prominulo, costie simili. Fanicula terminalis, 8'5 cm. longa,
pedunculo 3 cm. longo, ramis 5 cm. longis. Bractea; binse, triangulares, acutse,
miiiimte. Calycis tuluis clavatus, Ifevis, 4 mm. longus, lobis indistinctis 4 denti-
formibus brevibus. Fetala orbicularia, 2 mm. longa, libera, conjunctim cadentia.
Stamina tenuissima, 7 mm. longa. Stylus paullo brevior.
Camps IV to VI, 1100 to 2100 ft.

This has much the foliage of Jamhosa melastomafolia, Blume, of Amboiua, the
intramarginal veins, running from the base of the midrib at some distance from
the margin and little thinner than the midrib, giving the leaf a conspicuously
tliree-nerved appearance; but it is a true Syzygimn with terminal inflorescence, the
calyx-lobes reduced to low points, and the petals falling in a mass. The leaves dry
to brisrht brown.

"s^

EuGEXiA (§ Syzygium) Wollastoxi, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Folia elliptica, cuspidata, basi acuminata, coriacea, laevia, in sicca pallide briinnea,
12 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, nervis tenuissimis approximatis plurimis, secundariis
asqualibus et similibus, intramarginalibus 2 tenuissimis, uno 2 mm. a margine,
altero margini propinquo, petiolis canaliculatis 1"5 cm. longis. Cymce lignosa;,
laterales, 8 cm. longae, ramis inferioribus 4-5 cm. longis. Fedlcelli minimi vel
nuUi. Calycis tubus infundibuliformis, costatus, 5 mm. longus, lobis bi'evissimis
ovatis vix distinctis. Fetala in semiglobum connata, 4 mm. longa. Stamina
G mm. longa, cojjiosa, antheris miuutis oblougis. Stylus aequilongus.

Camp I, 700 ft.

Perhaps allied to E. lepidocarpa, Wall. The cymes are detached, but appear to have
been lateral.

Eugenia (§ Syzygium) dispansa, P\.idl., sp. nov.

Rami graciles. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, basi cuneata, tenuiter coriacea,
sicca fusca, 15-16 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, nervis 10 paribus, intramarginali elevato
3 mm. a margine remoto, costa prominenle superne depi'essa, petiolis 5 mm. longis,
foliorum majorum crassis sulcatis. Fauicula laxa, patens, terminalis, peduaeulo
1-9 cm. longo, ramis 5-8 cm. longis horizontaliter patentibus tenuibus obscure
augulatis apice iterum ramosis, floribus panels parvis 2 mm. longis in pedicellis
2 mm. longis. Bractece minimse, lanceolatse, caducae. Calycis tubus caryophylli-
formis, apice dilatatus, 2 mm. latus (staminibus lapsis), lobis nullis, ore integro.
Fetala separatim caduca, alba, ovata, orbicularia, dorso iacrassato, marginibus

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tenuioribus, 1 mm. longa. Stamina pauca, brevia, vix 1 mm. longa, alba, antheris
subo'lobosis.
Camp VI h, 3900 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Allied to E. acuminatisslma, Kurz, in tbe spreading panicle and shape of the calyx.
From E, Icevifolia it differs in the strongly-nerved leaves, which are fuscous and shining
when dry.

Eugenia (§ Stzygium) lj^vifolia, Eidl., sp. nov.

Arbor ramis tenuibus. Folia ovata, lanceolata, acuminata, basi rotundata, subcoriacea,
Ijevia, in sicca griseo-viridia, 12 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, costa subtus prominula
superne depressa, nervis circiter 12 paribus, intramarginali margini propiaquo,
omnibus obscuris, petiolis crassis 5 mm. longis. Panicula terminalis, laxa, patens,
9 cm. longa, ramis paucis circiter 3 cm. longis. Bractece minutse, ovatae, acutae.
Calycis tubus claviformis, aj)ice subabrupte dilatatiis, truncatus, 4 mm. longus,
2 mm. latus, lobis nullis. Fetala ovata, acuta, medio iucrassata, lateribus tenuiora,
alba, 1 mm. longa. Stamina plura brevissima, antheris subglobosis.
Camp I, 700 ft.

The ovate smooth grey-green leaves, with the nerves almost completely invisible,
distinguishes this species from the allied E. acmtdnatissima, Kurz, and E. disjmnsa,
Ridl.

Eugenia (§ Syztgium) stlvana, RidL, sp. nov.

Folia obovata, obtusa vel rotundata, basi cuneata, ad margines revoluta, coriacea,
subtus dense punctata, 7-10 cm. longa, 2-4'5 cm. lata, nervis tenuibus, primariis
ssepe crassioribus vel omnibus seqne distiuctis parallelis, costa elevata subtus
crassa superne depressa, petiolis crassis 4 mm. longis. Faniculce terminales, plui'es,
pedunculis elongatis, ramis quadrangulatis paucis in apicibus 8 cm. longis.
Calycis tubus infundibuliformis, 3 mm. longus et teque latus, basi crassus, superne
abrupte dilatatus, truncatus. Fetala calyptrata, rotundata, ovata. Stamina brevis-
sima, circiter 20.

Camps III to IV, 1100 to 2500 ft., and Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to E. aciiminatissima, Kurz, but with thick obovate leaves, with tine parallel
and very close nerve?, occasionally with some more prominent.

Eugenia (§ Syzygium) micrandra, E-idl., sp. nov.

Arbor ramis validis. Folia crasse coriacea, oblanceolata, obtusa, basi angustata,
14 cm. longa, 5-7'5 cm. lata, costa prominente, nervis plurimis tenuibus, intramar-
ginali undulato 2 mm. a margine retnoto, petiolis validis 2 cm. longis. Fanicula
terminalis, densa, 3-7 cm. longa, ramis crassis tloribus 5 mm. longis sessilibus
pallide fiavis. Calycis tubus clavatus, basi angustatus, superne dilatatus, 5 mm.
longus, lobis 4 rotundatis vix distinctis. Fetala 4, ovata, 2 mm. longa. Stamina
brevissima, 20, quam sej)ala breviora, filamentis roseis crassiusculis. Stylus brevis,
crassiusculus.

Camp III, 500 ft.

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The leaves are very stiff and sliiny, and resemble somewhat those of a Calophyllum'
At the base of the umbel of cymes there is in one specimen a pair of thick oblanceolate
sessile leaf-like bracts with a broad base and a strongly developed midrib ; they are
2 cm. long and 5 mm. wide. The stamens are remarkably short and few, and the calyx
is distinctly prolonged beyond the ovary.

Eugenia (§ Stzygium) monetakia, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex multiramosus. Folia sessilia, rigide coriacea, sicca pallida (juvenilia rubra),
puncticulata, costa subtus ad basin crassa superne depressa, nervis plurimis
tenuissimis inconspicuis. Flores 3, in cymam terminalem dispositi, pedunculo
quadrangulari 8 mm. longo. Calycis tubus infundibuliformis, laevis, 5 mm. longus,
lobis brevissimis rotundatis. Petala ovata, vis ultra 1 mm. longa, lactea. Stamina
fere 3 mm. longa alba.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

Nearest to E. kinahaluensis, Stapf, but the leaves are more distinctly rounded, as long
as broad, and the calyx is not cylindric.

Eugenia scolopacina, K.idl., sp. nov.

Frutex virgatus, ramis tenuibus pustulatis brunneis. Folia coriacea, ovata, longe

cuspidata, 2-7 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, cuspide obtuso 1'5 cm. longo, sicca grisea,

superne IsBvia, subtixs flavescentia, punctata, nervis obscuris, costa superne distincta,

subtus obscura. Flores parvi, axillares, 1-4 in pcdicellis pustulosis 1-2 mm. longis,

vel plures in pedunculo 1 mm. longo. Calycis tubus obtuse obconicus, basi latus,

2 mm. longus, pustulatus, glandulosus, lobis 4 ovatis coriaceis acutis fere

sequilongis glandulosis apice pubescentibus. Fetala ovata, subabrupte ungui-

culata, 1 mm. longa. Stamina 16-20, 3 mm. longa, erecta, rubra, uniseriata,

antheris subglobosis. Stylus validus, apice subulatus. Ovarium biloculare. Driipa

oblonga, succulenta, rubra, 5 mm. longa.

Camps III to VIII, also V b, VI c, and IX to XI, 2500 to 8300 ft. I

A very singular species with the axillary inflorescence and red pulpy fruit of

Pseudoeugenia ; but it has more than eight stamens. The leaves are red when young,

and when adult resemble those of FJ. caudata. King, having an ovate blade with a long

narrow blunt point suggesting the outline of a woodcock's head. The nerves are quite

invisible, as is the midrib except on the underside at tbe base. The flowers are closely

glandular.

Barringtonia papuana, Laut. in Nova Guinea, viii. ii. 314.
Camp I, 500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

SECOND SERIES. — BOTANY, VOL. IX,

50 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

MELASTOMACE^.
(By Edmund G. Baker.)

Otanthera novoguineensis, Bak. fil., sp. nov. (Plate 2. figs. 34-39.)

Mami satis graciles, obscure tetragoni, juniores strigosi. Folia oblonga vel oblongo-
lanceolata, apice acuta, 7-ll"5 cm. longa, l'8-3'5 cm. lata, 5-nema, utiinque pilis
plus minus strigosa, subtus nervis transversalibus tenuibus, petiolis pilis strigosis
12-15 mm. longis suffulta. Mores ad apices ramorum in paniculas dispositi.
Bractece latse, virides, margine ciliatge. Calyx parviusculus, setulis subpatulis
obtectus, tubo ovoideo, lobis angustis. JPetala margine ciliata, 6-7 mm. longa.
Stamina sequalia. Anthene oblongo-lineares, 2-3 mm. longse, connective antice
bituberculato. Ovarium 5-loculare, stylo filiformi. Baccce pro genere parviusculae,
3'5-4 mm. longae et latse.
Camps I to III, 700 ft. In flower and fruit, Nov. 22nd, 1912.
This species differs from O. cycmoides, Triana, by its smaller fruits, and from 0. parvi-

flora, Merrill, by the entirely different bracts. Leaves at the base cuneate or rounded.

Bracts obovate, semiamplexicaul. Elowers pink (Kloss), smaller than in O. cyanoides,

Triana. This latter species and also O. bracteata, Korth., have been recorded for New

Guinea.

Melastoma malabathicum, Linn. Sp, PI. 390.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.

Bistrib. India, Malaya, North Australia, Eiji, Admiralty Islands, New Caledonia.
Eorbes, Nos. 217 & 825, from the Sogeri Region, New Guinea, belong here.

Melastoma barbeyanum, Cogn., in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. 347.
Camp VIII, 3482 ft.
Bistrib. Java.

Medinilla.
Speciertim Papuanarum clavis.

A. Frutices glabri vel glabriusculi.
■X- Folia vcrticillata.

§ Calycis limbus integer vel subinteger vel obscure 4-uudulatus.
o Rami obscure pentagoni. Folia trinervia.

1. M. Muelleri, Cogn.

oo Rami breviter multialati. Folia septupliuervia.

2. M. subalata, Bak. fil.
000 Rami teretes vel angulati.

— Flores cymosi.
t Folia anguste obovata, 3-5-plinervia.

3. M. crassiiiervis, Blume.
tt Folia oblonga, 5-plinervia.

4. M. quintuplinervia, Cogn.

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Flores fasciculati vel solitarii.

t Folia lanceolata, triplinervia.

5. M. triplinervia, Cogn.

{M. fasciculata, Cogn. non Baker.)
tt Folia oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, triplinervia.

6. M. musofo, Laut. & K. Sclium. Kaiser Wilhelm^s Land.
Flores in paniculam jnultifloram dispositi. Folia obovato-oblonga.

7. M. montana, Cogn.

** Calycis limbus demum irregulariter fissus.

8. M. macrocarpa, Blume. Forbes, Nos. 479 & 940.
** Folia opposita.

— Folia parviusculaj ssepius 10 cm. longitudine non attingentia.

(a) Folia ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 3'5-5 cm. longa. Flores longe pedicellati, soli-

tarii vel bini, tetrameri.

9. M. niyriiformis, Triana, var. papuana, Bak. fil.

(b) FoUa ovato-lanceolata, 3- vel sub-5-plinervia, 5-9 cm. longa. Flores axillares,

aggregati, breviter pedicellati.

10. M. ramiflora, Merrill.

(c) Folia ovata, 5-plinervia, 3-6 cm. longa, petiolata. Flores fasciculati, tetrameri.

11. M. tenuipedicellata, Bak. fil.

(d) Folia ovato-lanceolata, 4-7 cm. longa, longiuscule acuminata, sessilia. Flores in

cymas l-2'5 cm. longas dispositi, 4-meri.

12. M. trinervia, Cogn.

(e) Folia oblonga vel elliptica, 5-plinervia, subsessilia, 6-7"5 cm. longa. Flores in

axillis solitarii vel bini, hexameri.

13. M. hexamera, Bak. fil.

(/) Folia oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, 3-plinervia, 7-10 cm. longa, petiolata. Cymse
subumbellatim pauciflorae.

14. M. nervulosa, Bak. fil.

(g) Folia oblonga vel oblongo-oblanceolata, 3-7-plinervia, 5-9 cm. longa. Paniculse
terminales, 6-20-flor8e.

15. M. rubrivenia, Bak. fil.

Folia majora, magna vel majuscula, ssepius 10 cm. excedentia.

(a) Folia oblonga, 3-5-plinervia, petiolata, 9-15 cm. longa. Cymse longe subumbel-
latim 2-4-fiorse. Caules 4-alati.

16. M. alata, Bak. fil.

{b) Folia oblonga vel oblongo-obovata, 5-plinervia, subsessilia, 10-14 cm. longa.
Flores axillares, solitarii vel bini.

17. M. coccinea, Bak. fil.

(c) Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 3-5-nervia, saepius sessilia, 12-16 cm. longa. Cymse

divaricatse, pluri- vel multiflorjE.

18. M. Forbesii, Bak. fil.

(d) Folia elliptica, sub-5-plinervia, petiolata, 13-20 cm. longa. Cymee compositae,

divaricatae, 5-8 cm. longee.

19. M. papuana, Scbeffler.

(e) Folia elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, subsessilia, 15-17 cm. longa, 5-plinervia. Flores

4-meri, fasciculati.

20. M. novoffuineensis, Bak. fil.

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(/) Folia ovato-lanceolata, sessilia vel petiolata, + 35 cm. longa. Flores fasciculati.

21. M. Maidenii, F. v. Muell.
*** Folia alterna, late ovata, vel suborbicularia.

22. M. anomala, Cogn.

B. Frutices ad nodos stuposo-barbati vel omnino pilis plus minus obtecti.

— Folia ternata vel quateruata, obovato-oblouga, 7-9-pliriei'via. Floras in paniculam
dispositi.

23. M. speciosa, Blume.
Folia opposita.

(a) Folia ovato-obloiiga, 2-3 dm. longa. Flores in paniculam dispositi.

24. M. Teysmanni, Miq.

[h) Folia elongato-lanceolata, 25-35 cm. longa, sessilia vel subsessilia. Flores in
paniculam laxam dispositi.

25. M. longifolia, Cogn.

(c) Folia oblouga, breviter acuminata, 9-12 cm. longa. Cymse subraultiflorse.

26. M. ruhiginosa, Cogn.

{d) Folia basi subeordata vel rotundata, oblonga vel ovato-oblongaj 7-13'5 cm. longa.
Flores in cymas dispositi.

27. M. auriculata, Laut.

{e) Folia basi cuneata, triplinervia, 8-13 em. longa. Flores in cymas dispositi, bracteis
persistentibus involucrati.

28. M. sogeriensis, Bak. fil.

^/ Medinilla stjbalata, Bak. fil., sp. nov.

Rami lignosi, \\?, M. pterocaulcB, Bl., subsimiles, acl nodos incrassati, in sicco longi-
tudinaliter subalati. Folia verticillata, ovata vel oblonga, apice acuminata, basi late
cuneata, 7-plinervia, costa subtus furfuracea, 13-16 cm. longa, 5-7 cm. lata, petiole
10-15 mm. longo suffulta. Flores in cymas axillares et paucifloras dispositi, pedi-
cellis gracilibus, pedunculo communi interdum 5-11 mm. longo, pedicellis 3-5. mm.
longis. Culycis tubus cupuliformis, + 5 mm. longus, limbo subtruncato. Petala
inaequilatera, 8-10 mm. longa. Staminmn connectivum antice bi-auriculatum,
postice longiuscule calcaratum. Stylus filiformis. Baccce sub-globosa;.
Camps I to HI, 700 to 1986 ft.

The brandies of this plant are glabrous and longitudinally slightly winged, especially

above. The leaves are papyraceous ; the outermost of the lateral nerves l)ranches from

the midrib close to the base, the innermost about 2 cm. from the base. The cymes are

short and few-flowered, about \ the length of the leaves. The flowers are pentamerous.

It differs from 31. pterocaula, Blume, in the septuplinerved leaves.

, Medinilla myrtiformis, Triana, var. papuana, Bak. fil., var. nov. (Plate 2.
figs. 28-33.)
Rami graciles, teretes. Folia ovato-lanceolata, opposita, brevissima petiolata, 3-pli-
nervia, apice acuminata, basi late-cnneata, vel rotundata, margin e apicem versus
serrata, 30-55 mm. longa, 12-22 mm. lata, petiole 1 mm. longo suffulta. Flores
4-meri, in axillis foliorum graciliter pedicellati, pedicellis unifloris rarius bifloris.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 53

Calycis tubus turbinatus, dentibtis brevibus ; calyx totus 4 mm. longus. Petala
acuminata, +7 mm. longa. Siaminum connectivum antice calcaratum.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Tbe leaves are ovate, acuminate and opposite, and generally, but not invariably,
longer than tbe internodes. The flowers are solitary, or rarely in twos, on slender
pedicels, often about f the length of the leaf. The petals are acuminate, and the stamens
8 in number.

In the type of this species (Cuming No. 753 from the Philippines) the leaves are
rather longer, and the flowers in 2-6-flowered cymes.

Medinilla ramifloea, Merrill, in Philipp. Gov. Lab. Bur. Bull. xxxv. 35.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. In flower Dec. 6th, 1912.
Distrib. Philippines.

Medinilla tenuipedicellata, Bak. fil., sp. nov. (Plate 3. figs. 44-47.)

Epiphytica, caulibus inferne radicantibus. Rami teretes, ramulis teretibus vel breviter
angustatis. Folia parviuscula, opposita, ovata, apice saepius obtusa, basi cuneata,
quintuplinervia, rigida, superne glauca, nervulis tenuissimis, 3-6 cm. longa, 2-3 cm.
lata, petiolo 5-10 mm. longo instructa. Mores tetrameri, ad nodos fasciculati,
pedicellis gracilibus 20-30 mm. longis unifloris. Calyx urceolatus, verrucosus,
+ 4 mm. longus, limbo truncato. Petala in sicco alba, +10 mm. longa. Stamina 8,
connectivum antice breviter auriculatum, postice calcaratum. Stylus gracilis.
Baoca calycis limbo coronata.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

An epiphyte with ojiposite leaves, thus diff'eruig from M. quintuplinervia, Cogn., in
■which the leaves are quaternate. The flowers are generally 2-6 in a fascicle, with
slender pedicels. The calyx-tube and calyx-limb in the dried specimens are much
wrinkled or verrucose.

Allied to M. laurifolia, Blume.

Medinilla hexamera, Bak. fil., sp. nov.

Arbuscula (?), ramis glabris cortice albido tectis ad nodos parum incrassatis. Folia
opposita, 5-plinervia, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, glabra, subsessilia, apice acu-
minata, apice ipso obtusa, basi cuneata, 6-7*5 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata. Flares
in axillis pedicellati, pedicellis teretibus calyce longioribus folio multoties brevi
oribus. Calyx campanulatus, estus furfuraceus, + 4 mm. longus, limbo truncato.
Petala G, ina3quilatera, late obovata, + 8 mm. longa. Stamina 12, connectivo
postice calcarato. Stylus filiformis. Bacca urceolata, 6-7 mm. diam.
Camp not stated.

This species is allied to M. megacalyx, Merr., 31. fasciculata, Cogn., and M. macrocarpa,
Blume, but the leaves are opposite and not verticillate. It is also allied to Iledinilla
JFMtfordii, Merr. {Carionia triplinervia, Rolfe) from the Philippines.
The leaves are glaucous above, and pale green below. The flowers are hexamerous

51. ME. H. N. EIDLET OX PLANTS

and the petals markedly tinequal-sided. They are solitary in the upper axils or pseudo-
terminal. The above species, together with M. megacalyi\ Merr., form a transition
between the genera Medinilla and Carionia.

v/ Medinllla nehvulosa, Bak. fll., sp. nov.

Rami teretes, graciles, glabri, sursum leviter angustati, ad nodos parum incrassati. -
Folia triplinervia, oj)i)osita, oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi cuneata, costa
subtus conspicua, 6-9 mm. longa, 25-28 mm. lata, petiolo 5-8 mm. longo suffulta.
Flores mediocres, in cymas paucifioras et laxas dispositi, pedunculo communi
20-25 mm. longo, pedicellis 7-9 mm. longis. Calyx urceolatus, dentibus brevibus,
in toto + 5 mm. longus. Fetala 8-10 mm. longa. Staminmn connectivum postice
calcaratum. Baccce ignotse.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.

The branches are terete, somewhat angled above, with a light-coloured bark. The
lateral nerves branch from the midrib 5-8 mm. from the base, the longitudinal nerves
being connected by transverse slender nerves. The cymes are pseudo-umbelliform and
few-flowered, and the flowers pentamerous.

Allied to M. laurifolia, Blume. It differs from M. alata, Bak. fil, in its shorter
peduncles and smaller leaves,

V Medinilla btjbrovenia, Bak. fil., sp. nov. (Plate 2. figs. 40-42.)

Rami glabri, cortice albido tecti, ad nodos parum incrassati. Folia opposita, sessilia,
oblonga vel oblongo-oblanceolata, 5-plinervia vel 7-plinervia, apice acuta, basi
cuneata, margine undulata, 5-9 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata. Flores mediocres, in
paniculam terminalem dispositi, pedicellis ssepe rubris calyce longioribus, pedunculo
furfuraceo. Panicula 4-6 cm. longa. Calyx urceolatus, + 3 mm. longus, limbo
truncato. Petala + 10 mm. longa, 4 vel 5, in sicco alba, obovata. Stamina 8
vel 10, tequalia, connectivo antice calcarato. Stylus filiformis. Bacca ignota.
Camp VII, 3600 ft. In flower April 12th, 1913.

This species is noticeable on account of the sessile leaves with red veins. The flowers
are in a terminal panicle, which is shorter than the leaves and 6-20-flowered.

\i Medinilla alata, Bak. fil., sp. nov.

Frutex C?), ramis in sicco cortice albido obtectis alatis. Folia petiolata, oblonga,
apice acuminata, basi cuneata, 9-15 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, superne glauca,
subtus viridia, nervis longitudinalibus nervis tenuibus transversis conjunctis,
petiolo 5-10 mm. longo suffulta. Flores pentameri, in cymas 2-4-floras pseudo-
umbellatas et longe pedunculatas dispositi, pedunculis 35-40 mm. longis, pedicellis
8-13 mm. longis calyce 2-4-plo longioribus. Cahjcis tubus cupuliformis, dentibus
brevibus; calyx in toto + 5 mm. longus. Betala in sicco alba, + 14 mm. longa.
Stamimmi connectivum postice calcaratum. Stylus filiformis. Baccce calycis
limbo coronatfe.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GriNEA. 55

The noticeable features of this plant are the winged stem, the oblong petiolate
acuminate leaves, the lateral nerves branching from the midrib 15-20 mm. from the
base. The cymes are lax, few-flowered, and borne on long slender peduncles about one-
third the length of the leaves. This species is allied to M. cldonantha, Stapf (in Kew
Bull. 1906, p. 73) from Perak and to M. laurifoUa, Blume.

Medinilla Foebesii, Bak. fil., sp. nov.

Frutex scandens {fide H. O. Forbes). Hami teretes, ad nodos incrassati, verrucosi, in
sicco cortice plumbeo tecti. Folia oblongo-lanceolata vel lanceolata, sessilia vel
interdum petiolata, 3-6-nervia, glabra, basi late cuneata, apice acuta, 12-16 cm.
longa, 5-5'5 cm. lata, nervo inferiore marginali, costa subtus prominente. Flores
in cymas divaricatas dispositi, cymis saspius 2-3 cm. longis axillaribus, pedicellis
gracilibus. Bractece parviie. Calyx in sicco ruber, campanulatus, segmentis
brevibus tubo brevioribus, + 3 mm. longus. Fetala cuneato-obovata + 6 mm. longa.
Stamina 8 ; antherse lineari-lanceolatae, apice 1-porosae, + 4 mm. longcC. Baccce in
sicco rubrae, subglobosae, calycis limbo coronatae.
Camp VI, 2538 ft. In flower January 5th, 1913.

This species was also collected in the Sogeri Region, on Mt. Woriwori, by II. O. Forbes
(Nos. 757 and 895, Herb. Mus. Brit.).

This species is noticeable on account of the somewhat warted stem. The leaves are
longer than the internodes. The cymes are slender ; the common peduncle is often
8-12 mm. long, but sometimes absent. It belongs to the series in which the stems are
glabrous, the leaves opposite, the cymes axillary, and the flowers tetramerous.

Medinilla papuana, Scheff. in Ann. Gard. Bot. Buitenz. i. (1876) 21 ex descript.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft., Dec. 6th, 1912.
Distrib. New Guinea.

Medinilla novoguineensis, Bak. fil., sp. nov.

Rami teretes, ad nodos parum incrassati. Folia majuscula, opposita, elliptica vel
ovato-elliptica, subsessilia vel in petiolum brevissimum attenuate, 15-17 cm. longa,
7-10 cm. lata, apice obtusa vel emarginata, basi cuneata, internodiis fere duplo
longiora, 5-plinervia, costa subtus furfuracea. Flores 4 mm. axillares, fasciculati,
pedicellis gracilibus 14-17 mm. longis. Calyx urceolatus, limbo fere integro, in
toto vix 3 mm. longus. Fetala 4, obovata, parum inaequilatera, + 10 mm. longa.
Stamina 8, connectivo antice biauriciilato. Stylus filiformis. Bacca ignota.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. In flower Jvme 13th, 1913.
The distinguishing features of this species are the opposite rather large 5-plinerved
leaves, and the 4-merous flowers in axillary fascicles./ The pedicels are slender, one-
flowered, and much longer than the calyx. The connective is anticously biauriculate.
This may be allied to 31. Maidenii, F. von Muell., a species only known to me from the
description.

56 . ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

^ Medinilla coccinea, Bak. fil., sp. nov.

Frutex scandens, cauUbus teretibus vel subteretibus, ad nodos parum incrassatis.
Folia opposita, sessilia vel subsessilia, oblonga vel oblongo-obovata, 5-plmervia, apice
obtusa vel subacuta, basi cuueata, 10-14 cm. longa, 45-60 mm. lata, nervulis trans-
versalibus inconspicuis. Flores axillares, pauci, pedicellati, pedicellis 5-8 mm.
longis. Calycis limbus trvmcatus vel subtruncatus. Fetala 5, concava, in sicco
alba, oblongo-ovata, + 5 mm. longa. Staminum connectivum bi-auriculatum.
JBaccos verrueosse. + 5 mm. diam. et longge.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. In flower June 12tb, 1913.

Branches covered with a reddish-brown bark, somewhat warted. Leaves opposite,
sessile or subsessile. Flowers few, pedicellate at the nodes.

Noticeable on account of the few shortly pedicellate flowers, the 5-plinerved leaves,
and the warted fruit. Closely allied to M. nowguineensis, Bak. fil., but the calyx is
longer, and there are fewer flowers.

Mediniila speciosa, Blume, in Flora, xiv. (1831) 515.
Camp I, 700 ft.
Bistrih. Moluccas, Java, Sumatra, Penang.

Medinilla longifolia, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. 597.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Disirib. New Guinea.

Medinilla auuiculata, Lauterbach, in K. Schum. und Lauterbach, Nachtrage Fl.
Deutsch. Schutzgebiete Sudsee, 328.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. Flowers pinkish white. Fruit purple.
Distrib. New Guinea.

-i [Medinilla sogeeiensis, Bak. fil., sp. nov.

Frutex ramis teretibus prsecipue novellis plus minus strigosis ad nodos incrassatis
stuposo-barbatis. Folia opposita, triplinervia, ovata vei oblongo-ovata, apice
acuta, basi cuneata, papyracea, 8-13 cm. longa, 4-8 cm. lata, nervulis trans-
versalibus inconspicuis, petiolis 10-14 mm. longis. Cymce axillares, pauciflorse vel
pliu'iflora3, breviusculse, petiolis ssepe subsequilongEe. Flores bracteis persistentibus
involucratse. Calycis limbus brevis, obsolete dentatus. Fetala 5, concava, + 5 mm.
longa. Stamina 10, sequalia. Baccce subglobosse, setulis albido-argenteis omnino
obtectte.
Distrib. In the Sogeri Region, at 3000 ft., R. O. Forbes, Nos. 305 & 596 (Herb.
Mus. Brit.).

This species belongs to the section Dactyliota with persistent bracts enveloping the
flowers. It is allied to M. hirsuta, Merr. A large shrub with the branches more

COLLECTED IN DUTCH XEW GUINEA. 57

or less strigose and stapose-barbate at the nodes. Cymes generally few-flowered.
Calyx short. Flowers rose-pink or reddish purple {H. O. Forbes). Petals ovate.
Noticeable on account of the fruit being covered with white silvery hairs.]

Memectlon edule, Eoxb. Coi-om. PI. i. t. 82.
Canoe Camp, Nov. 12th, 1912.
Distrib. India, Ceylon, Tonkin, Malacca, Malaya.

i/ Memecylon novoguineense, Bnk. fil., sp. uov.

Mami graciles, teretiusculi, ramulis angustis glabris. Folia parviuscula, oblonga
vel oblongo-ovata, apice in acumen longum attenuata, basi acuta, in petioluiu
brevissimum attenuata, omnino glabra, 50-70 mm longa, 16-20 mm. lata, 1-nervia,
nervulis traosversalibus valde indistinctis, pctiolo 2-5 mm. longo iustructa. Flores
pauci, axillares, tetrameri. Ccdycis tubus campanulatus, dentibus triangularibus
acuminatis. Fetala et stamina in speciminibus milii obviis delapsa. Stylus tenuis,
filiformis. Bacccs subglobosse, apice calyce coronatse, breviter pedicellatse.
Camp III, 2538 ft.

This plant belongs to the section Eumemecylon and to the series in which the leaves
are 1-nerved, with very indistinct transverse nerves. Branches terete, branchlets
angled. Leaves very acuminate, base cuneate. Flowers few, axillary, sessile or sub-
sessile, tetramerous. Calyx 1-1'5 mm. diam.. the teeth acuminate and conspicuous.
Allied to M. lanceolatum, Cogn., and M. gitingense, Elmer.

ONAGRACE^E.
(By H. N. PtiDLET.)

Jussi^A suFFETJTicosA, Linn. Sp. PL 555.

Canoe Camp, and Camps VI a to VI b to VII & VIII.

Var. HiRTA, Bidl., var. nov.
A typo distat foliis hirtis.
Camps VIII to IX, 150 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. All the tropics.

^ Epilobiitm papuanum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules asceudentes, sajpe ramosi, 15 cm. alti, furfuraceo-pubescentes. Folia sub-
coriacea vel coriacea, alterna, appi'oximata, ovata vel elliptica, obtusa, glabra,
3-4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, petiolis 1 mm. longis vel brevioribus alatis. Flos
unicus, terminalis, in pedicello gracili 6-9 cm. longo. Sepala lanceolata, acuta,
glabra, 2 mm. longa. Fetala oblonga, apice biloba, lobis rotundatis, 3 mm longa,
rosea vel atro-rosea. Stamina breviora, vix pistillum superantia, antheris ellipticis.
Ovarium 2'5 cm. longum, pubescens. Stylus crassus, stigmate magno. Capsuln
angusta, cylindrica, 3 cm. longa. Semen oblongum, utrinque obtusum, pustulatum,
coma 7 mm. longa.
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.

second series. — BOTANY, VOL. IX. I

58 MR. H. N. EIDLEY 0^ PLANTS

^ Var. ALPESTiiE, Ridl., var. nov.

Caules crassiores, breviores, glabri. Folia magis approximata, magis coriacea, 5 mm.
longa, 2 mm. lata, petiolis 1 ram. longis. Fedicellus 1-2 cm. lougus. Flos
major, atro-roseus. Sepala 4-6 mm. longa. Fetala 9-10 mm. longa. Ovarium
0"5 mm. longum.
Camps XI I to XIV, 10,500 ft. Flowers magenta.

Another specimen is much taller, 20 cm., with rather distant leaves 1 cm. long and
0-5 mm. across. This came from Camp XIII. The same species occurs on the Owen
Stanley Range at 17,000 ft., collected by MacGregor, and on Wharton Range by
Giulianetti, and was referred by F. von Mueller to F. ijedunculare, A. Cuun., a vei-y
different plant. Warburg's F. prostratum, from the Finisterre Mountains, New Guinea,
is also distinct.

CUCURBITACE^.

(By H. N. Ridley.)
Trichosanthes papuana, Pulle, in Nova Guinea, viii. ii. p. 106.
Camp I, 500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Melothria indica. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 35.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Indo-Malaya.

BEG0NIACEJ3.
(By H. N. Ridley.)

^ Begonia (^ Petermannia) rhodantha, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis elatus, ultra 45 cm. longus, hirtus. Folia lanceolata vel ovata, obliqua,
acuminata, serrato-dentata, versus basin angustata, superne glabra, subtus in nervis
hirta, 11 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, petiolis 0"5 cm. longis. Stipulce lanceolattB,
caudatae, hirtse. Panicula erecta, terminalis, gracilis, 8 cm. longa. Bractece an-
gustissimae, lineares, hirtae, acutae. PeclicelU 5-8 mm. longi, hirti. Flores masculi
plures. Sepala 2, ovata, rotundata, obtusa, rosea, 5 mm. longa et lata, in dorso
sparse hirta. Antherce in capitulo subsessili globoso, circiter 60, lineari-oblongae,
obtusae, baud apiculatse, ad basin angustae, brunneae. Flores foeminei 2, ad basin
panieulae. Capsula obtriangularis, basi angustata, apice truncata, angulis supe-
rioribus acutis, 1-7 cm. longa, 1"5 cm. lata, alis aequalibus, loculis 4 mm. latis.
Canoe Camp, 500 ft. ; Camps I to III, 2500 ft. " Deep pink ; hairs carmine."
Allied to B. toi'ricellensis, Schlecht., but more hairy, with smaller flowers and the
fruit narrowed towards the base.

^- Begonia (§Petermannia) Vandewateri, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba alta, ramosa, internodiis longis. Folia elliptica, ovata, acuminata, parce et
breviter deutata, tenuia, glabra, basi rotundata et valde inaei.j[ualiter lobata, 14 cm.

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longa, 5 cm. lata, costa in dorso parce pubescente, petiolis 1'5 cm. loiigis sa?pe hirtis.
Stipulce liueares, acuminate, basi vaginautes, glabrae. Flores mascnli 2 in racemo,
j)edunculo glabro 3 cm. longo, pedicellis birtis 3 cm. longis. Bractece caducae, non
visge. Sejxda 2, eUiptica, oblonga, basi rotuodata, 2 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata.
Androecium globosum, subsessile, antheris linearibus oblongis circiter 50. Flores
fceminei 2, in pedicellis 4 cm. longis. Sepala 4, exteriora 2 obovata, rotundata,
2 cm. longa, 1'5 cm. lata, interiora lauceolata, oblonga, 1'5 cm. longa, 07 mm. lata.
Styli 3, stigmatibus bifidus lineari-cylinddcis tortis hirtis. Capsula nutans, glabra,
basi vix tuigustata, apice truncata, 1'5 cm. longa, ad apicem 2 cm. lata, rectis alls
sequalibus brevibus.

Camps VII to X, 3600 to 6700 ft.

Allied to B. Lauterhachii, Warb., but the flowers are much bigger and fewer, and the
fi-uit more narrowed at the base.

y Begonia (§ Diploclinitjm) pentaphbagmipolia, Eidl., sp. nov.

Herha ascendens, caule herbaceo furfuraceo saepe superne hirto ad 40 cm. alto. Folia
ovata, acuminata, basi ineequalia et angustata, margine undulata, remote et parce
serrata, glabra, 12 cm. longa, 6-4 cm. lata, nervis hirtis, petiolis brevissimis 2 mm.
longis furfuraceis. Stipulce glabrae, lanceolata?, caudat«, carinatae, 1"2 cm. longaj.
Bacemus 4 cm. longus, triflorus. Bractece ad basin lanceolatse, caudatie, stipulis
angustiores. Flores mascnli 3, in pedunculo 1"5 cm. longo, pedicellis roseis
1-1-5 cm. longis. Sepala 2, ovata, orbicularia, glabra, alba, 5 mm. longa, 7 mm.
lata. Stamina ad 26 in capitulum sessile aggregata, antheris brevibus obovatis
pyriformibus obtusis. Flos fcemineus unicus. Capsula, in pedicello 1 cm. longo,
cordata, semiovata, 1*5 cm. longa, margine superiore recta, alis sequalibus latis
rotundatis obtusis 5 mm. latis, loculis 1 cm. longis 5 mm. latis ellipticis.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.; Camps I to III and III to IV, 500 to 1100 ft. "Mowers white
with a pink centre. Leaves dark green above, brown-crimson beneath."

Begonia (§ Diploclinittm) flexicaijlis, E,idl., sp. nov.

Caulis flexuosus, gracilis, hirtus, capillis rufis. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata,
l)asi inaequalia et rotundata, margine parce denticulata, dentibus pilos singulos
gerentibus, superne olivacea, margine pallidiora, subtus purpurea, superne parce
hirta, 6-7 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, subtus nervis hirsutis, petiolis 1 mm. longis.
Stipulce oblongye, abrupte caudatse, 5-8 mm. longae, cauda 3 mm. longa glabra.
Bacemus axillaris, gracilis, glaber, pedunculo 3-8 cm. longo. Bractece parva?,
lanceolatae, acvitte, caudatse, 3 mm. longae. Flores masculi parvi, 3 mm. lati, albi.
Sepala orbicularia. Andrcecium distincte stipitatum, antheris 15 brevibus ellipticis
subsessilibus. Capsula insequaliter bialata, 1 cm. longa, 9 mm. lata, ad apicem
angustata, glabra, stylis-ad basin connatis terminata, alis parvis, majore 4 mm. longa
subtriaugulari obtusa, altera rotundata, obtusa.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

Another specimen of what appears to be the same species has hairy leaves with a male

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flower 2 cm. across, the sepals were more oblong and the stipes of the androecium much
longer ; it was collected at Camp VI a, at 2900 ft.

Begonia (§ Diploclinium) frtjticella, Eidl., sp. nov.

Svffrutex ramosus, altus, ramis gracilibus rufo-harbatis. Folia op^Dosita et ssepiiis
alterna, oblonga, lanceolata, acuminata, basi valde insequalia et rotundata, irregu-
lariter biserrata, superne j)ilis crispis rutis tecta, 6-9 cm. longa, 2-i cm. lata,
subtus parce hirta nervis dense rufo-barbatis excej^tis, petiolis hirtis 5 mm. longis.
Stipiilce oblongge, abrupte caudatse cauda laminte eequilonga, 1 cm. longae, carina
pilis longis munita. Hacemus brevissimus, terminalis, bracteis lanceolatis abrupte
cuspidatis hirtis 1 cm. longis pluribus. Flores masculi pauci, pedicellis hirtis
bracteas {equautibus. Sepala 2, oblonga, ovata, ad basin augustata, apice rotundata,
extus parce hirta, 8-10 mm. longa, 3-8 mm. lata, alba. Andrcecium elongatum,
stipite distincto, antheris circiter 22 parvis ellipticis obtusis haud appeudiculatis
fere ad bases dehiscentibus. Flores fcemii^ei nou visi. Capsulce 2 e fasciculo
quoque bractearum ortfe, in pedicellis glabris 2 cm. longis nurantes, trialatse, alls
insequalibus 2 brevioribus oblongis ovatis obtusis 4 mm. longis, una latiore et
longiore 2 cm. longa et ad basin 1 cm. lata versus apicem attenuata hirta.
Camps I to III, VI b, and VII to VIII, 500 to 4900 ft.
llemarkable for its shrubby habit, the slender stems and branches being woody. The

inflorescence is curious in consisting of a sessile tuft of bracts, from which appear two

female and one or two male flowers. In the specimens from Camp VII the male flowers

are larger and the fruit is hairy all over.

Begonia albobracteata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba ultra 17 cm. longa, caule superne hirto. Folia glabra, ovata, acuta, paulisper
ad basin angustata, Integra subtus pallidiora, 8 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, nervis later-
alibus utrinque 3-4, petiolis 5 mm. longis hirtis, pilis crispatis longiusculis. StqmltB
obiongo-lanceolataj, cuspidatte, glabrai, 1 cm. longte, basi vaginantes. Hacemus
subterminalis vel lateralis, floribus pluribus vel 2-3, pedunculo 1 cm. longo, pedicellis
sequilongis. Bractece oblongge vel lanceolatae, cuspidatce, glabrae, 1 cm. longie,
4 mm. latai. Flores masculi primo bracteis 2 ovatis acumiuatis albis 2 cm. longis
1 cm. latis involuti, bracteis mox deciduis. Sepala 2, orbicularia, glabra, alba, 1 cm.
longa et lata. Andrcecium globosum, sessile, antheris oblongis subretusis ad apicem
breviter dehiscentibus. Flores fceminei et capsula non visi.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

■^i Begonia (§ Sphenanthera) axillipara, Hidl., sp. nov.

Serba glabra, 45 cm. vel ultra alta, caule 5 mm. crasso superne ramoso. Folia
remota, ovata, acuminata, basi rotundata et inixiqualia, parce denticulata 9 cm.
longa, 5 cm. lata, nervis utrinque 4-5, petiolis gracilibus 7 mm. longis. Slipulie
oblonga;, caducoe. Racemi breves, axillares, bracteis oblongis truncatis vel
obtusis albis 5 mm. longis tecti. Flores maaculi pedicellis gracilibus 1 cm.

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COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 61

longis. Sepala orbiculai'ia, alba, roseo-marginata, 5 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata.
Stamina circiter 20; antherse ellipticse, obtusae, fllamentis gracilibus sequilougaj,
ad medium dehiscentes. Flores foeininei: sepala 5, quorum 2 oblonga, truocata,
4 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 3 angustiora. Styli 3, liberi, stigmatibus flavis bicornibus
divergentibus apice dilatatis. Capsula (immatura) succulenta, baud alato, carinis
elevatis.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. " Plowers pale pink to white."

Remarkable for its small flowers appearing solitary from axillai-y tufts of bracts. The
male flowers of the one specimen seen are borne in tbe upper axils, the female in the
lower. The female flower has three inner petals in the only flower I have seen, but
this may not be normal. The fruit appears to have been succulent, and not winged as
in a. Roxburghiana, A. DC.

Stmbegonfa hirta, Ridl., sp. nov.

Serba rufo-hirta. Folia ovata basi insequali vel subreniformia, obtusa vel rotundata,
in margine undulata, superne hirta, 4-6 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, subtus nervis hirtis,
petiolis 0'5-2 cm. longis. Stipulce lanceolatse, obtusae, dorso hirtae. Racemi 3,
terminales, gi-aciles, bracteis albis glabris oblongis teoti, 25 cm. longi, glabri.
Flores masculi in pedicellis 7 mm. longis hirtis. Sepala in patinam conuata,
rotundata, parva. Stamina circa 20, libera, antheris oblongis dorsifixis, fllamentis
jongioribus. Flos foemineus ad basin racemi ortus, tubulosus, 6 mm. longus, lobis
brevibus. Styli ad basin breviter connati, stigmatibus bifldis cornifbrmibus.
Capsula oblonga, trialata, hirta, basi paulo angustata, alarum apicibus vix in
angulos acutos productis.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
There are two forms of the plant, both gathered in the same district; in one the

leaves are obHquely ovate with short j)etioles, in the other they are almost reniform and

symmetrical with longer petioles.

Symbegonia Mooreana, Irmscher, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1. (1913) p. 381, fig. 5.
S.fulvocillosa, Bot. Mag. t. 8109, non Warburg.
Camps III to VI, 2100 to 2500 ft.
The leaves in these specimens are beautifully veined with purple beneath.

Symbegonia geraniifolia, Eidl., sp. nov.

JLerba caule ramoso rufo hirto. Folia costa et nervis exceptis glabra, pinnatifida,
4-5 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, lobis lauceolatis integris vel dentibus 1-2 pilo siugulo
terminatis decurrentibus oppositis, imis 1 cm. longis 4 mm. latis, superioribus
brevioribus. Stipulai lanceolatse, acuminatae, cuspidatae, vaginantes, saepius glabrae,
rarius hii'tse, 5 mm. longae. Panicula terminalis, brevis, 7 mm. longa, gracilis,
bracteis ad basin ortis lanceolatis acuminatis papyraceis brunneis stipuliformibus.
Bractece florales 7 mm. longse, ovatse, vaginantes, albae. Flores masculi bini in
utroque ramo. Sepala 2, parva, ovata, oblonga, rotundata, 4 mm. longa. Stamina

62 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

6 vel 5, filamentis liberis, aatberis obovoideis obtusis sequilongis. Flores feminei
singuli in apice rami, 8 mm. longi, albi ; tubus brevis, 2 mm. longus, lobis latis
rotundatis. Stylus brevis, stigmatibus 3 ad medium bifidis purpurasceutibus
pubescentibus. Capsula (vis matvira) H mm. longa, loculis ellipticis, alis 3
sequalibus angustis 1 mm. latis, apicibus triangularibus acumiaatis 3 mm.
longis.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 ft.

This differs from all other recorded species ia baving the lanceolate leaves cut up
into lobes, like those of some Begonias.

In the collection there is another plant collected between Camps IX and X, at an
altitude of 5500 to 6700 ft., which is somewhat similar but quite succulent and glabrous.
Tliere is only one male flower on it, which is small and consists of two sepals with a few
separate stamens and a large white bract below the flower. There being no female
flowers or fruits, it is not possible to decide whether it is a Begonia or Syynbegonia. Ihe
fiower closely resembles that of another plant with hairy stems collected by Burke in
British New Guinea, but this bears a capsule like that of a Begonia and not that of a
Symbegonia. Till completer specimens of these two plants are obtained I am unwilling
to give them names.

Symbegonia pulchea, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba ultra 15 cm. alta, caule gracili flexuoso ramoso hirto. Folia subsessilia, oblique
lanceoiata, acuminata, basi valde insequaliter rotundato-lobata, uodulata, dentata,
5-7 cm. longa, 2-3"5 cm. lata, superne glabra subtus hirta, nervis elevatis 9, petiolis
hirtis brevissimis ad 2 mm. longis. Stipulce papyraceae, lanceolatse, acuminatte,
glabrae, 1 cm. longse, carinatae. Bacemus terminalis, gracilis, fiexuosus, 5-6 cm.
longus. Bractete magnae, ovatae, albae, 5 mm. longae. Pedicelli graciles, 1 cm.
longi. Flores masculi albi. Sepala 2, ovata, rotundata, 6 mm. longa, 7 mm. lata,
basi estus hirta. Andrcecium sessile, globosum, antheris 9. Flores foeminei
5 mm. longi, hirti, lobis rotundatis ad basin connatis. Stylus brevis, stigma-
tibus 4 oblongis brevibus latiusculis undulatis. Capsula tri-alata, 8 mm. longa,
glabra, loculis latis obovatis, alis angustis 1 mm. latis in cornua 2 mm. longa
productis.
Camps VII to VIII, and IX to XI, 3600 to 8300 ft.

Allied to S. bracteosa, Warb., but differing in the stamens being gathered in a short,
globose, sessile head and in having four stigmas. The wings of the capsule are also very
narrow in proportion to the loculi. The leaves appear to have been red in the centre.

UMBELLIFER^.
(By H. N. EiDLET.)

Hydrocotyle javanica, Thunb. Diss. 17. t. 2.
Camps XIII to XI, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Bistrib. Tropical Asia.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 63

Oreomyehhis pitmila, Ridl., sp. nov.

Jlerba caespitosa, 4 cm. alta, caulibus liirtis. Folia 1 cm. lonj^a, vajrinis dilatatis
lanceolatis acumiuatis costatis, petioiis validulis hirtis, lamina piiinata, laciniis 7
fere ad costam fissis oblongis vel lanceolatis acutis hirtis 2 mm. longis. Peduncidus
1-5-2 cm. longus, gracilis, hirtus. Bractece lanceolatas, acutce, hirta3, carinatae,
costatiB, 1 mm. longse. Vnihella simplex, triflora, jjcdicellis bracteis tequilongis.
Flores minimi. Fnictns ellipticus, basi angustatus, 3 mm. longus, complanatus,
glaber ; jnga sequalia, lateralia baud multo prominula. Stylopodia subconica.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

A very small species, with a rather narrow fruit, lanceolate in outline and somewhat
compressed.

This genus is spread over South America, Australia, and Xew Zealaud, and another
much larger species has been collected ni New Guinea.

(Enanthe stolonifera, Wall. Cat. n. 585.
Camps VII to IX, 3600 to 5500 ft.
Disirib. Indo-Malaya and China.

AEALIACE.E.

(By H. N. EiDLEr.)

Anomopanax Schlechteri, Schum. und Laut. Nachtr. 332, pi. 13.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp VI b, 3900 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Listrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Eschweileria elegans, E-idl., sp. nov.

CauUs pallidus, fistulosus, 5 mm. crassus. Stipidce lanceolatse, acuminatae, 3'5 cm.
longse. Folia palmata, segmentis 7-8 lanceolatis acuminatis basi connatis vel ad
basin liberis fere ad costam pinnatifidis 16 cm. longis, lobis 4 lanceolatis acuminatis
lateralibus decurreutibus, lobis ad 5 cm. longis 1 cm. latis, nervis prominulis ;
petiolus gracilis, 16 cm. longus. Umbella terminalis, foliis brevior, pedunculo 3 cm.
longo, ramis 6 cm. longis. BractecB persistentes, lanceolatse, acuminatse, 1 cm.
longse. Radii umbellse 3 cm. longse, centralis fructus steriles oblongos pedicellatos
3 mm. longos gerens. Bractece secondarise lanceolatse, acuminatse, juveniles ad
margines hirtse. Flores sessiles, 2 mm. longi, aurantiaci et kermesiui. Calyx
integer, rotundatus, patelliformis. Corolla brevis, crassiuscula, lobis inflexis ad
apicem connatis. Slamina 15. Stylus brevissimus, vix distinctus. Bacca vix
matura, sessilis, 4 mm. longa, oblonga, basi angustata, paullo lateraliter complanata,
viridis, 8-locularis.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Allied to Eschweileria hellehorina, Boerl., of Borneo, but differing in the leaflets being

pinnatifid with four lateral acuminate lobes, fifteen stamens, and no distinct style.

One specimen, however, has simple leaves, lanceolate and toothed as in E. helleborma.

Harms, in Pflanzenfamilien, T. iii. Abt. 8. p. 31 (1894), has changed the name of this

genus to Boerla(iiodendron on the ground that the name Eschweilera was formerly used

64 MR. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

for species of Lecythis by Martius ; as it is neither spelt nor pronounced in the same way
as 'Qoex\tx,^&'?> Escliiceileria, I see no reason why this latter now well-known generic name
should he suppressed.

V" SCHEFFLERA MONTICOLA, Pddl., sp. nOV.

Caulis pallidus. Foliorum petioli 3'5 cm. longi; petioluli 1 cm. longi, breviores ;
foliola 4-5 insequaliter ohovata, rotundata, basi angustata apice lata cum
cuspidibus brevibus obtusis 4 cm. longa, adulta glabra, juvenilia dense hirta
2"5 cm. lata, coriacea, lateralibus minoribas nervis 5 paribus intra margines
anastomosantibus. Stipulce lanceolatoe, acuminatte, obtusoe, basi hirtfe, 5 mm.
longge. Tanicnla erecta, simplex, 8-17 cm. alta, rachi pedicellisque pilis stellatis
tectis. Pedunculua 2 cm. longus. TJmhellce 16-flone, pedicellis ].-2 cm. longis,
fioribus 4-5 mm. longis pilis furfuraceis tectis. Bractece lanceolatae, acuminatse,
hirtse. Calycis tubus obconicus, margine obscure 5-lobus. Petala 4, 2 mm. longa,
ohlonga, apicibus inflexis. Stamina 4, filamentis elongatis, antheris ellipticis
latiusculis. Stylus elongatus, dimidio filamenti sequilongus, crassiusculus. Stigma
capitatum, pubescens. Bacca obovoidea, quinquangulata, versus basin angustata,
5-locularis.

Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Var. LANCEOLATA, Ridl., var. nov.

Toliola 4, oblanceolata, ohlonga, versus basin angustata et obtusa, apice paullo
angustata, 4-8 cm. longa, 1"5 cm. lata, sicca fusca, nervis crassioribus et cum
reticulationibus elevatis, petiolis 2 cm. longis, petiolulis 1 cm. longis vel
brevioribus.
Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft.

There are but two specimens of this species, which differ very much in the form of
the leaf, but otherwise are identical.

The species seems most nearly allied to ^S*. triste (King).

SCHEFFLERA PORPHTEANTHEEA, E.idl., sp. nOV.

Folia majuscula, 6-7-foliolata, glabra ; foliola teniiitor coriacea, elliptica, breviter
obtuse cuspidata, basi rotundata in petiolulis canaliculatis decurrentia, 12 cm.
longa, 5 cm. lata, in margine incrassata, nervis primariis tenuibus 5-7 paribus,
secundariis paucis fere seque crassis ; petioli 20 cm. longi; petioluli 4 cm. longi.
Sti][nd(B triangulares, lanceolatae, obtusae, ad basin pilis pallidis paucis obsitse, basi
1 cm. latse. Panicults multiflorae, elougatae, 45 cm. longse, rachi 2 mm. crassa,
pedunculis umbellae 5 mm. longis. Vmhella 24-flora, pedicellis 4 mm. longis.
Ovarium quinquangulatum, obconicum, 5-loculare. Calyx vix elevatus. Petala 5,
ohlonga, obtusa, apice acuto infiexo, 1-5 mm. longa. Stamina 5. Antherce ellipticse,
violaceae ; filamenta flavescentia, petala superantia. Liscus jilauus, marginibus
undulatis. Stylus brevissimus, stigmatibus parvis obscuris.

Exact locality not recorded.

Allied to S. Junghuhiiii, Miq.

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SCHEFFLEBA PAPTJANA, Ridl., Sp. nov.

Caulis 4 mm. crassus. Foliorum petioli teretes, 14 cm. loogi, basi paulo dilatati,
villosi ; petioluli (basales) 1 cm., (centralis) 4 cm. longi; foliola 5-6, valde insequalia,
elliptica, cuspidata, tenuiter coriacea, 5-11 cm. louga, 2-5 cm. lata, nervis 6-paribus.
Fanic'ulcB 1-2, 6-10 cm. longse, simplices, racbi furfuracea, umbellis 9-11, pedun-
culis 1-1"2 cm. longis. Bracteos ad fasciculos pilorum reductaj. Flores 15-16 in
quaque umbella, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Petala ovata, acuta, 1 mm. longa.
Stamina 4, filamentis ultra marginem undulatum ovarii productis. Ovarium
1*2 mm. longum, campanulatum, costatum. Stylus lougiusculus, cylindricus.
Camps III to VIII and VI c, 2500 to 5500 ft.

Allied to S. stylosa, but witb elliptic leaves witb a blunt base and no lanceolate bracts
to tbe umbels, and a distinct undulate-margined disc. The styles are shorter. The
leaves are entire, but in one specimen show signs of toothing. Tlie floral bracts are
lanceolate and acuminate.

ScHEFFLEEA (^ Brassaia) brassaiella, HidL, sp. nov.

Foliorum petioli teretes, graciles, 18 cm. longi, basi dilatati, amplectentes ; petioli
graciles, 3'5 cm. longi ; foliola coriacea, oblonga vel ovata, acuminata, basi
rotundata, 9-11 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, supra laevia nervis obscuris, subtus nervis
tenuibus inconspicuis 4 paribus. Fanicula 40 cm. longa ; axis 5-7 mm. crassus.
Capitula in pcdunculis validis 1'5 cm. longis, secunda, 1 cm. crassa. Calyptra
conica, acuta, la^vis, '5 mm. longa. Stamina 5, filamentis crassiusculis, antheris
oblongis. Discus conicus, sulcis pluribus. Ooarium 5-lociilare, 3 mm. longum.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

This species is most closely allied to Brassaia actinophylla, H. Br., of Australia ; the'
leaves, however, are very much smaller ; the peduncles of the. capitula stouter ; the petal
cap connate, acute, smooth and not ribbed ; the filaments thicker, and like the ovary-
cells only 5 in number.

SCHEFFLERA OCTANDRA, Bidl., sp. nOV.

Caulis griseus. Foliortmi petioli teretes, 30 cm. longi, basi incrassati; petioluli graciles,
3-4'5 cm. longi; foliola 4, membranacea, lanceolata, basi acuminata, apice sub-
abrupte acuminata, Integra, glabra, 21 cm. longa, 65 cm. lata, nervis 6 paribus.
Fanicula debilis, ramis 5-6 remotis i'urfuraceis. Bractecc ad bases ramorum orta?,
crasste, lanceolatse, 1-1'5 cm. longse, squamis furfui'aceis lanceolatis tecta^, apice
setosse. TJmbellai sessiles vel brevissime pedicellatye, pauciflorse, 3-4-flora3. Flores
parvi, sessiles, albi vel virescenti-albi. Fetala 4, oblonga, truncata, apice iucur\ a,

1 mm. longa. Stamina 8, filamentis brevissimis vix antheras ellipticas rotundatas
sulcatas superantibus. Ocarium obcuneatum, sessile, 4-5 loculare, 5-costatum,

2 mm. longum.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. " Plowers white or greenish white."

A very exceptional plant in having the stamens double in number to the petals, and
the curious small nearly sessile umbels and very short stamens.

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66 ME. H. X. EIDLET ON PLANTS

GAMOPETAL^.

EUBIACE^.
(By H. F. Wekxham.)

Argostemma brtophiluji,Iv. Sebum, in Nacbtr. Fl. Deutscb.Scbutzg.Sudsee,393 (1905).
Camps III to XI, 2500 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. Nortb-east Kevv Guinea.

/ Argostemma carstensense, Werubam, sp. nov.

Merbu minima, + 10 cm. alta, subrepens ; caulis glaber, foliosua. Folia OTalia, ad
ca. 19 X 11 mm., nee ralde ingequalia, brevissime acuminata, obtusiuscula, basi
ssepius obliqua, supra nigricantia, sparse jmberula, subtus albide-discoloria, in
costa central!, ut petiolus 35 mm. longus, pubei'ula, aliter glabra ; stipuloe sub-
orbiculares, subglabroe. Flores solitarii, pseudo-axillares, in pedicellis di 3 mm.
longis. Calycis lobi lanceolati, subacuti, subglabri, 2-2*5 mm. longi.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

Distinct in tlie leaf-sbape and colour, and in tbe very sbort pedicels.

V Argostemma lingua-felis, Wernham, sp. nov.

Herba simplex, ad ca. 15 cm. alta ; caulis gracilis, glaber, foliosus. Folia lanceolata>
acuminata, obtusa, quemque ad nodum duo, ingequalia, alteram ca. 14xl<'5 mm.,
alterum 6x2 mm., basi ssepius rotundata, utriuque pilis densis minute crys-
tallinis rigidulis articulatis asperula, venis secuudariis omnino occlusis, petiolo
tenui sparse piloso 2-2'5 mm. longo ; stipulas lataj. rotundatse, reflexre, i^ersistentes,
dorso qua folia indutae, intus glabrae. Flores solitarii, terminales, pedicello 5-6 mm.
longo ut ovarium bemispbsericum 4 mm. longum densissime albido-birsuto sutfulti ;
bracteolse 2, minutse, oblongte, obtusae, infra pedicelli medium affixEe. Calycis
lobi triangulari-ovati, subacuti, dorso pilosi, intus glabri, 3 mm. longi.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Recognisable by tbe peculiar indumentum of tbe leaves, and the broad stipules. Of
tbe pair at a node, one is about half the size of the other.

V Argostemma gesnerella, "Wernham, sp. nov.

Herba parva, debilis, glabra. Folia pauca, membranacea, valde insequalia, majora
lanceolata, longe acuminata, basi rotundata, ca. 5-5 X 1"5 cm., venis secuudariis
utrinque ca. 6-8, petiolo 3-4 mm. longo ; minora linearia v. anguste lanceolata,
ca. 8x2 mm. ; stipulae a basi triangulari longe setaceo-acuminatae, 3 mm. longse.
Flores glabri, in cymas subcapitatas ca. 1 cm. diam. dispositi, pedunculo fiaccido
complanato l-l'S cm. longo ; bractere lineari-lanceolatse, 8-10 mm. longas, ajiico
subacutEB, ssepe deutibus 1-2 marginalibus. Calyx 5-dentatus. Corollce tubus
cylindricus, ca. 4 mm. longus, lobis oblongis obtusis 3 mm. longis.

Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 000 ft.

Eecognisable by the complete glabrousuess, minute flowers, and toothed bracts.

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u Aegostemma nubicolum, Wernham, sp. nov.

Serha inter minimas, vix 8 cm. alta ; caulis debilis, subglaber. Folia subsequalia,
tenuia, elliptica v. ovata, ssepius vix acuminata, 8-17 X -i-G mm., obtusa, supra
minutissime asperulo-papillosa, subtus subglabra, venis secundariis manifestis
utrinque ca. 5, petiolo tenui ad 4 mm. longo ; stipulre a basi triangulari in apicem
setaceo-caudatum angustatse. Flores parvi in capitula paueiflora pedunculo 5 mm.
longo suffulta dispositi ; bracteae lineares obtusae, 5 mm. longse. Calyx minutus.
Corollce extus glabrae ; tubus infra per 3-5 mm. cylindricus, superne per 1'5 mm.
subito infundibulariter ampliatus ; lobi 5 oblongi, obtusi, 3 mm. longi. Antherce
vix conniventes.

Camps X, XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Distinct in its small size, equal leaves, and the peculiar shape of the corolla.

1/ Aegostemma Wollastonii, Wernham, sp. nov.

nerha parva, + 10 cm. alta; caulis debilis, sparsiuscule pilosus. Folia quemque
ad nodum subaequalia lanceolata, acuminata, subacuta, 35 X 6" 5 mm., basi in
petiolum ad 6 mm. longum angustata, utrinqu.e in venis puberula, subtus minute
asperulo-papillosa; stipulse ovatse, 2 mm. longae. Flores solitarii, in pedicellis
iusuper puberulis desuper glabris 2'5 cm. longis ; bracteoloe 4, 11 mm. supra
pedicelli basin verticillatim affixte, 2 lineares 4 mm. lougoe, 2 obovatse obtusissimLe
2 X 1"5 mm. Calycis brevis lobi lati. Corollce lobi oblongi, acuti, 7-8 mm.
longi. Anthercs arete in conum 4-5 mm. exsertum conniventes, pubescentes,
rostratae.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

Allied to J. iianum, Val., differing in the subequal leaves, larger corolla, and
pubescent, beaked anthers.

OpHiOEEnizA BEEVIPES, Wernham, sp. nov.

Caulis debilis, siuuatus, sparse ramosus ; ramuli sparsissime (novelli densius) minute
puberuli. Folia tenuiter membranacea, lanceolata vel ovata, attenuata, acuminata,
basi angustata, quemque ad nodum 2 valde inaequalia, majora 6-12 x l'5-5 cm.,
minora l'5-4"5 X 5-15 mm., supra glabra, subtus albido-discoloria et in venis
secundariis et intervenientibus necnon secundum centralem minute pulverulenta,
venis subtus conspicuis secundariis utrinque ca. 12 ; stipvilae breves, subulato-
setaceae. Ivfiorescentia parva, circiter 7-fl.ora ; pedunctilus vix 5 mm. lougus, cum
ramis minute ferrugineo-pubescens ; bracteae obsoletae. Calycis dentes breves, lineari-
triangulares, minuti. Corollce extus glabratae tubus cylindricus, 3 mm. longus, ore
dense cano-barbatus ; lobi intus puberuli, lanceolati, vix 1 mm. longi. Ovarium
compresso-svilcatum.

Camps I to III, 400 to 2538 ft.

Comparable with the Philippine O. venoswn, Merr., but distinguished especially by
the very short peduncle and small inflorescence.

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Ophioruhiza carstensrnsis, Wernham, sp. nov.

Serba glabra, caulis debilis. Folia plerumque oblonga, longe acuminata, apice
obtusa, quemque ad nodum 2 insequalia, majora ca. 8-13"5 x 3-4-5 cm., basi in
petiolnm +1 cm. longum attenuata, minora 1-3x8-12 ram., omnia glabra;
stipulse in setas 2-3 divisse, 5-9 mm. vel ultra lougLe. Flores albi, inter miuimos,
in cymis parvis ; pedunculi 2-35 cm. longi, tenues; bractese plurimae, conspicuae,
oblongo-lineares, ad ca. 1 X i'5 mm. Calyx cum. ovario costato compress© sub-
glaber ; lobi minuti, ovati. Corollce extus minute glanduloso-pubescentis tubus
5 mm. longLis, basin versus ventricosus, insuper sub lobos breviter ampliatus ; lobi
ad 3 mm. longi, lanceolati, acuto-acuminati, intus minute puberuli.

Camps I to III, VI a and VI 6, 500 to 3900 ft.

Distinguisbable by the very tbin, unequal leaves, tlie long setaceous stipules, the
conspicuous persistent bracts, and the relatively long very acute corolla-lobes.

Ophioerhiza rhododictton, Wernham, sp. nov.

Caulis debilis, tenuis, novellus rvifo-pulverulentus. Folia lanceolata, acuminata,
basi in petiolum tenuem ad 25 cm. longum attenuata, utrinque glabra, ca.
8-12 X 2-4 cm. ; venae secundariae subtus prominulse, utrinque ca. 8-12, reticu-
latione interveniente valde conspicua dilute rosea ; stij^ulae persistentes, filamentose
producta?, 5-8 mm. longse. Injlorescentia pubescens, parva, multifiora; pedun-
culus obsoletus vel vix ad 5 mm. longus ; bractese obsoletie. Calycis dentes
lineari-triangulares, minuti. Corollce estus minutissime glanduloso-pubescentis
tubus 3'3 mm. longus, basin versus ventricosus, insuper parum ampliatus ; lobi
angusti, revoluti, ca. 12 mm. longi. Ovarium compressum, sulcatum, rufo-
pubesceus.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Characterised by the rose-pink reticulation and the extremely small flowers, " pale
yellow, base white."

V Ophiorrhiza Wollastonii, Wernham, sp. nov.

Serba + 2 dm. alta ; caulis erectus, basi sublignosus, insuper ramosus ; ramuli
novelli cumfoliorumprsesertim novellorum pagina inferiore ssepe vivide sulphureo-
vel ferrugineo-pulverulenti. Folia ssepius elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque angustata,
ad ca. 7 X 27 cm., supra glabrata ; petiolus brevissimus, ad + 1"5 cm. longus ;
stipulse brevissirase, integrse, subsetacete. Injlorescentia multiflora; ramuli cum
pedicellis ovariisque sulcatis minute pubescentes ; pedunculi + 2-5 cm. longi,
tenues. Calycis lobi obtuse triangulares, brevissimi. Corollce extus glabrae, tubus
subcylindricus, 3-5-4 mm. longus, intus in ore flavo-barbatus ; lobi lanceolati, 3 mm.
longi. Antliercc exsertse, 1'3 mm. longae; filamenta 3'2 mm. longa.

Camps I to III, 400 to 2538 ft.

Allied, apparently, to the Malayan O. trichocarpa, Blume, but differing in habit,
calyx and ovary.

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^ Ophiorrhiza tjtakwensis, Wernham, sp. nov.

Caulis sparse et irregulariter minute birtellus. Folia elliptica, ad ca. 6'5x2"8 cm.,
leniter acuminata, apice obtusa, supra glabra, subtus discoloria, in venis obscure
minute squamoso-pubescentia, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 8 ; stipulse 2-3-setos8e,
parvse. Jtiflorescentia minute rufo-pubescens, + 12-flora, ramis tandem divaricatis ;
bractese setacere, inconspicuJB ; pedunculus + 1 cm. longus; pedicelli ad 4 mm.
longi. Calyx cum ovario compresso sulcato vix 1'5 mm. longus ; dentes minuti,
lanceolati. Corollce extus glabrae tubus cylindricus, 3 mm. longus ; lobi patentes,
tubi dimidium subtequantes.

Camps VII to VIII, 34S2 to 4989 ft.

Allied to O. rhododictyon, Wernbam, but distinct in the different venation and the
smaller leaves.

Hedyotis atjricularia, Linn. Sp. PI. 101.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Distrih. Tropics of Asia and Australia.

Hedyotis badicans, Miq. Fl. Ind.-Bat. ii. 181.
Camps III to VI a, 2500 to 3100 ft.
Distrib. Philippine Islands.

Hedyotis Klossii, Wernham, sp. nov.

Suffnitex ; caulis angulatus, dense pilis articulatis pubescens, basin versus lignosus,
rhizomatosus. Folia lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, subacuta, crassiuscula,
7-ll'5 cm. longa, 1-5-3 cm. lata, supra, glabra, subtus sparse, in vena centrali
densius, squamuloso-pubescentia, venis secundariis utrinque 6 impressis; petiolus
supra canaliculatus, gluber, subtus, ut costa mediana vero densius indutus, ad
1 cm. longus. Stipiilce triangulares, insuper in setas 6 vel plures pilosas divisge,
vix 1 cm. longse. Pedunculi graciles, ad 7 cm. longi, quadrangulares, sparse
lineatim pubescentes, ex axillis oppositis orti. Inflorescentia umbellata, laxa,
ampla, 3-4 cm. lata ; bractete lanceolata?, acuminatce, 1-1-5 cm. longae. Pedicelli
gracillimi, ad 5 mm. vel nonnunquam ultra longi, glabri. Calycis lobi lanceolati,
acuti, glabri, 3-5 mm. longi. Corolla ca. 5 mm. longa, glabra. Ovarium cam-
panulatum, 1-5 mm. longum, glabrum. Capsula glabra, ellipsoidea, ca. 4 mm.
longa, 3 mm. lata; calycis lobi in fructu persistentes, ad 45 mm. longi.
Camps I to III, up to 2500 ft.
Related to Oldenlandia Kochii, Val., but differing in the shape and texture of the

leaves, and the faint venation. The leaves exceed the inflorescence in the present

species ; the peduncles are shorter ; and the narrow lanceolate calyx-lobes much exceed

both ovary and capsule.

Anotis papuana, Laut. in Nachtr. PL Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee, 391.
Camps VI 6, VIII, IX, 3900 to 5500 ft.

Distrih. North-east New Guinea.

70 ME. H. N. EIDLET OX PLAjS'TS

Mtjss^nda ctlindeocaepa, Burck, in Ann. Buitenz. iii. (1883), 118, t. 17.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrih. Endemic in New Guinea.

Mtjss^nda Bodenii, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex ramulis sparse ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Folia papyracea, elliptica, ea.
6'5 X 3 cm., utrinque angustata, supra sparsim minute pilosa, subtus in venis
puberula, venis seciindariis utrinque ea. 6 ; petiolus sparsiuscule ferrugineo-
pubescens, tenuis, ad 7 mm. longus ; stipulse triangulares, ad ca. 5 mm. longae,
apice setaceo-bifidse. Injlorescentia tricbotome corymbosa ; pedunculi priraarii
arcuati, 5-6 cm. longi, insuper complanati. Calycis lobi lineari-lanceolati, sparse
appresse pilosi, 5 mm. longi, unus nonnunquam in laminam subglabram amj)lam
breviter stipitatam dilatatus. CorollcB tubus gracillimus, 5'5-6 cm. longus, extus
insviper sericeus, aliter sparse minute pubescens ; lobi ovati, ca. 6 X 4"5 mm.
longi, acutissime apiculati. Ovarium subcampanulatum, ajipresse pilosum.

Camp I, 700 ft.

Allied to M, macrantha, Val., but tbe corolla bas a longer tube and sborter lobes, and
tbe leaves are less acuminate.

MussJENDA OREADUM, Wcrnbam, sp. nov.

Frutex ramulis dense breviter fusco-tomentosis. Folia crassiuscula, elliptica vel
oblouga, ad ca. 7"5x3'4i cm., basi rotundata, apice subacuta, supra in costa
media densiuscule aliter sparsiuscule pubescentia, rugosula, subtus praesertim in,
venis conspicuis asperulo-pubescentia, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 8 ; petiolus
tomentosus, ca. 6 mm. longus ; stipuloe triangulares, apice bifidae, 5 mm. longte.
Injlorescentia pauciflora, corymbosa, foliosa; pediinculi inferiores 2'7 cm. longi.
Calijcis lobi decidui, subulati, 5-6 mm. longi, nisi unus in laminam f oliaceam ovatarn
utrinque pubescentem 3"5 cm. longam 2'2 cm. latam stipite 5 mm. longo suffultam
dilatatus. Corolla; extus pubescentis tubus ca. 3-7 cm. longus, insuper paruni
ampliatus ; lobi ovales, ca. 8 mm. longi. Ovarium subcylindricum, pubescens, ca.
1 cm. longum.

Camps X and XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Distinct in tbe rugose leaves, tbe tbick pubescence, and the small foliaceous calyx-
lobes with short stalks.

Muss^NDA BiDLETANA, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex subglaber; ramuli striati, lenticellosi. Folia chartacea, elliptica, utrinque
augustata, G-9 X 2-3-5 cm., bine inde prsesertim subtus in venis pilis conspersis
strigilloso-puberula, venis secundariis utrinque 6-8, supra leviter impressis subtus
prominulis; petiolus tenuis, supra minute puberulus, subtus glabratus, 8 mm.
longus; stipulai subglabrse, rigidse, lanceolatse, subulato-acuminatse, integrae, ad
7 mm. longse. Infiorescentia tricbotome corymbosa, multiflora. Calycis lobi
lanceolati, fortiter involuti, rigidi, ca. 3 mm, longi, unus nonnunquam in laminam

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obovatam in venis sparse puberulatn apice obtusam ca. 5 cm. longam 3'5 cm. latam
stipite sparse strigilloso ca. 1 cm. longo sufFultam ampliatus. Corolla gracilis,
extus infra minute sj)arse pubescens, insviper dense et appresse pubescens ; tubus
intus ab ore per 7 cm. pilis adscendentibus ocbraceis densissimis onustus, ceterum
glaberrimus, 4-4-5 cm. lougus ; lobi angusti, oblongi, subacuti, 8 cm. longi, extus
sparse appresse minute pubescentes iutus dense glanduloso-pubescentes. Antherce
7 mm. longse. Ovarium anguste turbinatum, sparse appresse pubescens vel sub-
glabrum.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

E-elated to M. longitiiha, Val. ; very distinct, however, in the character of the lobes of
both calyx and corolla.

I have named this species in honour of Mr. H. N. Ridley, who has on many
occasions unsparingly placed his wide knowledge of the Malayan flora at my
disj^osal.

MussjDNDA. Utakw^, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex ramulis dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus tarde glabrescentibus. Folia papy-
racea, anguste elliptica vel oblanceolata, ad ca. 8'5 X 2'8 cm., utrinque angustata,
apice obtusa, utrinque sparse vel in venis densius pubescentia, venis secundariis
utrinque 8-10 ; petiolus tenuis, pubescens, ca. 1 cm. longus ; stipulae triangulares,
4-5 mm. longae, dense sericese, apice bifidse. Iiijlorescentia pauciflora, dense
pubescens. Calycis limbus valde deciduus ; lobi lanceolati, 2 mm. longi, unus
nonnunquam iu laminam ovatam utrinque molliter pubescentem ad ca. 5 cm.
longam 3'7 cm. latam basi in stipitem 5 mm. longum angustatam amj)liatus.
CorollcB gracillimaj tubus ca. 4 cm. longus, extus lobos versus densissime sericeus,
desuper sparse pubescens ; lobi lati, ovati, subacuti, 3'5 X 3 mm. Ovarium
cyliudricum, 4 mm. longum, dense pubescens.
Camp I, 700 ft.
Distinct in the very short deciduous calyx-teeth, and the very slender corolla with

short, broad, blunt lobes.

Lttcin.ea Klossii, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex glaberrimus ; ramuli graciles, virgati, mox cortice albido striato induti. Folia
papyracea, elliptica, 11-14 X 3*5-5 cm., acuminata, apice obtusa, basi acuta, in
petiolum ad ca. 1-1-5 cm. longum desinentia, venis cum reticulatione interveniente
utrinque prominulis ; stipulae membranaceae, ovatae, setaceo-mucronatae, in vaginam
brevem cohserentes. Capitula parva, 9-10-flora, sub anthesi vix 1 cm. diam.,
pedunculis ca. 6 mm. longis. Calyx glaber, subinteger. Corolla extus subglaber,
e calyce 3-4 mm. exserta ; lobi lanceolati, patentes, 3-3-5 mm. longi, obtusi.
Camp VI h, 3900 ft.

Allied to L. novoguineensis, Val., but distinct in the form of the stipules and exsertion
of the corolla.

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v' TJrophyllum Wollastonii, Wernliam, sp. nov.

Fridex ramulis appresse pilosis levibus. Folia elliptica vel oblonga, acuminata,
basi acuta, 12-14 X 5-6"5 cm., supra glabra, subtus in venis obscure appresse
pubescentia, venis secundariis subtus prominentibus utrinque 7-8 ; petiolus ad
ca. 1"3 cm. longus, vali(liuscu.lus ; stipulse lanceolatee, subacuta3, 1-3 cm. X 3'5 mm.
Flores ? in pedunculis brevissimis crassiusculis umbellatim dispositi; pedicelli
tenues, 2-3 mm. longi, ut pedunculi sericei. Calyx cum ovario sub-globoso 2 mm.
longus, brevissime late et acute 5-dentatus, ore 2 mm. in diam., sparse sericevis.
Corollce lobi, nisi extus in apice sparse sericei, utrinque glabri, oblongi, 1-5 mm.
longi, apice incurvatim incrassati ; tubus brevissimus, intus in ore dense barbatus.
Ovarktm 5-loculare.

Camp I, 500 ft.

The nearest ally seems to be Z7. Wichmanni, Val., distinguished by the shape and
size of the leaves.

V Gardenia carstensensis, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex glaberrimus ; ramuli complanati. Folia papyracea, opposita, obovato-
lanceolata, ad ca. 2G x 9'5 cm., brevissime acuminata, acuta, basi in petiolum
+ 1 cm. angustata, venis secundariis utrinque 16-19, utrinque prominulis ;
stipulse lanceolatse, ± 1 cm. longse. Inflorescentia 3-4.-fiora ; pedunculus lignosus,
validusj brevis. Flores 5-meri ; pedicelli ad ca. 5 mm. longi. Calijcis glabri
limbus teres infundibuliformis, 5-6 mm. longus, subirregulariter in lobos latos
obtusissimos breviter oblongos breves fissus. Corollce extus appresse griseo-
puberulge tubus latiusculus, supra medium infiatus, ad 6-7 mm. latus, ore
constrictus, totus ca. 11 mm. longus ; lobi oblongo-lanceolati, acuti, acuminati,
tubum subsequantes, sinuati. Ovarium turbinatum, imperfecte 2-loculare, calycis
limbo brevius.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

Distinguished by the small few-flowered inflorescence borne on the mature woody
stem-parts, and the stout short corolla-tube.

V Gardenia Klossii, "Wernham, sp. nov,

Frutex glaber, ramuli validi, complanati. Folia ampla, obovata, ca. 30 X 12 cm.,
firme chartacea, basi in petiolum nunc brevissimum, nunc ad 2 cm. longum
angustata, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 12 ; stipuloe oblongse, 2 5 cm. longas,
acuminatse, acutse, caducissimse. Flores glaberrimi, albi, 5-meri, in cymas laxas
paucifloras basi lignosas dispositi ; pedicelli graciles, ad 2-3 cm. elongati. Calyx
turbinatus, limbo integerrimo 6-7 mm. longo. Corollce tubus subcylindricus,
1"5 cm. longus; lobi oblongi, acuti, 2-7 cm. longi, 8 mm. lati. Ocarhcm ca. 4 mm.
lon"'um.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Eclated apparently to Handia Versteegii, Val. ; distinguished by different relative
sizes of corolla-tube and lobes.

(/

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TiMONiTJS SERICEUS, K. Sclium. Fl. Kais.-Wilhelmsl. 131.
Camp VI h, 3900 ft.
Disirib. Malaya and Australia.

TiMONius cARSTENSENSis, Wernham, sp. nov.

RamitUi noyelli ipsl glabevrimi. Folia firme coriacea, 7-10 x 2-5-4 cm., elliptica,
utrinque angustata, subacuta, basi in petiolum glabrum brevem leniter decurrentia,
utrinque nisi subtus bic inde pilis obseuris conspersa glaberrima, supra nitida,
venis prseter centralem obseuris vel omnino occlusis ; stipulse caducissimse, ia ramu-
lorum apicibus, calyptram ad 2>ii-^ cm. lougam acutam acuminatam formantes.
Flores ? solitarii ui pedicellis validis glabris 1-1-5 cm. longis dispositi. Calyx
breviter 6-dentatus. Corolla extus glabrae tubus 5-6 mm. longus, 3-3-5 mm. latus ;
lobi G, lanceolati, apioe cucuUati. Ovarium multiloculare, glabrum, cum calyce
et pedicello in siccitate nigricans ; stylus brevis, insuper 6-fidus. Flores 6 in
cymas abbreviatas secmidifloras dispositi. Calyx subinteger. Corolke tubus insuper
ampliatus, 1 cm. longus, raro fere ad 2-5 mm. latus, basin versus gracilis; lobi 5,
ovati, demum reflexi, ad 4 X 3 mm. Stamina 5.

Camps X, XI, XII, 6700 to 11,000 ft.

Distinguished by the smallish, thick, leathery leaves, the stout pedicels and ovaries of
the S flowers and the styles, which are only half the length of the corolla-tube.

TiMONius i^LiPES, Wernham, sp. nov.

Hamuli gracillimi, glabri. Folia elliptica vel oblonga, 6-12 X 2-3*5 cm., firme
chartacea, basi sa^pius acuta, longe caudato-acuminata, apice subacuta, supra
glaberrima, subtus in venis secundariis prominulis utrinque 1-2 obscure barbellata,
aliter glabra ; petiolus fere glaber, ad ca. 5 mm. longus; stipulse anguste lanceolatie,
longe acuminatic, ad 1*5 cm. ultra longse. F*lo7'es ? solitarii, cum pedicellis sursum
curvatis gracUlimis angulatis insuper latioribVis glabris 2-5-3 cm. longis articulati ;
bracteae 2, ovata?, dorso carinatae, acutae, ov^arium subampiectentes, minutae. Calyx
brevissime et late 4-lobatus, minutus. Corollce minute puberulae tubus ca. 9 mm.
longus ; lobi patentes, ovati, obtusissimi, 2-3 mm. longi. Stylus corollam sub-
apquan^, 4-fidus. Ovarium incano-sericeum, 8-10-loculare.

Camps III, VI b, 2500 and 3900 ft.

Distinguished by the slender branchlcts, the long acumina of the rather small leaves,
and the long, slender, flattened, upwardly-curved peduncles.

Var. ACUMiXATissiMA, Wernham, var. nov.

Flanta gracilior. Folia minora, pro rata longius acuminata.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

TiMONius HEPTAMERUS, "Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex prseter flores subglaber; ramuli novelli obscure et minute puberuli valde
complanati, internodiis brevibus. Folia coriacea, elliptico-oblonga, ad ca. 9 X

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74 MR. H. N. EIDLEY OX PLANTS

2*7 cm., basi acuta, acuminata, apice acutissima, supra glaberrima, subtus sub lente
uniformiter sparse pilosa, venis prseter centralem supra impressam subtus (priBsertim
desuper) promiuentem occJusis; petiolus +12 mm. longus, minute papillosus;
stipiilse caducissimse, calyptram in ramulorum apicibus caudato-acuminatam extus
leviter sericeo-pubescentem formantes, ad 4 cm. longse. Mores ? solitarii, asillares ;
pedicelli validi, subglabri, 6-7 mm. longi. Calyx brevis, integerrimus. Corollce
tubus extus sericeus, latiusculus, 6-7 mm. longus, 3'5 mm. latus ; lobi 7, laaceolati,
apiculati, 2'75 mmCTbngi. Anther(S effetse 7. Ovarium in loculos rotundatos
perplarimos mox divisum; styli rami 7.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

Allied to T. avenis, Val. ; distinct in tbe shorter pedicels, and the stout, short,
heptamerous corolla.

TiMONius Klossii, Wernham, sp. nov.

' 'Hamuli compressi, sulcati, dense flavo-sericei. Folia sgepius obov^ato-lanceolata, basi
acuta, breviter acuminata, apice subacuta, 10-14 X 4'5-5'5 cm., chartacea, supra
glabra, subtus in venis aureo-sericea, venis supra prominulis subtus promi-
nentibus, secundai'iis utrinque ca. 12 ; petiolus subteres, dense sericeus, vix ad
2 cm. longus ; stipulae lanceolatfB, acuminatse, acutse, ca. 1*3 cm. longfe, marginem
versus sericese, aliter glabrae. Flares 6 4-meri in cymas parvas laxiusculas pauci-
floras dispositi ; pedunculus 8-10 mm. longus, valde complanatus, stepius decurvatus,
sericeus. Calycis lobi oblougo-liueares, obtusi, demum reflexi, ad 8 mm. longi.
Stamina 5; antherae +6 mm. longse. Flores ?. . .

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Notable for the number of stamens and the character of the calyx-lobes.

V TiMONius YACCiNioiDES, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex ramulis rufo-pubescentibus. Folia late ovata vel suborbicularia, coriacea,
glaberrima, 7-11 X 5-10 mm., ad margines revoluta, venis prseter centralem
omnino occlusis ; stipulae lanceolatse, acuminatae, acutae, 4 mm. longaB, glabrae,
deciduse. Flo7-es inter miuimos, extus sj)arse strigillosi, d vix 7 mm. longi, $ ali-
quanto longiores. Calycis limbus tubularis, brevis, obscure 4-dentatus. Corollce
tubus subcylindricus ; limbi lobi lati, obtusissimi, vix 1 mm. longi. Ooarium 9-10-
loculare.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Strikingly distinct in its small, thick, roundish leaves.

^j TiMONiTJS WoLLASTOXii, Wernham, sp. nov.

FrtUex ramulis minutissime pubescentibus. Folia opposita, crasse coriacea, ovata, ad
2 cm. X 1"5 cm., obtusa, utrinque glaberrima, ad margines revoluta, venis praeter
centralem omnino occlusis ; petiolus vix 5 mm. longus ; stipulae caducissimse,
calyptram lanceolatam acuminatam vix 9 mm. longam formantes. Flores inter
minimos, vix 5 mm. longi, glabri. Calyx breviter tubularis, truncatus, vix

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 75

1 mm. altils. Ovarium velut fructus nitens, sulcatum, 10-loculare. Brupa ca.
4 mm. X 3 mm.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Allied to T. vaccinioides just described, but the branches are less conspicuously and
differently hairy, and the leaves considerably larger and opposite.

IxoRA ARGENTEA, "Wernham, sp. nov.

Ftmtex prseter. inflorescentiam glaberrimus; rami validi complanati. Folia magna,
firme chartacea, utrinque fusco-argentea, subnitentia, oblonga, ad 45xll'5 cm.,
basi acuta, obliqua, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 17, velut reticulum interveniens
supra prominulis subtus magis prominentibus ; petiolus validus, supra canaliculatus,
vix 1 cm. longus ; stipulse plus minus coalitse, acutissimcC, insuper fere subulatee,
a basi triangular! ca. 4 mm. longae. Injlorescentia umbellata, 5-brachiata, minute
puberula ; pedunculi gracillimi, striati, 31-12 cm. longi, basi bracteis in vaginam
4-5 mm. longam coheerentibus onusti ; bractese caeterae minimse, lanceolatae ;
umbellaj radii primarii fere 3cm. longi; pedicelli 6-7 mm. longi, tenues; bracteolce2,
minuta3. Calycis lobi 4, lati, rotundati. Corollcc tvibus extus minute pubescens,
gracillimus, l*5cm. vel ultra longus; lobi extus glaberrimi, oblongi, apice rotundati,
ca. 8 mm. longi. Ovarium cum calyce ca. 2 mm. longum, alte 4-sulcatum.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Related to I. Versteegii, Vai., but the leaves are broader and the peduncles erect
and much longer. The dark silvery grey of the leaves is distinctive.

PsYCHOTRiA Beccarii, K. Schum. Fl. Kais. Wilhelmsl. 135.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.
Distrih. North-east New Guinea.

PsTcnoTRiA CARSTENSENSis, "VVernbam, sp. nov.

Rami insuper complanato-angulati, desuper teretes, stn'ato-lseves, flstulosi. Folia
obovata, ca. 8 X 4"7 cm., basi cuneata, brevissime late et subacute acuminata,
utrinque glabra, supra nitentia ; petiolus glaber, 9 mm. longus, venis utrinque
prominulis, secundariis utrinque ca. 7-9, debilioribus intercalatis ; stipulae cadu-
cissimae, glabrae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, memliranacea?, ca. 2"3 cm. X 8 mm.
Inflorescentia glabra, ramis primariis 3, centrali longissimo 3 cm. longo, delude
trichotoma, tota ca. 8 cm. longa, 10 cm. lata, permultiflora. Flores sessiles, saepius
in capitula 5-flora congest], pedunculis 5-7 mm. longis. Calyx minutus, obtuse
triangulariter dentatus, cum ovai-io glaberrimus. Corolloi extus glabrae tubus
gracilis, 8-9 mm. longus, intus infra fauces cano-pilosus ; lobi 5, anguste oblongi,
reflexi, obtusissimi, 2'5 mm. longi. Antherce exsertae.

Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

Distinct in the ovate, rather small leaves with close venation, the very dense
inflorescence with spreading lower branches, and the slender glabrous flowers.

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76 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

/ PsYCHOTRiA OCHNIDIOPHORA, "Wernliain, sp. nov.

Rami validi, valde complanati, densissime liirto-pubescentes, demum glabrescentes.
Folia ampla, ovata, 15-25 x 6-10 cm., supra glabra, subtus in venis densiuscule
aliter sparsissime f errugineo-pubescentia, brevissime et late acuminata, apice obtusa,
basi in petiolum validum ssepius dense hirtellum 2-4*5 cm. longum latiuscule
angustata, venis supra hebetatis ac impressis subtus j^rominentibus, secundariis
utrinque ca. 15-18; stipules amplae, ovatte, ca. 2'5 X 1"7 cm., apice in lacinias
daas late lanceolatas vix 9 mm. longas bifldEe, + Mrtte, in margine liirto-ciliatse.
I'i)fiorescenti(B paniculatiie, cymosse ; pedunculus fere 10 cm. longus, cum ramis
ferrugineo-pubescens ; rami primarii 4, circa 4* cm. longi ad basin bracteis 4 lineari-
setaceis ca. 1'5 cm. longis onusti ; bractece cseteroB setacece ; panicula (fructifera)
pedunculo excluso ca. 11 cm. lata, 8 cm. longa. Galycis lobi subsetacei, 3-4 mm.
longi, rufo-liirsuti. Fructus pyriformis, dilute viridis, sparse hirtus, costatus, basi
in pedicellum rufo-hirtellum ad 5 mm. longum attenuatus, calyce persistente
corouatus.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Allied apparently to P. Wichmanni, Val., which it resembles in the calyx-lobes and
indumentum generally ; distinct in its larger and diflferently-shaped leaves.

A specimen collected at Camp I at 700 feet, with elliptic leaves and a small, lax, few-
flowered inflorescence, may be a variety of this species ; but the material is inadequate
for certain determination.

\ PsYCHOTRiA RUBiGiNOSissiMA, Wernliaui, sp. nov.

Frutex siccitate omuiuo valde rufescens ; ramuli, petioli, et inflorescentia dense pilis
breviusculis hirtulis rufis induti. Folia coriacea, late ovata, ad 4"5 X 3"3 cm.,
breviter latiuscule acuminata, obtusa, basi rotundata vel truucata vel subcordata,
supra nitentia, in venis impressis sparse aliter sparsissime rufo-puberula, infra in
venis valde prominentibus secundariis utrinque 3 dense aliter sparse rufo-pubescentia;
petiolus validus, 3-4 mm. longus. Flores inter minores, ssepius sessiles, in thyrsum
subcorymbosum ad ca. 7 cm. longum 9 cm. latum coUecti, pedunculi primarii 3-4,
3-4 cm. longi; bracteae minutoe, setacese. Calyx minutus, triangulariter 5-dentatus,
cum ovario hirtus. Corolla anguste infundibularis, extus sparsiuscule hirta, intus
glaberrima, rubescens ; tubus 3'o-4 mm. longus ; lobi lanceolati, 2 mm. longi, aj)ice
inflexo-incrassati.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

llemarkable for the red haii*y ajipearance of the wliole plant, and for the rather small
broad leaves with few veins.

^ PSYCHOTRIA UTAKW^EKsis, Wcrnham, sp. nov.

Ramuli validi, glabri, valde complanati. Folia ampla, obovata, 16-25 cm. longa,
6-11 cm. lata, basi in petiolum validum subglabrum 1-2 cm. longum leniter
angustata, apice brevissime et late acuminata, supra glabra, subtus iu venis

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 77

pulverulenta, aliter minute papillosa vel subglabra, venis subtus valde promi-
nentibus, secundariis utrinque ca. 12-14 ; stipulse lanceolatse, obtusse, 9x4 mm.,
glabrae, caducissimte. InflorescenUa tribvachiata, laxa, pauciflora, sessilis, ca. 6 mm.
lata, 3 cm. longa ; pedunculi 3, primarii e ligni veteris nodis orti, ca. 1-5-2 cm. longi,
minute ferrugineo-pulverulenti ; pedicelli ad 6 mni. longi. Calyx brevissimus,
integer, cum ovario glaber. CorollcB pro genere magnse extus glabrae tubus intus
supra stamina densissime cano-barbatus, subcylindricus, +1 cm. longus, +5 mm.
latus; lobi anguste oblongi, obtusi, stiberecti, 6-7 mm. longi. Antherce 6 mm.
longse.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Allied to P. caulijlora, Laut. & K. Sebum., but the leaves are broader and puberulous
below, and the entire stipules are rapidly caducous.

PsYCHOTRiA WoLLASTONii, WcriJiam, sp. nov.
Band graciles, minutissime pulverulento-asperuli. Folia subcoriacea, ovata, ca.
38 X 1"8 cm., acuminata, obtusa, basi rotundata, utrinque glaberrima, venis ssepius
subtus prominentibus, secundariis utrinque 3-5; petiolus ad 4-5 mm. longus.
Flores sessiles, in tbyrsum laxissimum 11 cm. longum basi 15 cm. latum dispositi,
extus omnino glaberrimi ; rami gracillimi, sinuati, djvaricati, obscure minute
pulverulenti ; bracteae minimae, subsetaceae. Calyx cum ovario nitens, 2 mm.
longus ; lobi 5, oblongo-lanceolati, obtusi, 1 mm. longi. Corolla late campanulata,
tota 3 mm. longa, ore 2-5 mm. lata ; lobi 5, triangulares, obtusi, +1 mm. longi ;
tubus intus in faucibus sparse barbatus. Antherarum apices vix exserti.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Allied apparently to P. andaiemis, Val. ; it differs in its smaller leaves and
flowers.

Geophila reniformis, D. Don, Prod. PI. Nep. 13G.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Throughout the tropics of the world.

^ Ceph^lis TJtakw^, Wernham, sp. nov.

Herba prftiter inflorescentiam glaberrimus, ramulis validis. Folia irrme chartacea,
obovata, 17-20 X 8-9 cm., basi in petiolum breviusculuin 1-5-2-5 cm. validum
angustata, subito breviter cuspidato-acuminata, apice subacuta, margine revoluta;
venis secundariis supra promiaulis, subtus prominentibus, utrinque 16-20 ; stipulse
caducissimffi. Capitulum sessile, ca. 4-5 cm. diam. ; bractese exteriores paucse,
latEe, acuminatge, glabrai nisi insuper ciliatae ; interiores inter fiores dispositee
perplurimse, subspathulatae, imee angustiores, 1-5-2 cm. longse, insuper irregulariter
setaceo-fimbriatce, prseter fimbrias conspicue pilosas glabrae. Pedicelli brevissimi
vel obsoleti. Calyx sub-hemisphaericus ; limbus ultra medium in lacinias 5 lineari-
lanceolatas 2-5 mm. longas in margine longe et dense articulato-pilosas divisus,

78 MR. H. N. RIDLEY OX PLANTS

aliter ut ovarium glaberrimus. Corolla extus glaberrima; tubus 11 mm. lougus,
insuper parum. ampliatus ; lobi lanceolati, vix 5 mm. longi, apice cucullati.

Canoe Camp and Camp I, 150 to 700 ft.

Related to TIragoga bkoloriceps, Laut. & K. Sebum., differing obviously in tbe size of
the leaves and petioles, the deciduous stipules and the bracts.

y Lasianthus multibracteatus, Wernham, sp. nov.

Ramuli novelli prsesertim pube ferrugineo-liirtello deciduo induti, valde complanati.
Folia plerumque oblanceolata, lO-l-t X 2-5-3"5 cm., utrinque angustata, subacuta,
petiolo +1 era. longo, utrinque glabra nisi subtus in costa ceutrali saepe sparsiuscule
rufo-pubescentia, venis secandariis angulo recto cum costa ceutrali insertis
leniter insuper arcuatis ca. 12 ; stipulae deciduse, setaceo-lineares, dense rafo-
pubescentes, 1*5 cm. longce. Flore-s 4-meri, in axillis 2-3 suhsessiles, bracteis
foliaceis pluribus cincti, exterioribus ellipticis acuminatis acutis basi cuneatis
brcvissime petiolatis ad ca. 1 cm. longis, 4-5 mm. latis. Calycis lobi lineari-
lanceolatoe, 2'5 mm. longi, extus pilosi. Corollce 4-5 mm. loagoe; tubus extus
glaber ; limbi 3-5 mm. diam., lobi, puberuli, lanceolati, patentes. Ovarium
biloculare.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Distinct in the conspicuous bracts and bilocular ovary. Flowers "pale pink
white."

J Lasianthus papuanus, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex ram alls virgatis dense appresse flavo-pubescentibus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata,
7-11 cm. longa, 2-3-2'8 cm. lata, acuminata, acuta, basi sulirotundata, supra in costa
ceutrali, subtus in venis appresse pilosa, aliter glabra, petiolo dense fiavo-sericeo
brevissimo (4-5 mm. longo) ; stipulai subulata?, ut ramuli indutse, +8 mm. longse,
deciduge. Flores in axillis solitarii v. biui, 5-meri; bractese inconspicuae. Calycis
lobi lanceolati, subacuti, 2'5 mm. longi, intus glabri, extus pilosi. CorollcB tubus
cylindi'icus, extus pra3ter lobos sparse birtellos glaberrimus, li'S mm. longus ;
lobi 5, obloQgi, subobtusi, intus dense barbati, 1'5 mm. longi.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Allied to L. appressus, Hook, fil., but the brancblets are more slender, the leaves longer
and narrower, and the venation different.

Amaracarpus papuanus, Val. in Nov. Guin. viii. 501 (1911).
Camp I, 700 ft. ; Camp VI 6, 3900 ft.
Distrib. South-west New Guinea.

^ Amaracarpus axomalus, "Wernham, sp. nov.

Suffrutcx subrepens ; ramuli densiuscule subhirtello-pubescentes, novelli densissime
ferruginei. Folia crassiuscule pergamacea, cuneata, vix acuminata, obtusa, ad. ca.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 79

9 X 6 5 mm., supra glabra, subtus minute asperulo-papillosa, in costa media basin
versus velut in petiolo brevissimo basi tumido pilis articulatis birtella, venis
secundariis utrinque 2-3 ; stipuL-B lanceolat^e, membrauaceas, dorso sparse irregu-
lariter pilosge, integrae, subobtusse, apiee setacea?. Flores solitarii albi, ramulos
brevissimos terminantes, sessiles vel pedicellis pro rata validis ca. 1-5 mm. longis
suffulti ; bracteolse 2 stipularum forma, ovarium arete amplectentes. Calyx
pedicello subsequilongus, glaber, 4-dentatus, dentibus triangularibus obtusis.
Corollm glaberrimse tubus insuper parum ampliatus, 6 mm. longus ; lobi 4,
oblongi, obtusi, patentes, 3"4 mm. longi. Stamina 4, antberse exsertse.

Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.

Resembles A. cuneifolius, Val., but the corolla is diflferently shaped, and the stipules
are entire ; the latter character is anomalous for this genus.

CoPROSMA WoLLASTONii, Wernliam, sp. nov.

Herba parva, tamen dura ; ramuli glaberrimi, striato-sulcati, siccitate nigricantes.
Folia crassiuscula, elliptico-lanceolata, ca. 3'5 X 1'2 cm., apicem versus angus-
tata, basi in petiolum manifestum vix vero 5 mm. longum attenuata, acuta,
supra aspera, subtus prseter costam centralem hie inde pilis brevibus rigidis
hirtellam glabra, subnitentia, margine serrato-aspero-hirtella, venis secundariis
obscuris, utrinque ca. 4 ; stipulae breviter oblongae, albidae, 6-7 longse, in vaginam
insuper serrato-fimbriatam cohaerentes. Flores $ et c? subsessiles, glabri, 1-2-ni in
axillis. C«?_^j7 minutus, irregulariter subobtuse 5-dentatus. CoroZ/^e infundibularis
tubus 4 mm. longus ; lobi anguste et acuminate triangulares, ca. 4*5 mm. longi.
Antherce longe exsertse, versatiles, 5 mm. longae. Styli rami 1"5 cm. exserti,
Drupa calyce persistente coronata.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Distinct in its appearance, like that of one of tbe tougher, broad-leaved Hedj/otis.
The whole plant blackens in drying, except the conspicuous yellowish stipules.

Galium papuaxtjm, TVernham, sp. nov.

Caulls sat debilis, pilis albidis patentibus sparse irregulariterque puboscens. Folia
3-4-natim verticillata, elliptica, breviter acuminata, apice oblusa, sessilia,
+ 8 mm. X 4 mm., triplinervia, in nervis patule cano-hirtella. Flores in cymas
dichotomas laxas paucifloras vel subcorymbosas dispositi. Fructus dense canis
pilis uncinulatis indutus. Corolla vix ultra dimidium in lobos 4 obtusissimos
ovatos divisa.

Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.

Allied to G. rotundifolium, Linn., but the relatively much narrower leaves and the
long corolla-tube are distinctive.

80 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLAKTS

COMPOSITiE.

(By S. Moore.)

VERNONIACEiE

Vernonia cinerea, Less, in Linnfea, iv. (1829) 291.
Camps III to IX, 2500 to 5500 ft.
Bistrib. Widely distributed in Africa, India, tlie Malay Archipelago, Australia, &c.

Vernonia (§ Strobocalyx) Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Fridex verisimiliter ramosus. Caulis subteres, longitrorsum prominenter striatus,
mox glaber. Eanmli sat tenues, breviter fulvo-pubescentes, puberulne. Folia
petiolata, oblongo-eliiptica, apicem versus ssepe attenuata, apice ipso obtusa vel
obtuse acuta, basi longiuscule extenuata, margine Integra vel panci-denticulata,
membranacea, supra vix omnino glabra, subtus prsesertim in nervis puberula, vulgo
6-8 X 2-3 cm. Capitula submediocria, 4-5-flosculosa, e ramulorum axillis pani-
culatim oriunda et ita paniculam magnam sublaxam foliis intermixtam usque ad
30 cm. longam et fere 15 cm. latam efficientia. Fedimculi 2'>'>'oprii involiicris
breviores,"" 1-4 mm. longi, fulvo-pxibescentes ; capitula pansa 1 cm. longa. Invo-
lucrum cylindricum, cito campauulatum, 16-5 X 3 mm. ; phylla 4-5 serialia,
exteriora caduca, lonsjiora 3-6 mm, lons^a, ovata, oblonsa fintima ansruste oyato-
oblonga), omnia obtusa, coriacea, margine ciliolata, dilute straminea, apice brunnea.
CorollcB exsertse, 6 mm. longge. Achcenia cylindrica, turbinata, 10-costata, per basin
rectam callosam receptaculo inserta, glabra, 2-5 ram. longa. Pappus 2-seriatus ;
setae exteriores abbreviatte, aliquanto compressoe, 2'5 mm. longse, interiores longiores
necnon angustiores, 7 mm. longre, apicem versus paullulum dilatatse, dilute
stramineae nisi dilutissime rubiginoste.
Camps VI to VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft.

This was also collected by H. O. Forbes in British New Guinea in the Sogeri District
at 2500 ft. (59 in Herb. Mus. Brit.).

Leaves drying green, fairly copiously provided with pellucid glands ; petioles about
1 cm. long, shallowly channelled above, tawny puberulous ; upper leaves diminishing
in size, the highest passing into the bracts of the panicle. Partial panicles about as long
as the leaves, i. e. 5-8 cm. in length (the younger ones, however, shorter), their peduncles
about 2-5 cm. long. Corollas white, with a narrow tube suddenly dilated at the
throat, glabrous; tube 0'3 mm. wide, the throat nearly 1 mm. wide ; lobes oblong,
obtuse, 2-5 mm. long. Style-arms 2-5 mm. long.

I have seen neither V. polyantha, Warb., nor F. papuana, Lauterb,, but they both
have capitula evidently different from those of the present plant. In general appear-
ance V. Klossii is more like V. secimcUfoUa, Boj., from Madagascar, than any other
species known to me.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 81

COMPOSITiE : Eupatoeie^.
Adenostemma viscosum, Porst. Char. Gen. 90.

Camps VI b and VII to IX, 3900 to 5500 ft.

Distrib. Chiefly in the warmer parts of the Old "World from Africa to Australia and
Polynesia.

MiKANIA SCANDENS, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 1743.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres.

COMPOSITiE : Asteeoide^.

DiCKOCEPHALA LATIFOLIA, DC. Prod. V. 372.

Camps III to IX, 2500 to 5500 ft.
. Distrib. A weed in Africa, Asia and the Archipelago.

Mtriactis "Wollastonii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Herba humilis, scapigera. Folia rosulata, sessilia, spathulato-oblonga, obtusa,
margine sparsim calloso-dentata, membranaceo-coriacea, utrinque pubescentia,
basin versus glabra, plcrumque 2-2-5 X I'-B mm. Scapus erectus, folia ssepius
excedens, bracteis foliis sirailibus nisi minoribus onustus, monocephalus. Capitula
mediocria, circa 54-flosculosa, circa 8 mm. diam. Involucrum hemisphsericum,
3-seriale ; phylla oblonga vel anguste ovato-oblonga, obtusa, dorso piloso-
puberula, circa 5 mm. longa. Radii floscuU 36, 2-seriales ; ligulse exsertse,
anguste obovato-oblongce, bifidae vel bidentatse, 35 mm. longae. Disci flosculi 18 ;
horum corollge fere medium usque 4-lobaB ; lobi ovati, obtusi. Stamina 4 ; antherse
oblongoe, breviter apiculatae, basi truncatae, circa 0"75 mm. longce. Styli rami
compressi, appendicibus conoideis pra^diti. Aclicenia compressa, ambitu anguste
oblongo-obovata, breviter rostrata, superne. scabrida, 2-5-3 mm. longa.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. •

A small scapigerous herb, not more than 6 inches high, and often less. Rootstock
elongated, only 1-2 mm. thick, but at the neck swollen to 5-6 mm., giving off several
long, wii-y, unbranched rootlets. Leaves about 10 to a rosette, though sometimes fewer,
usually with 2-3 pairs of rather prominent teeth on either side towards the apex,
otherwise entire. Scape up to 4 cm. .in length, but often considerably shorter; its
bracts + 15 x 5 mm., like the scape itself pubescent. Leaves of involucre when dry
usually dark at the apex and edges. Ldgules apparently white. Corollas of disc
narrowly campanulate, the tube 1'5 mm., the lobes 05 mm. long. Anthers easily
separating, the connective produced into a small apiculus. Style relatively stout ; arms
about 0'75 mm. long. Achenes dark brown ; beak stoutish, truncate, straight or slightly
curved, about 0*5 mm. in length.

A pretty little plant, quite distinct from the two other known Papuan species.

Olearia (§ Dicellotriche) exilis, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Frutex verisimi liter. Hamuli crebre foliosi, deinde glabrescentes, juventute ut

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82 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

inflorescentia necnon foliorum pagina inferior tomento fulvido arete induti. Folia
plerumque opposita vel subopposita, breviter petiolata, anguste ovato-oblonga,
obtusa vel obtusissima, integra, coriacea, supra cito glabra nitidaque, pleraque
4-7 longa, l'3-2'8 cm. lata. Capitula mediocria, in corymbos laxiusculos
peduucuJatos oligocepbalos raribracteatos ex axillis superioribus ortos folia ssepius
superantes disposita. Fedimculi proprii capjftulis plane longiores, ssepissime
l'5-3'5 cm. longi. Involucrum campanulatum', 4-seriale, 6 mm. longum ; pbylla
extima abbreviata, lanceolato-subulata, 3 ram. longa, intermedia oblongo-lanceolata,
4 mm. longa, intima oblonga, 5 mm. longa, omnia obtusiuscula, dorso sparsim
pubescentia margineque prcesertim sub apice ciliata, brunnea, nervo lato mediano
fusco percursa. Flosculi 16-17 ; radii ligulae 9-10, oblongae, tridentatse, 4-5 mm.
longse, ex involucro plane eminejites ; disci corollas 7, 4-5 mm. longiB, inferne
anguste cylindricse, superne campanulatse ; lobi oblongi, glabri. Antherce basi
caudiculis minimis tenuibus prsEditae, 2 mm. longse. Achoenia adhuc cruda com-
pressa, paucistriata, glabra, 2 mm. longa. Pappi setae pauca), inter se fere
aequilongse, scabridoe, sordide albse, 4'5 mm. longge.
Camps XII to XIII, 10,500 to 11,000 ft.

Leaves rigidly coriaceous ; nerves on the upper face impressed, on the lower prominent,
including the reticulum ; tomentum a short close felt of centrally fixed hairs ; petioles
stout, tomentose, 5 mm. more or less in length. Corymbs up to 10 X 7 cm., often about
7-9 X 5-6 cm., heads as many as 15 per corymb, but usually fewer. Bracts very few,
linear or oblong, up to 1 cm. in length, though often only 3-4 mm. long, the uppermost
passing into the involucral leaves. Seads expanded about 10 X 13 mm. Corollas of
disk-florets with the narrow tubular part (2 mm. long) microscopically puberulous ; the
campanulate part split nearly § of its length into 6 oblong lobes. Style protruding
beyond the anthers, nearly 4 mm. long, its arms rather more than 1 mm.

Olearia monticola, Bail., hitherto the only broad-leaved species described from New
Guinea, differs, so far as can be made out by the description alone, from the present
plant in the following particulars : — Its leaves are nearly twice as broad, the corymbs
are^dense, the involucres are much broader (hence its heads would appear to be larger),
and the leaves linear, the corollas of the disk-florets have hairy lobes and the achenes
are hairy.

Ebigeron Klossii, S. Moore, sp. uov.

Fruticulosa verisimiliter circiter spithamea. Caulis rigidus, erectus, simplex vel
sparsim ramosus, ut ramuli dense foliosus, cito glaber. Folia imbricata, sessilia,
linearia, obtusiuscula, margine revoluta, coriacea, glabra, 1 cm. longa, 1 mm. lata.
Capitula mediocria, 4-5-flosculosa, longe pedunculata, caulem ramulosve solitatim
coronantia sed revera subterminalia, circa 12 X 15 mm. FeduncuU folia sa^pissime
longe excedentes, bracteis anguste linearibus + 5 mm. longis hac atque iliac onusti,
griseo-pubescentes, plerumque 6-10 cm. longi. Involucrtmi hemisphsericum ; phylla
4-5-serialia, intus gradatim longiora, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, microscopice
puberula, extima 4-5 mm. longa, intermedia 7-8'5 mm., intima 10 mm. longa.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 83

Hadii fiosculi 28 ; ligulse lineares, involucrum facile superantes, 9 X 1'5 mm.
Disci fiosculi 17, steriles; liorum coroUae ariguste iafundibulares, 7 mm. longse ;
lobi triangiilari-lanceolati, obtusiusculi, tubo multo breviores. Antherce basi
obtusae, 2 mm. longge. Achcenia oblonga. basi apiceque breviter angustata, com-
pressa, sparsim appresse setulosa vel fere globosa, 3 mm. longa. Pappus biserialis;
setfe scabridae, dilutissime straminese, inter se subaequales, circa 6 mm. longse.
Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft.

Stem and branches slender and woody, the former covered with the persistent bases
of fallen leaves. Leaves with the upper surface wrinkled, midrib very prominent on
the lower side. Style esserted, the appendages to their arms oblong, obtuse, arm and
appendage together nearly 2 mm. long. Bipe achenes produced by the ligulate florets
alone, pale in colour.

This has the habit of the Australian Olearia ciliata, F. Muell., for which, indeed, it
might be almost mistaken on a first view. It is, however, a true Erige^^on.

Erigeron piloso-villosiim, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis reptans, lignosus, nudus radicansque, ramos dense foliosos breves ascendentes
hac atque iliac emittens. Folia imbricata, sessilia, lineari-oblonga, obtusa vel
obtusissima, tenuiter coriacea, utrobique piloso-villosa, summum 15 X 2 mm.,
saepius circa 10xl"5 mm. Capitula hemisphajrica, solitaria, terminalia, breviter
pedim.culata, circa 23-flosculosa, 10x12 mm. Peclunculi 4-12 mm. longi.
Invohicrum 3-seriale, 8 mm. longum; phylla lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula,
exteriora herbacea, piloso-villosa, intima glabra margineque membranacea. Radii
fiosculi 16 ; ligulae abbreviatse, lineares nisi filiformes, ex pappo baud eminentes,
1 mm. longse. Disci fiosculi 7, verisimiliter steriles ; corollse inferne tubulosse,
superne anguste campanulatse, 5 mm. longse; limbus 5~lobus. AiithercB basi
obtusse, 1 mm. longse. Styli rami appendicibus oblongis obtusis onusti, 1"25 mm.
longi. Achcenia radii florum linearia, 3 mm. longa, disci florum lineari-oblonga,
4!'5 mm. longa; omnia maxime compressa necnon sparsim breviterque pilosa.
Pappus corollas breviter excedens, 6-6'5 mm. longus ; setse scabriusculse, dilute
straminese.
Camp XIV, 12,500 ft.
Branches ascending to 6 inches or more, densely leafy, frequently themselves branching

in turn. Its foliage affords an easy means of identifying this species.

ViTTADiNiA Alin^, E. Muell. in Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. i. part 2 (1889) 11.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

VlTTADINIA MACRA, E. Muell. 1. C. 11.

Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

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84 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

ViTTABiNiA DiSTiCHA, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Planta humilis. Caulis lignosus, juxta solum ramos complures densissime foliosos
emittens. Folia sessilia, bifariatim arete imbricata, lineari-teretia, obtusa, margine
maxime involuta, ut rami tela argyrea deinde fusca induta, 8-10 mm. longa, in
sicco 1 mm. lata. Ccqntula mediocria, ramos solitatim. terminantia, breviter
pedunculata, 21-flosculosa, circa 6x7 mm. Involucrum bemispba^ricum,
3-4!-seriale ; pbylla lineari-lanceolata, obtusa vel obtuse acuta, extus argyraea,
exteriora 3'5-5 mm., caetera 6-6'5 mm. longa. Radii fiosculi 15, borum ligulse
abbreviatee, ex pappo baud vel yix eminentes, lineares vel lineari-oblongse, apice
integrse, 1'5 mm. longse. Disci fiosculi 6, fertiles; corollse 5-fidce, inferne anguste
cylindric9B, superne campanulatse, 4'5 mm. longse. Antherce inclusaj, angustissimse,
1 mm. longae ; loculi basi obtusi. Stylus inclusus, hujus rami exserti, appendicibus
subulatis onusti, 1 mm. longi. Achcenia compressa, oblongo-turbinata, dense
sericea, 2'5-3"5 mm. longa. Fapptis 5 mm. longus ; setae 2-seriales, paucse
exteriores plus minus abbreviatse, scabridse, fulvse.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Whole plant often only 6 cm. high or less, though sometimes reaching 10 cm. Stems
branching from near the ground, woody, ascending or apparently sometimes procumbent,
thickly covered with the remains of dead foliage. Pedmicles at the flowering stage
very short, never exceeding 3 mm. in length, but elongating afterwards to 10 mm., like
the leaves silky. Anthet^s with short lanceolate, acuminate appendages.

Avery distinct species easily recognised by its narrow close-set, distichous silky leaves.

COMPOSITE: Inuloide.^.

Blumea BALroUMi, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1894, 213, var. paptjana, S. Moore, var. nov.
A typo discrepat ramis angulatis fere alatis, foliis subtus puberulis, superioribus

longioribus basin versus longiuscule extenuatis, inflorescentia sparsiore.
Canoe Camp, 500 ft.
Distrib. Type a native of the Solomon Islands.

Blttmea paptjana, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Mai7ii foliosi, teretes, puberuli. Folia breviter petiolata, ovata vel ovato-oblonga,
obtusa vel obtuse acuta, basi obtusa, margine glanduloso-denticulata, coriacea,
pagina inferiore prsesertim in nervis puberula, usque ad 7x35 cm., saspissime
+ 4x2 cm. Capittila pro rata mediocria (circa 1x1 cm.), multiflosculosa, in
jianiculam bracteatam satis densam foliis ssejoissime longiorem (+10 cm. longam)
disposita. Bractece vetustiores foliis diminutis similes, 2-3 X 1"2-1"5 cm., juniores
minores, lanceolatse; bractese inflorescentiarum partialium parvulse, lineares, ut
axes sparsim pubescentes. Involucriini hemisphgericum ; pbylla circa 6-serialia,
interiora gradatim longiora, lanceolata, acuminata, apice piloso-ciliato exempto
glabra, exteriora fusca, 2-3 mm. longa, interiora dilutius brunnea, 4-8 mm. longa.
Receptaculum nudum. Fiosculi hermaphroditi 6, vix exserti. Antherce ex corolla

COLLECTED Df DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 85

plane eminentes, 2 mm. longae. Achccnia adlmc cruda cylindrica, setulifera,
1-1-25 mm. longa. Fapjpi setae Iseves, sordide albas, 5 mm. longse.

Camps IX to XI and XIII, 5500 to 8300 and 10,500 ft.

Branches leafy throughout or without leaves for a short space not more than 4 cm.
below the inflorescence. Leaves drying darkish upon the upper face and palely shining ;
petioles up to 1 cm. in length, though mostly only half as long or even less, puberulous.
Corolla of female florets 4'5 mm. long, of hermaphrodite 6'5 mm. long, rather more than
1 mm. wide at the throat, its 5 deltoid lobes less than 1 mm. in length. Style-arms
compressed, obtuse, in length slightly exceeding 1 mm.

This looks much like B. chinensis, DC, from which, however, it can readily be
distinguished by the denser inflorescence, the involucres, and the glabrou.s receptacles.

Anaphalis MARiiE, F. Muell. in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Vict. i. part 2 (1889) 8.
Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Anaphalis monocephala, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caules reptantes, rigidi, tomentosi, deinde glabri, ramulos patentes crebro foliosos
tomentosos frequenter emittentes. Folia inferiora ramulorum approximata, lineari-
spathulata, obtusa, 7 mm. longa, superiora magis sparsa, necnon longiora, 1 cm.
longa, omnia utrinque tomento albo arcto vel araneoso involuta. Capitula ad
normam generis magna, apicem ramulorum solitatim terminantia, subsessilia,
multiflosculosa, circa 13 X 15 mm. Involucrum hemisphsericum, circa 7-seriale ;
phylla oblonga, cxtima basi araneoso-tomentosa, csetera glabra, appendice radiante
lineari-oblonga acuta vel obtuse acuta dilute brunnea onusta, estima 7-8 X 1"2 mm.,
caetera 10 X 1 mm. Flosculi feminei circa 98, steriles. Flosculi hermaphroditi
circa 67, fertiles (anne omnes'?); coroUse tubulosje, superne brevissime ampli-
ficatse, vix 3 mm. longae, tubo lobis multo breviore. Antherce inclusse, basi
brevissime caudicuiatae, 1 mm. longae. Styli rami abbreviati. Achcenia oblonga,
glabra, 1 mm. longa. Fai^pi setce basi brevissime connatoe, scabridae, albae, 3 mm.
longae.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

A rampant herb with many very patent straggling wiry branches. Beceptacle
concave. Style of the fertile florets shortly exserted, its somewhat clubbed arms
0'2 mm. in length.

Though its heads are solitary, A. nubigena, DC, var. papiuma, Lauterb. can scarcely
be identical with this, seeing that it is described as unbranched, with sub-linear white
involucral leaves. If it should prove to be identical, the plant above described could
not, in my judgment, be regarded as conspecific with A. nubigena. Its characteristics
among Papuan species may be said to be the small leaves hairy on both sides, the large
solitary heads, and the relatively narrow, pale bronze involucres.

Gnaphalium luteo-album, Linn. Sp. PI. 851.
Camps VIII to X, 4900 to 6700 ft.
Bistrib. A cosmopolitan weed.

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COMPOSITE : Anthemide^.
Abuotanella papuana, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Serha pumila, scaposa, vix 2 cm. alta. Folia pauca, imbricata, linearia, obtusa, Integra,
ob margines involutos plus minus subteretia, petiolis latis vaginantibus piloso-
ciliatis 5 mm. longis fulta, crassiusculo-coriacea, glabra, plerumque 12-15 mm.
longa, 1 mm. lata. Scapus erectus, foliis pauUulum brevior, sparsim bracteatus,
1-cepbalus, circa 10 mm. altus. Capitula pansa 4x5 mm. Livolncriim campanu-
latvmi, 2-seriale, 3 mm. longuui ; phylla 12, inter se paullo insequimagna, oblonga
vel ovato-oblonga, dorso carinulata, crassiuscula, glabra, 1-1*25 mm. lata.
Flosculi breviter exserti ; exteriores circa 15, $ , coroUis tubulosis 4-fidis lobis tube
plane brevioribus 2 mm. longis, interiores perpauci (speciminis a nobis scrutati 2),
$ , corollis 2-2'5 mm. longis, quam eae caeterorum paullo latioribus limboque brevi
irregulariter 4-lobo prseditis. Autherce inclusae, oblongte, basi subevanide
auriculatse, 1 mm. longse. Sti/U rami truncati, 0"3 mm. longi. AchcBiiia omnia'
verisimiliter fertilia, oblongo-ovoidea, compressa, apice rotundato-truncata, facie
utravis costis 3 onusta omnino epapposa, adhuc cruda 1'5 mm. longa, superne fere
1 mm. lata.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Scape stoutish, bearing about two bracts like tbe foliage leaves, only smaller.
From a distributional point of view, this is a plant of great interest. Exclusive of
the species just described, the genus Abrotanella comprises 13 species, of which 7 are
endemic in New Zealand and the neighbouring islands ; the mountain summits of
Tasmania and Victoria claim three more, while two are Fijian and one is a native of the
Falkland Islands *. It will thus be seen that, Abrotanella being an Antarctic genus,
the occurrence of a species so near the Equator as New Guinea is a fact of considerable
importance.

COMPOSITE : Senecionide^.

, Erecthites NOvoauiNEENsis, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Serha verisimiliter perennis. Caulis ascendens, ramosus, foli<jsus, cito glaber. Folia
sat elongata, oblanceolata, acuminata, apice ipso obtusa, basin versus in petiolum
brevem latumque gradatim extenuata, margine dentata, membranacea, glabra.
Capitula parva, 10-flosculosa, in paniculam terminalem densam pleistocephalam
bracteatam puberulam foliis circiter oequilongam 16 cm. longam 11 cm. latam
digesta. Bractece parvulse, filiformes, 1 mm. longa?, pedunculis propriis breviores.
Involucrtmi anguste campanulatum, 6 mm. longum ; phylla 8, anguste lineari-
lanceolata, acuta, dorso carinulata, margine membranacea, phyllis additis interdum
paucis parvulis bracteis similibus calyculum efificientibus. Flosculi exteriores 8-10,
$ ; horum corolla filiformis, stylo brevior, 5 mm. longa. Flosculi interiores 2, $ ;
corolla tubulosa, 5-5 mm. longa, lobis 5 tubo multo brevioribus. Styli rami

* A. rJiynchocarpai'Ba.U. fi]., a native of Rodriguez, doea not belong to tlie genus. See Journ. Bot. 1914, p. 146.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 87

papillosi, apice obtusissimi, 1 mm. longi. Achcenia subcylindrica, basi callosa,
10-costata, brunnea, glabra, 2 mm. longa. Fapiii setce inter se subsequilongae,
scabriusculsB, albse, 4"5 mm. longae.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Apparently a branching perennial herb or subshrub, the ultimate branches much
compressed. Leaves drying greyish green, margins of the leaf in its proximal half
entire; petioles broad, at most 1 cm. in length, but usually less. Corolla of female
florets with the Hmb very short and sometimes developed mostly upon one side, so as
to form an incipient ligule.

This is a plant of some significance when the Australasian predominance of the genus
is kept in view. Its closest affinity is with the Australian E. prenanthoides, DC, from
which it is in many respects different.

C03klP0SIT^ : CiCHORiACE^.

Crepis papuana, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Herba scapigera. Folia pauca, subrosulata, oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa vel obtusis-
sima, apice ipso ssepius apiculata, basi in petiolum longum satis latum extenuata,
margine sparsim ciliato-denticulata, membranacea, glabra, modice 4x1 cm.,
summum 7x2 cm. Scapus ascendens, folia longe excedens, superne semel
ramosus, raribracteatus, sparsim puberulus, deinde glaber, altitudine 10 cm. paullo
excedens. Capitula pro rata parva, 7x4 mm., corymbum oligo- usque 10-cephalum
densiusculum bracteatum 1 cm. longum 1*5 cm. latum constituentia, circiter
12-flosculosa. BradecB subulatse, pedunculis propriis breviores. InvoluoH phylla
externa parvula, 3-seriata, ovato-oblonga, obtusa vel obtuse acuta, 2 mm. longa;
phylla interna 8, anguste lineari-oblonga, obtusa, angustissime marginata, glabra,
5 mm. longa. Beceptaculum planum. Antherce basi caudato-acuminatse, 1 mm.
longae. Achcenia compressa, lineari-oblonga, basi truncata callosaque, 5 mm. longa,
faciebus 10-costatis, apice in rostrum gracile fere sequilongum desinentia, dilute
brunnea, glabra. Pappus achsenio paullo brevior ; setae scabriusculse, albse, 4 mm.
longse.
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.
St^m Yerj short, emitting numerous rootlets below. Leaves about half a dozen to

each plant, drying grey-green ; petiole passing gradually into the blade, and, like it,

sparsely ciliate-denticulate, up to 4 cm. in length, though usually shorter.

This is a very distinct plant, easily recognised by the long-stalked leaves and rather

dense corymbs borne on long scapes. The corymbs are much like those of some

small-headed Hieracium.

Crepis japonica, Benth. Fl. Hongkong, 194.
Camps VIII to X, 4900 to 6700 ft.
Distrib. From Mauritius, India, and China to Australia and Polynesia.

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Lacttjca l^vigata, DC. Prod. vii. 140.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.
Listrib. Indian Archipelago.

GOODENIACE^.
(By H. E. Wernham.)

Sc^voLA "WoLLASTONii, "Wernham, sp. nov.

Manmli teretes, striati, sparse et obscure pubescentes, virgati. Folia chartacea,
opposita, elliptica, ca. 8 cm. X 3'5 cm., acuminata, utrinque subacuta, utrinque nisi
hie inde prsesertim in costa media obscure puberula vel hirtella, glabra, margine
interdum hie inde irregulariter acute denticulata ; in axillis barbellata ; vense
prominulae, secundarise utrinque ca. 6-8 ; petiolus brevissimus. Mores in cymis
lasiusculis subapjiresse pubescentibus ; pedunculi 1-2 axillares, 1-5-2 cm. longi ;
bractese parvae, lanceolatae, basi barbellatse. Cali/cis dentes breves, lanceolati,
obtusi, mox reflexi. Corollm extra sparsiuscule puberulse tubus ad 8-9 mm.
longus, tandem ad basin fissus, intus ad basin dense flavo-hirsutus ; lobi lineari-
oblongi, obtusi, conspicue membranaceo-alati, tubum fere sequantes. Capsula
oblanceolata, 7-8 mm. longa, glabrescens.
Camps I to III, VI b. III to VIII, 500 to 4900 ft.
Allied to Sc. novoguineensis, K. Schum., but differing in the almost glabrous leaves

with subacute base, the shorter peduncle, and the conspicuous wings to the corolla-lobes.

In one specimen, collected at Camp VI b, the leaves are more markedly acuminate than

in the rest ; it may be a variety.

CAMPANULACEyE.

(By S. Moore.)

Lobelia affinis, Wall. Cat. n. 1300. {Praiia ? torricellensis, Lauterb. in K. Schum. &
Lauterb. Elor. deutsch. Schutzgeb. Siidsee, Nachtr. 402.)
Camps VI a-c, VII to IX, XI, XII, 3100 to 11,000 ft.
Bistrib. India and S. China, Malay Archipelago.

Pratia papuana, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Planta decumbens, glabra. CauUs tenuis, foliosus, hac atque iliac radicem simphcem
vel subsimplicem procreans. Folia parvula, subsessilia, suborbicularia, 4-6 mm.
diam., basi breviter cordata, margine paucidentata, firme membranacea.
Fedunculi filiformes, folia longe excedentes, sub flore 1 cm., sub fructu 2 cm.
longi. Calycis lobi lanceolato-oblongi, obtusiusculi, 2-25 mm. longi, corolla fere
3-plo breviores. Corolla 7 mm. longa ; lobi postici lineari-oblongi, acutiusculi ;
labium anticum circa 6 mm. longum, pavillo ultra medium divisum, lobis oblongo-
ovatis acutiusculis. Stamina subinclusa; filamentorum tubus ima basi corollse
adnatus, 4 mm. longus ; antherse 1*25 mm. longee, 2 anticsE breviter aristulatee.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 89

Ovarium ovoideo-turbinatum, 2 mm. long-um, sursum ly mm. latum ; stylus
inclusus. Bacca globosa, puberula, circa 5 mm. diam.
Camps VIII to IX and XI to XIII, 4900 to 10,500 ft.

Leaves drying green ; nerves fairly Tvell seen, especially on tbe vipper side ; petioles
not more than 1 mm. long.

This much resembles the New Zealand P. angulata. Hook, f., from which, it can be
distinguished without difficulty by the subsessile leaves with cordate base.

Pratia Wollastonii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis gracilis, decumbens radicansque, glaber. Folia parvula, circa 5*5 x 4i'5 mm.,
subsessilia, late ovata, apice busiqae obtusissima, margine crenulata sparsimque
ciliata, aliter glabra, membranacea. JPeclmicuU graciles, foliis multo longiores,
usque ad 25 mm., sjepius 12 mm. long!. Cal//cls lobi lineari-lanceolati, obtusi,
margine ciliolati, 2'2-2-5 mm. longi. Coi'olla calycem plane superans, 7'5 mm.
louga; lobi postici spathulato-oblongi, obtusi; labium anticum 4-5 mm. longum,
in triente inferiore indivisum, lobis oblongis obtusis. Stamina subinclusa ; filamen-
torum tubus basi corollie adnatus, 4 mm. longus; antheraj 1*75 mm. longae, anticiB
breviter aristulatse. Ovarium anguste turbinatum, interdum vix omnino glabrum ;
stylus ex cono antlierarum breviter emergens.

Canips VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

Leaves drying greyish green, nervation obscure; petioles 1 mm. long, deeply channelled
above. Berry not seen.

This can be at once distinguished from P.jxtjniaua by means of its leaves and the long
ovary of its flowers.

VACCINIACE^.
(By H. P. Wernham.)

DiMORPHANTHERA, F. Muell. ex Wing, South Sc. Eec. ii. (Feb. 1886) in obs.

§ 1. Pteridosiphon, Wernham, sect. nov. Calycis tubus etsi breviter, tamen conspicue
Fe)it(ipterygii modo pentapterus.
Muelli'r's genus Fimorphanthera has been regarded as a section, merely, of Agapetes.
It differs from the latter, however, in habit, leaf-venation, toothing of the calyx, and
leuo-th and structure of the anthers. These differences together seem to justify amply
the maintenance of Mueller's genus. Tlie two species described below agree with
L>imorphaiithera in all the characters just named, differing only in the structure of the
calvx-tube; this resembles closely that of the allied Himalayan genus Fentapterygium.
I propose, therefore, to include them in a separate section of Dimorphaiithera, as
defined above.

DiMORPHANTHERA (§ Pteridosiphon) Macleani^folta, Wernham, sp. nov.

Flanta prseter tiores glabra. Folia coriacea, ampla, elliptica vel ovata, breviter
acuminata, basi rotundata, obliqua, 22-28 cm. X 9-13 cm., stejnus 5-plinervia;
petiolus validus, ca. 1 cm. longus. Calycis 5 mm. longi tubus subpentapterus, cum

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90 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

pedicello ca. 1 cm. longo minute pubescens ; limbus minute dentatus, subintesrer.
Corolla extus uti calyx puberula, intus glabra, tubularis; tubus ± 2-3 cm. longus;
lobi subtriangulares, + 2 mm. longi, erecti. Stamina 10, uuiseriata, sparse
puberula ; filamenta leviter in tubum 4 m.m. longum corollse basi leviter adhserentera
cobserentia; antberaj vix 9 mm. longas, insuper poris obliquis 3-4 mm. longis
deliiscentes. Ocariitm 5-loculare ; stylus filamentosus, i 2 5 cm. longus.

Camps III to VI, 2100 to 2500 ft.

Resembling J). Forhesii, F. Muell., tbis species is at once distinguisbed by tbe winged
calyx.

DiMOBPHANTHEKA (§ Ptekidosiphon) umbellata, Wernliam, sp. nov.

Pkuita, prseter flores glabra. Folia coriacea, oblougo-ovata vel oblongo-lanceolata,
acuminata, noimunquam caudata, 8-13-5 cm. X 2'5-5'5 cm., 5-plinervia; petiolus
validus, vix ad 1 cm. longus. Flores in corymbis umbellatis alaribus subsessilibus,
pedunculis ad 5 mm. longis; bractese incouspicuie vel obsoletae; j)edicelli 1-2-5 cm.
loDgi, recti, ut calyx pubescentes. Calycis G mm. longi tubus 5-pterus ; limbus
obscure minute dentatus. Corolla extus pubescens, tubulari-campauulata, ± I'S cm.
longa ; lobi brevissimi, late triangulares. Slamina 10, uniseriata ; filamenta leviter
in tubum cobaerentia ; antberse 4; 7 mm. loni^ce. Ovarium 5-loculare ; stylus
+ 5 mm. exsertus, apice decurvatus.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

The calyx is similar to tbat in the preceding species, but tbe leaves are smaller, tbe
flowers differently arranged, &c.

§ 2. Cyclosiphon, "VVernbam, sect. nov. Calycis tubus teres.

Tbis section will include all species previously described and referable to
Dimorphanthera.

Dimokphanthera Wollastonii, Wernbam, sp. nov.

Folia coriacea, glaberrima, elliptico-oblonga, breviter acuminata, obtusa, + 21 cm. X
8'3 cm., 7-plinervia; petiolus validus, ad 1*5 cm. longus. Flores in fasciciilis
paucifloris e ligno plus minus vetere orti ; pedicelli plus minus torti, striati, glabri,
ca. 1*5 cm. longi, basi bracteis ssepius 3 ovatis obtusis imbricatis 7 mm. longis
circumdati. Calycis tubus teres, breviter cyliudricus, 5 mm. longus ; dentes
latissime triangulares, breves, obtusi. Corolla tubularis, basi ventricosa, apice
brevissime et obtuse 5-lobata, tota vix 3'5 cm. longa. Filamenta 6 mm. longa, ad
m.edium 2' 5 mm. lata ; antberse 8-9 mm. longse, connective extra rimarum basin
producto bifido. Stylus filamentosus, ad 3'5 cm. longus.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Related to D. Forbesii, F. Muell. ; distinguisbed principally by the continuous
unbe veiled calyx-tube.

Vaccinium aedisioides, Wernbam, sp. nov.

Frutex ; ramuli cortice fusco induti, teretes, novelli prsesertim incano-puberuli. Folia
subcoriacea, lanceolata, acuminata, obtusa, glabra, ca. 3-5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata;

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vense secundaria? subtus prominulae, utrinque ca. 4 petiolus subglandulari-
papillosus. Flores glaberrimi, in raceraos 6-7 cm. longos glaljros laxos ca. 10-14-
floros dispositi. Pedicelli graciles, insuper curvati, ad I'o cm. longi, apice necnon
inflati; bractese paucse, inconspicua?, pedunculi prope basin insertae. Calycis tubus
ovarium amplectens, tubulari-campanulatus, ca. 3 mm. longus ; lobi 5, rotundati,
ad 2 mm. longi. Corolla late urceolata, apiculato-acuminata, 6-7 mm. longa; lobi
brevissimi, rotundati. Stylus + 5 mm. longus.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Distinct in the glabrous flowers, which are shortly and bluntly apiculate in bud, borne
on long slender pedicels in lax racemes and situated in the upper axils.

Vaccinium Bodenii, Wernham, sp. nov.

Fruticulus glaber ; rannili A^alde angulati, dense foliosi. Folia crasse coriacea, ovata
vel elliptica, apice rotundata, fere 1 cm. longa, 55 mm. lata, utrinque glabra; venae
supra celatse, subtus prominulae, paucae nee vero valde manifestae. Flores solitarii
vel bini axillares ; pedicelli ad 3 mm. longi, in calycem brevissimum latissime et
obscuriuscule dentatum desinentes. Corolla couico-urceolata, 5 mm. longa, basi
4-5 mm. lata, extus ut calyx glabra ; lobi breves, rotundati, patentes.

Camps XII to XIII, 11,000 to 12,500 ft.

Characterised by the tough, small leaves and small flowers on very short, thick
pedicels. Allied, apparently, to V. amhyandrum, 1'. Muell.

Vaccinium ccelorum, Wernham, sp. nov.

Cuiilis ramosus, subglaber. Folia coriacea, elliptica, 7-8 mm. X 4-5 mm., apicem
rotundaium versus obscure crenulata, basi rotundata. Flores solitarii vel bini, in
pedicellis 6-7 mm. longis.v.jomnind> glabri ; bractese lanceolala?, pedunculi basin
aniplectentes, linbricatEe. Calyx brevissimus, ± obscure 5-dentatus. Corolla
globoso-urceolata, insuper iu ajncixlum brevem elliptice lobatum constricta, tota
6-7 mm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata.

CMmpsXIII to XIV. 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Distinguished by the very small, tiiick, elliptic leaves and short inflated flowers.

Vaccinium culminicolum, "Wernham, sp. nov.

Stiffruticulus raraulis graciliusculis novellis hispidulo-puberulis. Folia crasse coriacea,
venis prajter centr;ileru plus minus celatis, in margine hie inde irregulariter sparse
ciliata, alitor glabra, ovata, apice basique rotundata, 9-12 mm. X 6-8'5 mm. ;
petiolus brevissimus. Flores solitarii, pedicellis sparse hispidulo-pilosis 3 mm.
longis sufFulti; bracteae inconspicuae. Calycis tubus brevis, sparse pilosus ; dentes
angulares, ciliati. Corolla globoso-urceolata, glabra, 8 mm. longa; lobi anguste
obtusi, 2-3 mm. longi.

Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Iltlated to V. cyclopense. J. J. Smith, which it resembles closely in leaf-shape ; but
the corolla-lobes of our species are relatively long and narrow, and almost spathulate.

92 . ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Vaccinium hispidttlissimum, Wernlmm, sp. nov.

Frutex caule liispidulo. Folia ovato-laneeolata, longe subacute acuminata, firme
chartacea, ca. 5 cm. longa, 1 6 cm. lata, alternatim sabdistaiitia, supra spai-sissiiue
piiosa, subtus papillosa, in costa central! marginemque versus densiuscule aliter
sparsissime patule piiosa ; petiolus brevissimus, Msiiidus ; venae nisi sub lente vix
manifestse; margo revolutus. Flores ia racemos subcorymbosos terminales ca.
5-floros '2-5-3 cm. longos hispidulos dispositi; pedicelli 8-12 miu. longi; bractese
nullte. Calyx cum ovario hispidulissimus ; lobi lanceolati, longe subacute
acuminati, 5 mm. longi vel longiores. Corolla acuminato-urceolata, extus glabra,
fere 1 cm. longa, apice constricta ; lobi brevissirai, late ovati, obtusi, deilexo-
patentes.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Distinct in tbe dense hispidulous covering of tbe brancblets, leaf-veins, petioles and
inflorescence, tbe long-acuminate leaves, and tbe narrow glabrous corolla.

Vaccinitjm piceifolium, Wernham, sp. nov.

Caulis glaber, fruticulosus. Folia densissime conferta, oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa,
glaberrima, 4; 1 cm. X 3 mm. Flores solitarii, pedicellis glabris 8-10 mm. longis
suffulti; bractere subminutse, cum bracteolis inconspicuas. Calycis glaberrimi
tubus brevis, subangulatus ; dentes 4, late deltoidei. Cot^olla glaberrima, urceolata,
breviter et obtuse 4-lobata, 5-6 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Distinguisbed by closely resembling a Picea in tlie shape and tbe arrangement of the
leaves. The absence of conspicuous bracts is a distinct feature.

Vaccinium nycteroides, Weniham, sp. nov.

Frutex glaberrimus, nisi rauiuli angulati novelli cum pedicellis sparse glanduloso-
puberuli. Folia coriacea, ovato-lanceolata, + 2'5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, obtuse
acuminata, basi rotundata, utrinque glabra ; petiolus ad 3'5 mm. longus, puberulus.
Flores in racemos breves puberulos dispositi, nutantes, in pedicellis ad 1 cm. longis
valde deflexis; bractese obsoletse. Calycis tubus obconico-hemispb serious, glanduloso-
pabescens, vix 2 mm. longus ; lobi triangulares, acuti, subglabri, ca. 1"5 mm. longi.
Corolla extus sparse puberula, anguste acuminato-urceolata, 1"1 cm. longa, insuper
in lacinias 5 ti'iangulari-lineares obtusas 2-4 mm. longas divisa. Antherarum
uterque loculus insuper poro obliquo dehiscens, dorso bi-aristatus. Stylus tenuis,
1-2 cm. longus.
Camps XE to XEI, 8300 to 11,000 ft.
According to the description and figures in ' Nova Guinea,' xii. 164, t. L., this species

appears to be nearly allied to V. profusum, J. J. Smith. This latter, however, is a

■woodland species growing at much lower altitudes, with much more profuse inflorescence;

differing, moreover, in details of leaf-shape and floral characters which may he readily

discovered on comparing the descriptions of the two species.

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\/ Vaccinium thibatjdipolium, Wernhara, sp. nov.

Frutex glaber. Folia subcoriacea, elliptica, 7 cm. X 2*5 cm. — 9'5 cm. X 4 cm.,
longiuscule acute acuminata, supra niteutia ; venae utrinque 2-3 e basi ortse, insuper
arcuatte, u.triuque prominulse. Flores in racemos axillares laxissimos glabros
7-9 cm. longos vel longiores dispositi, iu pedicellis glabris teuuibas 2 cm. longis
vel longioribus, quisque a bi-actea ssepius ovato-acuminata acuta membranacea
+ 1 cm. louga 5 mm. lata subtenta. Calyx glaber, campanulatus, deltoideo-5-lobatus,
totus 3 mm. longus. Corolla globoso-urceolata, extus subglabra, 4-5 mm. longa,
in apiculo breviter rotundo--j-lobata. Stylus crassus, sulcatus, minute pulverulentus,
8 mm. longus.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

Allied to V. philippinense, "Warbg. ; distinguished, among other features, by the longer
pedicels and the different calyx-limb.

Vaccinium timonioides, Wernbam, sp. nov.

Caulis ramosus. Ranmli gracillinii, sparse puberuli. Folia ovato-rhomboidea, con-
spicue acuminata, basi obtusa, acuta, + 3 cm. X 1 cm., pergamacea, utrinque
glabra, veuis proininulis, margine revoluto ; petiolus brevissimus, puberulus.
Flores omnino glaberriini, in racemos glabros ebracteatos ad 4 mm. longos dispositi;
pedicelli gracillimi, insuper curvati, 10-15 mm. longi vel longiores. Calycis lobi 5,
e basi latiuscula tenuissime subulati, ad 1'5 mm. longi. Corolla angusteacuminato-
urceolata, glabra, 6-7 mm. longa; limbus patente minutiusculus. Ocarium (vel
calycis tubus) globosum, glabrum, 2"3 mm. longum.
Camp VI I), 3900 ft.

Allied to F. hispidulissimum {vide supra), differing especially in the glabrousness and
the globose calyx-tube.

Vaccinium VYollastonii, Wernbam, sp. nov.

Fruticulus caule sat tenui glanduloso-puberulo infra glabrescente. Folia crassa,

lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, apicem subacutum versus leniter angustata, basi

subacuta, minute crenulata, utrinque glaberrima, vix 7 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata;

venae supra insculptae, subtus prominulae ; petiolus crassiusculus, brevissimus.

Flores solitarii ; pedicelli glaberrimi, ad 8 mm. longi; bractea^ glaberrimte, lineares,

subspathulatse, 2 mm. longae, imbricatiB. Calycis tubus infuudibularis, glaber ;

lobi late ovati, acuti, breviter acuminati. Corolla 3 mm. longa, nee multo minus

lata, extus glabra, apice vix constricta ; lobi lati, rotundati.
Camps XI to XIV, 8300 to 12,500 ft.
Characterised by the very small leaves with margins crenulate in the distal half.

EEICACE^.
(By H. F. Wernham.)

-I Gaultheria caltculata, Wernliam, sp. nov.

Frutex modicus ; ramuli novelli minute puberuli, mox glabrescentes. Folia sub-
coriacea, glabra, elliptica, basi rotundata, parum acuminata, subacuta, 1-7-2 -5 cm.

94 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

longa, serrata, subtus papilloso-punctata ; petiolus 2-3-3 mm. longus, glabratus.

Hacemi laxi, puberuli ; bracteas concavo-lanceolatiE, obtusge, dense ciliate, ad 4- 5 mm.

longse. Fedicelll 5 mm. longi, sparse pubescentes. Bracteolce late ovatse, glabrae

nisi ciliatee. Calycis lobi ovati, acuti, breviter acuminati, 2-5 mm. longi, ciliati.

Corolla extus glabrata, 4 mm. longa ; lobi brevissimi. Fructus G-7 mm. in diam.
Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft.
Recognisable by the glabrous shoots, small elliptic leaves, and calyculate flowers.

Rhododendron betusum, Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 88, t. 20.
Camps VI b, VI c, IX and X, 3900 to 6700 ft.
Bistrib. Java, Sumatra, and Philippine Islands.

Rhododendron anagalliflorum, Wernham, sp. nov.

Fruticulus ramulis sparsiuscule lepidotis gracillimis. Folia subcrassa, verticillatim
conferta, obovata, ad 6 mm. X 3 mm., supra subnitentia, subtus sparse punctata,
discoloria; veuce omnino occlusae. Flores saepius solitarii; pedicelli lepidoti, tenues,
ad 8 mm. longi. Corolla latiuscule campanulata, extus glabra, tota vix 1 cm. longa;
lobi lati, rotundati, vix 5 mm. longi.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Allied to R. Ftilleamim, Reorders, and M. mmimifolia, Wernham (vide infra), but
clearly distinct in the form of the corolla.

Rhododendron asparagoides, Wernham, sp. uov.

Frutex glaber ; ramuli novelli obtuse angulati, subsulcati. Folia verticillata, crasse
chartacea, margine vix revoluta, oblouga, breviter acuminata, subacuta, basi acuta,
10-16 cm. X 4'5-5'5 cm. ; veuse secundaria; utrinque prominulse, utriuque ca. 11-14,
nee valde conspicuoe; petiolus ca. I'O cm. longus. Flores magni, coccinei (Kloss),
in umbellam multifloram dispositi cujus receptaculum tandem ellipsoideo-mflatum
basi perulas fert deciduas imbricatas obovatas oblongas circa medium crassiusculas
marginem versus membranaceas concavas intus- glabras extus obscure asperulas ;
pedicelli minute et sparse pubescentes, 3'5 cm. longi. Corolla: campanulatse tubus
extus basin lobatam versus sparsissime lepidotus, aliter glaber, ca. oo cm. longus, in
ore fere 2 cm. latus ; lobi glabri, obovati, fere 5 cm. longi, 3 5 cm. lati. Autherce
7 mm. lougae ; filamenta 4' 7 cm. longa, basin versus cinereo-pubescentia. Ovariuni
dense breviter cinereo-pubescens, 11 cm. longum. Stylus 4'1 cm. longus, insuper
glabratus.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Related to R. Devriesianum, Koorders, but distinct in the long pedicels and cam-

panulate corolla ; also to R. Englerianum, Koorders, from which it dilfers in the shape

and venation of the leaves.

Rhododendron Bodenii, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex ramulis glabratis cortice rvigosulo striate indutis obtuse angulatis. Folia
persistentia, crasse coriacea, verticillata, obovato-elliptica, apice rotundata, basi

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rotundata vel subcordata, ad ca. 5-5 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, utrinque glaberrima,
subtus crebre punctis depressis ssepe nigris otiusta ; vena centralis supra impressa,
subtus valde prominens, venae secundariye utrinque 6-10 utrinque prominulse ;
petiolus validissimus, ad' 4 mmi. longus. Peridce deciduae, glabne, forte concavse,
ovatse, acutae, ad 1'3 cm. longte, 7 mm. latae, basi latse. Flores majusculi, in
umbellas 5-8-floras dispositi ; pedicelli I'S cm. longi, sparse lepidoti, graciles;
bracteoli setacei, glabri, vix ad 1 cm. longi. Cor.olla tubularis; tubus fere ad 55 cm.
longus, extus sparse lepidotus, intus glaber ; lobi rotundati, 1" 1 cm. X 1 cm.
Filamenta glabra.
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.
Allied to -5. Carringtonice, F. Muell., but distinct in the narrower and shorter tube of

the corolla, wliicb. is glabrous within, and the broader limb, as well as the glabrous

filaments.

Rhododendron calceolakioides, Wernham, sp. nov.

Friitex glaber. Folia verticillata, subcoriacea, anguste elliptica, utrinque subacuta,
breviter acuminata, 5"5-G-5 cm. X 2-2-7 cm., margine vix revoluto ; venae supra
impressse, centralis subtus prominens, secundarite utrinque ca. 8, prominulae ;
petiolus ad 6-7 mm. longus, supra subcanaliculatus. Fedicelli subfilamentosi, ad
4j-5 cm. longi vel longior; bracteolse setacese, 6-8 mm. longse. Corolla extus glabra,
nonnuuquam obscure lepidota ; tubus lativisculus, 7-8 mm. longus ; lobi obovati,
ad ca. 1 cm. longi, 7 mm. lati. Filamenta desuper sparse pubescentia. Ovarium
minute pubescens, 5 mm. longum. Stylus ad 9 mm. longus.
Camps VI a, IX, and X, 3100 to 6700 ft.

This species is nearly related to B. (jlahrlfilum, J. J. Smith, differing therefrom
principally in its much shorter and stouter corolla-tube. It also has affinities with
B. Vonromeri, Koorders, but the flowers are smaller and the corolla-tube is relatively
longer.

'o^

Ehododendron callichilioides, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex verisimiliter repens, glaber. Folia verticillata, coriacea, lanceolata vel ovata,
longe acuminata, acuta, basi rotundata, 9-15 cm. x 2*5-4 cm., utrinque glaberrima,
margine revoluto ; venae nisi centralis subtus j^rominens vix manifestae ; petiolus
ad 1 cui. longus, validus, supra applanatus. Flores rosei, majusculi; pedicelli
tenues, ad 3"5-4 cm. longi, glabri, laeves. Corolla subinfundibularis, extus glabra;
tubus 1'6 cm. longus, basi lobatus, in ore ad 1'5 cm. latus; lobi obovati, apice
rotundati, ad 2'5 cm. longi X 15 cm. lati. Filamenta desuper conspicue argenteo-
villosa. Ooarium argenteo-pubescens, 6'5 mm. longum, stylum subaequans.
Camps III to VI a, 2500 to 3100 ft.

Near II. Wentianum, Koorders, differing especially in the much longer corolla-
tube. Still more closely related, apparently, to the recently-described B. angulatmi,
J. J. Smith; but our species has much smaller flowers.

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Var. MINOR, Wernliam, var. nov.

PedicelU breviores. Flores minores coccinei (KIoss).
Camps VI c, VII, and VIII, from 3G00 to 5500 ft.

Rhododendron candid apiculat dm, Wernliam, sp. nov.

Fruticulus, ramulis novellis dense ferrugineo-lepidotis. Folia alternantia, crassa,
margine plana, ovata vel elliptica, 5-9 mm. X 3-5 "o mm., su'Dacuta, apice ssepe
puncto candido nitente onusta, glabra, supra nitentia, subtus striato-strigosula ;
vente nisi centralis hebetiuscula occIusjb ; petiolus manifestus. Flores subsolitarii ;
pedicelli rufo-lepidoti, ca. 1-5 cm. longi. CorollcB extus glabrae tubus subcylindricus,
1-6 cm. longus, 6-7 mm. latus ; lobi rotundati, 9 mm. X 7 mm. Ocariiim cum
stylo glabrum, 6 mm. longum.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Allied to R. Pulleanmn, Reorders, but the leaves are not punctate and the flowers are
much larger. Closely allied to J. J. Smith's R. microphyllum, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz.
2" ser. n. viii. (1912) 51 ; Nova Guinea, xii. t. 29. c, but readily distinguished by the
much more slender corolla-tube.

Ehododendron cakstensense, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex ramulis angulatis mox cortice laevi indutis. Folia coriacea, alternantia,
ssepius obovata, apice rotundata, basi acuta, 6'5-10'5 cm. X 4-5-5 cm., utrinque
glabra, subtus crebre minute punctata ; venae utrinque maniiestse, supra impressa;,
subtus centralis desuper valde promineus, secundariae utrinque 8-10 prominulte;
petiolus ad 15 cm. vel ultra longus. Ferulce deciduae obovato-lanceolatae, basin
versus oblongo-acuminatae, membranaceae, 4 cm. x 1'8 cm., sessiles, dorso circa
medium deuse molliter sericese, basin versus utrinque dense appresse pilosae, supra
minute et obscure pubescentes. Flores majusculi in capitulum 6-9-tlorum sessile
dispositi ; pedicellus ad 5 mm. longus; bracteoli tiliformiter lineares, 3-8 cm. longi,
pubescentes. Calyx minutus, obliquus, annularis. Corollce extus glahrse tubus
tubularis, insuper vix ampliatus, ad 7 mm. latus, fere ad 55 cm. longus ; lobi
obovato-rotimdati, 1*7 cm. X 1'4 cm.

Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.

Allied to R. Armitii, F. M. Bailey, differing especially in the shorter tube and relatively
narrower limb of the corolla.

Rhododendron ccelorum, Wernham, sp. nov.

Sitffrutex ramulis praeter novellos dense ruf o-lepidotos glabris mox cortice subargenteo
indutis. FoUa alternantia, dense conferta, crassa, maigine revoluta, elliptica vel
oblouga, ca. 1 cm. X 5 5 mm., glabra, supra nitentia, subtus sparsiuscule jiunctata ;
venae secundariae occlusae. Flores in umbellas 2-4-floras dispositi ; pedicelli lepidoti,
1'7 cm. longi. Corolla; extus glabrae tubus cylindricus, 2'3 cm. longus, basi 5 mm. in
ore ad 1 cm. latus ; lobi suberecti, suborbiculares, 7-8 mm. longi. Filamenta glabra.
Ovarium dense ferrugineo-lepidotum, ca. 1 cm. longum; stylus glaber, 2 cm. longus.

Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

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Near R. candldapiculatum (see p. 93) ; distinct in the punctate leaves with inroUed
margins.

Rhododendron coniferum, Wernham, sp. nov.

Fruticulus. Folia verticillata, crasse coriacea, margine vix revoluta. elliptico-oblonga,
2 cm. X 1 cm. vix excedentia, utrinque glaberrima, supra dilute viridia, subtus flavo-
brunnea ; venae secundarise omnino occlusse ; petiolus crassiusculus, ad 4-5 mm.
longus. Ferulce deciduse, inflorescentiam ante authesin occlusam cingentes, mem-
branacese, nitentes, valde concavse, ovatae, subacutae, strobilum densum ovatum
1'6 cm. X 8 mm. formantes. Flores in umbella 3-4-flora; pediceUi dense ferrugineo-
lepidoti, 1-2 cm. longi. CoroUce ocbracese extus lopidotae tubus subcylindricus,
1'2 cm. longus, basi 5 mm. in ore 8 mm. latus ; lobi rotundati ca. 5 mm. longi.
Filamenta glabra. Ovarium dense lepidotum.

Camp XIV, 12,500 ft.

Related to B. Pulleamim, Koorders, but distinct in its larger flowers with glabrous
corolla.

Rhododendron cyrtophtllum, Wernham, sp. nov.

Siiffrutex verisimiliter ; ramuli novelli, lepidoto-scabriduli. Folia verticillata, crasse
coriacea, subcarnosa, margine revoluta, elliptica, ad 2-5 cm. X 1"1 cm., apice basique
rotundata vel subtruncata, basi nonnunquam subcordata, utrinque densiuscule
lepidoto-scabridula; venae secundariae subtus quidem manifestse, utrinque ca. 6 ;
petiolus crassus, ca. 3 mm. longus. Flores rosei in umbella ca. 8-flora basi perulis
deciduis concavis la;vibus 8 mm. longis cincta ; pedicelli velut flores lepidoti, ad
1-2 cm. longi. Co/'ollcB^ tubularis tubus curvatus, insuper parum (ad 1 cm. in ore)
ampliatus, vix 2-5 cm. longus; iNbi ^rotundati, ca. 8 mm.x8 mm. Filamenta basin
versus sparsissime pubcscentia. Ovarium minute puboscens, ca. 5 mm. longum.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. r* v

Near B. spo7idylophyllum, F. MueU. ; distinguished by the leaf-shape and margin.

Rhododendron filamentosum, Wernham, sp. nov.
Frutcx glaber; ramuli, praecipue nov^elli, valde angulati, subalati, graciles. Folia
verticillata, chartacea, elliptica, utrinque angustata, apice obtusata, 85 cm. X 2*9 cm.;
vena centralis supra impressa, subtus prominula, venae secundarise utrinque 8-11,
supra prominulae, subtus vix manifestae ; petiolus 8 mm. longus, glaber. Flores in
capitulo 8-12-floro sessili subsessiles ; bracteolae filamentosse, fere 3 cm. longae,
subglabrge. Corollcs extus glabrae tubus rectus, angustus, insuper vix ampliatus,
4 mm. latitudine nee excedens, 4 cm. longus; lobi elliptici, I'G cm. X 8*5 mm.,
apice rotundati. Ovarium sericeo-pubescens, 1 cm. longum ; stylus insuper glaber,
I'S cm. longus.
Camp VI 6, 3900 ft.

Related to B. arfakianum, Becc. ; differs particularly in the almost sessile flowers
with straight corolla-tube.

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Rhododendron hameliiflouum, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutlcidus ramulis uovellis dense lepidotis. Folia alternautia vel subverticillata,
crasse coriacea, obovato-orbicularia, vix 1 cm. X 8 mm. excedentia, supra nitentia,
costa central! valde impressa, subtus discoloria, ssepe punctata ; apice ssepius
emarginata; petiolus glaber, distinctus, ad 2-5 mm. longus. Flores subsolitarii ;
pedicelli graciles, ca. 1"5 mm. longi, dense lepidoti. Calyx rectus. Corollce extus
basin versus + obsolete lepidotoe tubus cylindricus, l"4:-l-7 cm. longus, ca. 5 mm.
latus; lobi rotundati, vix 5 mm. lungi.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Allied to R. Giulianettii, Lauterb., but our species has smaller leaves and shorter
corolla -tube.

Uhododendeon minimieolitjm, Wernham, sp. nov.

Fruticnlus ramulis dense ferrugineo-lepidotis. Folia verticillatim congests, crassa,
elliptica, margine plana nee revoluta, ad 6 mm. X 4 mm., supra nitentia, subtus
rugosulo-striata, lepidoto-punctata, discoloria ; venae omuino occlusse. Flores rosei,
saepius solitarii; pedicelli dense lepidoti, 8 mm. longi. Corollce tubus late cylin-
dricus, 7-8 mm. longus, 4-5 mm. latus, extus lepidotus ; lobi suborbiculares,
4-5 mm. x 3'3 mm., glabri.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Allied to It. Pulleanmn, Koorders, but distinguished by the shorter, broader corolla-
tube and relatively longer corolla-lobes.

Rhododendron ntjbicola, "Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex. Folia crasse coriacea, verticillata, elliptica, utrinque breviter acuminata,
margine revoluta, 4-5-8 cm. X l"8-3"2 cm., apice obtusissima, utrinque glaberrima,
supra nitentia, subtus valde flavo-discoloria, ssepe punctata ; venae secundariae supra
subimpresste, subtus pi-ominulae, utrinque ca. 6, nonnuuquam occlusae; petiolus
1 cm. longus, glaber. Flores pauci (2-4) in umbella; pedicelli graciles, ca. 1 cm.
longi, sparsissime pubescentes, obscure lepidoti. Corollce extus glabrae tubus
2-2*5 cm. longus, basi ad 5-6 mm. latus, insuper in ore vix ad I cm. ampliatus ;
lobi ovales, rotundati, ca. l'4cm. longi. Fllamenta glabra, 2'8 cm. longa. Ovarium
pubescens, 6 mm. longum ; stylus 1"8 cm. longus, insuper glaber.

Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft.

Distinguished from R. culmimcolum, F. MuelL, its nearest ally, by the different
relative lengths of the corolla-tube and lobes.

Rhododendron oreadum, "Wernham, sp. nov.

' Frutex glaber ; ramuli compressi, striati. Folia verticillata, subcoriacea, elliiitica vel
oblonga, 10-14 cm. X 4"5-5 cm., utrinque angustata, subacuta ; venae secundariae
supra impressae, subtus prominulse, utrinque 9-12 ; petiolus ca. 1 cm. longus,
rugosulus. Flores capitati, subsessiles. Corollce glabrae tubus 4-5 cm. longus,

COLLECTED IX DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 99

subcylindricus, insuper vix ampliatiis, in ore ca. 8 mm. latus; lobi late elliptici,

1-8 cm. X 1'3 cm. Filmnenta clesuper sparsiuscule minute argenteo-pubesceutia.

Ovarium dense subappresse flavo-pubesceus, ca. 1 cm. longam. Stylus insuper

glabrescens, ca. 4 cm. longus.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.

Comparable with B. Rellicigii, Warb., from wMcli it differs in the shape of the leaves
and flowers.

Rhobodendron ultimum, Wernham, sp. nov.

Fruticuhis. Folia conferta, alteruantia, coriacea, margine revoluta, late elliptica vel
suborbicularia, ad 2'7 cm. X 19 cm., apice rotundata, basi in petiolum brevissimum
angustata, utrinque glabra, subtus saepe crebre lepidoto-punctata. Flores rosei,
ca. 2-3 in pedicellis 1'2-1"4 cm. longis lepidotis. Calyx valde obliquus. Coi'ollce
extus glabi'se tubus 2*5 cm. longus, basi ca. 6 mm., in ore ad ca. 1'4 cm. latus ; lobi
rotundati, 1"6 cm. X 1'75 cm. Ovarium glabrum.

Camps XIII, XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

lielated to R. comjjtiim, C. H. "Wright, but differing in the size and shape of the
corolla.

Rhododendron Wollastonii, Wernham, sp. nov,

Fnitex glaber ; ramuli graciles, complanati. Folia pseud-opposita, chartacea, ovalia,
ad ca. 10 cm. x 4-5 cm., acuminata, subacuta, margine stepius plana nee revoluta,
utrinque glabra ; venae utrinque prominuliB, nisi centralis supra impressa ; petiolus
vix 1 cm. longus. Flores rosei, minusculi; pedicelli sparse rufo-lepidoti, ca. 25 cm,
longi, valde compressi, Corollce campanulatae extus glabra tubus 1*4 cm. longus,
in ore ca. 1 cm. latus ; lobi obovati, apice rotundati, inaequales, maximi 2'2 cm. x
13 cm., minores 1'7 cm. X 1 cm.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Apparently related to R. Kansemanni, Warb., differing in the shape and venation of
the leaves, &c.

MlscHOPLEURA, Wernham, Ericacearum e tribu Rhodorearum novum genus.

Calyx 5-partitus ; segmenta lanceolata. Petala soluta, oblonga, obtusa, truncata vel
retusa. StaminalO; filamenta longiuscula, plus minus flexuosa; antherse filamentis
breviores, dorso muticse, apice bilobs, pubescentes, poris apicalibus dehiscentes.
Discus crassus, carnose 5-lobus. Ovarium subglobosum, subsulcatum, biloculare ;
stylus brevis, validus, subconicus, persistens; stigma truncatum ; ovula in loculo
utroque 2 pendula. Bacca globosa, stylo persistente coronata. — Eruticuli A^accini-
oidei vel epacrideoidei. Folia Integra, crassa, subtus discoloria, reticulatione notabili,
costa centrali pervalida in petiolum crassum brevem decurrente. Flores (niargo
ssepius revolutus) inter minimos in cymas umbellatas 2-3-floras in axillis superioribus
disposlti ; pedicelli ssepe tenuissimi, flexuosi.

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100 ME. H. N. EIDLEY 0?^ PLANTS

A remarkaMe genus, distinguished especially by the bicarpellary ovary uith two
pendulous ovules in each loculus. The baccate fruit jioints to afEnity with Arbutese,
the polypetalous corolla and habit to Rhodorese. It should, I think, be regarded as an
anomalous member of the latter tribe with the Guianan Ledothamnus, perhaps, as its
nearest ally.

The collection includes the following species : —

MiscHOPLEURA OVALIFOLIA, Wernham, sp. nov.

Hamuli novelli minute rufo-puberuli mox lignosi. Folia 3-verticillatim conferta,
elliptica vel ovalia, 1-1'4 cm. X 5-8 mm., utrinque rotundata, apice minute obtuse
apiculata, supra nitentia, subtus cano-pulverulenta necnon sparsim sericeo-pilosa,
utrinque reticulatione prominula. JPeduuciili graciles, sjiarse minute pilosi, + 8 mm.
longi; pedicelli + 1 cm., indumento simili induti, ssepius nutantes. Calyx extus
sparse strigillosus, 2"5 mm. longus, fere ad basin in lacinias 5 lanceolatas intus apicem
versus barbatas divisus. JPetala oblonga, obtusa, subtruncata, glabra, calycem vix
excedentia. Bacca +5 mm. in diam.
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

MiscHOPLEURA EiDLEYANA, Wernham, sp. nov.
Hamuli novelli graciles, obscure rufo-sericeo-puberuli, mox lignosi. Folia ssepius
subverticillata, lineari-lanceolata, + 1*5 cm. X 3 mm., acuminatissima, apice acuto
barbata, supra glabra, nitentia, margine necnon in costa centrali subtus irregulariter
sparse sericeo-pilosa, subtusque discoloria, cano-pulverulenta. Flores 2-3-ni;
pedunculi 2-4 mm., recti ; pedicelli sublilamentosi, flexuosi, + 6 mm. longi,
subglabri. Calyx extus basi sparse hirtus ; lobi lanceolati, extus glabri, intus
apicem versus barbati, vix 2 mm. longi. Fetala elliptica, truncata, calycem non
excedentia, glabra.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Distinguished at once from the previous species by the leaf-shape. Mr. Ridley called
my attention to this second species.

EPACRIDE.E.
(By H. F. Wernham.)

Styphelia obttjsifolia, J. J. Smith, in Lorentz, Nov. Guin. viii. 798.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Styphelia carstensensis, Wernham, sp. nov.

Fruticulus ramosus ; ramuli novelli sparsiuscule minute pubescentes. Folia oblongo-
lanceolata, subacuta, + 6 mm. longa, + 2-5 mm. lata, subacuta, plurivenia, utrinque
glabra. Infiorescentice^SbViCifiOYve:) bracteolse 2, subconnatae. Sejjala o\a.i&, 6ht\x?,B.,
2-7 mm. louga, ciliolata. Corolla + 4'5 mm. longa, extus glabra, intus basin versus
loborum lanceolatorum dense barbata, aliter glabra ; tubus quam lobi brevior.
AntliercB brevissimse. Ovarium multiloculare ; discus inconspicuus.

COLLECTED IjST DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 101

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Allied to S. Vannouhmjsii, J. J. Smith ; distinguished by the closer leaf -venation and
relative length of the corolla-lobes and their indumentum.

Sttphelia ctjlminis, Wernham, sp. nov.
F/'uticulus dense foliosus ; ramuli prseter novellos hie inde irregulariter ac minute
puberulos glabri. Folia ovata, 5 mm. X 3"5 mm., basi rotuudata, apice subacuta,
utriuqiie glabra, supra nitentia venis celatis, subtus venis ssepius 5 prominulis.
Flores in fasciculis lateralibus ca. 6-12-floris sessilibus sessiles ; bracteolse 2-3
imbricatse. Sepala ovata, obtusa, parallele venosa, 23 mm. longa. Corolla
cylindrico-campanulata, estus glabra, intus ad loborum basin barbata, aliter glabra,
62 mm. longa, 3-3 mm. diam. ; lobi breves, lanceolati, obtusi, 1*5 mm. longi.
AnthercB parvge. Ovarium multiloeulare.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Distinguished from S. Vannonhuysii, J. J. Smith, its nearest ally, by the differently
shaped leaves and longer flowers.

Styphelia ncbicola, "Wernham, sp. nov.

Fruticulus ramosus ; ramuli, praescrtim novelH, dense breviter pubescentes. Folia
coriacea, elliptico-lanceolata, acutissima, + 8'5 mm. X 3 mm., manifesto etsi breviter
petiolata, utrinque brevissime vel obscure ciliolata, glabra, subtus plus minus
diseoloria; venge obscu.rse, numerosse. Inflorescentice pauciflorae; bractese et
brncteolae ovato-rotundatse uti sepala conspicue parallele venosse prsesertim in
alabastris. Flores + 5'7 mm. longi. Corollas extus glabrae tubus 3'2 mm. longusj
lobi lanceolati, 2 mm. longi, intus loborum basin versus dense barbatse. Antherce
brevissimae. Ovarium globosum cum stylo truncato 23 mm. longum, a disci lobis
ad dimidium amplexum, multiloeulare.

Camps XI to XIV, 8300 to 12,500 ft.

Near S. carstensensis, Wernham {vide supra), but distinguished by the conspicuoiisly-
veined bracts, the relatively shorter corolla-lobes, and the rather larger leaves.

Sttphelia Vandewateri, Wernham, sp. nov.

Fruticulus ramosus; ramuli noveUi minute puberuli. Folia rigide coriacea, primo
adscendentia, demum patentia, oblongo-lanceolata, apice subacuta, 7-10 mm. longa,
rt 2 mm. lata, plurinervia, supra minute striata, subnitida, subtus lineatim minu-
tissime cano-pulverulenta, apicem versus minute ciliolata, demum convexissima,
pilis paucis hie inde conspersa; petiolus brevissimus, sine lente vix manifestus.
Inflorescentice + terminales nutantes; bractese rotundatae, concavae. i^Zor^s sessiles,
vix 3 mm. longi. Sepala ovata, rotundata, ciliolata. Corolla extus glabra, intus
plus minus uniformiter cano-hirsLita; tubus lobos lanceolatos subacutos excedens.
F?nictus 4-locularis, 2"7 mm. in diametro.
Camps XII to XIV, 11,000 to 12,500 ft.

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Allied to S. ohlusifoUa, J. J. Smith, but the leaves are longer, the venation is different,
and the corolla almost uniformly hairy within.

PRIMULACE.E.

(By S. MooEE.)

Lysimachia japonica, Thunh. Fl. Jap. 83.
^ Var. PAPTJANA, S. Moore, var. nov. Caulis (ut folia calycesque) densiuscule pubescens.
Folia suborbicularia, summum 10x9 mm., plerumque circa 8x7 mm. Fedunculi
2-5 mm. longi.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrih. (of type). East Asia to Australia.
This seems inseparable from the type except for the pubescence.

MYRSINACE^.

(By S. Moore.)
\ Maesa Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Ramuli subteretes, superne foliosi, glabri. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, apicem versus
attenuata, apice obtusa, basi in petiolum brevem sensim extenuata, margine
imdulata, pergamacea, utrinsecus glabra, 13-16 X 3'5-4-5 cm. Racemi + 4 cm. longi,
in foliorum delapsorum axillis plerumque bini, petiolos circiter 4-plo excedentes,
graciles, sat laxe florigeri, glabri. FecUcelU graciles, 2" mm. longi, floribus plane
longiores ; bractese bracteolseque parvulfe. Calycis segmenta tubo longiora, late
ovata, obtusa, nigro-lineata, 1'2 mm. longa. Corolla 5-mera, calycem superans,
fere 2 mm. longa, vix medium usque lobata, lobis ovatis obtusis reflexis lineis
paucis f uscis percursis, 0'75 mm. longis. Stamina quam corollas tubus breviora ;
antherse filamentis circiter aequilongae, 0*3 mm. longse. Ovarium semisuperum,
superne 5-lobulatum, quam stigma crassum longius, 1"75 mm. longum.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Apparently a shrub with lanky branches, themselves giving off subdistant leafing
branchlets. Leaves greyish when dry above, brownish below ; lateral nerves about ten
on each side of the midrib, and, like the latter, more conspicuous on the underside ;
l^etioles stout, about 1 cm. long. Bracts subulate, about 1 mm. long, rather longer than
%i the lanceolate bracteoles.

Fruit not seen.
Near M. ramentacea. Wall., differing in shape of leaf and inflorescence.

Maesa ruficaulis, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Flanta vei'isimiliter dioica. Hamuli bene foliati, aliquantulum anfracti, rufo-hirsuti.
Folia breviter petiolata, oblongo-ovata, sat longe acuminata, apice acuta, basi
rotundata leviterve cordata, margine denticulata vol breviter dentata, pergamacea,
utrinque costis plus minus rufo-pilosia prsesertim paginte inferioris exemptis glabra.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 103

usque ad lGx6 cm., ssepe circa 14x4'5 cm. Mores longipeclicellati, in paniculas
(reductione forsau racemos) axillares plus ^ainus laxas maxime anfractuosas crebro
bracteatas rufo-liirsuias 4o-7 cm. lougas dispositi. Bractece lineares, i*ufo-hii"suti£,
saepissime 2-3 mm. longse. Calyx 2 mm. longus; segiuenta lanceolata vel ovata,
acuta, dorso rufo-hirsuta. Coi^olla campanulato-urceolata, 5-mera, usque ad medium
divisa, fere 3 mm. diam. ; lobi late rotundati, nigro-lineati, margine fere integri vel
leviter erosuli, tandem patentes. Stamina ex corolla liaud emergentia ; fllamenta
brevissima ; antherse ovoideo-oblongge, obtusissimae, 1 mm. longse, florum femineorum
iraminutye filamentisque longioribus insidentes. Ooarium vix 2 mm. longum,
semisuperum, floris masculi fere omnino superum ; pars superior ovoidea, in stylum
sequilongum desinens,
Camp I, 500 ft.

Leaves drying greyish green, slightly paler below ; lateral nerves in 8-9 pairs, not
very conspicuous ; petioles 1-2 cm. long or rather longer, rufous-hirsute. Fedicels of
? iiovrers up to 12 mm. in length, average about 8 mm. ; of d flowers up to 8 mm., but
usually shorter.

The affinity of this is with 31. rubig'mosa, Bl., which, with a somewhat different indu-
mentum, has smaller leaves with slightly crenate margins, inflorescences shorter than
the petioles, flowers on pedicels only 3-4 mm. long, and stamens reaching clear of the
corolla-tube. M. rufo-villosa, Mez, from New Guinea, is different in several points, e. y.
in the leaves and flowers, which are borne on pedicels 1 mm. in length.

The male plant has somewhat larger and longer stalked leaves than the female, with
deeper toothing of the margiijs, more frequently branched inflorescences, shorter pedicels,
large anthers, and scarcely any ovarial thickening under the calyx.

Maesa cotinoides, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Bamuli graciles, bene foliati, glabri. Folia pro rata parva, 5*5-7"5x27-3"5 era.,
brevipetiolata, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, breviter cuspidato-attenuata, apice ipso
obtusa, basi obtusa, tenuiter coriacea, pagina utrinque glabra. Flares parvi, in
paniculam terminalem pyramidalem patule ramosam permultifloram puberulam
digesti. Bractece ovatse, acutse, nigro-punctatee, circa 1 mm. longae ; pcdicelli
subnulli. Calycis segmenta 0-75 mm. longa, ovata, obtusa, margine ciliolata,
sparsissime punctulata. Corolla 5-mera, pauUo ultra medium gamopetala, 1 mm.
longa; segmenta obovata, obtusissima, calyce paullo longiora, maculis parvis per-
paucis inspersa. Antherce subsessiles, ovoideo-oblongEe, ex corolla baud eminentes,
O'o mm. longge. Ovarium (ut stylus) subevanidum.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Leaves drying brownish, paler below ; midrib flat or somewhat impressed above, very
prominent below (togetlier with the lateral nerves and the moderately close reticulum) ;
petiole usually about 8 mm. long, broadly channelled above, glabrous. Panicle with
very patent side branches, of which the lower reach 4 or 5 cm. in length ; the whole
inflorescence sometimes 10 cm. long, but often shorter, the pedicel (varying in length)
at most 2 cm. long. Flowers rather more than 1 mm. in diameter.

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Near M. macrothyrsa, Miq., and its allies, but distinguished from them at first sight
by its leaves. In foliage it is much like M. imchijphylla, Merr., from the Pliiiippines.

The species would appear to be dicccious, or at least polygamous, all the flowers (none
quite expanded) examined having been males.

Ardisia (§TiNns) denhamioides, S. Moore, sp. nov.
Flanta glabra. Mamuli sat graciles, superne foliati. Folia oblanceolata vel oblan-
ceolato-oblonga, apicem versus sensim attenuata, apice obtusa, raro obtusissima,
basin versus in petiolum brevem latumque gradatim augustata, tenuiter coriacea,
non nisi obscure punctata, pleruraque 6-9xl"8-3 cm. Racemi foliis breviores,
axillares, gracillimi, perpauciflori, 3-5 cm. longi ; pedicelli tenues, 7-8 mm. longi,
flores parvos 3'5 mm. diam. longe excedentes. Calyx 1-25 mm. longus, usque
•| divisus; segmenta rotundata, imbricata (dextrorsum obtegentia), fere omnino
integra, nigro-punctata. Corolla alte partita, 3-5 mm. longa; lobi oblongo-obovati,
obtusissimi, punctis nigris sequaliter inspersi, 2-2"75 mm. lati. Anlherts subses-
siles, 2 mm. longoe, apice mucronulatae. Ocarium ovoideum, stylo breviore termi-
natum, sub flore circiter 1'5 mm. longum.
Camp I, 400 ft. '

Apparently a shrub or shrublet. Branches 2-3 mm. in diameter ; ultimate branchlets
1 mm. or less, the former bearing in their lower portion the prominent scars left by
fallen leaves. Leaves with about 12 lateral nerves on each side of the midrib and
several intervening nervules which are almost as conspicuous, all as well as the midrib
fairly prominent on both faces ; on both sides opaque glandular dots are visible in
transmitted light, evenly scattered over the surface.

Apparently near A. pendula^ Mez, and its allies, but easily distinguished by the
foliage and small flowers. The foliage greatly resembles that of the Australian
Denhaniia obscura, Meisn.

Ardisia (i^Tinus) myrciotdes, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Mamuli foliati, glabri. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, rarius ovato-oblonga, obtusa, in
petiolum brevem alatum cuneatim attenuata, margine obscure undulata, tenuiter
coriacea, utrinque satis crebro nigropu aetata, glabra, pleraque 8-10 cm. longa
(interdum circa 6 cm.), 2-3 cm. lata. Bacemi foliis subsequilongi, gracillimi,
laxissime pauciflori; pedicelli flores longe excedentes, 7-10 mm. longi. Calyx
breviter gamosepalus, 1-5 mm. longus; segmenta suborbicularia, lxl'35 mm.,
dextrorsum obtegentia, margine serrulato-ciliata, optime punctata. Corolla 4-5 mm.
longa, ultra medium 5-lobata; lobi ovato-oblongi, obtusissimi, crebro punctati,
2-2-5 mm. lati. Antherce subsessiles, 2-5 mm, longae, corolla breviores, apice
mucronulatse. Ovarium late ovoideum, stylum duplo excedens, 1-5 mm. longum.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Leaves brown above when dry, pale green below ; dots fairly evenly distributed over
both surfaces ; petioles flat above, rounded on the back, glabrous, less than 1 cm. in

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length. Kacemes with the brandies patent and themselves sometimes branching so as,
strictly speaking, to constitute a j^anicle. Flowers about 5 mm. in diameter.
Closely allied to the last describedj but at once known from it by the foliage.

Tapeinosperma paptjanum, S. Moore, sp. nov.

JRamuli compressiusculi, superne foliati, nainute ferruginei, citissime glabri. Folia
usque 17 X 4 cm., saepius 12-14 x 3"5 cm., oblongo-lanceolata, apicem versus attenuata,
apice late obtusa, basi in petiolum brevem coarctata obtusa, margine obscure
undulata, tenuiter coriacea, pluricostata, costis fere transversalibus, supra glabra,
subtus minutissime furfuracea. FaniculcB terminales, quam folia breviores, pauci-
ramosse, ramis ascendentibus ramulos breves apice floriferos procreantibus, minute
ferruginese, summum 10 cm. longae. Pedicelli 1-4 mm. longi. Calyx 1 mm. longus,
alte partitus ; segmenta ovata, obtuse acuta, margine Integra, praesertim apicem
versus paucipunctata, sa^pe paullo destrorsum obtegentia. Corolla breviter
gamopetala, vis 3 mm. longa ; lobi ovati vel late ovato-oblongi, obtusi, integri,
sub apice obscure punctati, 1"5 mm. lati. Antherce basi sagittulatse, apice acutse,
corollse lobos vix adsequantes, 1-5 mm. longae ; filamenta antheris duplo breviora.
Ovarium subglobosum, 1 mm. longum, quam stylus crassus superne gradatim
attenuatus plane brevius. Ooula 8, a^quatoria.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Leaves drying greenish or brownish ; lateral nerves 20 and even more pairs, inserted
upon the midrib at or nearly at a right angle, and, like the midrib, more prominent
below ; petioles stout, broadly channelled, glabrous, 5-10 mm. long. Branches of the
panicles not more than 5 in the specimens collected, l"5-3 cm. long, the ultimate
flowering branchlets 3-6 mm. in length. Bracts subulate, almost 1 mm. long.

According to Mez's clavis (Pflanzenreich, Myrsin. p. 102) this runs down to the
neighbourhood of T. scrobiculatum, Mez, and T. wagaijense, Mez, from both of which it
differs in many features.

The genus as hitherto known consists of upwards of 30 species, of which two are
Australian and the rest natives of New Caledonia and the Tiji Islands.

Labisia pumila, Benth. & Hook, f., Gen. PI. ii. 645. Var. alata, Scheff. Myrs. Arch.
Ind. 93.
Canoe Camp, 500 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago.

Embelia (§ Euembelia) gracilenta, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Hamuli sat tenues, sursuin paucifoliosi, glabri. Folia petiolata, ovato-oblonga vel
oblongo-obovata, breviter cuspidata, apice ipso obtusa, basi cuneata, cliartacea,
utrinque glabra et punctulis subobscuris creberrimis inspersa, plerumque 8-10
X 4-5-5 cm., raro usque ad 13 cm. longa. lujiorescentice caulem vel ramulos
nonnunquam perbreves termiuantes, e racemis panels (circa 5-7) subumbellatis
ascendentibus patentibusve gracillimis microscopice papillosis constantes, 4-5 cm.

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106 MR. H. N. EIDLET OX PLANTS

longjB. BractecB parvulfe, 1 mm. longge ; pedicelli gracillimi, 2*5-3 mm. longi.
Cali/x 0*5 mm. longus, usque ad i divisus ; segmenta oblata, obtusa vel acuta,
margine microscopice creuulata, sequaliter nigro-puuctata. Fetala 4, ovato-
oblonga, obtusissima, puuctis paucis obsita, glabra, 2-5 mm. longa. Stamina ad
1 mm. sujira basin petalis iaserta; filamenta antberis oblongo-ovoideis plus quam
duplo loBgiora, lib mm. longa. Ovarium flovis mascu.li solummodo cogniti
minutiim.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Leaves drying brownish green, slightly paler below; lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, more
prominent below ; petioles 5-10 mm. long. Peduncle sbort (sometimes barely present)
with a few small subulate scales.

This very distinct species should find a place in tbe genus near U. ejfusa, Mez, bvit in
foliage and inflorescence it is very unlike that and allied species.

Embelia (§EirEMBELiA) PAPUANA, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Hamuli validi, circa 6 mm. diam., sub apice foliati, glabri. Folia approximata, sub-
sessilia, oblongo-obovata, prope apicem cuspidato-attenuata, apice obtusa, basin
versus gradatim attenuata, basi late obtusa, pergamacea, supra glabra, subtus
sjoarsim ferrugineo-furfuraceo-papillosa, 15-18 X 5-6 cm. Flores in paniculam
terminalem brevem angustam deusifloram punctis glandulosis immersis onustam
3 cm. longam 2" 5 cm. latam dispositi. BractecB jDarvulae, 1 mm. longse, subulatae,
pedicellis flores subsequantibus breviores. Calyx 1 mm. longus; segmenta cu'ca
ad ^ coalita, ovata, obtusissima, margine microscopice crenulata, punctis glandu-
losis dorso eminentibus prsedita. Fetala 4, imbricata, obovato-oblonga, obtusissima,
sparsissime punctata, glabra, 2-25 mm. longa. Stamina prope basin petalis inserta
iisque breviora ; filamenta 1 mm. longa, quam antherse quadratse duplo lougiora.
Ocarium floris masculi subevanidum, floris foeminei ignotum.
Camp YI b, 3900 ft.

Leaves drying grey-green above and brow^n below ; lateral nerves about 15 pairs,
scarcely visible on tbe upper, inconspicuous on the lower surface ; midrib broad, pro-
minent below; petioles very broad aud thick, about 5 mm. long. Fanicle together
with the flowers light brown in colour ; branches stoutish, ascending ; branchlets
ascending or patent. The position of this is near FJ.fulva, Mez, from which it differs
in too many features to reader details necessary.

The genus, which extends from West Africa to the Sandwich Islands, includmg in its
range South and Central China, is well represented in the Malay Archipelago, aud has
one Australian representative ; hence its presence iu New Guinea is only what would
have been expected.

Rapanea Meziana, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Flanta dioica. Hamuli sat robusti, superne foliosi, foliorum delapsorum cicatricibus
crebro ouusti, glabri. Folia petiolis manifestis fulta, symmetrica, oblougo-oblan-
ceolata lanceolatavCj obtusa, basin versus augustata, margine Integra, pluricostata,

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costis subtilibus mediocriter aspectabilibus, tenuiter coriacea, obscure punctata,
iitrolnque glabra, ssepius 5-7 X l'5-2 cm. Flores 4-ineri, in racemos brevissimos
densifloros usque ad 8 X 10 mm. longos dispositi, breves, squamulis pavvis oblatis
ciliolatis punctatis dense imbricatis circa 1 mm. longis omisti; pedicelli graciles,
flores plane excedentes, plerique 2-3 mm. longi. Calyx vis usque ad \ gamo-
sepalus, 08 mm. longus ; lobi rotundati, margine leviter crenulati, sparsissime
punctati, Corolla calycem facile sujaerans, 275 mm. longa, breviter garaopetala;
lobi spatliulato-oblongi, obtusissimi, margine eleganter crenulati, sparsissime
punctati, 2 mm. longi. Stamina petalis breviora ; antbei'se sessiles, ovoideae, obtusae,
lo mm. longae. Ovarium floris masculi minutum, floris foeminei baud visum.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

Leaves grey-green wlien dry, paler below ; petioles 5-8 mm. long, stoutish, cbannelled
above. Inflorescence globular, usually about 20-30-flowered.

Near B. densiflora, Mez, whicb, with different foliage, has 6-12-flowered inflores-
cences, calyx-lobes with thick dark lines, and stamens much shorter than the petals.

The plant is named as a tribute to the valuable Avork of Dr. Carl Mez, who monographed
the Myrsinacete for 'Das Pflanzenreich.'

Between Camps XII and XIII (10,333-10,888 ft.) a second Hapanea was collected,
very close to H-fapuana, Mez, but differing from it chiefly in the somewhat larger ovate
(not obovate) leaves. As is the case with the type of R. paimana (at Kew), Mr. Kloss's
specimens are in fruit. On this account and because the specimens under notice may
perhaps eventually be referred to R. papiiana, when more is known of that species, it
has been thought better to leave them unnamed.

SYMPLOCACE^.
(By S. Moore.)

Symplocos (§ Bobtja) pusillifloua, S. Moore, sp, nov.

Frutex verisimiliter, ramis sat validis foliosis cito glabris. Folia majuscula, petiolata,
ovato-oblonga, subito breviterque cuspidato-attenuata, apice ipso obtusa, basi
obtusa, Integra, coriacea, supra glabra, subtus in nervis microscopice puberula nisi
omnino glabra, summum 18x7 cm. plerumque +12x5 cm. Flores parvuli,
brevissime pedicellati, in paniculas axillares quam folia breviores saepius 2"5-4 cm.
longas fere a basi ramosas puberulas digesti. Pedicelli 0*25 mm. longi. Rractece
ovatse, obtusse, margine ciliatse, 1'5 mm. longae; bracteolae bracteis similes nisi
minores. Calycis lobi petalis certe breviores, suborbiculares, margine ciliati, 1mm.
longi. Fetala basi connata, ovata, obtusissima, 2 mm. longa. Stamina lo, jienta-
delphia, petalis eirciter eequilonga; filamenta glabra, Ion giora circa 2 mm. longa,
breviora 1"25 mm. longa. Antherce 0*2 mm. longae. Ovariitni subhemisphEericum,
3-loculare, glabrum, circa 1 mm. longum. Stylus breviter bifidus, glaber, 0'3 mm.
longus.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Leaves yellow-green, lateral nerves 8-10 on each side of the midrib, flat or sliglitly

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108 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

impressed above, prominent below ; petioles stout, broadly channelled above, finely
puberulous on the back, 1-2 cm. long. Petals apparently yellow.

To be inserted in the genus near S. Stawelii, F. Muell. The large leaves taken
together with the very small flowers afford an easy means of distinguishing the species.

Symplocos (§ Bobua) Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Sitffrutex circiter spithameus, omnimodo glaber. Ccmlis erectus, simplex vel rari-
ramosus, inferne nudus et cicatricibus crebris foliorum mortuorum prseditus, superne
foliis laxe imbricatis. Folia, parvula, +10x7 mm., subsessilia, oblongo-obovata,
obtusa, basi angustata, margine apicem versus paucidenticulata, alibi Integra,
coriacea, nervis paucis in pagina sujoeriore impressis in pagina inferiore eminen-
tibus. Flares in axillis solitarii, pedicellis circa 0'5 mm. lougis fulti. Bractece
ut bracteolse ambitu ovato-oblongse, obtusse, cymbiformes, ovarium amplectentes,
2 mm. longae. Calycis lobi suborbiculares, subtilissime serrulati, 2 mm. longi.
JPetala calycis lobos paullulum excedentia, basi breviter connata, ovata vel oblongo-
obovata, obtusissima, 3 mm. longa. Stamina circa 16, obscure pentadelphia,
petalis baud longiora; filamenta basi connata, glabra, longiora 2 mm., breviora
1 mm. longa. Antherce ovoidese, 0'75 mm. longte. Ocai'ium aliquanto compressum,
3-loculare, lxl'5 mm.; stylus 1 mm. longus.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Leaves drying yellow-green, as usual with the genus ; lateral nerves 2 or sometimes

3 on each side of the midrib. Petals yellow, longitudinally nerved. Filaments fleshy,

especially towards the base.

Leaves almost exactly like those of S. Englishii, Hemsl., but flowers different in

several respects, especially the corolla.

APOCYNACE.E.
(By H. F. Wernham.)

w WiLLUGHBEiA Novo-GUINEENSIS, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex glaber. Folia elliptico-oblonga, subcoriacea, 6-8 cm. X 2'5-3'5 cm., supra
nitentia, breviter acuminata, acuta, brevissime petiolata; venae secuudariae
numerosoe, approximatse, rectse, angulo 75°-80° e costa centrali emergentes.
Flares in cymulas trichotomas ssepius 3-floras alares dispositi; pedunculi ad
6-8 mm. longi, glabri, pedicellos nee semper sequantes. Calyx vix 2 mm. longus,
rh ad medium in lobos oblongo-rotundatos divisus. Corollas tubus extus glaber,
subcylindricus, 6 mm. longus, ore constrictus ; limbus tortus, diametro 1-5 mm.

Camps VIII to IX, 4989 to 5875 ft.

Characterised especially by the very slender, almost filamentous branches of the
few-flowered inflorescence.

Alyxia Hidleyana, Wernham, sp. nov.

Jiamuli teretes, striati, novelli minute pulvcrulento-puberuli. Folia coriacea, 3-4-natim
verticillata, elliptica, glabra, brevissime obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata, brevissime

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 109

petiolata, 6-9 cm. x 3-5-6 cm. Flores albi, in cymas paniculatas laxas amplas
polychotomas dispositi, axillares ; pedunculi ad 7 cm. longi vel lougiores, cum
inflorescentiee ramulis minute puberuli et laigosuli ; pedicelli + 2'5 mm. longi,
alato-costati, cum calyce campanulato minute puberuli. Calyx 2 mm. longus,
infra medium in lolios 5 lanceolatos subacutos divisus. Corollce extus subglabras
tubus prope medium ampliatus, + 25 mm. longus ; lobi anguste ovati, acuti,
patentes, vix 0'8 mm. longi. Fructiis moniliformis, glaber, sectio quoque
ellipsoidea, ca. 1'5 cm. longa, diametro 1 cm.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

Related to^. acuminata, K. Schum., but readily distinguished by the large paniculate
inflorescenca. Fruit "yellowish olive-green" {Kloss).

Lyoxsia mollissima, Wernham, sp. nov,

FriUex scandens ; caulis teres, dense hispidulo-pubescens. Folia ternatim verticillata,
subcoriacea, obovato-lanceolata vel elliptica, 3"5-7 cm. X l"3-2"5 cm., brevissime
acuminata, obtusa, basi cuueata, margine fortiter revoluta, utrinque (subtus
prsesertim in venis) bispidula, supra nitentia ; venae subtus conspicuye, secundarise
utrinque 3-4; petiolus hispidulus, +8-15 mm. longus. Cytnce axillares, folia
demum multo excedentes, laxse, hispidulo-pubescentes ; pedunculus ad ca. 3-5 cm.
longus; pedicelli + 1'9 mm. longi. Calycis hispiduli lobi lineari-lanceolati,
+ 15 mm. longi, patule-revoluti, tubum excedente^. Corollce albse extus eodem
indumento ut calyx indutse tubus suburceolatus, 3 mm. longus ; lobi lanceolati,
sinuato-patentes, subacuti, 2 mm. longi. Antherce 3'5 mm. longse, basi inter lobos
obtuse appendiculatse, nitentes, apicibus exsertis.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

Characterised by the whorled leaves and the dense pubescence.

Lyonsia sangtjinea, Wernham, sp. nov.

Folia membranacea, elliptica, basi obtusa, acuminata, acuta, + 8 cm. X 3 cm.,
utrinque glabi-a; venae secundarioe subtus valde couspicuae, tamen tenues, cum
reticulatione translucide sanguineae ; petiolus glaber, 2 cm. longvis. Iiijlorescentice
divaricatim dibrachiatae ; pedunculus ad 10 cm. longus vel longior, gracillimus, ut
rami primarii + 2'5 cm. longi. Flores in cymulas laxas parvas paucifloras
dispositi ; pedicelli graciles, ad ca. 5 mm. longi, rufo-strigillosi. Calycis lobi obtuse
ovato-lanceolati, parvi. Corolla extus insuper strigosa, desuper glabra ; tubus
4-4!-5 mm. longus, intus in staminum regione basique loborum pilis latiusculis
candidis rigide deflexis instructus ; lobi oblongi, obtusi, suberecti, 2'5 mm. longi.
Antherce 32 ram. longae.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

Distinguished by the venation, the long slender peduncles, etc. ; " blood-red " (Kloss).

Ltonsia Wollastonii, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex volubUis, glaber; ramuli gracillimi, striato-teretes. Folia firme cbartacea,
opposita, elliptico-oblonga, subcaudato-acuminata, apice subacuta, basi acuta, margine

110 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

siccitate quidera valde revoluta, ca. 10 era. x 3-3 cm., iitrinqiie glabra; venge
secundaria^ costse central! fere perpendiculares, plures, hebetiusculte ; petiolus
tenuis, 1-2 cm. longus, nonnunquam longior. Injloreseentia ab apice pcdunculi
+ 5 cm. longi 3-brachiata; bracbia primaria sinuata, glabra, 3-4 cm. longa;
cymulse laxi- necnon pauci-florse. Pedicelli + 5 mm. longi, cum calyce appresse
Lirtelli. Calyx 2 mm. longus, fere ad medium in lobos 5 triangulares latos divisus.
CorollcB suburceolata, extus squamoso-pubescens ; tubus 3'1 mm. longus ; lobi
lanceolati, suberecti, subacuti, ca. 2'3 mm. longi.

Camps I to III, and VI h, 500 to 2500 and 3900 ft.

" Flowers pale mauve " {Kloss).

Neowollastonia, Wernbam. Apocynacearum e tribu Plumeriearum

novum genus.

Calyx ad basin 5-partitus, glandulosus ; lobi obtusi, imbricati. Corollce bypocrateri-
formis tubus rectus, subcylindricus, ad stamina vel insuper parum dilatatus, intus
in staminum regione pilosus ; lobi valde oblique contorti, siuistrorsum obtegentes.
Stamina infra tubi medium inserta; antberai sagittatse, acutissimse, basi bilobae,
nee appendiculatse. Discus obsoletus. Ovarium integerrimum, biloculare, insuper
in stylum brevem angustatum ; stigma fusifoi'me ; ovula in loculis numerosa.

Fruciiis Folia opjiosita, peuuivenia, lineis prominulis interpetiolaribus

nonnunquam connata.
In the absence of the fruit the actual affinity must remain in some doubt. The plant
strongly recalls Ervatamia; but the syncarpous ovary, as in the case of the allied
Tabernanthe, excludes it from this genus. Further distinction lies in the absence of
intracalycular glands, and in the peculiar corolla-lobes. On the whole it would seem
proper to include this genus as a somewhat abnormal member of the JPlumeriece,
sub-tribe Tahernce.montanece, on the grounds of general facies, interpetiolar line, etc.

Keowollastonia tabern^montanoides, Wernbam, sp. unic.

Planta prteter inflorescentiam glabra; ramuli striati, complanati. Folia firme
chartacea, oblonga, 14.-18 cm. X 4"5-5-8 cm., breviuscule obtuse acuminata ;
petiolus 5 mm. longus, supra alte canaliculatus ; venae secundarise utrinque
prominulse, utrinque + 15 tenuioribus iutervenientibus. Lijiorescentia termiucilis,
a basi 2-3-brachiata, primo densiuscula, tardius laxior ; rami costato-striati,
angulati, minutissime pulverulenti. Calycis segmenta ovata, rotundata, sparse
minute ciliata, aliter glabra, 3 mm. longa. Corolla tubus extus minute griseo-
pubescens, 1"7 cm. longus, insuper parum ampliatus, intus infra staminam
insertionem pilis deflexis instructus, in staminum regione per 1'5 mm. puberulas,
insuper glabrescens ; lobi oblique qviadrati, torti, acuminati, acuti, limbum 2 cm.
diam. formantes. Stamina 5 mm. supra tubi basin inserta; filamenta brevia, lata,
complanata, basi pilosa; antherse 27 mm. longae. Ovarium 2 mm. longum,
glabrum; stylus cum stigmata 4 mm. longus.

Camp VI c, at 5500 ft.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. Ill

LOGANIACEiE.
(By H. F. Wernham.)
Fage^a Bodenii, Wernham, sp. nov.

Planta glabra ; ramiili obtuse angulati. Folia coriacea, obovata, + 11 cm. x 5 cm.,
brevissime late et obtuse acuminata, basi cuneata ; petiolus ad 1*5 cm. longus, cum
stipulis 2 crassis rotundato-tumidis 5 mm. longis in pulrino bifido ; venae subtus,
nisi centralis pi'ominens, celatae, supra obscm'ae, tenues, impressulse, utrinque ca. 6-8.
Flores in cymam glabram paucifloram trichotomam dispositi ; bracteae coriacese,
obtusae, plus minus connate, inferiores foliaceae ; pedicelli validi, + 1'5 cm. longi.
Cali/x ovoideus, ca. 1'4 cm. longus, diametro 8 mm. ; lobi oblongo-rotu.ndati vel
apice truncati, 4-6 mm. longi. Corolla majuscula, glabra, plus minus tubularis
vel anguste infundibularis. Fructus fusiformis, acuminatus, acutissimus, basi
brevissime angustatus, nitidus, 4 cm. longus, diametro 2'2 cm.
Camp VI c, at 5500 ft.

Related to F. crassifolia, Blume ; readily distinguished by the sharply pointed shining
fruits.

Fagr^a carstensexsis, Wernham, sp. nov.

Arbor glaberrima; ramuli validi. Folia subcoriacea, magna, obovata, basin versus
oblonga, subauriculata, sessilia, apice brevissime (+ 8 mm.) obtuse cuspidata,
25-35 cm. X 14-17 cm. ; vena centralis subtus desuper basin versus valde prominens,
dorso acute carinata, secundarise tenues, prominula?, utrinque 10-12. Stipuke
in alas iutra-axillares oblongas truncatas ca. 18 cm. longas 1'5 cm. latas coriaceas
connatae. Flores in fasciculis sessilibus subsessiles, pedicellis validissimis confertis ;
bracteoe concavse, oblongae, apice rotundatae. Calyx subeylindricus ; lobi ovato-
oblongi, obtusissimi, + 1-8 cm. longi, 1"6 cm. lati. Corolla extus glabra; tubus
insuper ampliatus, ca. S'S cm. longus, in ore 1'7 cm. latus; lobi obovati, brevissime
apiculati, ca. l^T cm. X 1"2 cm. A)dherce anguste ellipsoidea;, 6 mm. longa?, vix
exsertiB.
Camp I, at + 700 ft.
Allied probably to F. Woodiana, F. MueU., but the leaves and flowers are sessile and

the corolla more funnel-shaped. The leaves are shaped similarly to those of Guettarda

speciosa.

FagrzEA gardenleflora, Wernham, sp. nov.

Arbor glabra ; ramuli sat graciles, teretes. Folia carnosulo-chartacea, elliptica,
+ 12 cm. X 4"3 cm., acuminata, acutissima, basi angustata ; venae, nisi centralis
subtus basin versus prominens supra prominula, omnino celatae ; petiolus + 1 cm.
longus. Flores sessiles (omnes ?). Calyx ovoideus, fere 2'5 cm. x 1"7 cm.
Corolla infundibularis, ore fere 2 cm. lata; tubus 2-7 em. longus; lobi ovati,
rotundati, 1'2 cm. X 1 cm. Anlherce sublineares, 8 mm. longae, vix exsertce.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

112 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

This resembles F. lanceolata, Blume, in the vegetative parts ; but is distinguished by
the flowers.

ASCLEPIADE^.

(By S. MoouE.)

Marsdenia Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Frutex scandens. Caulis subteres, longitrorsum pluristriatus, distanter foliosus,
sparsim puberulus. Folia petiolata, cordato-ovata, apicem versus subito cuspidato-
acuminata, apice obtusa, membranacea, in nervis paginse utriusvis subtiliter
pubescentia puberulave, ceterum glabra, summum 14 X 10 cm. ssepe 9x6 cm.,
petiolis 4-6 cm. longis. Cymce axillares, pedunculatse, pedunculo circa 1 cm. Ion go,
ramosEe, pluriflorse, minute fulvo-pubescentes, 5x4 cm. Flores pedicellati,
pedicellis breviores. Calycis segmenta suborbicularia, obtusissima, corollte tubum
medium escedentia, extus minute pubescentia, 2'2 X 2 2 mm. Corolla urceolata,
triente superiore fissa, 4 mm. diam. ; lobi triaugulari-deltoidei, obtusiusculi,
incrassati, 1'5 mm. longi. Coronce phylla gynostegio breviora, oblonga, erecta,
apice libera, obtusa, crassiuscula, basi dilatata, circa 1 mm. loDga. Antherarum
appendices rotundatae, stigmati applicatoe. Polliiiia oblongo-pyriformia, caudiculis
brevibiis glandulae parvise augusterhomboideseadjuncta; stigma brevissime exsertum,
convexum.
Canoe Camp, 500 ft.

Cymes with very flexuous branches. Bracts linear, + 5 mm. long. Flowers
brownish red, on pedicels 5 mm. long or sometimes less. Gynostegiimi rather more
than 2 mm. long. JPolUnia 0"5 mm., gland 0"2 mm. long. Ilarsdenia paiyiiana,
Sclilechter, to which this is evidently allied, is described as haviug smaller leaves soltly
pubescent above and villous-hairy below, villous inflorescences, flowers with a smaller
densely villous calyx, a corolla 3 mm. long, and a shorter gynostegium.

Stephanotis, sp. nov. A small fragment consisting of a piece of a slender stem, a
sparsely pubescent peduncle 5"5 cm. in length, and three flowers on filiform pedicels
rather more than 1 cm. long. The segments of the calyx are 2 mm. long, and linear
lanceolate. The pale primrose corolla is 18 mm. long, with a 6 mm. long tube and
broadly linear reflexed lobes which are 12 mm. long.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

Schlechter has described (under Ilarsdenia) two Papuan species of this genus, both
entirely diff"erent from the one under notice.

\j HoYA (§Eu-Hota) Schlechteriana, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Rami scandentes, sparsim ramulosi, distanter foliosi, radicantes. Folia petiolata,
elliptica, sursum obtuse caudato-acuminata, l)asi obtusa, carnosa-coriaeea, utrobique
glabra, 10-11 x3'8-4o cm. ?7w^ie/teverisimiliter plurifiorae, pedunculis ramisfere
sequilatis quam folia brevioribus glabris fere 65 cm. lougis insidentes. PedicelU
filiformes, floribus plane longiores, circa 2 cm. longis. Calyx parvulus, glaber ;

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GTJINEA. 113

segmenta triangulari-deltoidea, obtusa, circa 1 mm. longa. Corolla pro rata
suhmediocris, rotata, tubo 2'5 mm. longo, paullo ultra medium divisa, extus et prope
basin intus glabra ; lobi deltoidei, acuti, extus glabri, intus praesertim margines
versus subtiliter pubesceutes, 3"5 mm. longi. Corona crassiuscula ; phylla
horizontalia, apice truncata gynostegioque incumbentia, superne oblonga, medio
plana, postice rotundato-trancata, 2'5 cm. longa, lateribus oblongis crassiusculis.
Polliiiia oblongo-pyriformia, obtusa ; glandula minuta, caudiculis aequilonga.
Camps III to IV, 2100 to 2500 ft.
Leaves apparently pale green in the fresh state, mucb discoloured when dry and

sometimes almost white, nervation indistinct on eitber side ; petioles 8-10 mm. long,

somewhat fleshy, channelled and microscopically puberulous on the upper side.

Flowers rather more than 1 cm. in diameter when expanded. Leaves of corona reaching,

when the corolla is pressed out, almost to the sinuses of the lol)es. Pollinia 3 mm.,

gland O'l mm. long.

This is evidently near H. chloroleuca, Schlechter, judging from the description in

Engler, Jabrb. 1. (1913) p. 121, the leaves and the corona being the chief points of

difference. Named in compliment to Dr. Schlechter, who has done such valuable

work, both as collector and author, upon the Papuan flora.

The material consists of a shoot bearing leaves and a single peduncle from which the

flowers have become detached. In a capsule accompanying these are 13 flowers, all

seemingly derived from the single inflorescence secured.

HoYA (§ Eu-Hota) lanceolabia, S. Moore, sp. nov.

JPlanta verisimiliter scandens. Bami tenues, distanter foliosi, glabri. Folia breviter
petiolata, ovato-oblonga, superne caudato-attenuata, apice obtusa, basi obtusa brevi-
terve rotundata, perspicue nervosa, carnoso-coriacea, pagina utraque glabra, 5'5-7'5 X
l'3-2-9 cm. FedunciilKS foliis brevior, microscopice puberulus, 3 cm. longus, pedicellis
gracilibus longior. Cali/cis parvuli fere omnino glabri segmenta ovato-oblonga,
obtusa, 1 mm. longa. Corolla mediocris (circa 18 mini, diam.) rotata, usque ad f
divisa; lobi rhombeo-ovati, acutiusculi, 6 mm. longi, priesertim versus margines
subtiliter puberuli. Coronce phylla 2 mm. longa, tenuiter crassiuscula, horizontalia,
apice ovata, ascendentia, gynostegio incumbentia, superne ovata, medio concava,
postice rotundata, lateribus rotundatis crassiusculis. FoUinia oblongo-pyriformia,
apice truncata ; glandula rhombea quam caudiculae maxime abbreviatse duplo
longior.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.

Leaves somewhat shiny, when dry grey-green above and pale brown below, midrib
m pressed above, very prominent on the underside, side-nerves and open reticulum
especially plain upon the upper surface ; petioles 5-6 mm. long, excavated in the middle
alone, glabrous. Pollmia 0"45 mm., caudicles barely 01 mm., gland about 0-2 mm.
long.

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114 ME. H. X. RIDLEY ON PLANTS

Prom tlie description, H. exilis, Sclilechter, is probably nearest to tliis ; but its larger
leaves are of thinner texture, the peduncles twice as long or nearly so, the somewhat
larger corollas having glabrous lobes, and its coronal leaves a different shape.

The material consists of a piece of stem 20 cm. long, bearing two pairs of leaves and
one peduncle. In a cajisule are 9 flowers.

HoYA (§ Eu-Hota) Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis volubilis, distanter foliosus, glaber. Folia brevipetiolata, ovata, longiuscule
caudato-acunainata, apice obtusa, subrotundata, margine recurva, coriacea, glabra,
pagina utravis nitentia et (prsesertim in pagina superiore) prominenter reticulato-
nervosa, 4-6xl'5-2'5 cm. Flo7'es inter minores ; umbelli3e verisimiliter circa
6-flor8B, pedunculo glabro foliis breviore 23-25 mm. longo insidentes ; pedicelli
filiformes, quam flores manifeste longiores, 18-20 mm. longi. Calycis segmenta
parvula, ovata, obtusa, glabra, 1 mm. longa. Corolla rotata, usque ad f divisa,
crassiuscula, extus leviter piloso-puberula, intus omnimodo puberula ; lobi tri-
angulari-rhombei, acuti, vivi verisimiliter recurvi, 6 mm. longi. Cororne phylla
2 mm. longa, radiatim patentia, apice ipso ascendentia, obtusa, sujierne elliplica,
medio late concava, extus obtusissima, lateribus rotundis, crassiuscula. Pollinia
oblongo-pyriformia, retinaculis perbrevibus glandulee parvulse lineari adjuncta.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Stems somewhat angular, so far as the material shows, unbranched, about 1-5 mm. in

diameter. Leaves brownish green when dry; reticulum very open; petioles stoutish,

slightly puberulous, 3-4 mm. long. Flowers when expanded rather more than 1 cm. in

diameter. Pollinia 0-6 mm. long, gland barely \ as long.

Apparently the place of this is near H. exilis, Schlechter, which has dissimilar leaves,

much longer peduncles, and flowers in several respects different.

HoYA (§ Physostelma) apoda, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Planfa scandens, freqvienter ramosa. Eami hac atque iliac radicantes, sat bene foliosi,
glabri. Folia breviter petiolata, ovato-oblonga, sursum caudato-acuminata, apice
obtusa, basi subrotundata, tenuiter coriacea, glabra, ssepissime 8-10 cm. longa,
4-4*5 cm. lata. Umbelhe sessiles, oliganthte. Pedicelli filiformes, floribus certe
longiores, glabri, circa 2 cm. longi. Calycis segmenta oblongo-ovata, obtusa,
glabra, 1 mm. longa. Corolla ad normam generis mediocris, pansa fere 20 mm.
diam., late canipanulata, ad quartam partem 5-loba, utrinque glabra; lobi tri-
angulari-deltoidei, obtusiusculi, 4 mm. longi. Corona phylla carnosa, paullum
ascendentia (vix horizontalia), apice erecta, superne elliptica, medio concava,
extus obtusa, fere 3 mm. longa, lateribus late ohlongis crassiusculis. Pollinia
ambitu oblonga, utrinque obtusa ; caudiculae su.bnull8e ; glandula oblonga.
Canoe Camp, 500 ft.

A scandent shrul) or a subshrub, the freely-produced comparatively slender branches
occasionally jmtting out one or more longish, very sleuder, wiry, seldom-branching
rootlets. Leaves very pale when dry, particulai'ly on the under side ; midrib impressed
on the ujjper, prominent on the lower side ; nervation more prominent on the upper

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 115

than on the lower side ; reticulum moderately close ; petioles stout, deeply channelled
above, microscopically pulierulous, 3-5 mm. long. Floicers yellowish white with the
under side tinged with red and a dull purple centre. Follinia 0'4 mm., gland
0"15 mm. long.

To be inserted in tbe genus near H. papiiana, Schlecliter, which has differently shaped
leaves and flowers with a larger calyx, a larger rose-red corolla, and somewhat diverse
corona. The flowers are all detached, so that it is impossible to say how many of them
go to the umbel.

HoYA (§ Plocostemma) letjcantha, S. Moore, sp. n cv

Mami gracillimi, bene foliosi, puberuli, deinde glabrescentes. Folia inter minora,
breviter petiolata, lanceolata, acuminata, basi obtusa leviterve rotundata, niargine
reciirva, coriacea, utrobique glabra, 3'5-4'5 cm. longa, juxta basin 8-10 mm. lata.
Umbelke circa 20-floi-ae ; pedunculus gracilis, foliis brevior, puberulus, segre 20 mm.
longus ; pedicelli pedunculo subaequilongi (17 mm. longi), vix omnino glabri. Flores
parvi, albi. Calycis segmenta oblongo-ovata, obtusa, extus microscopice puberula,
1 mm. longa. Coi^olla rotata, glabra, 6 mm. diam., segmenta pansa verisimiliter
recurva, tdtra medium divisa ; lobi ovati, acuti, glabri. Coronce phylla parvula,
gynostegio multo breviore, 0'5 mm. longa, ascendentia, a latere compressa, postice
(externe) obtusa, tenuiter crassiuscula. Antherarum appendices prominentes,
ovatse, erectae. PolUnia oblonga, obtusa ; glandula suborbicularis, minuta.
Canoe Camp, 500 ft.
Branches rigid though slender, 1-1-5 mm. in diameter. Leaves grey-green when

dry, paler below, nervation very plain on the upper, less so on the lower side ; petioles

slender, 2-3 mm. long, puberulous. Corona with the tips of its leaves about I'o mm.

below the tips of the anthers. PolUnia 0-J. mm. long, gland about 0-08 mm. in

diameter.
After much thought it appears that this and the following species must be referred

to the § Plocostemma, although very small flowers are an unusual feature of the

section. In both cases buds only are present, though just about to open ; hence it

cannot be said definitely that the corolla-lobes are reflexed.

HoYA (§ Plocostemma) pusilliflora, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Mami scandentes, volubiles, graciles. Folia breviter petiolata, lanceolata vel lanceolato-
ovata, longiuscule cuspidato-acuminata, apice obtusa, basi rotundata nisi late
obtusa, margine recurva, pergamacea, utrinsecus glabra, usque ad 6-7 cm.
lon"-a, 18-24 mm. lata. TJmbelloe circa 20-florBe. Pedunculi gracillimi, foiiis
summis fere aequilongi, circa 4 cm. longi. Pedicelli pedunculis multo breviores,
filiformes, glabri, 1 cm. longi. Calycis parvuli segmenta ovato-oblonga, obtusa,
dorso microscopice puberula, 0-7o mm. longa. Corolla parva, segre 5 mm. diam.
Coronce phylla a gynostegio breviter superata, ascendentia, a latere compressa,
antice (interne) obtusa, postice obtusa, tenuiter crassiuscula. Antherarum
appendices abbreviatae. PolUnia oblonga ; glandula linearis, minuta.

Camp I, 5U0 ft.

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ME. H. N. EIDLET OX PLANTS

Leaves drying pale greenisli grey, nervation well marked on the upper side, less clear
on the lower; petioles 2-3 mm. long, stoutish, channelled above, glabrous. Segments of
calyx 0-75 mm. long. Corollas barely 5 mm. across, the undivided part 0-5 mm., the
lobes 2-5 mm. long. Pollinia 0"3 mm., gland about O'l mm. long.

Allied to the last, but unlike it by reason of the broader, thinner leaves and the long
and very slender peduncles, the smaller flowers, the corona reaching nearly to the top of
the gynostegium, and the short appendages to the anthers.

HoYA (§Physostelma) oxtcoccoides, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis volubilis, tenuis, subdistauter foliosus, puberulus. Folia parvula, petiolata,
obovata, nonnunquam fere suborbicularia, rotundata, apice mucronata, basi breviter
cuneatim angustata, margine recurva, coriacea, supra optime reticulata, utrinque
glabra, 12-18x7-9 mm. Umbellce circa 6-flor8e, jiedunculis gracilibus puberulis
folia longe excedentibus 5-6 cm. longis fultae ; pedicelli pedunculis breviores,
glabri, circa 2 cm. longi. Calycis segmenta parva, oblongo-ovata, obtusa, ciliolata,
1-5 mm. longa. Cor^olla paullulum ultra medium lobata, 2 cm. diam. ; lobi
deltoideo-ovati, obtusi, intus margine dense pubescentes, ceteroquin glabri, 6 mm.
longi. Coronce phylla crassa, subhorizontalia (sc. breviter ascendentia), apice
(interne) erecta, acuta, superne obovata, medio concava, postice obtusissima,
lateribus rotundatis, crassiusculis. Follinia oblonga, obtusa ; glaadula oblonga,
caudiculis circiter sequilonga.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.

Leaves bright green and faintly shining above when dry, opaque and pale below ;
petioles 3-5 mm. long, puberulous. Pollinia 0*5 mm., gland 0'15 mm. long.

This is evidently closely allied to S. microphylla, Schlechter and S. pulchella,
Schlechter, as Schlechter's figure and descriptions show, but it has certain points
of difference which seem to prevent its being considered conspecific with either ; these
differences are shown in the accompanying table. As Schlechter observes, the leaves
of these and one or two other species greatly resemble those of Dischidia.

{

Leaves.

Peduncles.

Corolla.

Corona.

H. micropliiilla

Coriaceous, ovate,
obtusiusculous.

3 cm. long.

2 cm. across, the lobes
very minutely pube-
rulous towards the
margin.

Lobes oval seen from
above, scarcely ex-
ceeding 2 mm. in
the radial direction.

H. pulchella

Subcoriaceous, ovate,
obtuse.

4'5-S cm. long.

-■5 em. across, denseh'
puberulous towards
the margin.

Lobes broadly obovate,
2-5 mm. in the radial
direction.

H. oxycoccoides

Coriaceous, more
or less obovate,
sometimes nearly
orbicular, rotun-
date distally.

5-6 cm. long.

2 cm. across, densel)'
hairy along the
margin.

Lobes obovate, 3 mm.
ill the radial direc-
tion.

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GENTIANACE^.
(By H. r. Wernham.)

y Gentiana cauinicostata, Wernliam, sp. nov.

Species inter minimas; caulis pars erecta vis ad 4 cm. alta, minute squamato-
pubescens. Folia dense conferta, imbricato-decussata, coriacea, obovata vel
suborbicularia minute apiculata, margine fortiter revoluta, 3"5 mm. x 3 mm.,
sessilia, supra minute asperulo-papillosa, basin versus minute ciliata, aliter glabra ;
vense celatse nisi centralis subtus cariniformiter prominens. Mores glabri, in
caulium erectorum apicibus solitarii. Calycis lobi oblongo-lanceolati, acuti, 3"3 mm.
longi ; tubus in juventute purpureo-roseus, 63 mm. longus. Corolla siccitate
nigra, fere tubulosa, e calycis tubo 6 mm. exserta; lobi ca. 3*7 mm. longi, ovati,
acuti nee vix acuminati. Genitalia inclusa.

Camps XI to XIII, 7956 to 10,333 ft.

Distinguished by the small thick leaves with strongly revolute margins and very
prominent dorsal midrib, and the pubescent stem.

Gentiana saginifolia, Wernham, sp. nov.

Herha debilis, glabra, 12 cm. longa nee ramosa. Folia anguste lanceolata, 5-7'5 mm.
longa, basi brevissime vaginatim connata, ssepius plus minus involuta, hyalino-
apiculata, dorso interdum hie inde albido-papillosa, demum decurvato-patentia.
Flores solitarii, terminales. Cali/cis tubus 6 mm. longus ; lobi lauceolati, foliis
similes, 5 mm. longi. Corolla tub ulai'is, glabra ; tubus ca. 9 mm. longus; limbus
fere 1 cm. diam.

Camps 111 to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.

Near G. Wollastonii (vide infra), but the leaves are longer and more glossy in
aspect, and the dimensions of calyx and corolla are different.

^ Gentiana Vandewateri, Wernham, sp. nov.

Merba simplex, parva, glabra, nitens ; caulis ascendens, gracilis, debilis, angulatus.
Folia densiuscule conferta, subhyalina, chartacea, lanceolata, acuta nee apiculata,
m.argine minutissime irregulariter puberulo-ciliata, ad 4 mm. longa, ca. 1 mm. lata,
sessilia, subamplexicaulia vel basi in vaginam brevem connata, venis celatis.
Flores solitarii, terminales, sessiles. Calycis glaberrimi subhyalini anguste infundi-
bularis tubus pallidus, 4'5 mm. longus ; lobi Hneari-triangulares, acuti, 2'7 mm.
longi. Corollce extus glabree tubus cylindrico-infundibularis, 9 mm. longus; lobi
quadrangulares, patentes, apice emarginato, limbum 9 mm. diam. formantes.
Stamina 2-2'5 mm. exserta; antherse ca. 1"4 mm. longse. Stylus complanatus,
insuper sensim parum ampliatus, 3"3 mm. exsertus.

Camps VI c, IX, X, XI, 5500 to 7956 ft.

Distinguished by the very small shining leaves and relatively large flowers with broad
emarginate corolla-lobes.

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118 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS

Gentiana Wollastonii, Weruliam, sp. nov.

Herba parva, glabra, a basi nonnunquam ramosa et procumbens ; caulis subhyalimis,
alato-angularis. Folia crassiuscula, deuse conferta, latiuscule lanceolata, nitentia,
ad 5-6 mm. Xl"5 mm., involuta, dorso costata, apice hyalino-apiculata, basi amplexi-
caulia, vix connata. Flores solitarii, terminales, omnino glabri. Calycis lobi
liaeares, brevissime hyalino-apiculati, dorso unicostati, 3-5-4 mm. longi, in tubum
subhyalinum 5-costatum 7 mm. longum decurrentes. Corolla; tubus cylindricus,
ca. 8 mm. longus ; lobi quadrangulares, apice oblique bUobati, limbum 7 mm. in
diam. formantes.

Camp XIII, at 10,333 ft.

Related possibly to G. lycopodioides, Stapf, from a similar altitude on Mt. Kinabalu,
but distinct in the much smaller and narrower leaves and flowers.

BORAGINACE.E.
(By H. F. Wernham.)

TouRNEFOETiA SARMENTOSA, Lam. Illustr. i. 416.
Locality not given.
Distrib. Tropical Asia and Australia, and Mascarene Isles.

EcHiNOSPERMUM JAVANicuM, Lehm. Asperif. 118.
Locality not given.
Distrib. Java.

LiTHOSPEEMUM MiNUTUM, "Wernham, sp. nov.

Kerba humiUs, 3 cm. alta ; caulis simplex vel sparse ramosus. Folia dense imbricatim
conferta, amplexicaulia, linearia, 9 mm. longa, basin versus lanceolata, minute
cUiata. Flo7'es solitarii, caulem terminantes, folia vix excedentes; pedicellus
strigosus, +3'5 mm. longus. Calycis lobi lanceolati, acuminati, ciliati, aliter glabri,
3 mm. longi. Corollce omnino glabrae tubus 2 mm. longus; lobi rotundati ca.
2'5 mm. x2'3 mm., intus basi squama pulviniformi onusti.

Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Remarkable for its small size, its narrow, almost glabrous leaves, and its solitary
flowers.

CONVOLVULACE.E.
(By H. P. Wernham.)

Erycibe papuana, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex ramulis rugoso-angulatis novellis striatis glabris. Folia coriacea, elliptica,
10-13 cm. x4'8-6'5 cm., parum acuminata, obtusissima, basi rotundata, giaberrima;
petiolus validus, vix ad 1 cm. longus. Panicula axillaris, ad 9 cm. longa vel
longior, obscuriuscule appresse pilosa. Calycis lobi 5, ovati, imbricati, appresse
pilosi. Corolla ca. 5 mm. longa, fere ad basin in lobos 5 obtusos extus rufo-

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 119

sericeos divisa. Stamimim 5 filamenta tenuia, 1 mm. longa ; antherre conoideae,
4-pter8e, apiculatte. Ovarium subglobosum. Stigma conoideum, 5-costatum.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Allied to E. Helhoigii, Prain, but tbe leaves are much larger aud differently shaped.
Flowers pale yellow {Kloss).

SOLANACE^.
(By H. r. Wernham.)

SoLANLM AvicuLARE, Forst. f. Prod. 18.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia.

SOLANUM INDICUM, Linn. Sp. PI. 187.
Camps IX to X, 5500 to G700 ft.
Listrib. Throughout the tropics of the Old World.

SoLANUM NODiFLORUM, Jacq. Ic. PL Rar. ii. 288, t. 326.
Camp VI h, 3900 ft.
Disfrlb. Cosmopolitan in the tropics.

SoLANUM TORVTJM, Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 47.
Camps III to VI, 2100 to 2500 ft.
Distrib. Cosmopolitan iu the tropics.

SoLANUM PERANOMALrM, Wernham, sp. nov.
Frutex ramis florentibus validiusculis teretibus novellis complanatis glabris. Folia
glabia, chartacea, integerrima, per paria approximata, opposita valde inaequalia ;
majora oblonga, breviter acuminata, acuta, basi ssepius ohliqua, 11-13 cm. X 4-5-
5'3 cm., petiolo lignoso 1 cm. longo, venis suhtus prominentibus secundariis
utrinque 8-9 ; minora suborbicularia, 9 mm. diam. basi cordata, subsessilia.
Flores numerosi, e jiulvillo ad foliorum basi sito orti ; pedicelli tenues, ut calyces
sparse rufo-hirtelli +8 mm. longi. Calyx cupularis, limbo integerrimo, 2-5 mm.
longus. Corolla vix 4 mm. longa, fere ad basin in lacinias oblougo-lanceolatas
divisa, glabra.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

The very woody habit, sessile caulifiorous inflorescences, and blunt ellipsoidal buds
make this plant have little resemblance to a Solanum ; it recalls rather Brachistus.
The nearest allied species is S. Kaernbachii, Laut. & K. Schutn., Avhich is readily dis-
tinguished by the indumentum. Our species is practically glabrous.

Solanum Ridleyanum, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex prseter ramulos novellos graciles minute pubescentes glaber. Folia coriacea,
per paria plerumque ajiproximata ; majora oblonga, bi'eviter subacute acuminata,
7'5-15 cm. X 2"5-4 cm., basi obtusa, petiolo lignoso ad 1 cm. longo, venis subtus

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prominentibus, utrinque ca. 8-11; minora OA'ata vel suborbicularia, breviter
acuminata, stibacuta, basi cordata, ad ca. 1-5 cm. Xl cm., brevissime petiolata.
Flares pauci, in pulvillis infra folia dispositi ; pedicelli graciles, insuper sensim
dilatati, glabri, ±^ mm. longi. Calyx integer, truncatus, 3 mm. longns, glaber.
Corolla glabra, fere ad basin in lacinias lanceolatas obtusas 4 mm. longas divisa.
Camps III to IV, 1100 to 2500 ft.

Allied to the previous species, but the flowers are typical of Solammi and much
larger. Mr. Ridley first drew my attention to this species ; it is described by the
collector as having flowers "pale violet, darker at base."

SoLANUM WoLLASTONii, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex epiphyticus, omnino glaber ; ramuli novelli gracillimi. Folia chartacea,
alterna vel per paria approximata, quorum unum oblongum vel ellipticum,
9-11 cm. x2*5-3"8 cm., caudato-acuminatum, apice obtusissimum, basi ssepius
obliquum, petiolo 5 mm. longo, alterum suborbiculare, ad I'S cm.Xl'5 cm.,
brevissime petiolatum. Flares singuli vel bini, infra folia orti, pedicellis basi
tenuissimis insuper sensim incrassatis + 2 cm. longis. Calyx campanulatus,
dentibus 5, 3 mm. longus. Corolla glabra, fere ad basin in lacinias 5 anguste
oblongas 1 cm. x2 mm. divisa. Staminorum filamenta brevia, plana; antherse
ollongae, 8 mm. longae. Ovarium globosum; stylus crassus, stigmate clavato.
Camps VIII ? to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

Another remarkable woody species with subsolitary flowers on "long slender pedicels.
Allied to the previous species, but distinct particularly in the characters just mentioned
and in the toothed calyx.

NicoTiANA Tabacum, L. Sp. L. 180.

Camps I to III and IX to XI, 500 to 8300 ft.
Dish'ib. Native of S. America ; widely introduced.

SCEOPHULARIAC E^.
(By H. F. Wernham.)

LiMNOPHiLA GRATissiMA, Blume, Bijdr. 749.
Without locality.
Distrib. Tropical Asia and Australia.

ToRENiA PEDTJNCTJLARis, Benth. in Wall. Cat. n. 3956.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Warmer parts of Eastern Asia,

Vandellia CRUSTACEA, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 35.
Camps III to X, 2500 to 6700 ft.
Distrib. Cosmopolitan in the tropics.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. n21

BoNNAYA EEPTANs, Spreng. Svst. i. 41.
Camps III to VI b, 1100 to 3900 ft.
Distrib. Tropical Asia and Mauritius.

Veronica caestensensis, Wernham, sp. nov.

Stiffrutex erectus, ligiiosus, 1-2-pedalis, simplex, caulis insuper brunneo-pubescens,
desuper glabra tus. Folia opjiosita, sessilia, crassa, ellij)tica, 12-16 mm. longa,
6-9 mm. lata, obtusa, ultra medium late crenata, glabra ; venye, nisi centralis
vix manifesta, omnino occIuseb. Flores magni, in racemos paucifloros axillares
dispositi. Fedunculi rufo-pubescentes, 3-4 cm. longi. Bractece lineari-oblongse,
obtusse, glabrsp, 6-7 mm. longre. Fedicelli graciles, veluti pedunculi induti,
ad 9 mm. longi. Calycis lobi elliptico-oblongi, obtusi, sparsiuscule ciliati, aliter
glabri, 4-5 mm. longi, 2-5 mm. lati. Corollce glabrae lobi late obovati, apice
rotundati, 1 cm. vel longiores, 7 mm. lati. Ca^sula glabra, 5 mm. longa, 6 mm.
lata.

Camps XII to XIII, 10,500 to 11,000 ft.

Remarkable for the small tbick leaves and tbe- large flowers in few-flowered axillary
inflorescences.

Veronica Vanderwateri, Wernham, sp. nov.

JJerba parva, tamen valida, sublignosa ; caulis foliosus, minute bi-lineatim puberulus,
ceterum glaber. Folia coriacea, glabra, elliptica, 0-5 mm. X 3-5 mm., obtusa,
crenata ; vense, nisi centralis basin versus in petiolum validum brevissimum
decurrens, celatae. Flores nutantes, terminales, solitarii (semper ?), extus omnino
glabri. Pedicellus 4-6 mm. longus, minute pulverulentus ; bracteolae 2 coriacese,
oblongse, obtusse, infra pediceili medium insertae, vix 3 mm. longae, glabrae. Calyx
42 mm. longus, infra medium in lobos oblongos obtusos divisus. Coroll<B
campanulatoe tubus 3-5 mm. longus ; lobi elliptici, obtusissimi, 5 mm. longi.

Camp XIV, 12,500 ft. " Flowers magenta."

Allied to V. carstensensis {vide supra), but distinct in its almost perfect glabrousness,
much smaller leaves, etc.

Euphrasia culminicola, Wernbara, sp. nov.

Fruticulm parvus, sa?pius ramosissimus, insuper minute asperulo-pubescens ; ramuli
juniores tenues, sparse foliosi. Folia subcrassa, integerrima, ob marginem insuper
fortissimo revolutum cucullata, spathulata vel obovata, 2-4"5 mm. longa, glabra,
supra nitentia. Flores in racemos laxos paucifloros ex axillis superioribus ortos
dispositi ; pediceili tenues, brevissimi. Calyx minute pubescens, ±^ 4 mm. longus ;
lobi breviter oblongi, obtusi vel oblongo-lineares, subacuti. Corollce tubus extus
pubescens, + 7 mm. exsertus ; labii inferi lobus intermedius laterales subsequans,
apice obtusissime bilobatus, obovatus, ca. 7 mm. X 5 '3 mm., glaber ; labium
superuin ad ^ bilobum, galeatum, 5-0 mm. longum.

Camps XII, XIII, XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

second series. — BOTANY, VOL. IX. R

122 ME. H. N. EIDLEY OX PLANTS

Allied to E. borneensis, Stapf, but the leaves are entire, the tube exserted, etc.
Remarkable for its woody nature, which extends to the smallest branchlets, and for
the extremely small leaves.

Euphrasia scutellarioides, Wernhara, sp. nov.

Herha simplex vel sparse ramosa, +5 cm. longa; caulis tenuis, minute pubescens.
Folia obovato-spathulata, crassa, Hr 3-5 mm. X 2 mm., glabra, margine apieem
versus revoluta, utrinque tmo dente lateral! ol)tusissimo onusta, subsessilia vel
brevissime petiolata. Calyx desujier sparse minute pubescens, 4'7 mm. longus,
ad ^ vel vix ad ^ in lobos oblongos obtusissimos divisus. CoroUce extus sparse
pubescentis tubus ad ca. 6'5 mm. e calyce exsertus, ore constrictus ; labii inferi
lobus intermedins laterales suboequans, obovato-truncatus, apice subinteger,
4^ 2 mm. longus ; labium superum subgaleatum, bilobum, 2 mm. longum.

Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

Remarkable for the small bidentate leaves and very small corolla-lobes.

LENTIBULARIACE.E.
(By H. N. Ridley.)

Utricularia striatula, Sm. in Rees's Cycl. xxxvii. No. 17.

Camps VII to VIII and IX to X, from 3600 to 6700 ft. alt. In mossy forest.

Dlstrih. Africa, India, and Malaya.

The specimens differ from the typical plant of the Himalayas in having a more
distinctly four-lobed lip with oblong truncate lobes, but otherwise closely resemble it.
The flowers are described as light blue.

Var. MINOR, Ridl., var. nov.

Scapus 5 cm. longus, capillaris, floribus 2-3. Sepalum superius ovatum, obtusum,
•2 mm. longum, inferius 1 mm. longum. Labellum breviter trilobum, 1"5 mm.
longum, lobis rotundatis medio retuso, calcare 2 mm. longo e basi aogastato ad
apieem incrassato.
Camps III to VI, 2100 to 2500 ft.

This is a much smaller plant, the flowers being not more than half the size ; in all
other parts, except the somewhat different lip, it resembles the above. I am unwilling
it separate it specifically.

GESNERACEiE.
(By S. Moore.)

^scnYNANTHTis ELLiPTicA, Lauterb. & K. Schum. Flor. deutsch. Schutzgeb.
Siidsee, 541.

Canoe Camp, 500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic.

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iEscnTNANTHTis ('§ Haplotrichium) BRACnYPiiYLLus, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis tenuis, I'ariramosiis, liac atque iliac radicaus, bene foliosus, appi-esse pubescens.
Folia opposita, parvula, subsessilia, ovata, obtusa, basi rotundata, firme mem-
branacea, costa media in pagina inferiors pubescente exempta glabra, modice
10-13x5-8 mm. Flores inter minores, in axillis solitarii. Fedicelli ex axillis
oppositis ssepe oriundi, quam folia paullo breviores, dense pubescentes, 5-8 mm.
longi. Calyx alte partitus, 7-8 mm. longus; segmenta linearia, obtusa, extus
pubervila. Corolla extus scabriuscula, 30-32 mm. longa; tubus suberectus,
elongatus, basi brevissime dilatatus, inde gradatim amplificatus, basi 25 mm.,
medio 4 mm., faucibus 6 mm. latus; labia valde abbreviata ; antici lobi posticis
plane majores, verisimiliter erecti vel breviter divaricati. Stamina subinclusa.
Ovarium stipitatum, lineare, incluso stipite 2 cm. longo ut stylus brevis vix 3 mm.
longus subtiliter pubescens. Capsula glabra, 11 cm. long.
Camps VI a, VIII, and IX, 3100 to 5500 ft.

Stems slender, often not more than 1 mm. thick, never exceeding 1"5 mm., giving
off" here and there, but very seldom, close to an iuteruode a thickisli, corky, apparently
imbranched root. Leaves green above, very pale below, their margins, at least in the
dry state, somewhat wavy and recurved : petioles 1 mm. in length.

To be inserted in tlie genus next JE. nummular ins, K. Schum., from which it differs
chiefly in the diversely shaped, not fleshy, nearly glabrous leaves, longer calyx-segments,
and the absence of a prominent gibbosity at the base of the corolla. A slightly different
form with relatively longer and narrower leaves (1-1-18x5-7 mm.) was collected at
Camp VI a at 3100 ft.

The present opportunity is taken to point out that in the description of JEschynantlm.s
nunmiufariiis (as Trichosporum nummularinm) in Joui-n. Bot. xxxvii. (1899) p. 173, the
word " miniatis " is a mistake for " imminutis."

^SCHYNANTHUS (§ Haplotrichium) suborbiculatus, S. Moorc, sp. nov.

Rami satis validi, 2-3 mm. diam. subdistanter foliosi, patule pubescentes. Folin
breviter petiolata, suborbiculata, breviter cuspidulato-attenuata, apice ipso obtusa,
basi cordata, carnosa, supra in si ceo glabra foveolato-rugosaque, subtus appresse
piloso-pui;escentia, 5x4 cm. Fedicelli calyce longiores, ut calyx pubescentes,
13-15 mm. longi. Calyx alte partitus, 8 mm. longus ; segmenta lineari-oblonga,
obtusa, 3-nervia. Corolla extus scabriusculo-papillosa, 45 mm. longa ; tubus
40 mm. longus, ima basi inflatus, cito constrictus, inde dilatatus, medio 12 mm.,
faucibus 19 ram. latus ; limbi brevis lobi 7-10 mm. longi, omnes verisimiliter
erecti. Stamina breviter exserta. Ovarium lineare, minute furfuraceum, 15 mra.
longum, stipite pubescente 4 mm. longo fultum ; stylus crassus, ovario fere
aequilongus, sparsim pilosus, 12 mm. longus.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Leaves pale brown on both sides in the dry state ; midril) prominent below ; petioles
5 mm. long or less, hairy. DiflPers from JE. ellipticus, Lauterb. c& K. Schum., in the

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124j me. h. n. eidlet on PLAIs^TS

hairy branches and leaves, the latter organs being larger and thicker in consistence, the
shorter and broader corollas, etc. The attachment of the flowers to the stem cannot be
described, as they have all become detached.

-SscHYNANTHTJS (§ Haplotrichtum) gesneriflortjs, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis foliosus, raro radicans. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, ovato-oblonga,
apicem versus attennata, apice ut basi obtusa, margine repando-crenulata, carnosa,
glabra, 7-8 mm. longa, summum 2"7-3'4 cm. lata. Fedunculi brevissimi, biflori,
nt pedicelli calyce breviores, pubescentes. Calyx alte partitas, brunneo-piloso-
pubescens ; segmenta lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, trinervia, 14-15 mm. longa.
Corolla longiuscule tubulosa, extus piloso-pubescens, 4 cm. longa ; tubus inf undi-
bularis, etsi prope basin inflatus ibique 5"5 mm. latus, superne curvatus, medio
7 mm., faucibus 13 mm. latus ; labium posticum quam anticum minus ; labii antici
lobi verisimiliter erecti 9x10 mm. Staviina subinclusa. Ovarinm (stipite iucluso)
3 cm. longum, lineare, pubescens, stylo 2 mm. longo, basi curvato, stigmate peltato.
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.

Stem 2 mm. thick, somewhat swoUen at the nodes, provided -with a light brown
cortex. Neither bracts nor bracteoles seen. Filaments flattened, glandular-puberulous,
about 15-20 mm. long ; anthers 35 mm. long.

The aifiuity is with ^. longiflorns, DC, which, iufe)' alia, has larger, somewhat
differently shaped and thicker leaves, and nearly glabrous flowers with linear calyx-
segments and considerably longer corolla.

DiCHUOTRiCHUM Chalmersii, F. Muell. in Melb. Chem. & Drug., June, 1884.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Distrib. Endemic in New Gviinea.

A synonym of this is D. papuanum, S. Moore, in Journ. Bot. 1899, p. 174. This name
was published under the mistaken impression that Mueller had described the plant
under the MS. name accompanying the specimens sent to Kew.

DiCHROTRiCHTiM AMABii.E, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Hami radicantes, sparsim foliosi, hirsuto-villosi. Folia dimorpha, altera manifeste
jDetiolata, ovato-oblonga, prope apicem attenuata, apice ipso obtusa, basi obtusa
rotnndatave, margine dupliciter serrata, summum 14x65 cm., ssepius 10-12 X
3-5-4o cm., altera parvula, subsessilia, ovata, obtusa, Integra, cito decidua, omnia
pergamacea, utrinque prsesertim in pagina inferiore dense appresseqne hirsuto-
villosa. Cymce umbellatse, 5-8-flor£E, pedunculis validis sat longis hirsuto-villosis
6-10 cm. longis insidentes; pedicelli calyce breviores, 8-12 mm. longi; bracteae
lineari-oblongse vel oblanceolatae, pedicellis paullo breviores. Calyx ultra medium
divisus, ut pedicelli dense appresse hirsutus, 22 mm. longus ; tubus 9x5 mm. ;
segmenta oblougo-lanceolata, obtusa, 13 mm. longa. CorolUe 4 cm. longae
extus dense scabriusculoe tubus calycem excedens, subrectus, superne gradatim

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ampliatus, 25 mm. longus; limbus obliquus, lobis posticis 10x13 mm. Stamina
breviter exserta ; antherarum loculi basi contigui. Ooarimn glabrum, fere 3 cm.
longum, stipite 5 mm. longo iusidens, in stylum brevem 1 cm. longum. desinens.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

Blade of leaf in the dry state cinereous below ; petioles of tbe larger leaves up to
7"5 cm., ordinarily 25-4 cm. in length, stout, subterete, 3 mm. in diameter. Pedicels
of fully-developed flowers 8-12 mm. long, a little longer than the linear-oblong
oblanceolate bracts. Floioers "deep sealing-wax red." Filaments, longer 29 mm.,
shorter 25 mm. long ; anthers 5*5 mm. long.

This differs from D. Chalmersii, F. Muell., in its longer stalked leaves, shorter
peduncles, and entirely dissimilar calyces.

DlCHEOTRICHTJM CONCINNUM, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis scandens, radicans, distanter foliosus, sparsim piloso-villosus. Folia dimorpha,
altera majora longipetiolata, ovata, apicem versus attenuata, obtusa, basi rotundata
leviterque obliqua, margine dupliciter argute serrata, tenuiter pergamacea, utrinque
appresse pilosa vel piloso-villosa, 6'5-8 X 3'5-5 cm., altera multoties minora,
subsessilia, ovata, obtusissima, 8-11 mm. longa. Fedunculi petioles sequantes vel
excedentes, piloso-villosi, 5-10 cm. longi. Cijmce G-florse ; pedicelli calyce pauUo
breviores, ut calyx breviter villosi, 0"7 mm. longi. Calycis subcampanulati ulti-a
medium divisi segmenta lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 8 X 1'75 mm. Corolla extus
scabriuscula, 38 mm. longa ; tubus calycem longe superans, subrectus, superne
sensim ampliatus, 24 mm. longus ; lobi postici ceteris minores. Stamina exserta ;
antherarum loculi basi contigui. Ovari/an breviter stipitatum, glabrum, in stylum
itaque glabrum breviter exsertum desinens, stylo incluso 34 mm, longum.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Leaves grey when dry, paler on tbe underside ; petioles 4-6 cm. long, pilose-villous.
Jjongev filaments 29 mm., shorter 27 mm. long; anthers 3 mm. long.

From the last-described tliis is distinguishable at sight by means of its indumentum,
dissimilar foliage, and smaller calyx.

DiCHROTEiCHTJM Vanderwaterx, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis scandens, radicans, rarifoliatus, sparsim piloso-villosus. Folia dimorpha,
altera pro rata parva, longipetiolata, ovata, apicem versus attenuata, obtusa, b^^si
obliqua rotundata, margine dupliciter serrata, tenuiter pergamacea, utrinque
appresse piloso-villosa, 6-7"5x 3-5-4 cm., altera minuta, subsessilia, ovata, obtusa,
5 mm. longa. Ci/mce 9-flor8e ; pedunculus validus, foliorum limbum plane excedens,
aliquanto nutans, sparsim piloso-viUosus, 11 cm. longus ; pedicelli 7-8 mm longi,
calyce breviores, ut calyx sparsim breviterque villosi. Cali/x turbinatus, hand
medium usque divisus, 12 mm. longus ; segmenta late oblonga, obtusa, 5 mm.
longa. Corolla calycem magnopere excedens, extus scabriuscvila, 5 cm. longa ;
tubus basi baud constrictus, suj)erne parum ami^lificatus, 3 cm. longus ; lobi postici
ceteris pauUo minores. Stamina exserta; antherarum loculi basi contigui. Ovarium

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longiuscule stipitatum, piloso-pubescens, in stylum tenuem exsertmn liispide
pilosum excurrtus, stylo incluso 5 cm. longum.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Leaves whitisb-green when dry, slightly more so on the underside; petioles 4-5-5 cm.
long, pilose-villous. (One leaf, apparently not fully grown, is 5 X 2-5 cm. and borne on
a petiole only 25 mm. long.) Jjon^Qv JilameHts 31 mm., shorter 28 mm. long.

Greatly resembling D. conciimum in indumentum and foliage, but unlike in calyx
and corolla and in the hairy ovary and style.

DiCHROTRICHUM LATERITITJM, S. Moore, sp. nOV.

CauUs scandens, radicans, dense villosus. Folia dimorpha, majora ovata, sursum
attenuata, apice ol^tusa, basi obliqua rotunduta, margine crenato-serrata, pergamacea,
utrinque ut petioli villoso-tomentosa, petiolis sese subtequantibus insidenlia 6-7 X
3'5-4 cm. ; folia minora valde imminuta. Cymce 9-fiorse ; pedunculus validus,
foliis brevior, villosus, 4-5 cm. longus ; pedicelli breves, 4-5 mm. longi, ut calyx
sparsim villosi. Cahjx subcampanulatus, ad dimidium vel trientem inferiorem
indivisus, 18-15 mm. longus; lobi oblougo-lanceolati, obtusi, 7'5-10 mm. longi.
Corolla 4 cm. longa, extus dense scabriuscula ; tubus subrectus, a basi gradatim
ampliatus, basi constrictus, 20 mm. longus, juxta medium 5 mm., faucibus 10 mm.
latus ; lobi postici 8 mm. longi. Anthe^mrum loculi basi coutigui. Ovatnum
stipitatum, ut stylus puberulum, 3 cm. longum ; stylus sat brevis, 8 mm. longus,
ovario vix sequilatus.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Leaves whitish-green ; petioles 5-5'5 cm. long. Lons^Jilaments 24 mm., short 20 mm.
long; anthers 3-3"7o mm. long.

This differs from the last two in the indumentum. It has the shorter and relatively
broader corollas of L>. concinnum and the calyx divided at least to the middle ; but its
peduucle is slender, the calyx-segments oblong-lanceolate, and the much thicker ovary
and style are hairy, though less so and in a dilfereut manner from the same organs in
D. Vanderwatei'i. The cutting of the leaf-margin is also different from that which
obtains with D. concinnum and D. Fanderwateri.

D

\i 13ICHI10TRICHUM PARVIFOLIUM, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Catilis scandens, radicans, bene foliosus, pilosus, tandem fere glaber. Folia dimorpha,
majora ad normam generis parva, sat longipetiolata, ovata scepius ovato-oblonga,
obtusa, basi obliqua obtusa, margine argutiuscule serrata vel serrato-crenata,
membranacea, utrinque ut pedunculi appresse piloso-villosula, circa 4x2 cm. ;
folia minora diminuta. Fedtmculus folia magnopere excedens, 14-15 cm. longus,
aliquanto nutans, cymam 5-9-floram fulciens ; pedicelli calyci sequilongi, ut calyx
piloso-villosi. Cah/x 13 mm. longus, subturbinatus, medium usque lobatus, lobis
lanceolato-oblongis obtusis margine denticulntis. Corolla calyce fere ter longior,
extus scabrida, 35 mm. longa ; tubus subrectus, basi baud constrictus, ihferne
tubulosus, inde sensim dilatatus, 21 mm. longus, inferne 3 mm., faucibus fere 8 mm.

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latus ; lobi postici ceteris plane breviores. Stamina exserta ; antlierarum loculi
basi breviter divergentes. Ovarium stipite 8 mm. longo iusidens, glabrum, 15 mm.
longum, stylo brevi incluso crasso itaque glabro 4 mm. longo coronatum. Ca^sulce
25-35 cm. longse, 1*5 mm. latte, brunnese, glabrae.
Camp VI b (fruit), Camps VIII to IX (flower), 3900 to 5500 ft.

Leaves grey when dry, and almost tbe same sbade on either side ; petioles about
2 cm. in length, pilose-villous. Longer filaments 18 mm., shorter 15 mm. long ; anthers
2"5 mm. long.

A very distinct species', the like of which I have neither seen nor know of from
description. The small leaves and flowers, the latter with a narrow tube especially
when dry, together with the indumentum, are the plant's chief external features.

The specimens taken to be the fruiting ones of this species were gathered, it will be
observed, at a lower elevation than the flowering ones, which is only Avhat one would
expect. The calyces of the fruiting and flowering specimens agree exactly, but the
flowers of the former seem to have been somewhat larger, unless, indeed, they have
slightly increased during fruiting.

MONOPHYLL^A BREVIPES, S. MoorC, sp. nOV.

Caulis crassiusculus, prtesertim prope folium albo-furfuraceus. Folium late ovato-
oblongum, apice verisimiliter obtusum vel obtusissimvim, basi cordatum vel
latissime rotundatum, margine levitcr uudvilatum, membranaceum, 12-15 cm.
longum, usque ad 6-9 cm. latum, supra fere glabrum, subtus praesertim in nervis
minute albo-furfuraceum. Fedunculi sub floribus pro rata breves, tenues, his-
pidule pubcruli, tandem glabri, 5-15 mm. longi, postremo 50 mm. attingentes.
Eacemi abbreviati, pauciflori ; pedicelli calyce breviores, 3-4 mm. longi, hispide
pubescentes. Calyx ultra medium divisus, furfure albo pilis paucis intermixto
praeditus, 6 mm. longus ; lobi lanceolati, acuminati, 3-5 mm. longi, posticus ceteris
plane longior, 6 mm. longus. Corolla calyci aequilonga, extus glabra, intus in
dimidio superiore papillosa ; tubus 4x2 mm. ; labium posticum 3 mm., anticum
2 mm. longum, lobis suborbicularibus circa 2 mm. diam. Filamenla edentula;
antheroe omnes cohyerentes. Ocanum ovoideum, 1 mm, longum, ut stylus 2 mm.
longus puberulum.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Stem of the specimens to hand 8 cm. long, when dry 2-2"5 mm. wide. Leaves

somewhat glaucous above, whitish below, with about 16 pairs of nerves, of which the

proximal G pairs are, as is the rule in the genus, closer together than the arcuate distal

ones. Racemes at most of about 10 flowers, tiiough usually fewer, not more than 5 mm.

long. Corolla white. Filaments, shorter 1 mm. long, about half tlie length of the

longer.

M. papuana, Lauterb., has, according to the description, larger leaves, longer peduncles,

racemes and pedicels, a smaller calyx divided almost to tlie base into elliptical, subacute

segments, and a corolla only 4 mm. long.

This is the second known species from New Guinea.

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Cyrtandra (§ Stellate) eriophtlla, S. Mooro, sp. nov.

Caidis crassus, densissime fulvo-villoso-tomentosus. FoUa breviter petiolata, ovato-
oblonga, basi apiceque obtusa, margiue repanda, coriacea, vitrobique densissime
appresse fulvo- (vel brunneo-) villoso-tomeutosa, in pagina superiore bullata
tardiusque glabrescentia, summum 11x5 cm., interdum modo 7x3 cm. Flores
fasciculati, bracteis amplis late ovatis irregulariter laceratis dense villoso-tomen-
tosis +1'5 cm. longis 2 cm. latis involucrati. Pedicelli villosi, circa 5 mm. longi.
Calyx campanulatus, dense villoso-tomentosus, usque ad medium partitas ; seg-
menta inferne deltoidea, siiperne linearia, lana densissima involuta, 7 mm. longa.
Corolla dense villoso-tomentosa, calycem plane superans, 24 mm. longa; tubus
subrectus, in dimidio inferiore cylindricus, 10X4 mm., sursum inflatus, 9x8 mm. ;
limbus subbilabiatus, lobis posticis reliquis minoribus brevioribusque, antico latera-
libus simili nisi longiore 6 mm. longo. Stamina inclusa ; antherarum loculi
cobterentes. Staminodia 2, filiformia vel spatliulata, 2-2'5 mm. long. Ocarium
ovoideo-oblongum, glabrum, 5 mm. longum, in stylam glabrum 8 mm. longum
desinens.
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.
Petioles stout, very woolly, 1-2 cm. long. Fascicles of flowers apparently sessile or

nearly so. Flowers "deep brownisb yellow." Filaments 3 mm. long; antbers as long

as tbe filaments.

The affinity of tbis seems to be with C. chrysea, C. B. Clarke, and C. hypoch^ysea,

Kriinzl., especially with the latter, but, inter alia, their calyx and corolla are different.

Owing largely to tbis supposed affinity, I have placed tbe present plant in § Stellatce,

although its calyx is not divided quite according to tbe definition of that section.
The flowers being all detached, their relation to the stem is uncertain.

Cyrtandra (§ Dissimiles) Wollastonii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis sat validus, fulvo-tomentosus, cito glaber. Folia maxime imparia ; majora
longiuscule petiolata, obovata vel obovato-oblonga, sursum rotundata, prope apicem
cuspidato-acuminata, apice obtusa, basi cuneatim extenuata, margine simjilicitcr
vel dupliciter dentata, pergamacea, utriuque costis pu.bescentibus puberulisve
exemptis glabra, 18'5-20 cm. longa, 7"5-10 cm. lata ; minora lanceolato-subulata,
fulvo-pubescentia, circa 1 cm. longa ; novelli dense fulvo-tomentosi. Calyx
14x7-8 mm., tubulosus, glaber, 5-dentatus, dentibus 3 posticis quam antici
majoribus. Corolla 19 mm. longa; tubus calycem breviter excedens, i^aullo
curvatus, inferne subcylindricus (basi parum dilatatus), superne infundibularis,
faucibus 6 mm. latus ; limbi lobi tubo multo breviores, inter se suba?quales, ovati,
obtusi, 3 mm. longi. Stamina inclusa; filamenta brevia, glabra; antherse ovoideae,
cobserentes. Staminodia 0. Ovarium oblotigum, glabrum, 4 mm. longum, stylum
brevem semi-tequans.
Camps VII to VIII, 3900 to 4900 ft.

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Stem about 4 mm. in diameter, with a light brown longitudinally striated cortex.
Leaves when dry greyish-green, somewhat bilaterally asymmetrical ; lateral nerves
about 20 pairs, more j^rominent on the lower side ; petioles stout, shallowly channelled
above, tawny pubescent, but some glabrous, about 4 cm. long, though usually shorter.
Filaments inserted at 5 mm. from the mouth of the tube, much flattened, about 2-5 mm.
long ; anthers slightly more than 2 mm. in length.

Apparently close to C. trachi/caidis, Schlechter. Although the flowers are all
detached, they are most probably, like those of C. tracliycaulis, axillary and solitary
(possibly sometimes binate), and have but a very short pedicel, though not one of the
flowers shows the latter. Besides the hairy stem C. trachtjcaulis has somewhat different
leaves and larger flowers.

Cyktandka {^ DissiMiLEs) FOLiosA, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Rami validi, cortice sordide albo longitrorsum striate obducti, freqvienter foliosi,
glabri. Folia imparia, majora magna, brevipetiolata, elongato-elliptica, sub apice
breviter acuminata, basi apiceque obtusa, margine crenata vel creuato-dentata,
tenuiter pergamacea, utrinque glabra, summum 30x10 cm. ssepe 18'5-20x6-7cra.,
altera stipuliformia, circa 1 cm. longa. Flores fasciculati, ex axillis foliorum jam
delapsorum oriu.ndi ; fasciculi sessiles, pauciflori ; pedicelli calyce paullo breviores,
glabri, circa 7 mm. longi. Calyx anguste campanulatus, glaber, 9 mm. longus;
lobi tubo breviores, 3 mm. longi, inferne deltoideo-triangulares, superne lineares.
Corolla glabra 13 mm. longa ; tubus calyci subtequilongus, superne inflatus, 11 mm.
longus, lobi postici suborbiculares, 2x2 mm., antici ovati, 3x2-5 mm. Stamina
inclusa ; antberae apice cohaerentes. Ovarium glabrum, 4 mm. longum, in stylum
pauUulum breviorem 3 mm. longum validum puberulumque desinens.
Camp I, 500 ft.

Leaves greyish or brownish green above when dry, pinkish brown below ; midrib and
lateral nerves (about 16 pairs) more prominent on the lower face ; petioles stout,
glabrous, about 1 cm. long. Staminodes subulate, recurved, 1 mm. long. Anthers
ovoid, narrowed at the apex, cells slightly divergent at the base, 3 mm. long.

CyRTANDRA (§ DiSSIMILES) LANCEOLIFERA, S. MoorC, sp. nOV.

Caulis aliquanto angulatus, hirsutus, mox glaber et cortice crebro transverse rimoso
obductus. Folia optime intequalia ; majora majuscula, oblanceolata vel lanceolato-
obovata, acuminata, basin versus sensim contracta, basi obliqua obtusa, margine
dentato-serrata, basin versus Integra, pergamacea, supra glabra, subtu.s costa media
birsutula excepta fere glabra, margine sparsim ciliata, 20-28x4-7 cm. ; minora
stipuliformia, dense hirsuta, fere 1 cm. longa. Floi^es in fascicules sessiles pauci-
fiores digesti ; pedicelli calyce longiores, pilosi, circa 1 cm. longi. Calyx campa-
nulatus, pilosus, 9 mm. longus ; lobi tubo multo breviores, deltoidei, obtusi, 2 mm.
longi. Corolla calycem facile superans, 15 mm. longa; tubus 9 mm. longus,
inferne cylindricus, superne inflatus necuon parum curvatus; lobi tubo longe

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130 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

breviores, postici ceteris niinores, 2-5 mm. longi. Stamina subiuclusa ; antlierae
apice cohserentes, cito liberse. Staminoclia 0. Ovarium late ovoideum, 2"5x 2 mm.,
glabrum ; stylus breviter exsertus, pilosus, 11 mm. longus ; stigma bilobum, lobis
1 mm. longis.
Camps III to VI a, 2500 to 3100 ft.

Leaves ligbt brown or olive-green above, paler below, midrib rather prominent ; side
nerves seen best on the lower side, about 16-20 pairs ; petioles short, broadly channelled
above, hirsute, 5-6 mm. long. Floicers white. Filaments nearly 1 cm. long, anthers
rather more than 2 mm. long, the cells slightly diverging at the base.

Cyetandra {^ DissiMiLES ?) coNsiMiLis, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Folia amj)la, breviter petiolata, oblongo-obovata, prope apicem acuminata, apice
obtusa, basin versus cuneatim augustata, basi obtusa, margine dentata, in triente
proximal! Integra, pergamacea, glabra, circa 20x5-6 cm. Flores fasciculati, 3-ni
(an semper ?) ; j)edunculus 0 vel summum brevissimus ; pedicelli calyci suboeqvii-
longi, teuues, minute puberuli, + 10 mm. longi. Calyo: tubuloso-camjaanulatus,
glaber, 10*5 mm. longus, breviter lateque 5-dentatus, dentibus obtusis summum
1 mm. longis. Corolla extus glabra, 23 mm. longa ; tubus ex calyce breviter
emergens, subrectus, subcylindricus, 12 mm. longus ; limbi lobi postici antico
multo breviores, 2 mm longi. Stamina breviter exserta ; antherae apice cohserentes,
cito liberae. Staminoclia 0. Ocarium oblongo-ovoidevim, glabrum, 4 mm. longum,
stylo glabro satis valido 10 mm. longo terminatum.
Camp VI ffl, 3100 ft.
Leaves with the two halves somewhat unsymmetrical, drying pale brown above and

greenish below ; lateral nerves about 12 pairs, nervation seen best on the lower side ;

petioles 5-7 mm. long, thick, transversely corrugated, glabrous or nearly so. Filaments

9 mm. long; anthers 2 mm.

The material consisting only of detached leaves and flowers, the section to which it

belongs must remain doubtful. In foliage this is much like the last described, but the

floral difi'erences are too great to warrant its being considered a mere variety.

Cyrtandua (§ DissiMiLEs) QUERCIFOLIA, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis crebro ramosu.s, ramis foliosis cito glabris. Folia opposita, valde dissimilia,
majora brevipetiolata, oblongo-oblauceolata, caudato-acuminata, aj)ice ipso obtusa,
basi obtusa, margine subargute dentata, pergamacea, glabra, 8-9 X 23-3 cm. ; folia
minora pusilla, subulata, cito decidua. Flores axillares, solitarii, pedicellis glabris
vel fere glabris calycem sequantibus excedentibusve 7-10 mm. longis iusidentes.
Calyx 7 mm. longus, camiianulatus, corolla plane brevior, glaber; lobi tubo
pauHulum breviores, e basi lata lineares, 3 mm. longi. Corolla 20 mm. longa,
extus fere glabra ; tubus 15 mm. longus, deorsum subcylindricus, sursuni cam-
panulatus necnon breviter curvatus ; lobi tubo breviores, postici ceteris minores,
3x3 mm. Stamina subinclusa; anthertE cobserentes. Staminodia 2, apice

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subvomeriformia, 3"5 mm. longa. Ovarium ovoideum, glabrum, 4"o mm.
longum, stylo subexserto pubescente 7 mm. longo. Stigma 2-ramosum, ramis
2 mm. longis.
Camps VII to IX, 3600 to 5500 ft.

Leaves with midrib imj)ressed on the upper, promineut on the lower side of the leaf ;
side nerves about 7 pairs, conspicuous below ; petiole stout, glabrous, 5 mm. ; long
small leaves soon disappearing, about 3 mm. long. Filaments inserted upon the calyx
about 7 mm. from its mouth, 8 mm. long ; anthers 2'5 mm. long.

Cyrtandra (§ DissiMiLEs) HOMOPLASTiCA, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis ramosus, ramis subtetragonis superne pubescentibus mox glabris paucifoliosis.
Folia opposita, maxime intequalia, majora breviter petiolata, oblongo-oblanceolata,
cuspidato-attenuata, apice ipso obtusa, basi parum obliqua obtusa, margine dentata,
pergamacea, glabra, folia minora parvula, subulata, diutule persistentia, 4 mm.
longa. Flores bini, hac utque iliac ex ramis f oliis jam orbis orti ; pedunculi
nulli ; pedicelli filiformes, calyce saepius paullo longiores, ut calyx obscure puberuli,
5-10 mm. longi. Calyx 7x4 mm., tul^uloso-campaniilatus, corolla brevior, breviter
5-lobus, lobis deltoideis obtusis 1'5 mm. longis. Corolla 19 mm. longa, extus fere
glabra ; tubus subrectus, ex calyce eminens, infundibularis, 11 mm. longus ; lobi
postici ceteris minores, suborbiculares, 3 mm. diam. ; lobus anticus comparate
elongatus, 8 mm. long. Stamina inclusa; antherse cohaerentes, dein liberse.
Ovarium subsessile, ovoideum, glabrum, vix 3 mm. longum, stylo puberulo 13 mm.
longo terminatum.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

Tips of branches and very young buds springing therefrom covered with a close rusty
tomentum. Leaves with midrib and the 6-8 jsairs of lateral nerves prominent below;
petioles stout, deeply channelled, puberulous, 5-7 mm. long. Filaments nearly 1 cm.
long ; anthers oblong, cells slightly diverging at the base, 2*25 mm. long. Staminodes
apparently absent.

In appearance this is very like C. quercifolia ; indeed, its leaves are, except for their
shorter narrowed tip, scarcely distinguishable. The flowers, however, are in several
respects different.

The front lobe of the only flower available for examination has become partly
separated, so that its exact length (and thus the length of the tube of the corolla)
cannot be stated, although the measurement given above is believed to be correct.

It is worthy of remark that occasionally both the leaves of a pair are reduced to
small stipule-like organs.

Cyrtandra (§ DissiMiLEs) Klos.sii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis sat tenuis, crebro foliosus, anfractuosus, fusco-hirsutus. Folia maxime
insequalia; majora lanceolata, acuminata, apice acuta, basi obliqua, in petiolum
brevem desinentia, margine distanter serrulata, membranacea, primo albo- vel
f ulvo-tomentosa, mox praesertim in pagina superiore sparsim pubescentia, 5-10 X

s 2

132 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

l-2"7 cm., minora parvula, saepissime circa 5 mm. longa, lanceolata, cito decidua.
Calyx elongatus, tubulosas, corolla brevior, 3 cm. longus, usque ^ in labia duo
divisus ; labii segmeuta oblongo-triangularia, obtusa, labii postici 3 quam antica
multo breviora, 4-4.'5 mm. longa. Corolla 36 mm. longa ; tubus rectus, 23 mm.
longus, subcylindricus (superue breviter dilatatus), extus glaber ; labii antici lobi
late oblongi, obtusissimi, 13 mm. longi, labium posticum latius oblongum,
14'5 mm. longum, breviter bilobum, lobi omnes apicem versus dorso barbati.
Stamina 2 exserta ; antberse mox liberse ; staminodia 0. Ovarium ovoideum,
glabrum, 3'5 mm. longum, stylo breviter exserto superne pubescente 22 mm.
longo (interdum usque ad 2 mm. abbreviatum) terminatum. Fructus stylo abbre-
viate vel styli elongati basi persistente coronatus, 12 mm. longus.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Leaves with hirsute petioles, 2-6 mm. long. 'Filaments somewhat fleshy, 15 mm.
long ; anthers narrowly ovoid, 3 mm. long.

Var. HEPTANTHA, S. Moore, var. nov.

A typo abhorret prsesertim foliis majoribus 10-13 x2-3'5 cm., calyce angustiore
(28x6 mm.), c;ip.sula minore (10 mm. longa).

Camp VI h, 3900 ft.

This is possibly a distinct species, but the narrow calyx seems to be the only essential
difference.

The affinity of C. Klossii seems to be with C. trisepala, C. B. Clarke, but its flowers
apparently spring from the stem after the leaves have been shed. C. triseiiala has
larger leaves, and flowers with a much smaller calyx and corolla.

The calyx is very unlike that of most Cyrtandras, and is a good instance of correlation
of growth, as it shows much resemblance in its lobing to the corolla. With this in
mind, and the absence of staminodes, which organs in text-books are always said to be
present in Cyrtandra flowers, there seems some ground for supposing that we may here
have a distinct genus. Against this view is the fact that there are species, though only
a few, of Cyrtandra without staminodes ; moreover, C. radicijlora, C. B. Clarke, which
possesses staminodes, has a strongly zygomorphic calyx. Perhaps the matter would be
more satisfactorily settled by placing those species with a zygomorphic calyx in a
section by themselves.

ACANTHACE^.

(By S. MooEE.)

Aportjellia paptjana, S. Moore, sp. nov.

CatiUs erectus, ramosus, ramis bene foliosis ad nodos tumidis teretibus juvenilibus
pubescentibus puberulisve mox glabris. Folia breviter petiolata, ovato-lanceolata,
acuminata, apice obtuse acuta, basin versus sensim contracta, margine undulata,
firme membranacea utrobique (exemptis costis prsesertim in pagina inferiore
puberulis) glabra. Flores in racemos spicilormes simplices paucifloros axillares
vel pseudo-terminales foliis breviores vel iisdem a^quilongos sparsim puberulos

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digesti, circiter 10 cm. loBgi. Bracteoe ut bracteolse subulatae, quam calyx
breviores, illse + 6 mm., bte circa 4 mm. longse. Calycis sat alte partiti 12 mm.
longi, segmenta filiformia, basin versus amph'ata, summum microscopice puberula,
9-10 mm. longa. Corollce tubus sat elongatus (25 mm. longus), angustus, superne
breviter usque ad 2-5 mm. amplificatus, extus minute glandulosus; lobi suborbi-
culares, inter se subtequales, tubo multo breviores, 10-12 mm. longi. Stamina
medium tubum versus inserta; antherte inclusse, loculis basi obtusis. Ovarium
apice ij)SO coarctatum, glabrum, 4'5 mm. longum ; stylus 22 mm. longus ; ovula in
loculis circiter 9.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Leaves drying greyish green, paler below ; cystoliths fairly well seen on both sides.
Corolla pale violet. Longer Jilaments 5-5 mm., shorter nearly 4 mm. long ; anthers
oblong, 2-7 mm. long. Fallen of spheroidal grains with scattered short spines or
rather tubercles.

In foliage this is much like species in the neighbourhood of the j)lant described by
Baron Mueller as Leptosiphonium Stricklandi ; these, however, so far as I have been
able to ascertain, are true Ruellias. The present plant is easily recognised by its

Lranthemum-liko jinflorescence and corollas.

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Hemigbaphis KLi)ssii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Herha humilis, 8-10 rarius 15 cm. alta. Caulis erectus, ramosus, puberulus. Folia

petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, basi apiceque obtusa, margine undulata, costis in

pagina inferiore puberulis exemptis glabra, 3"5 X 1-1 "6 cm. Spicce pluriflorse,

nonnunquam paucifiorse, summum 2 cm. longse, satis laxiflorse, pedunculo longioro

modice 2'o-3 cm. longo tenui puberulo suffultse. Bractece oblanceolatte, obtusae,

glabnie vel fere glabrae, + 1 cm. longa?. Calijcis 8 mm. longi segmenta inter sese

subsimilia, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, dorso breviter puberula. Corolla calycem

paullum excedens, vix 10 mm. longa ; tubus inferne coarctatus, 1 mm. latus, superne

campanulatus, summum 4"5 mm. latvis ; lobi inter se subajquales, suborbiculares,

emarginati, dorso microscospice puboruli, circa 2*25 X 2-25 mm. Filamenta basi per

paria connata, longiora deorsum barbata. Ovula quoque in loculo 5-6. Capsula

calyci sequilonga, 10-12-sperma, glabra. Semina ovata, 1 mm. longa.

Canoe Camp and Camps I and III to VI, 150 to 2500 ft.

Leaves greyish green when dry, paler beneath ; petioles variable in length, usually

5-17 mm. long. Flowers "violet white." Free part of \on^ev Jilaments 3 mm., of

shorter 1'5 mm. long.

H. lithophila, K. Sebum. & Lauterb., to which this is near, is described as having

patently pilose stems, lanceolate-crenate leaves which are pilose and more densely so

' beneath, and linear ciliolate calyx-segments.

Var. ELATioK, S. Moore, var. nov.

Planta usque ad 25 cm. alt. Folia summum 7x2 cm.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

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Hemigraphis caudigera, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caiilis graciJis, anfractuosus, pubeseens, cito puberulus. Folia petiolata, ampla,
elliptico-lanceolata, breviter caudato-attenuata apice ipso (et basi) obtusa, margine
crenata, membranacea, supra glabra, subtus sparsim puberula, 9'5-ll-5 x S'o-iB cm.
Spica pedunculata, laxe pauciflora, pedunculo circa 5 cm. longo incluso, foliis
parum brevier. Bractece lanceolatge, obtusse, puberulse, inferiores 2 cm. X 3 mm.,
sviperiores gradatim minores. Calycis 12 mm. longi segmenta linearia, acuminata,
puberula. CoroUce tubus calycem excedeus, 15 mm. longus, superne gradatim
ampliiicatus, faucibus 4 mm. latus ; lobi inter se subsequales, obovati, obtusissimi,
5x4 mm. Filamenta per paria connata, majora in dimidio inferiore longe barbata.
Staminodimn 0. Ovariwm sparsim puberulum ; ovula pro loculo 5-6.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

The single specimen to baud is 26 cm. long, but the attachment to the soil is not
shown. Leaves grey-green when dry, somewhat paler below, the caudate atteuviatiou
at most 1"5 cm. long, margins entire ; petioles 1-2 cm. long, covered with short strigillose
hairs. Flowers " violet white." Longer filaments 3 mm., shorter 0-75 mm. long ;
anthers 175 mm. long.

Different from the last in foliage and bracts.

Lepidagathis paptjana, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis ascendens, circa sesquisiiithameus, quadrangvilaris, aliquanto anfractuosus,
paucifoliosus, ad nodos tumidus, puberulus. Folia ovato-oblonga vel anguste
elliptica, obtusa, basi in petiolum brevem contracta, margine undulata, mem-
branacea., suj)ra glabra, subtus pnesertim in nervis subtiliter puberula, 6"5-14.X
2"8-4"8 cm. S^yicce axillares vel terminales, solitarise vel 2-3-n8e, cylindricie,
pro rata laxiusculaB, pedunculatas, pedunculis ssepius brevibus, ut inflorescentiae
axis pubesceutes vel puberulae, summum 4 cm. longae. Bractece calyci subtequi-
longEe, circa 8 mm. longae, ovato-lanceolatse, spinuloso-acuminatse, 1-nerves, margine
breviter ciliatse, ceteroquin fere glabrae. Calycis segmenta oblongo- vel lineari-
lanceolata, spinuloso-acuminata, ut bractese scariosa, dorso puberula, margine
breviter ciliata ; segmentum posticum 8x2 mm., 3-nerve, cetera 1-nervia
7xl-l'5 mm. Corolla parva, calyce brevior, vix 5 mm. longa; tubus 3 mm.
longus, medio contractus; labium posticum integrum, suborbiculare, l"5xl'5 mm.,
antico circiter aequilongum; antici lobi laterales late oblongi, obtusi. Ovarium
ovoideum, apice breviter papillosum, 1'5 mm. longum. Capsula oblonga, sursum
angustata fere rostrata, 7 mm. longa. Semlna jiro capsula 4, 1 mm. diam.,
retinaculis aeutis fulta.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Stem with about four pairs of leaves separated usually by internodes of 4-6 cm.

Leaves drying green, paler below, upper side with small scattered cystoliths ; petioles

5-10 mm. long, puberulous. Filaments rather more than 5 mm. long ; cells of anther

linear-oblong, 1 mm. long.
I have compared this with Malayan specimens, referred (in MS.) by C. B. Clarke to

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 135

L. inctiri-a, D. Don (i. e. L. lujalina, Nees), but the shorter spikes and the different and
nearly glabrous bracts, bracteoles and calyces atford an easy means of distinguishing
the present species.

Graptophylltjm pubiflouum, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Frutex verisimiliter. Rami aliquanto compressi, ad nodos tumidi, puberuli, mox
glabri. Folia ampla, elliptica, longiuscule necnon latiusc;ile cuspidato-acuminata,
obtusa, basi in petioluni sensim desinentia, membranacea, utrinque glabra, usque
ad 20x65-8 cm., summum -vero circa 15x4 cm. Flores in racemos sat longos
terminales vel ex axillis sum mis oriundos ita pseudothyrsum pubescentem summum
18 cm. longum, sed interdum breviorem efficientes digesti. Bractece bracteolseque
lineari-subulatge, pubescentes, illoe + 4 mm., hjB 2-3 mm. longte. Calycis segmenta
inter sese subaequalia, lineari-oblonga, acuta vel breviter acuminata, pubeseentia,
8 X 1-1"25 ram. Corolla extus (prsesertim basin versus) glanduloso-pubescens ; tubus
in dimidio superiore amplilicatus necnon parum incurvus, postice aliqviantulum
incrassatus, 34 mm. longus ; lobi postici ceteris similes, nisi paullo minores,
8 X 4'5 mm. Anthene breviter exsertse, sagittata?, apice acutpe. Stanmwdia
abbreviata, clavata. Ovarium anguste ovoideo-oblongura, glabrum, 2*5 mm. longum.
Stylus inclusus, pilosus, ovario aequilongus.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.
Leaves dark olive-green above when dry and bright green below ; petioles broad,

running indistinguishably into the base of the leaf, 1-2 cm. long. Corollas white

spotted with mauve. Filaments inserted just below the mouth of the corolla, glabrous,

S mm. long, with anthers half that length.

A rather unsatisfactory specimen at Kew, collected by Sir W. MacGregor on Mount

Seratchley, may perhaps be conspecitic with this, though its leaves are considerably

smaller. The chief points about G. pubiflorum are the large leaves and the hairy

corollas with short lobes, only a little unlike each other.

lluNGiA Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Caulis ascendens, superne sparsim ramosus, ad nodos tumidulus, tetragonus, puberulus
dein glabrescens. Folia subsessilia, apicem versus breviter attenuata, apice ipso
obtusa, basi late rotundata, pergamacea, utrinque pilis strigillosis appressis sparsim
obtecta necnon perspicue creberrimeque cystolithigera, ssepissime 2-4xl-2'5 cm.
Sj)iccB cylindricffi, tandem satis elongatse, 4xl"5 cm., caulem vel ramulos breves
vel brevissimos terminantes. Bracteie pro rata majuscula?, orbiculares, 3-nerves,
late albo-marginatse, dorso sparsim appresse breviterque hispiduhe, margine ciliatae,
8-10x6-7"5 mm. Bracteolce bracteis minores, ovato-rotundatse, obtusissimse, late
membranacese, margine ciliatse, 6x4 mm. Calycis segmenta 5, bracteolis paullo
breviora, lineari-lanceolata, pilosa, 5-5 mm. longa. Corollas tubus calyci sub-
sequilongus, leviter urceolaris, compressus, 5 mm. longus ; labium anticum
amplissimum, 10 X 10 mm., breviter 3-lobum, quam posticum apice bifiduni
5x4-5 mm. multo majus. Antherarum loculus superior muticus, inferior breviter

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obtuseque calcaratus. Ovarium ovoideum, 1 mm. lougum ; stylus glaber, 7'5 mm.
longus.

Camps VI a, VII, and VIII, 3100 to 4900 ft.

Leaves usually drying a golden-brown ; petioles 1-3 mm. long, hairy. Stamens shortly
exserted ; filaments broad and flat, 4 mm. long ; cells of anther a little more than
1 mm. long.

This has the foliage almost exactly of M. latior, Nees, except for the cystoliths which
are very conspicuous and constitute a marked feature of the species. The flowers of the
two are, however, very unlike.

Referred to this species are specimens collected at Camps VI b and VII to IX, with
somewhat nai'rower leaves usually 2-4 cm. long by 8-15 mm. wide, drying green, and
bracts Avith a somewhat narrower colourless border. There seems no reason to "ive a
varietal name to this form.

VERBENACE^.
(By H. r, Weknham.)

Premna papuana, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex prseter inflorescentiam glaberrimus ; ramuli teretes, striati, lenticellosi. Folia
oblonga, 5'5-7 cm. x2-2'8 cm., subcoriacea, brevissime acuminata, acuta, basi
rotundata, petiolo tenui + 1 cm. longo ; vente subtus cum reticulo interveniente
valde conspicuae, vix tamen prominulae, secundarise utrinque 6-9. Thyrsus
laxiusculus, ca. 20 cm. X IS cm., minute ferrugineo-puberulus. Flores glabri, pro
genere majusculi. Calyx subglobosus, late dentatus. Corolla 4-5 mm. longa,
obtusissime ac subsequaliter 4-lobata, intus basin versus paullo barbata. Antherce
inclusse. Ovarium glaberrimum, obcouicum.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Distinct in the lax inflorescence, the rather large flowers, and the (for this genus)
small oblong leaves.

D

Faradaya magniloba, Wernham, sp. nov.

Frutex scandens, glaber ; ramuli teretes, striati. Folia firme ehartacea, opposita,
elliptica, ca. 18 cm. X 8 cm., basi obtusa, brevissime acuminata, acuta ; ven*
secundarise utrinque ca. 0, subtus prominulse ; petiolus sgepe tortus, 3-4 cm. longus.
Flores magni, albi. Calyx sub anthesi mox fere ad basin in lobos duos 2-5 cm.
longos scaphiformes acutissime apiculatos divisus. Coroll(B glabrae tubus infra
angustus, cylindricus, insuj)er infundibulariter ampliatus, totus 3"5-4 cm. longus ;
lacinise oblongse, fere ad medium bilobatae, ca. 5 cm. longge. Filanienta longissime
exserta, 14 cm. vel ultra longa, basi tumida, tomentosa, ceterum glabra ; antberas
4-5 mm. longre, basi bilobaj. Ocarium minute flavo-pubesceiis. Fructus sub-
pyriformis.

Camps I to III, 700 to 2500 ft.

Distinct in the large flowers and bilobed corolla-segments.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH XEW GUINEA. 137

Clerodendron Linda wiantjm, Lauterb. in Nacbtr. PL Deutscb. Schutzg. Siidsee, 372.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrlb. Endemic in New Guinea.

Clerodendron utakwense, Wernbam, sp. nov.

FrtUex glabratus; ramuli novelli subteretes, striati, fistulosi, mox cortice lignoso
induti, obtuse quadrangulares. Folia ampla, papyracea, elliptica vel ovalia,
8 cm.x7 cm., ad ca. 20 cm. Xl6 cm., basi rotundata, nonnunquam cordata;
petioli teretes, striati, debiliusculi, subflstulosi, foliorum superiorum nonnunquam
vix 1 cm. longi, inferiorum ad 12-14 cm. longi. Flores majusculi, dilute coccinei,
in tbyrsum amplum ca. 20 cm. longum latumque dispositi ; rbacbis fistulosa,
apicem versus tenuis. Calyx bilabiatus, 1'6 cm. longus, labio inferiore amplo
ovato, superiore lanceolate acuminate. Corollce glabrae tubus gracilis, ca. 2 cm.
e calyce exsertus ; lobi inajquales, apice rotundati, oblongi, duo ca. 1-5 cm. x 7 mm.,
alii ca. 1 cm. X 4 mm. Stamina e corolla 7 cm. vel longius exserta.
Canoe Camp and Camp I, 150 to 500 ft.
Related to tbe Bornean C. Bethuneanum, Low, differing in the bilabiate calyx and

exserted corolla-tube. Mr. Kloss describes the flowers as "pinkish-scarlet," and in

more mature specimens as " carmine."

LABIATE.
(By S. Moore.)

OciMTJM SANCTUM, Linn. Mant. i. 85.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.
Distrlb. Arabia, India, and Malay Archipelago to Australia and Polynesia.

Plectranthus (§ Germania) Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov.

Herba herbacea, parva. Caulis ascendens, pauciramosus, plurifoliosus, plus minus
piloso-hirsutus. Folia parvula, brevipetiolata, ovata, obtusa, basi rot;mdata nisi
late obtusa, margine crenata, membranacea, supra piloso-puberula, subtus fere
glabra. Spicastri simplices, folia longe superantes, piloso-puberuli ; verticillastri
pauci, tandem circa 1"5 cm. inter sese distantes, plerique circa 6-flori; bractese
valde imminutse, persistentes ; pedicelli graciles, calyce certe longiores, sparsim
glanduloso-pubescentes. Calycis florescentis sparsim pubescentis lobus posticus
suborbiculatus, margiuibus decurrentibus ; lobi laterales postico fere aequilongi,
lanceolati, obtusiusculi ; lobi antici quam laterales pauUo angustiores, apice acuti ;
calyx fructicans decurvus, mediocriter auctus. Corollce tubus calycem plus quam
2-plo excedens, glaber; labium anticum obovatum, obtusum, concavum; labii
postici lobi laterales late oblongi, reliqui rotundati, omnes obtusissimi. Stamina
bene exserta. Antherarum loculi confluentes.
Camps IX and X, 5500 to 6700 ft.

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]38 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Plant about a span high or less. Leaves 7-13x4-10 mm., fairly evenly distributed
up the stem, drying brownish ; petioles at most 3 mm. long, usually less. Spicasters
eventually up to 10 cm. in length (including the peduncle), though sometimes shorter,
slender, each bearing several verticillasters ; bracts exceedingly small, subulate, not
exceeding 1 mm. in length ; pedicels mostly 4-5 mm. long, in the flowering stage
ascending or patent. Calyx in flower slightly oblique at the base, 2-5 mm. long ; upper
lobe 1'5 mm. long and as much across, the remaining lobes a trifle shorter, in fruit
slightly exceeding 6 mm. in length, upper lobe 2x3 mm. ; lateral lobes 2-25 x '75 mm.,
fruit lobes a trifle longer than the lateral, 1*5 mm. wide, incurved. Tube of corolla
55 mm. long, 1*5 mm. wide; lower lip barely 4 mm. long; side lobes of upper lip
1-5x1 mm.; back lobes I'Sxl'S mm. Filaments exserted nearly 5 ram. kStyle G mm.
long, glabrous.

Differs from P. parvifioi^us, Willd. chiefly in foliage and the minute bracts.

Var. MAJOR, S. Moore, var. nov.

Folia majora, circa 2xl"5-l*8 cm. ; petioli 7-15 mm. longi. Bracteie ovalse, obtusse,

dorso ]nloso-pubescentes, usque ad 4 mm. longae, diutule persistentes.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Identical in flowers with the type.

CoLEUS scUTELLARioiDES, Bcnth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. ii. 16.
Camps III to VI h, 2500 to 3900 ft.
Distrib. Indian Archipelago, Australia, Polynesia.

Scutellaria luzonica, Ptolfe, in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. xxi. (1884) 315.
Camps IX to XI, 5600 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. Philippine Islands.

APETAL^.

(By H. N. Ridley.)

NYCTAGINE^E.
PisoNiA LONGiROSTRis, Tcysm. & Binn. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxv. (1863) 40.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 700 ft.
Distrib. Malay Archipelago.

PisoNiA MuELLERiANA, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. (1891) 304.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. " Elowers pale greenish."
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1?,9

AMARANTACE.E.

Amaranttjs paniculatus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1106.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.
Diatrih. Throughout the tropics.

POLYGONACE.E.

Polygonum muricattim, Meissn. Mon. Polygon, p. 74.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Bistrih. India.

Polygonum alatum, Buch.-Ham. inD. Don, Prodr. Pi. Nep. 72, var. nepalense, Hook,
lil. PI. Brit. Ind. v. 42.

Camps III to VI 6 and VII to IX, 2100 to 5500 ft., and Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to
10,500 ft.

Distrlb. Tropical Africa and Asia.

NEPENTHACE.E.

Nepenthes ampullaeia, Jack, Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 271.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and between Camps III and IV, 1100 to 2500 ft.

" Pitchers pale green and dull purple or yellowish or whitish green with blotches."

Distrlb. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and New Guinea.

Nepenthes phyllamphora, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. pt. ii. 874.
Camps I to VIII, 500 to 4900 ft.
Distrlb. Malay Peninsula and Malay Islands.

Nepenthes neo-guineensis, Macfarlane, in Nova Guinea, viii. 340, fig. 67.

Camps VI a, VI b, VI c, 3100 to 5500 ft.

The lower globose ascidia, male flowers and fruit have not been described previouslv.
The basal ascidia are urn-shaped, ventricose, 14 cm. long and 4 cm. across at the mouth,
the wings 5 mm. wide, and ciliate. The margin of the peristomium is about 3 mm.
thick, finely ribbed; the operculum is orbicular, cordate, 4 era. long and 4'5 cm. wide,
the apes quite rounded, densely covered with numerous circular glands on the inner
face ; the outer face is covered with a fine pubescence. The interior of the pitcher is
purplish glaucous and glandular for the upper half, while the lower half is polished
and densely glandular. The male raceme is 20 cm. long, very loosely flowered, the
rachis covered with scattered ferruginous pubescence, 2 mm. thick, the peduncles
1*4 cm. long, 2-flowered below, 1-flowered above. Of the 4 perianth lobes the 2 outer are
ovate, obtuse, fcrruginously pubescent outside and glandular within, the inner lobes being
similar but narrower and oblong-ovate. The glabrous androecium is 3-5 mm. long, the

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140 ME. H. N. EIDLEY OX PLANTS

anther-head globose with about 20 anthers. The fruiting panicle is 20 cm. long and
about 11 cm. through. The peduncle is stout, over 20 cm. long and 4 mm. thick. The
capsule is 3"5 cm. long, the segments lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, 4 mm. across,
inside smooth and strongly keeled, outside at first covered with red pubescence ; when
that is fallen they are seen to be pitted. The perianth remains deflexed.

"Nepenthes oblanceolata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis gracilis, teres, hirsutus, 2 mm. crassus. Folia petiolata, oblanceolata vel
elUptica, acuta, 7-8 cm. longa, 3 cm, lata ubi latissima, coriacea, glabra, costa in
dorso nigro-punctato hirta excepta, nerris in utraque facie obscuris, petiolo alato
4 mm. lato baud decurrente aut amplexicauli, cirrho gracili hirto 10 cm. longo.
Ascidia cylindrica, 7-15 cm. longa, 1*5 cm. lata, dimidio inferiore dilatata, carinis
nullis, extus parce pubescentia, intus in dimidio superiore Isevia, glabra, eglan-
dulosa, reticulationibus quadratis, in dimidio inferiore polita, dense glandulis
transversim ellipticis tecta ; peristomium angustum, 1-5-3 mm. latum ; calcar
cornutum, acviminatum, 2 mm. longum, hirtum; operculum ovatum, cordatum,
obtusum, rotundatum, 2 cm. longum, 2-3 cm. latum, carina ad basin humili, ad
apicem processu parvo conico complanato instructum, glandulis parvis dissitis
pluribus cum paucis magnis marginibus elevatis prope apicem sitis, dorso minute
pube'rulum. Pedimculus erectus, gracilis, hirtus, 8 cm. longus. Macemus sub-
compositus, laxus, 12 cm. longus, inferne parce ramosus, ramis hirtis bifloris 2 mm.
longis, pedicellis 5 mm. vel (superioribus) 2 mm. longis. Ferianthii lohi 2
exteriores ovati, oblongi, obtusi, extus hirti, intus glandulosi, 2 mm. longi, 1 mm.
lati ; 2 interiores angustiores. Andrcecmm 5 mm. longum, hirtum; autherge 14,
globosaj.
Camp VI «, 3100 ft., and Camp VI h, 3900 ft.

This is allied to N. neo-guineensis, but has a distinct keel and a short process in the
upper part of the operculum resembling that of N. maxima, but much smaller. The
glands of the operculum, too, are much smaller than those of N. neo-guineensis, and
there are no ciliate ridges on the pitchers as in that species ; the form of the leaves, too,
is peculiar, the blade dilating rather abruptly from a winged petiole into an oblanceolate
form, widest towards the top, then suddenly narj'owing into the tendril. The pitchers
appear to have been green, stained above and on the lid with purple.

Nepenthes maxima, Eeinwardt apud Nees, in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. i. iii. (1824) 369, t. 20.
fig. 2.
Camps Via, 3100 ft. ; Ylc, 5500 ft. ; and IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Nepenthes Klossii, Eidl., sp. nov.

Folium oblongum vel lanceolatum, ad petiolum abrupte angustatum, 25 cm. ad 31 cm.
longum, 9 cm. latum, superne dense rufo-hirtum (prfesertim in costa), subtus
flavescens, costa immersa hirta excepta, glabra, costa in facie superiore valida

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 141

elevata, nervis 3 prope mai'gines sitis, petiolo anguste alato 5 mm. crasso, cirrho
30 cm. longo valiclo 3-4 mm. crasso hirto, ad ascidiam incrassato. Ascidia ascen-
dentia, infundibuliformia, curva, hirsuta, 27 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, intus ad basiu
per 4-10 cm. laevia, polita, glandulis parvis copiosissimis, superne piir-
pureo glaucescentia ; peristomium 2-5 mm. latum, costis angustis approximatis ;
calcar apice furcatum, 1 cm. longum, dense hirtum, carinis vix elevatis baud
ciliatis ; operculum ovatum, obtusum, 5-7 cm. longum, 4-5-5 cm. latum, extus
birsutum, intus glabrum, purpureum, glandulis circularibus magnis marginibus
elevatis dense tectum, carina valida glandulis maximis oblongis obsita; processu
conico ad basin complanato superne furcato pallido. Flores non visi. Tedunciilus
sub fruetu 18 cm. longus, birtus. Racemus 14 cm. longus, pedicellis 1 cm. longis
birtis 1-3-floris. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, subsp.qualia, 3 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata,
extus birta, intus glabra, glandulosa. Cc(psula lb cm. longa, basi angustata, ad
apicem pauUo angustata, extus rufo-birta. Stigma magnum, 8-lobum, lobis obtusis
recurvis.
Camps VI a and VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft.

This splendid species resembles N. maxima, Reinwardt, but is distinct in its hairiness.
The pitchers have much the shape of the upper ones of N. Mafflesiana, Jack. The
operculum is of a deep purple, the colour of the rest I do not know.

PIPERACEJi;.

Peperomia muscicola, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caidis gracilis, ascendens, ramis 2-5 cm. longis birtis. Folia alterna, elliptica vel
orbicularia, rotundata, basi lata, rotundata, vel breviter cuneata, 1-3 cm. longa,
0"7-2 cm. lata, hirta, sicca flavescentia, subtus pallidiora, nervis 3-5 e basi ortis subtus
conspicuis, petiolo brevi. SpiccB terminales vel axillares, 2*5 cm. longse. fere 1 mm.
crassae, pedunculis 1 cm. longis. Bractece peltatsn, orbiculares, punctatae. Pistillum
ovoideum, rugosum, stylo brevi crasso stiginatibus erectis 2 divaricatis. Drupa
ovoidea, ad a2)icem paulo angustatum.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Of the habit of P rejiexa, Dietr., but with alternate larger leaves.

Peperomia purpurea, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caidis ascendens, 5'5 cm. altus, birtus. Folia alterna, obovata, obtusa, basi cuneata,
utraque facie hirta, 1 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, petiolis gracilibus 5 mm. longis. Sjiicce
terminales , pedunculis gracilibus 5 mm. longis, glabriB, 2 cm. longse, gracillimae.
Bractece orbiculares, peltatse. AnthercB ellipticaj. Pistilhmi ovoideum, stylo nullo,
stigmate capitato.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

" Leaves deep red-brown beneath. Plowers purplish brown." Allied to the last
species, but the leaves with smaller and much thinner blades and a longer petiole.

142 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Peperomia hedyotidea, PJdl., sp. nov.

Caules erecti, 9-15 cm. longi, internodiis 1 cm. longis basi nudis succulentis, in sicco
fusci. Folia opposita, lanceolato-linearia, ad apices et bases auj^ustata, acuta, 2 cm.
longa, 3 mm. lata, paucis pilis in pagiua superiore exceptis glabra, subtiis pallida.
Spicce axillares et terminales, erectse, 2 cm. longae, glabraj, pedunculo 5-10 mm.
longo. Bractece peltatse, orbiculares. Ocarluiu conicum, rostratum.
Camp III, 2500 ft. ; Camps VI b and VI c, 3900 to 5500 ft.

A curious species witb narrow opposite leaves, and the habit of one of the small
species of Rubiaceae.

Peperomia obliqua, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba succulentn, ultra 15 cm. alta. Folia alterna, 1 cm. remota, lanceolata, obliqua,
ad basin breviter angustata, 2-5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, glabra, succulenta, subtus
pallida, costa in dorso lata, nervis gracilibus 6, petiolis 4 mm. longis. Spicce axil-
lares, 2 cm. longae, crassiusculfe, sicccje 1 mm. crassse. Bractea orbicularis, peltata,
carnosa. Ovarium conicum.

Camps IX to SI, 5500 to 8300 ft.

Species near P. cUndyguleiisis, Miq., but smaller in all parts.

Piper (§ Chavica) grande, Eidl., sp. nov.

Berha magna. Folia ovata, cordata, acuta, basi lobis latis insequalibus obtusis,
majore 6 cm. longo, glabra, subtus pallida, minute nigro-punctata, 24 cm. longa
et seque lata, nervis 14 e sinu ascendentibus, 3 mediis ad basin connatis, petiolis
validis 3-5 cm. longis. Spica elongata, 28 cm. longa, 4-7 mm. lata, cyliadrica, in
pedunculo crassiusculo 5-15 mm. longo. Bractece peltatse, orbiculatse, uudulatse,
medio depressae, irregulariter angulatse. BrupcE obovoidese, stylo brevi. Semen
triquetrum, obovoideum.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camp I, 500 ft.

Allied to P. torricelle7isis, Lauterb., but the leaves are glabrous and the midrib is not
twice bifid.

Piper quinqueneevium, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. (1891) 284.
Camp I, 500 ft. ; Camp Via, 3100 ft.
Bistrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Piper miniatttm, Blume, in Verb. Bat. Gen. xi. (1826) 166.
Camp VI &, 3900 ft.
Bistrlb. Malaya.

Piper (Eupiper) malacocarpum, K. Schum. & Lauterb. PL Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee,
259.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

COLLECTED 1^' DUTCH NEW GLIKEA. 143

Piper (§ Eupiper) puncticulatum, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caulis gracilis. Folia ovata, acuminata, acuta, A'ix cordata, basi iuaequaliter rotuu-
data, 11 cm. louga, 7 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea (sicca viridescentia), dorso pallidiora,
glabra, minute glanduloso-puncticulata, nervis 6 pilis albescentibua tectis e basi
ortis, petiolis 7 mm. longis. Spicce masculse cylindricse, obtusse, 2-2'5 cm. longa?,
2 mm. crassse, aurantiacae, pedunculis 7 mm. longis. Bructece peltatae, suborbicu-
lares, marginibus undulatis. Stamina 2.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

This species has something of the habit uf Fiper Betle, Linn., but the leaves are
thinly and rather stiffly coriaceous with prominent nerves deeply sunk above, and
])ubescent beneath. Female flowers and fruits are wanting, but I take it to be one
of the Euinper section.

Piper plagiophyllum, K. Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee, 260.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Bistrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Piper (§ Chavica) montivagum, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caulis succulentus. Folia ovata, cordata, basi insequaliter biloba lobis rotundatis,
apice acuminato-cuspidata, 11-9 cm. longa, 7-5-8-5 cm. lata, glabra, juvenilia hirta,
nervis 6 e basi radiatis, petiolis 2-2-5 cm. longis exalatis. Peclunculus 05-1 cm.
longus. Spica 1-3 cm. longa, 3-5 mm. crassa, matura. Bractece oblongse, peltatae.
Pistillum conicum, stylo brevissimo ; stigmatibus decurvis brevibus.
Camps IX to XIII, 5500 to 10,500 ft.

Somewhat resembling P. excelsa, Forst., and P. fragile, Blume.

The yoving leaves are hairy on the back, with adpressed hairs which appear to remain
on some leaves till fully expanded, yet the adult leaves are at length glabrous.

The specimens from Camps XI to XIII, at 8300 to 10,500 ft. elevation, have more
fleshy and succulent leaves, stiffer when dry.

CHLORANTHACE.^.

Chloranthus officinalis, Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. 79.
Camps I to III, VI a and VI b, 500 to 3900 ft.
Bistrib. North India, China, Malay Peninsula, and Malay Islands.

MYRISTICACE.E.

Myristica fattja, Houtt. Handleid. iii. 337.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

In fruit only, Nov. 1912. " The fruit dark yellowish brown."
Bistrib. Endemic in New Guinea.
The specimens are rather incomplete, but it appears to be this species.

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Myristica subaltjLATA, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 47.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

" Elowers yellowish white. Pruit blood-red or brownish yellow."
Distrib. British and Dutch New Guinea.

MONIMIACE^.

Anthobembix hospitans, Perk, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 567.
Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI a to VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Palmekia paniculata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Scandens ? caule hirto. Folia opposita, paribus 8 cm. distautibus, ellij)tica, acumi-
nata, basi rotundata, 12 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, glabra, costa superne depressa hirta
inferne cum nervis hirta, nervis 5-paribus remote a marginibus anastomosantibus,
petiolis 5 mm. longis hirtis. PaniculcB axillares, 32 cm. longse, laxge, ramis paucis
6 cm. longis patentibus, ramulis brevibus undique hirtis. Bractece lineares, 2 mm.
longse, hirtse. Fiores mascnli 4 mm. lati, lobis 4 ovatis apice acuminatis incurvis
undique hirtis. Heceptacuhim nullum. Stamina circiter 20 in tubo dissita, fila-
mentis nullis, antheris minutis.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

I have seen no female flowers of this species, which diflfers from the others described
from New Guinea and Australia in the elongate panicle, the larger flowers, and the
hairiness of the stems, nerves, petioles, and inflorescences. It seems most nearly allied
to P. scaudens, P, von Muell.

Tbimenia papuana, Ridl., sp. nov.

Arbor ? ramis quadrangulatis brunneis. Folia opposita, coriacea, lanceolata, acixmi-
nata, obtusa, basi cuneata, in marginibus obscure serrata, 5 cm. longa, 2 cm.
lata, costa prominula, nervis 17-18-jugis gracilibus, petiolis 1 cm. longis. Ftacemi
axillares, 1 cm. longi, et terminales, ramosi, 4 cm. longi, rhachi quadrangulata.
Fedicelli crassi, 1 mm. longi. BacemuU conici, obtusi, 4 mm. longi, receptaculo
cylindrico, bracteis cartilagineis brunneis 10 ovatis rotundatis marginibus minute
ciliatis, inferioribus 2 mm. longis, superioribus 5 spathulatis cucullatis angustioribus.
Fiores hermaphroditi. Stamina 15, filamentis brevibus Unearibus, apiculo longius-
culo. Fistillum crassum, cylindricum, stigmate cum costis 8 ex apice decur-
rentibus.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

The only other species of this genus, Trimenia vitiensis, is a native of the Fiji
Islands. It resembles this species in many respects, but the flowers are unisexual. In
T. papuana the flowers are apparently all bisexual, and the filaments and the appendage
of the stamens are longer than in T. vitiensis. There are 15 stamens, and the stigma
consists of eight radiating ridges or keels running downwards from the apex of the pistil.
This is a very interesting addition to the flora of New Guinea.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA, 145

PROTEACE^.

Helicia "Wollastonii, RidL, sp. nov.

Folia alterna, coriacea, obovata, cuspidata cuspide obtuso 2 cm. longo ad basin 2 mm.
lato, basi elongato-aciiminata, 15 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, nervis 6-7 paribus superne
depressis, siibtus elevatis 7 mm. a margins anastomosantibus, petiolo subgracili basi
incrassato 2 mm. longo dorso convexo ad apicem alato. Hacemus gracilis, laxiflorus,
15 cm. longus, floribus dissitis solitariis vel per paria dispositis, pedicellis 0'5 mm.
longis gracilibus. BractecB minutse, lanceolatae, acutse. Feria)ithimn 1"5 cm. longum,
glabrum, segmentis linearibus angustis, limbo 2 mm. longo ovato obtuso. Stamina
breviora, antheris oblongis appendicibus minutis. Stylus filiformis, 1*5 cm. longus.
Stigma clavatum. Ovarium conicum, glabrum.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Near H. macrostachya, Laut., but with sborter racemes and distinctly petiolate leaves;
also allied to H. grandifoUa, Laut. (not of Lccomte), but the leaves are smaller and long-
petioled, the pedicels longer, and the flowers glabrous. The anthers appear to open and
to shed their pollen in bud. From H. macrostachya, Laut. it differs in the shorter
raceme and the longer petiole.

THYMEL^ACE^.

Phaleria paptjana, Warb. ex K. Schum. & Lauterb. PL Deutsch. Schutzg. Stldsee, 460.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

There seem to be two forms of this plant — one with lanceolate rounded leaves, the
other with narrower long acuminate leaves.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Gyrinops salicipolia, Pidl., sp. nov.
Arbor virgata. Folia alterna, coriacea, anguste lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi
angustata, 4"5-10 cm. longa, 4-10 mm. lata, nervis plurimis tenuissimis parallelis,
petiolis 2 mm. longis. Flores parvi in fasciculis terminalibus et axillaribus,
pedunculis ciliatis, sericeis, pedicellis 1 ram. longis. Perianthii tubus longus,
campanulatus, pubescens, lobis 5 oblongis obtusis recurvis sericeis. Antheroe in
ore tubi sessiles, oblongge, glabrae, exsertse, lobis oppositse. Squamce liberse, antheris
alternantes hirtae, oblongae, obtusoe. Discus hypogynus nullus. Ovarium cylin-
dricum, ellipsoideum, pubescens, biloculare, ovulo uno in utroque loculo. Stylus
cylindricus, hirtus. Stigma parvum.
Camp I, 700 ft.

The genus Gyrinops at present includes one well-known Ceylon species and one from
Buru Island in the Moluccas. Prom these this species differs in its smaller flowers,
narrow willow-like foliage, and in the scales of the perianth-tube, which are smaller and
do not form a conspicuous ring. The perianth-tube has the shape of that of Aquilaria,
being short and dilated, not elongate and cylindric.

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146 MR. H. N, EIDLEY ON PLANTS

LORANTHACE^.

LouANTHUS LONGiFLORtrs, Desr. in Lam. Encycl. iii. 598.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Distrib. Timor.

LORANTHUS DIVERSIFOLIUS, Pddl., Sp. nOV.

Folia opposita, ovata vel lanceolata, obtusa vel acuta, basi angustata, 4*5 cm. longa,
1-5-3 cm. lata, coriacea, glabra, nervis 3 inconspicuis e basi ortis. Flores 3 in
axillis siti, pedunculo 1 mm. longo, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Bractea cupuliformis,
limbo lanceolato. Calyx cylindricus, ad basin paullo angustatus, ad apicem dila-
tatus, 3 mm. longus, margine undulato vix lobato. Petala 4 linearia, ad apicem
vix dilatata, obtusa, 3 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Alabastrum cylindricum, obtusum,
vix dilatatum. Fllamenta linearia.

Camps III to IX, 2500 to 5500 ft. >

Allied to L. Lauterbachii, K. Schum., but the leaves are smaller and the petals wider.

LOflANTHUS HASTIFOLIUS, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Caules lignosi. Folia coriacea, ovata, lanceolata, longe acuminata, ad basin breviter
angustata, 9 cm. longa, 3' 5 cm. lata, nervis 5 e basi ortis, petiolis crassis paullisper
ad bases dUatatis 3 mm. longis. Flores plures. Bractea lanceolata, obtusa,
pubescens, calycis dimidio sequalis. Calyx infvmdibuliformis, 3 mm. longus,
margine integro pubescente. Corolla glabra, 3 cm. longa, lobis 4 linearibus sub-
acutis, 1 cm. longis vix 1 mm. latis. Stamina breviora, gracilia, tilamentis com-
planatis, antheris sequilongis.

Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.

SANTALACE^.
Henslowia Reinwardtiana, Blume, Fl. Jav. i. xviii., and Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i.
244.
Camp I, 700 ft.
Bistrib. Malay Archipelago.

HE^fSLOTVIA NIVALIS, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex erectus, ramis rugosis superne angulatis. Folia crassa, coriacea, obovata vel
orbicularia, apice rotundata, basi angustata, 10'5 mm. longa, 9-4 mm. lata, petiolo
crasso 1 mm. longo vel subnullo. Flores in cymis brevissimis axillaribus vel
solitarii, bracteis pluribus ovatis acutis ciliatis. Perianthii lobi 4 (rarius 5),
triangulares, acuti, 1 mm. longi, ad basin connata. Stamina 4, filameutis subplanis
basi latis superne angustioribus, antherarvim loculis oblongis ellipticis. Stigma
globosum sessile. Lrupa ampulliformis, 5 mm. longa, ad basin 3 mm. lata, lobis
perianthii coronata.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

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COLLECTED IN DUTCH KEW GUINEA. 147

A curious little dwarfed species drying black, perhaps most nearly allied to H. Rein-
wardtiana, Blume.

BALANOPHORACE^.

BAiiANOPHORA OosTERZEEANA, Val. in Nova Guinea, viii. 919, flg. 161.

Eemale specimens, rather young, but apparently belonging to this species, are in the
collection.

EUPHORBIACEiE.

Antidesma contractdm, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. ii. 229, fig. 56.
Canoe Camp, 500 ft. ; Camp III, 2500 ft. "Fruit dull crimson."
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

CoDi^TJM Stellingianum, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb, xiii. (1891) 353.

A male specimen only, but the description of this species agrees very well with it.
I have seen no type.

Locality not recorded.

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

HoMALANTHUS Leschenatjltianus, Juss. Tent. Euph. 50, t. 16.
Camps VI a and VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft.
Distrib. Indo-Malaya.

HoMAXANTHUS NOVO-GUiNEENSis, K. Schum. El. Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee, 407.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Macaranga nova-guineensis, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. iv. 789, t. 138.
Canoe Camp, 170 ft.

Fruiting specimens only, but apparently this plant. The bristles of the fruit are pink.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Macaranga riparia, Engl, in Bot. Jahrb. vii. (1886) 463.

Canoe Camp, 500 ft., and at Camp I, 700 ft. " Pale olive-green leaves, purplish
beneath."

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Macaranga acuminata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Arbor ramis gracilibus pubescentibus. Folia membranacea, subpeltata, lanceolata,
longe acuminata, basi cuneata obtusa, 9-12 cm. ionga, 4-4-5 cm. lata, superne
(sicca) grisea costa excepta glabra, subtus copiose glandulosa, nervorum paribus
ad 8 elevatis intra margines anastomosantibus, cum costa et reticulationibus
hirtis, depressionibus 2 ad basin folii sitis subtus gibbosis, petiolo 4 cm. longo
pubescente. Faniculce axillares, pubescentes, masculi 7 cm. longi, basi per 3 cm.

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nudse, ramis 1 cm. longis patentibus. Flores dense eongesti in spicis 6 mm. longis ;
bractese lanceolatse vel bidentatae vel tridentatae, pubescentes, 2 mm. longse. Flores
masculi breYissime pedicellati. Sepala'4!, pubescentia, oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 4,
sequilonga, lilamentis crassiusculis loculis 4. Macemi feminei gracUes, 9-11 cm.
longi, piibescentes, pauciflori. BractecB ovatee, dentatse, 4 mm. longge et latse,
dense flavo-glandulosae. Ovarium snbglobosum, dense glandnlosum. Styli oblongi
in unam massam dense bracteis tectam eongesti. Capsula globosa, atra.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. " Flowers greenish yellow." Also in Kaiser Wilbelmsland

(HoUrung, 330 & 600, in Herb. Kew.).
This was apparently identified erroneously by Schumann as Ilallotus acuminatus,

Miq. Warburg perceived it was a Ilacaranga and wrote it up on a ticket Ilacaranga

acuminata, but he does not seem to have described it.

Macaranga ovalifolia, Eidl., sp. nov.

'Rami validi, glabri. Folia ovata, cuspidata, basi cordata vel rotundata, margine
undulata, 16-18 cm. longa, 13-14 cm. lata, superne glabra, polita, subtus glauces-
centia, copiose glandulosa, nervis 8 paribus asceudentibus, nervulis parallelis
pubescentibus, margiuibus ad basin prope petiolum incrassatis et sursum curvis,
petiolis 7-8 cm. longis teretibus glabris. Sjjicce masculte graciles, 11-14 cm. longae,
simplices vel ramis 1-2 pubescentibus. Flores in glomerulos parvos dissitos 3 mm.
longos dispositi ; bractese oblongse, lanceolatse, papyracese, rufescentes, 1 cm. longee,
caducye, superiores breviores, ovatte ; bracteolae breves, late ovatae, hirtse. Flores
brevissime pedicellati. Sepala 4, oblonga, obtusa, glabra. Stamina 3, fiiamentis
paullo longioribus, antheris 4-locularibus.
Camps I to III, 700 to 2500 ft.

This is certainly allied to M. bifoveata, J. J. Sm., but the leaves are larger and less hairy,
and it has 4 (not 3) sepals, and 3 (not 7) stamens which are much shorter. The base of
the leaf close to the petiole and on each side of it is curled up on the front side — as
it were, pinched up, bvit it does not form the remarkable pubescent pockets which are
characteristic of Smith's species. The bud-sheath, 4 cm. long, is glandular and hairy.

URTICACE^.

GiRONNiERA BHAMNiFOLiA, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 74.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Ficus OCHEOCHLOEA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frutex. Folia ovata, acuta, cuspidata, versus apicem et basin paullo angustata,
15 cm. longa, 8 cm. lata, superne glabra, subtus in nervis 8 paribus et nervulis
appresse hirta, petiolis 1-5 cm. longis. Stipidce lanceolatse, acumiuatte, hii-tse.
Meceptacula in axillis sessilia, bracteis ovatis mucronatis glabris sufiiQta, globosa,

COLLECTED IX DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 149

1 cm. longa vel majora, ochreo-viridia, parce pubescentia, intus hirta ; bractese ostii
plures, lanceolatae, acuta?, glabrae. Flores masculi desunt. Flores feminei :
Sepala 3, oblonga, obtusa, glabra. Fistilluin ovoideum, pedicellatum, roseum,
stylo brevi.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Allied to F. hirta, Vabl, but tbe leaves are very different and tlie sepals of the female
flower three only. The iiedicel of the pistil has a few hairs at the base. The gall-ovary
is ovoid-elliptic, smooth.

FiCTJS (§ Covellia) ovalifolia, Ridl., sp. nov.

Ramus crassus, setosus. Folia maxima, ovata, cordata, serrata, membranacea, 32 cm.
longa, 30 cm. lata, supra sparse breviter hirta imprimis in nervis, subtus in nervis
et reticulationibus hirta, nervis e basi radiantibus costa inclusa 5, nervis superne e
costa ortis 7-8 paribus, nervulis parallelis, petiolis 8-16 cm. longis validis hirtis.
Stipulce oblongiB, obtusse, glabra?, membranacese, 3"5 cm. longa?, 7 mm. latse.
Receptacula in ramis longis crassis tenuiter ramulosis hirtis prostratis fasciculata,
bracteis caducis ovatis acuminatis glabris 5 mm. longis suffiilta, adulta pyriformia,
1 cm. louga, 6 mm. crassa, glabra, ad osteolum squamis erectis coronata, breviter
pediceliata ; bracteolse ad basin 3, ovatse. Squamce ostioli superiores orbiculares,
peltatse, infer lores ovatse, acutse, deflexse, majusculse. Receptaculum intus albo-
hirsutissimum. Flores feminei : Sepala 4, spathulata, glabra, ovario sequilonga.
Fist ilium ovoideum vel rhomboido- ovoideum compressum, sessile, stylo longo
laterali, stigraate obliquo. Acluenia rubra, la;via.
Canoe Camp, 170 ft. New Guinea, without precise locality (Lauterbach 171, in
Herb. Kew.).

This remarkable species is allied to F. Vrieseamis, Miq., from which it differs in its
large ovate-cordate serrulate leaves, its shorter-pedicelled figs, densely white hairy
within, its perianth of four spathulate narrow lobes, and sessile achenes. The large
peltate scales in the mouth of the lig and the hairy inside of the receptacle are very
unusual characters.

V Ficus (§ Covellia) tubbinata, Eidl., sp. nov.

Arbor glabra, ramis castaneis gracilibus infra nudis. Folia alterna, ovata, tenuiter •
coriacea, elliptica, subacuta vel obtusa, Integra, ad basin pauUo angustata, 8 cm.
longa, 35 cm. lata, nervis 7 paribus, petiolis 1"2-1"5 cm. longis. Stipulce lanceo-
latae, acuminatae. Receptacula axillaria, bracteis miuutis ovatis amplexicaulibus
suffulta, turbinata, 0"5 cm. longa, 0*7 cm. lata, in medio latissima, versus basin
angustata, glabra, pallida, pedunculis gracilibus 5 mm. longis furfuraceo
pubescentibus ; bracteae ostii ovatse, obtusse, glabrae. Flores masculi cum femineis
mixti. Flores masculi : Sepala 3, ovata, oblonga, incurva. Stamina 6. Flores
feminei sessiles : Perianthium nuUum. Ocarium subovoideum, stylo brevi erecto.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

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FiCTis Decaisnei, Steud. Mon. Ed. ii. 163.
Canoe Camp witli the last.
Distrib. Timor.

Antiabopsis decipiens, K. Sclium. Flora von Kaiser "Willielmsland, 40.
Camp I, 700 ft., also Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Conocephaltjs nobilis, Kidl., sp. nov.

Frutex (?) scandens. Folia magna, oLlanceolata, versus apicem latissima, breviter
cuspidata, basi angustata, obtusa, glabra, coriacea, subtus pallida, 70 cm. longa,
25 cm. lata, nervis 19 paribus jorope marginem anastomosantibus, nervulis trans-
versis parallelis, petiolis 4-20 cm. longis. Fanicula mascula subglobosa, compacta,
5 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, pedunculo 4'5 cm. longo hirto pubescente, ramis liirte
pubescentibus ; bracteae ovatae, oblongse, 1-5 cm. longse, 1 cm. latae. Flores copiosi,
albi. Sepala 4, oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 4, filamentis latis complanatis carinatis,
antberis ellipticis. Fistillodium complanatum, apice dilatatum.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft., Camp I, 500 ft.

" Flowers white on a pale crimson base."

Allied to C. suaveolens, Blume, but the leaves are oblong and white beneath and
the inflorescence is much bigger and more branched.

Lapoetea glabra, Eidl., sp. nov.

Folia subherbacea, glabra, subpeltata, oblanceolata vel obovata, cuspidata, basi
angustata obtusaque, undulata, 22-28 cm. longa, 11 cm. lata, nervis 9 paribus,
cystolithis nuUis, petiolis 3' 5 cm. longis. Fanicula feminea infra folia orta, laxa,
ramis gracilibus 3 cm. longis, 9 cm. longa, glabra, floribus parvis viridibus glome-
ratis; pedicelli breves, crassi. Ferianthimn cupnliforme, glabrum, aj^ice in uno
latere trilobo, lobis brevibus subacutis medio longiore. Ocarium comjilanatum,
x)voideum. Stylus breviusculus, cui'vus. Flores masculi non visi.
Canoe Camp. " Flowers green."

This species belongs to the section in which the sepals are connate into a one-seeded
cup. This covers half of the achsenium, and bears two short teeth on the longer side.
I can see no trace of a fourth tooth.

Lapoetea crenulata. Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. 498.
Canoe Camp.
F)istrib. Indo-Malaya.

PiLEA EUBIACEA, Ridl., sp. nOV.

Suffrutex ascendens, ramosa, virgata, internodiis 3 mm. longis. Folia linearia,
acuta, ad apices lobata vel integra, carnosa, glabra, 1 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata,
cystolithis paucis linearibus, costa valida, nervis obscuris, petiolis crassis brevibus.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 151

Stipules minimae, lineares, basi latre integrae. Flores masculi non visi. Flores

feminei singuli in pedicellis gracilibus 1 mm. longis. Sepala 3, oblonga, obtusa.

Staminodia 3, opposita, longiora, oblonga, obtusa. Achceuia orbicularia, ovata,

apiculata, pustulata, flavescentia, stylo parvo pustulato.
Camps IX to XI, between 5500 and «300 ft.
A very curious plant, with the general appearance of a Hedyotis.

PiLEA SMILACIFOLIA, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, i. (1854) 186, var. sereata, Wedd.
Monogr. des TJrticees, 181.
Camps VI b, 3900 ft. ; VI c, 5500 ft. ; VIII to XI, 4900 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. India and Malaya.

PiLEA TKINERVIA, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Rerba parva, ramosa, 8 cm. alta vel altior. Folia opposita, lanceolata, oblanceolata
vel obovata, apice subacuta, basi inaequilateralia lobo uno rotundato, margine
crenulata, 1 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, superne atro-viridia, cystolitbis plurimis
irregulariter sparsa, subtus pallida, nervis e basi ortis 2 marginibus paraUelis,
e costa ascendentibus 3 paribus, petiolis 1 mm. longis sulcatis. SHptilce laciniata;,
laciniis pluribus lanceolatis subulatis rufescentibus. Flores masculi 3-4, pedunculo
axillari 2 mm. longo, pedicellis brevibus ; bractese lanceolatse. Sepala oblonga,
apice obtusa, incurva, atroviridia, 2 mm. longa. Stamina 4, filamentis crassis
rubris, sepala superantibus. Antherce oblongse, majusculse, albae. Flores feminei
desunt.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Distin'niisbed by its 3-nerved leaves, two nerves running from the base parallel with
the margins, and nearly parallel with the midrib. The flowers are not solitary as they
are in most of the other species, but racemose on short peduncles.

PiLEA HELXINOIDES, Ridl., sp. nOV.

Herba ramosa, perennis, 6 cm. longa, glabra. Folia opposita, carnosa, approximata,
ovata, obtusa, basi angustata, subsessilia, 2 mm. longa, cystolitbis copiosis. Stipulce
rainutse, lineares. Flores masculi singuli vel bini, axillares ; bractere 2, minutse,
lanceolatse. Pedicelli pallidi, 5 mm. longi. Ferianthium campanulatum, lobis
ovatis ad basin connatis obtusis 1 mm. longis pallidis apice viridibus. Stamina 4,
filamentis linearibus complanatis. Sepala multo longiora. Antherce cordatae,
hastatge. Fistillodium minutum.

Camp XIV, 12,500 ft. Plowers greenish white.

Allied to Filea Johniana, Stapf, of Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo, differing in the always
4-partite pedicellate male flowers and the long stamens. The very slender stem is dotted
all over with longitudinal white lenticels. The leaves are also larger.

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PiLEA ALPESTMS, Ridl., sp. nOV.

Fruticula, ramis lignosis 2 mm. crassis nodosis. Folia opposita, congesta, crasse
coriacea, ovata vel elliptica, obtusa, sessilia, 3-5 mm. longa et lata, costa utrinque
depressa, nervis obscuris, cystolithis linearibus copiosis radiantibus. Stipulce 2,
membranacesB, rufas, ovatse, acuta?, dcnticulatse, 1 mm. longae. Flores masculi
siuguli, axillares, bracteis stipuliformibus 2 lanceolatis denticulatis ; pedicelli
graciles, 3 mm. longi. Perianthium campanulatum, ferme 2 mm. longum, ad basin
in lobos 4 ovatos obtusos fissum, coriaceum. Stamina 4, multo longiora, filamentis
linearibus complanatis, antberis tenuibus ellipticis rotundatis albescentibus.
Flores feminei non visi.

Camp XII, 10,500 ft.

The most shrubby of any Pilea I have seen, the habit being that of one of the small
Vaccinia with quite woody stems and branches and densely crowded thick fleshy
coriaceous leaves.

Pilea thtmifolia, Ridl., sp. nov.

Fruticulus repens, ramis tenuibus vix 1 mm. crassis nodosis. Folia congesta, opposita,
crasse carno-coriacea, oblonga, 2 mm. longa, obtusa, sessilia, cystolithis plurimis
radiantibus, costa subtus depressa superne obscura. Stipulce 2, minutse, membra-
nacese, rufescentes, lanceolattTe, denticulatye. Flores masculi singuli, axillares,
subglobosi, 2 mm. longi, pedicellis 0*15 mm. longis. Sepala 4, ad basin connata,
obtusa, crassiuscula. Stamina 4, filamentis linearibus longioribus, antheris ovatis
cordatis. Pistillodium minutissimum, conicum. Flores feminei desunt.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

This small shrubby creeping species differs from P. alpestris in the much smaller
leaves and stems and rather larger flowers. The leaves possess large numbers of cysto-
liths, all arranged in a radiating manner, pointing from the base towards the apex along
the edge of the leaf at the tip, and occasionally irregularly scattered ; on the underside
are circular black depressions. (There are traces of these in P. alpestris.)

These three species P. helxinoides, P. alpestris, and P. thymifolia, with P. Jolmiana,
Stapf, might possibly constitute a distinct genus. The plants seem to be always
unisexual, and the male flowers always solitary with the parts in fours.

Lecanthus WiGHTir, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, i. (1854) 187.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Tropical Africa, India, and Java.

Pellionia ebuticosa, Ridl., sp. nov.

Fruticulus, ramis flexuosis. Folia alterna, subcoriacea, elliptica, obtuse acuminata,
basi obtusa, ingequilateralia, margine undulata, 9 cm. longa, 3"5 cm. lata, nervis
10 paribus superne iuconspicuis subtus elevatis brunneis, cystolithis parvis copiosis,
petiolis 8 mm. longis. Panicula mascula axillaris, 10 cm. longa, ramis patentibus
5 cm. longis plurifloris, pedunculo angulato rufo-brunneo 4 cm. longo. Flores 2 mm.
longi, 3 mm. lati, pedicellis 1 mm. longis. Sepala 5, imbricata, oblonga, obtusa.

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2 exteriora angustiora, crassiuscula, interiora 3 latiora dorso crassiora marginibus
tenuibus bullatis. Stamina 6, filamentis sepalis a^quilongis rubris marginibus
tenuibus palliciis dimidio inferiore sepalis adnatis, antheris oblongis cordatis
loculorum basibus divaricatis.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

A very distinct woody species, somewhat resembling an undescribed plant obtained in
Borneo by Beccari.

Pellionia peltata, PJdl., sp. uov.

Herba elata, ultra 15 cm. alta. 'Folia alterna, ovata, peltata, obliqua, longe acuminata,
glabra, 21 cm. longa, 10 cm. lata, nervis 3 e basi ortis, petiolis 4 cm. longis. Cymce
axillares, paniculatse, 3-6 cm. loiigae, floribvis in apice ramorum cougestis. Floras
mascull subsessiles, bracteis minutis lauceolatis aciiminatis. Sepala 5, oblonga,
obtusa. Stamina 5, filamentis vix longioribus complanatis, antheris cordatis,
loculorum basibus divaricatis. Pistillodia parva, erecta, cylindrica. Flores feminei
in eadem planta, multo minores, pedicellis gracilibus 2 mm. longis. Sepala 5,
parva, oblonga, obtusa. SfamiitocUa paullo longiora, oblonga, obtusa. Pistillum
ovoideum. Achceniii))/, 1 mm. longum, obovoideum, lenticulatum, rubrum.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 700 ft.

Pellionia nigrescens, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. (1891) 291.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

/

Elatostema sessile, Porst. Char. Gen. 106.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

A form with leaves more deeply cut than usual. The commonest and most widely
dispersed species in the world, and somewhat variable.

Distrib. Tropical Africa and all over Tropical Asia.

Elatostema macro phtllitm, Brongn. Bot. Voy. Coq. 207, t. 15.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Malay Archipelago.

Elatostema sesquxfolium, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bog. Ait. 79.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camps III to VI, 2100 to 2500 ft.

The plant from the latter locality is a form with very narrow leaves, only 17 cm.
across.

Distrib. Indo-Malaya.

Elatostema trichanthum, Lauterb. in Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch, Schutzg.
Siidsee, 255.
Camps III to VI and VII, 2500-3600 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in Nerw Guinea.

SECOND series. — BOTANY, VOL. IX. X

154 ME. H. N, EIDLET ON PLANTS

Elatostema novo-gtjineense, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jabrb, xiii. (1891) 290.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

v/ Elatostema blechnoides, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caulis asceudens, gracilis, flexuosus, pubescens. Folia sessilia, lanceolata, serrata,
acuminata, basi inaequaliter cordata, 5-5 cm. longa, 9 mm. lata, superne glabra,
nervis 15 paribus subtus appresse hirtis. Florum glomeruli sessiles, axillares,
3 mm. lati ; bractese lanceolatse, margine longe birtse, involucrales lineari-lanceolatae,
birtse. i^Zores/emme? minuti, pedicellati. *S'e/;aZa brevia, linearia, obtusa. Achcenia
ellipsoidea, laevia, utrinque paullo angustata, pallide brunnea, ferme 1 mm. longa.
Flores masculi desunt.

Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

Allied perbaps to tbe last, but tbe leaves are much more deeply serrate and not
inaequilateral, except at tbe extreme base.

v^ Elatostema filicinum, Ridl., sp. nor.

Serba ascendens, ramosa, caulibus gracilibus glabris. Folia opposita, insequaba,
majora lanceolata, acuta, baud obliqua, basi lata, rotundata, inaequaliter cordata,
1-5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, nervis 6 paribus ; minora ovata, 5 mm. longa. Flores
masculi glabri, pauci in capitulo 3 mm. lato, subumbeUati, breviter pedicellati,
2 mm. longi ; pedunculi filiformes, 5 cm. longi, axillares ; bractese lanceolatge,
acutse, parvse. Sejxda 5, ovata, orbicularia, apice rotundata. Stamina 5,
filamentis inflexis. Sepala staminibus multo lougiora, antberis cordatis, loculis ad
basin divaricatis. Flores feminei non visi.

Camp I, 700 ft.

Allied to E. surculosum, Wight, var. pedunculosum of India.

Elatostema poltpodioides, Ridl., sp. nov.

Sei'ba asceudens, simplex, 8-10 cm. longa, caule gracili hirto, pilis appressis. Folia
disticha, alterna, lineari-oblonga, subacuta, falcata, valde insequilateia, 7 mm. longa,
2 mm. lata, sessilia, saepe 1 vel 2 dentibus versus apicem instructa, herbacea, superne
atro-\'iridia, conico-bullata, pilis singulis in apicibus bullarum, subtus pallida, depres-
sionibus profundis. Flores masculi singuli, axillares, 1 mm. longi; bractese 2,
lanceolatse, acuta?, virides, carinatse, glabra?, i-ubro-punctata? ; pedicellus minutus.
Sepala 4, ovata, mucronulata, rosea. Stamina 4, alba, antberis ovatis. Flores
feminei desunt.
Camp IV 6, 3900 ft.

The habit of this plant is exactly that of an Elatostema. It has oblique distichous
leaves, the base iuajquilateral, bilobed, witli one large rounded lobe. The underside of
tbe leaf bears conspicuous rounded depressions, which correspond to elevations on the

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upper side, on each of which is borne a translucent trichome. The male flowers are
solitary, axillary, enclosed in a pair of bracts. In this the plant resembles a Filea
rather than Elatostema, but as the habit is exactly that of an Elatostema I refer it to
that genus.

Elatostema potejiiifolitjm, RidL, sp. nov.

Herba ascendens, parce ramosa, hirta, pilis acuminatis alhis translucentibus, ramis
3-5-10 cm. longis. Folia alterna, oblonga vel obovata, insequilatera, basi angustata,
apice obtusa, dentatis dentibus latis, 1 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata, crassiuscula (sicca),
superne atro-viridia, glabra, nervis 5 profunde depressis, subtus hirta, nervis elevatis;
petiolis 2 mm. longis. Stipulcn ovatre, lauceolatse, acutse, 4 mm. longte, mem-
branacese, cystolithis in linea media. Mores masculi non visi. Flores feminei in
capitulis 4 mm. latis sessilibus ; bracteae lanceolatiie, acuminata3, hirtse ; pedicellus
brevis. Sepalo, minuta, ovata, obtusa. Ovarium ellipsoideum, breviter stipitatum.
Achcenium ellipsoideum, 1 mm. longum, pallide flavescens, rubro-punctatum.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

A pretty species, with thick, close, and dark gi-een leaves. In the female capitula are
a number of apparently sterile male flowers, each containing one stamen, with a
broad filament and a slender triangular-ovate anther.

o'

Elatostema celaticaule, Eidl., sp. nov.

Herha caulibus simplicibus vel paullo ramosis hirtis ascendentibus 10-20 cm. longis.
Folia herbacea, disticha, sessilia, in uno piano imbricata, oblonga, semi-amplexi-
caulia, valde insequilatera, basi rotundata, apice obtusa, 9 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata,
glabra costa subtus squamata excepta. Slipulcs membranacese, lineares, rufae,
caducse. Flores masculi axillares, superni, sessiles ; bracteae lanceolatye. Sepala 4,
oblonga, ovata, caudato-mucronata, 2 mm. longa. Stamina 4, filamentis oblongo-
linearibus, antheris linearibus magnis. Flores feminei 3-4-ni, in fasciculos axillares
breves aggregati, verticillo bractearum suffultis, breviter pedicellati ; bracteos ad 6
laneeolatse, acuminata;, exteriores latiores, herbacete, longe ciliatse, hirtse, brunneo-
striatae, 3 mm. longae ; pedicelli breves. Sepala angusta, lanceolato-linearia,
acuminata, basi connata, brunnea, glabra, vix 1 mm. longa. Staminodla 4, majora,
latioi'a et longiora, oblonga, obtusa, alba. Stigma minuta, capitata. Achcenium
1 mm. longum, ellipsoideum, breviter pedicellatum, apice obtusum, brunneo-flavum,
obscure pustulatum.
Camps X to XIII, 6700 to 10,500 ft.
A very remarkable species, with distichous leaves in one plane, entire and smooth,

drying dark brown. The axillary male flowers are on the upper side, and the females

on the lower side in branched fascicles with whorls of bracts, each surrounding three

flowers.

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PiPTURUS INCANUS, Wedd. in DC. Prod. xvi. i. 235 ^^.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
JDistrih. Malay and Pacific Islands.

PiPTURUS AKGENTEUS, Wcdd. 1. C. 2351^.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 700 ft.

" Plowers pale yellowish green ; fruits dull grey-green."

Distrib. Java.

PiPTURUS ciNNAMOMEUS, RidL, sp. nov.

SuffnUex ramis lignosis sericeo-pubeseentibus. Folia alterna, trinervia, lanceolata,
acuminata, basi angustata obtusaque, 8-16 cm. longa, 3-5-5 cm. lata, subtas pallide
fiavescentia, Integra, nervis 2 pubescentibus, nervulis reticulatis, petiolis 4 cm.
longis. Flores in racemis vel paniculis, in j)arte inferiore ramorum ssepe in
g'lomerulis sessilibus. Hacemi 5 mm. longi, rhachi gracili pubescente, glomerulis
3 mm. crassis sessilibus ; bractese racemorum lanceolatse, acuminatse, cuspidatse,
pubescentes, 1 cm. longse, nervis 3 elevatis; bi'actese giomerulorvxm minores et
magis ovatse. Utricull feminei pubescentes, apices angustati, sessiles. Stigma
elongatum, flliforme, rubrum.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. ; Camps IX to XIII, 5500 to 10,500 ft.

Allied to P. melastomatifoUus, K. Sebum., but the reticulations of the nerves on the
underside of the leaf are distiiict and the jjlant is pubescent. The leaves dry reddish-
cinnamon colour beneath. The lower part of the branches, nude of leaves, often bears
"lomerules of flowers.

s

V PiPTURUS GRANDirOLIUS, Pvidl., sp. nov.

Folia magna, laminis ovata, acuta, serrata, basi breviter cuneata vel obtusa, 30 cm.
longa, 20 cm. lata, membranacea, supra glabrescentia, pilis minutis dissitis obsita,
sicca fusca, subtus alba, trinervia, nervulis subhorizontalibus vel ascendentibus
elevatis brunneis pubescentibus petiolis 16 cm. longis parce albo-hirtis. Paniculce
breves, laxse, axillares, 5 cm. longse, glomerulis 2 mm. longis, ramulis pubescentibus.
Fructiis succulentus, obovoideus, perianthio tenuiter succulento adnato. Stylus
nullus. Stif/ma parvum, capitatum. Achceiiium comphmatum, orbiculare.
Canoe Camp, 170 ft.

This plant closely resembles in appearance Dehregeasia Wallichiana, Wedd., of
India, but the leaves are less serrate, and the white of the back is not formed of the
closely-appressed cottony tomentum of tliat species. The fruit is, moreover, totally
different, tlie receptacle is not tleshy but dry, and the perianth is very thin and altogether
that of a Fiptiirus.

Debregeasia pulchra, Eidl., sp. nov.

Frutex, ramis pubescentibus rubris pilis albis. Folia alterna, ovata, acuta, coriacea,
basi rotundata vel paullo angustata, serrata, superne atro-viridia, buUata, subtus^

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 157

alba, 4-7 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, nervis 3 reticulationibus prominulis, petiolis
Lirtis 3-10 mm. longis. BractecB ovatae, hirtae, acuminatse, 4 mm. locgse.
Glomeruli 3 mm. lati. Flores mascidi: Sepcda 5, ovata, Lirta, lanceolata, acuta,
1 mm. longa. Stamina 5, sepalis a-qualia, tilamentis glabris. Antherce latae,
rotundatae. Flores feminei cylindrici, oblongi, 3-10 in qi;oque glomerulo. Stigma
penicillatum.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Var. ALPESTRis, Ridl., var. nov.

Folia magis lanceolata et liirtiora, bullis in pagina superiore capillis in medio

insu'uetis, 2"5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata.
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.
Allied to D. loncfifoUa, Wedd., but with stitfer ovate leaves.

Leucostke A-LBAi Zoll. in Mor. Syst. Verz. Ind. Arch. 100.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camps III to VIII and VI a, 2500 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Malay Archipelago.

Cypholophus montantjs, Padl., sp. nov.

Suffrtdex 15-17 cm. altus, caulibus lignosis basi glabris glomerulis exceptis nudis,
internodiis 7 cm. longis 3 mm. crassis. Folia in apice caulis aggregata, subcoriacea,
lanceolata, crenulata, 2-5 cm. longa, 1-7 cm. lata, superne buUata, subtus grisea,
nervis 3 elevatis pilis griseis tectis, petiolis 2 mm. longis albo-hirtis ; stipulse
lanceolatse, acuminatse, ad cariuam et apicem hirtae, 3 mm. longae. Glomeruli in
paria infra folia dispositi, sessiles, globosi, 5 mm. lati ; bracteae lanceolatae, acumi-
natae, 3 mm. longse, glabrae. Flores fem,inei perianthio urceolato brunneo apice
birto. Stylus longus, filiformis. Achcenium obovatum, laeve, complanatum, ultra
0"5 mm. longum.

Camps X to XIII, 6700 to 10,500 ft.

Cypholophus rudis, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caules elati, 3 mm. crassi, dense hirti, internodiis 3 cm. longis. Folia opposita, vix
inaequalia (unum paullo majus), ovata, cordata, acuminata, serrata, bullata, superne
liirta, subtus dense velutino-hirta, majus 9 cm. longum, 4 cm. latum petiolo S cm.
longo hirto, minus 5 cm. longum, 3-5 cm. latum petiolo 1 cm. lougo ; stipulse
lanceolatse, ad medium bifidae, apice acuminatae, 0"7 mm. longae, 02 mm. latae,
carinis hirtis. Glomeruli densi, hirti, 1-1'5 cm. lati. Flores masculi : Sepala 4,
lanceolata, acuminata, longa, hirta. Stamina 4, tilamentis brevioribus glabris.
Flores feminei, perianthio urceolato 1 mm. longo, margine longe albo hirto.
Stamina 3, exserta. Achcenium parvum, ovoideum, stipitatum, Iseve.
Camps VIII to X, 4900 to 6700 ft.

This species is allied to C. latifolius, Wedd. (Boehmeria latifolia, Blume), but the
leaves are more hairy and smaller, and the pairs are less unequal in size — in fact,
sometimes almost equal.

158 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Maoutia lanceolata, Ridl., sp. nov.

S^iffrutex, ramis gracilibus, cortice rugoso verrucoso. Folia alterna, tenuiter coriacea,
lanceolata, longe acuminata, basi rotunclata, obscure (vel in juvenilibus conspicue)
crenulata, 8 cm. longa, 1"5 cm. lata, subtus alba, nervis 3 cum neryulis subtus
hirtis, petiolis gracilibus 1'2 cm. longis. Stipnlce lanceolatse, acuminatae, caudatae,
albo-sericese, 3 mm. longse. Flores masculi in paniculas gracile breviramosas 1'5-
2 cm. longas glomerulati, rhachi albo-pubescente, pedicellis brevibus. Sepala acuta,
lanceolata, pubescentia. Stamina 4, filamentis sepalis aequalia, antheris ellipticis.
Pistillodiimi albo-lanuginosum.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Very distinct in its narrow lanceolate leaves and slender unisexual panicles. The
flowers are borne in small glomerules of 4 or 5 together and shortly pedicelled.

CUPULIFER^.

QuERCTJS iMPERiALis, Seemen, in Sebum. & Lauterb. PL Deutsch. Scbutzg. Siidsee,
263, fig. iv. P.
A single fruit, with a rather more cone-shaped acorn than in the figure above-quoted.
The type of this species is also a single fruit without specific locality. Foliage and
flowers unknown.

CONIFEII.E.

PoDOCARPirs PAPTJANUS, Ridl., sp. nov.

Arbor elata, ramis patulis. Folia dimorpha, alia in ramulis sterilibus decurrentia,
plana, oblonga, obtusa, mucronata, mucrone ascendente parvo, 2 mm. longa fere
1 mm. lata, costa crassa rigide coriacea, alia in ramis fertilibus lanceolata, mucro-
nata, crassa, rigide coriacea, ad 5 mm. longa. Amenta mascula cylindrica, obtusa,
6 mm. longa, 2 mm. crassa, squamis ovatis acutis ; antherae loculis 2 ad basin
globosis. Flos femineus in ramulo laterali. Semen x-eceptaculo 3 mm. longo
insidens, globulosum, Iseve, baud apiculatum, 5 mm. longum, nervis prominulis.
Camp III, 2500 ft. ; Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Distrib. British New Guinea: Wliarton Range, 11,100 ft. (Giulianetti) ; between
south coast and Owen Stanley Range {Burke, in Herb. Kew.) ; according to Koorders
(under Dacrydiiim sp., in Lorentz, Nov. Guin. viii. 178) also on the summit of Hellwig
mountain, 7000 ft. [coll. Lorentz).

The specimens collected by Kloss are males. The description of the fruit is taken
from Giulianetti's specimen. This species is allied to Fodocarpus imbricata, Blume
(P. cupressiiia, R. Br.), a mountain-tree of the Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo,
Celebes, and the Philippines : but it differs (1) in the much thinner longer leaves of
the sterile branches, which are much longer in proportion to their breadth than in

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P. pajniana ; (2) in the thick, lanceolate, short leaves of the fertile branches ; (3) in the
absence, as far as a fairly good series of specimens shows, of the slender whip-like fertile
branches so characteristic of this species. The seed is quite globose, without any point,
and the male-flower scales are more ovate and thicker.

Although specimens of Podocarjms cupi^essinus, collected by Haviland on Mt. Kina-
balu at 11,000 ft. altitude, difl'er distinctly from typical forms in the much condensed
stiffer leaves, and seem to a certain extent to suggest a connecting-link between these
two species, yet I think that the New Guinea plant must be considered specifically
distinct.

ORCHIDEiE: EpiDENDREiE.

(By H. N. Ridley.)

MiCROSTYLis LAXA, Kidl., sp. nov.

Caulis repens, ascendens, gracilis, 14-12 cm. longus. Folia 3, ovata, acuminata,
3-4 cm. longa, l-2"5 cm. lata, basi lata, vaginis angustis 1 cm. longis. Macemus
23-25 cm. longus, pro majore parte laxe florifer. Bractece lineares, acuminatae,
deflexse, 4 mm. longa?. Pedieelli 6 mm. longee. Sepala linearia, oblonga, 5 mm.
longa, basi 1 mm. lata. Petala linearia, obtusa, 4 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata.
Lahellmn ovatum, orbiculare, apice acutum, marginibus dentatis, auriculis
longis curvis acutis. Columna brevissima, stelidiis brevibus. Anthera oblonga,
rotundata.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Perhaps most nearly allied to M. hydrojjhila, J. J. Sm., but with very short teeth to
the rounder lip, longer auricles, and narrower petals and sepals, whilst the colour
appears to have been yellow or green, and not purple.

MiCROSTYLis ACUMINATA, Eidl., sp. nOV.

Caulis succulentus, 10 cm. longus. Folia 3-4, elliptica, ovata, longe acuminata, acuta,
basi rotundata, ad 16 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, petiolis 4 cm. longis latis vaginantibus.
Ftacemus circiter 20 cm. longus, ad medium nudus, floribus multis dissitis. Bractece
lineares, acuminatae, 1"1 cm. longse, angustissimae, deflexse. Pedieelli filiformes,
1 cm. longi. Sepala lineari-oblonga, obtusa, angusta, 4 mm. longa. Petala
linearia, obtusa, breviora, angustiora, dimidio sepali sequilata. Labellum sub-
quadratum, apice cuneatum, cuspidatum, cuspide longiusculo minute bifido,
auriculis longis acuminatis falcatis. Columna curva, longiuscula, stelidiis brevibus
latis oblongis rotundatis.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

The lip is rather remarkable for its quadrate form, suddenly sharply cuneate or
triangular at the tip, endiug in a narrow linear bifid cusp. The column is rather longer
than is usually the case in the genus, and curved.

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MiCROSTYLIS EHABDOPHTLLA, Ridl., sp. nOV.

Caulis erectus, 6-9 cm. longus. Folia ad 8, lanceolata, obliqua, basi breviter cuneata,
apice obtusa, 4-7 cm. longa, l-2-2'5 cm. lata, atro-viridia, fascia centrali laete viridi
vel purpureo-brunnea, marginibus crispis, petiolis l-2'5 cm. longis. Bacemus 15-
30 cm. longus, pro 8-15 cm. nudus, superne laxe florifer. Bractece lineares,
acuminatse, patentes, 2-3 mm. lougoe. PecUcelli aequilongi. Mores plures, parvi,
3 mm. lati, flavo-kermesini. Sepalum posticum, oblongum, lateralia ovata, obtusa,
latiora. Petala Huearia, obtusa, multo augustiora. Labellum obovatum, oblongum,
marginibus integris, apice lato bilobo sinu lato, lobis brevibus acutis, auriculis
brevibus latis obtusis incurvis. Colunma brevis ; stelidia oblonga, truncata, longa.
Anthera ovata.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camp I, 700 ft.

A charming plant, allied to 31. Warcqnissce, Scbleclit., but the lip is neither reniform
nor toothed, and the auricles are blunt and incurved. The foliage is described by Kloss as
dark green and light green or purple-brown and reddish green, and the flowers as deep
yellow and crimson, or green to yellow to dull crimson. The leaves show when dry a paler
broad bar up the centre. In habit it somewhat resembles M. inici'antha, Hook, fil., of
the Malay Peninsula, and in the form of the flower M. ccdophylla, Reichb., of Siam.

MiCROSTYLIS ATRO-BRACHIATA, Ridl., Sp. UOV.

Caulis 4 cm. lougus. Folia 4, lanceolata, acuta, basi breviter cuneata, viridia,
insequalia, obliqua, 5-nervia, marginibus crispis, 5 cm. longa, 1*5 cm. lata vel
minora, petiolo li cm. longo. Racemiis gracilis, 28 cm. longus, ad medium nudus.
Flores parvi, approximati. Bractece lanceolatse, acuminatse, augustissimse, defiexae,
3 mm. longae vel minores. PecUcelli brevissimi, 1 mm. longi. Sepalum posticum
oblongo-lauceolatum, obtusum, lateralia ovata, obtusa, latiora, 2 mm. longa. Petala
lineari-oblonga, obtusa, augustiora. Labellum hastatum, integrum, acutum, 2 mm.
longum, auriculis triangularibus excurvis. Colunma cylindrica, erecta, longa, pallida,
stelidiis niagnis atro-viridibus oblongo-ellipticis deiiexis. Anthera minuta, lanceo-
lata, obtusa. Rostellum erectum, lanceolatum, oljtusum, sequilongam, virescens.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to 31. tubulosa, J. J. Sm., it is one of a small group in which the column is
unusually tall and slender, the stelidia deep blackish green and veiy conspicuous, the
aather small, and the rostellum large and nearly or quite as tall. Excej)t for the fact
that there are sjiecies of the genus known which coniiect these long-columned species
with the typical forms witli the short column, one would certainly distinguish these
generically. The column and anther are pale yellow, or perhaps white, the stelidia of
a deep blackish green, elliptic and rounded, at tlie top, and hanging down ; the rostellum,
long, conspicuous and narrow, is also a very remarkable feature.

MiCROSTYLIS (§ COMMELYNOIDE^) CIRCEA, PJdl., sp. nov.

Planta humilis, 10-15 cm. longa, caule ascendente gracili 5 cm. longo. Folia ad 5,
dissita, ovata, lanceolata, tenuia, acuminata, 4 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, marginibus

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undulatis crispis, basi paullo angustata, petiolis vaginantibus 5 mm. longis.
Bacemus gracillimns, 8 cm. longus, a basi ad medium bracteis paucis linearibus
exceptis nudus. Flores parvi, dissiti, patentes. Bractew 3 mm. longae, lineares,
acuminatge, deflexte. PedicelU filiformes, 5 mm. longi. Perianthiiim viride,
3'6 mm. latum. Sepcdum posticum oblongum, obtusum, erectum, lateralia deflexa,
ol}longa, latiora. Petala lanceolato-linearia, obtusa, recurva, breviora et angustiora.
Labellum ambitu ovatum, aui'iculis angustis erectis lanceolatis acuminatis, sepalo
postico paullo brevioribus, lamina in utroque margine dentibus longiusculis 3
munita, apice acuminato obtuso integro, marginibus in discum e fovea magna
eminentem elevatis. Colwmna brevis, crassa, stelidiis oblongis porrectis truncatis.
Anthera parva, ovata, rostrato lato retuso.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

A very curious little plant with an elongated leafy stem and a slender raceme of little
flowers in which the petals and pectinate sides of the lip are curved backwards so as to
be out of sight from in front ; the unusually long pointed auricles of the lip stand up
against the dorsal sepal, of which they are f the length.

Oberonia (§ Catjlescentes) margin ATA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules congest!, 10-12 cm. longi, foliis 12-14 arete tecti. Folia disticha, ensi-
formia, acuminata, 5 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, herbacea. Scapus gracillimus, IS-
IS cm. longus, basi 3 per cm. nudus. Flores minuti, virides, remoti, singuli vel bini,
rhachi marginata, alis 2 tenuibus translucentibus albis subdenticulatis. JBractece
lanceolatse, translucentes, denticulatai, ovariis cum pedicellis cylindricis marginatis
sequales, 2 mm. longae. Flos 1 mm. latus. Sepala ovata, Integra. Petala sub-
similia, angustiora. Lahellnm brevius, late triangulare, apice truncato retuso,
marginibus dentibus 8-10 pectinatis, nervis 2 a basin disjunctis versus apicem
conjunctis. Colum.na brevis, crassa; stelidia parva, oblonga, truneata.
Camp I, 500 ft.

The rbacliis and pedicels are margined with a thin, irregularly broken, transpai*ent
membrane, which is edged with short clubbed or obtuse processes, or teeth, which also
occur on the edges of the bracts. The flowers are very minute in proportion to the
rather long pedicel and ovary, and are opposite to each other, singly or in pairs, for the
whole length of the raceme.

Oberonia (§ Caulescentes) spathipetala, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. 27, fig. ix, 28.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Oberonia (§ Caulescentes) Klossii, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caules undique foliati, 15 cm. longi. Folia imbricata, erecta, ensiformia, curva, acuta,
1-5 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Bacemus gracillimus, 7 cm. longus, rhachi ferme omnino
florifera, floribus 7-8-nis minutis in verticillis 2 mm. distantibus. BractecB minutse,
lanceolatoe, iutegra;, pedicellis suboequilongae. PedicelU brevissimi, vix 1 mm. longi.

second series, — BOTANY, VOL. IX. ^

162 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Sepala ovata, subacuta. Fefala ovata. Labelliim subquaclratum, longius, caudis
brevibus 2 ia angulis exterioribus. Colmnna brevissima. Anthera calvariformis.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
" Flowers brown."

This bas the habit of O. pleistophylla , J. J. Sm., of Celebes, but differs from all of this
group known to me in the extremely slender rbachis of the raceme, and in the shape of
the lip. The flowers are very minute, and in the only raceme present are in bud, so
that it is difficult to make out the structure.

LiPARIS (§ MOLLIFOLI^) PUBERrLA, RidL, sp. nov.

Folia solitaria, baud articulata, in pseudobulbis brevibus vaginis ovatis lanceolatis
acuminatis 3 cm. longis 1 cm. latis tectis, petiolo 6 cm. longo, lamina oblanceolata
cusj)idata ad basin angustata 13 cm. longa 2'2 cm. lata. Racenms 14 cm. longus,
fere ad basin florifer, floribus dissitis viridibus. Bractea basalis lanceolata, acu-
minata, pallida, 2 cm. longa. Bracteee florales 0'5 mm. longis, lanceolatse, acuminata?,
ovario sequilongse. Sepala oblongo-ellijstica, obtusa, 3 mm. longa, posticum quam
lateralia angustius, trinervia, nervis in medio approximatis mediano elevato.
Petala linearia, obtvisa, sepalis duplo angustiora. Lahellum 4 mm. longum et
latum, orbiculari-obovatum, ungue brevissimo apice retuso subtrilobo, lobo inter-
medio brevi lineari-oblongo, marginibus minute pubescentibus, callo lobis 2 brevibus
rotundatis carina parva transversa conjunctis. Columna 2 mm. longa, basi crassa,
superne gracilior, curva. Anthera transverse oblonga, rotundata nee rostrata, apice
plana, jDUstulata.
Camp VI a, 3900 ft.

LiPARis (§ Pleiophtllum) ctperifolia, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba, ut videtur, terrestris, radicibus elongatis, rliizomate crasso ultra 5 cm. longo

I cm. lato. Folia 2-4 in a^oice caulis 1 cm. longi, herbacea, trinervia, linearia,
acuminata, 17-30 cm. longa, 8-12 mm. lata. Bractea basalis in vagina folii celata,
lanceolata, acuminata, 3 cm. longa. Racemus erectus;, 20 cm. longus, basi (per

II cm.) nudus. Flares circiter 8, remote virides. Bracteee lineari~lanceolata»,
acuminatse, 1 cm. longse. Pedicelli gracillimi, 2 cm. longi. Sepala linearia,
obtusa, 1 cm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Petala angustiora, aequilonga. Lahellum
hastatum, ungue lineari-oblongo, lamina basi lata hastata ovata cuspidata crenu-
lata r2 cm. longa ad basin 6 mm. lata, callo carina lata crassa in disco unguis
costa transversa elevata terminata. Columna 5 mm. lata, curva, alls magnis
(iis L. brachystelidis multo minoribus), apice lato crasso.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.

Allied to L. toricellensis, Schlechter, but with a much stouter rhizome, larger leaves
and flowers, and two or three leaves on the pseudobulb.

LiPARis (§ Pleiophyllum) beachystele, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis ancej^s, complanatus, costatus, 9 cm. longus. Folium baud articulatum, ad
basin longe vaginans, glabrum, gramineum, lauceolatum, longe acuminatum, versus

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COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 163

hasin attenuatnm, 33 cm. longum, 2 cm. latum. Bractea ad basin racemi in vagina
folii inclusa, tennis, papyracea, lanceolata, acuminata, 3 cm. longa. Bacenms 19 cm.
longus, rhachi paullo complanata. Flores 10, dissiti, pedicellis 3 cm. longis. JBractecp,
lauceolatae, lineares, longe acuminatse, I'O cm. longae. Sepala subsequalia, linearia,
obtusa, 1"4 cm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Fetala angustiora, linearia. Labellum orbi-
culare, integrum, ungue brevissimo, lamina 1"3 cm. longa et lata, callo minimo
oblongo truncato. Solmnna brevis et crassa, fere erecta, 2 mm. longa, 1 mm.
crassa, eius et cHnandrii marginibus totis late tenuiterque alatis, alls trans-
lucentibus.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

" Pale raw sienna with greenish central stripe."

This has the habit of L. ton'icelleusis, Schlechter, but is larger and has broader leaves.
The column is very remarkable, quite unlike any in this section, being very short and
stout, nearly quite straight, with broad, thin, pale wings running along both sides
and continued along the back of the clinandrium.

LiPARis (§ PLEioPHrLLUM) CONGESTA, Eidl., sp. nov.

Radices elongati, lanuginosi. Folia linearia, acuminata, ad basin longe angustata,
19 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, papyracea, nervis elevatis 3. Scapiis brevier, 15-18 cm.
longus, basi nudus 5-6 bracteis linearibus acuminatis 1 cm. longis angustissimis
exceptis. Racemus congestus, multiftorus. Flores parvi. Bractece lanceolatse,
longe acuminatae, 5-8 mm. longse, pallidDe. Pedicelli cum ovariis graciles, 1 cm.
longi. Sepalum posticum oblongo-lineare, 5 mm. longum, 1 mm. latum, lateralia
latiora, oblonga, obtusa, triuervia, fere 2 mm. lata. Petala lineari-iiliformia,
longioia, angusta. Labellum ungue brevi, lamina 5 mm. longa et lata Integra
flabelliformi rotundata margine obscure denticulata, callo hippocreniformi ad basin
laminae carnoso in nervis crassiusculis 2 medianis decurrente, nervis lateralibus
incrassatis ramosis. Columna brevis, crassiuscula, 3 mm. longa, alls brevibus
oblongis truncatis. Anthera ovata, breviter obtuse rostrata. Capsula erecta,
oblauceolata, basi angustata, 1"5 cm. longa, pedicello 2 cm. longo.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

The pseudobulbs are short and reduced to a small subcylindrical stem, covered by the
leaf-bases, which are not articulated. The leaves are not as thin as those of typical
Mollifolice, whilst the blade is gradually narrowed towards the base, where it dilates a
little. The main nerve of this narrowed portion runs at first centrally, but where the
leaf widens it runs to one side and becomes rajiidly more slender.

LiPARis (§ CoriifolIxE) latifolia, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. PI. 30.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Bistrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

LiPARIS (§ COEIIFOLI^) INSECTIFERA, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Herba epiphytica, rhizomate 3 mm. crasso, pseudobulbis cylindricis 1'5 cm. longis,
ad basin foliis 2 ovatis acutis papyraceis uervosis pallidis tectis. Folia 2, coriacea,

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164 ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS

elliptica, acuta, 4 cm. longa, 1-5 cm. lata, atro-viridia, nervis 6 elevatis, vagina 1 cm.
longa, nervis pluribus elevatis. Sccqms 13 cm. longus, basi (dimidio) nuda crassius-
cula glabra. Hacemus strictus, floribus ad 14 erectis mediocribus. Bracteoe
lanceolatse, acutse, 4 mm. longfe, 1 mm. latse. Ovarium cum pedicello 2 cm.
longum, erectum. Sepala linearia, obtusa, 9 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, posticum
erectnm, lateralia porrecta. Fetala linearia, angustiora et breviora, 7 mm. longa.
Labellum oblongum, integrum, versus basin angustatum, apice rotundatum, obscure
undulatum, breviter obtuse apiculatum, 6 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum, callis bilobis
carnosis, lobis brevibus oblongis rotimdatis. Columna erecta, curva, apice dilatata,
anguste alata.

Camps XI to XIII, between 8300 and 10,500 ft.

The petals and sepals appear to have been yellow, the lip green.

LiPARis (§ Distich^e) LOLiACEA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Pseudobulbi conico-cylindrici, 15 mm. longi. Folium gramineum, lineare, acumi-
natum, acutum, 50 cm. longum, 7 mm. latum. Scapus anceps, gracilis, 30 cm.
longus. Macemus 5-9 cm. longus, 5 mm. latus. Bracteie lanceolata?, subobtusee,
baud imbricatse. FecUcelU 1 cm. longi. Sepxtla deflexa, elliptica, 5 mm. longa,
2 mm. lata, carinata, mucronulata. Fetala subspathulata, 4 mm. longa, obtusa.
Labellum carnosum, 5 mm. longum, ungue brevi lato, lamina hastata, lobis duobus
ad basin erectis, versus apicem angustata, apice obtuso pustulate pubescente, callo
inter lobos basales crasso obscure lobato. Columna brevis, lata, alls rotundatis latis
ad apicem juxta stigma abrupte angustatis. Anthem complanata, rotundata, rostro
semi-ovato rotundato.
Camj^ VI a, 3100 ft.
The flowers are apparently red. This is allied to Z. i^seudodisticha, Schlechter, of

New Guinea, but difiers in its lip narrowing to a point, and in the wings of the column

being abrujjtly narrowed at the top just above the stigma, instead of being carried up

to the clinandrium.

LiPARis (§ Distich^) triticea, Ridl., sp. nov.

Bhizoma elongatum, gracile, I'S mm. crassum. Fseudobulbi dissiti, 2 em. remoti,
ovoidei, 5 mm. longi, vaginis 2-3 lanceolatis cusj)idatis ad 4 cm. longis tecti.
Folia 1-2, anguste linearia, acuta, graminea, 22 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Scapus
gracilis, anceps, 19 cm. longus, nudus. Racemus ad 3 cm. longus et 8 mm. latus.
Bracteoe distichoe, approximatte, circiter 34, lanceolatie, acuminates, acutae. Fedi-
celli 1 cm. longi, graciles. Sepala oblonga, lanceolata, obtusa, mucronulata, carinata,
deflexa, 4 mm. longa. Fetala oblanceolata, angustiora, 3 mm. longa. Labellum
sessile, 3 mm. longum, late oblongum, quadratum, apice rotundatum, minute
trilobum, lobis miuutis lateralibus rotundatis, medio tequilongo liueari, lateribus
ad basin in pseudolobos 2 erectos comprcssis, callo magno carnoso rotundato bilobo.
Columna brevis, curva, baud marginata, alis prope stigma rotundatis obtusis.
Capsula 6 mm. longa, oblanceolata, costis prominulis, pedicello 6 mm. longo.

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Camp T, 700 ft., and Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

This has the habit of Liparis disticha, Lindl., but the column is not broadly winged
to the base. The flowers appear to be green.

Dendrobium WoLLASTOXii, Eidl., sj). nov.

Pseudobulbi elliptico-conici, 70 cm. longi, 5'5 cm. in circuitu. Folia oblonga, obtusa,
coriacea, 10"5 cm. longa, 4"S cm. lata. Flores 2 vel plures, speciosi. JBractea ovata,
lanceolata, acuminata, glabra, pallida viridis, 1 cm. longa. Pedicellus 2 cm. longus.
Ovariuni 5 mm. longum, hirtum, album, roseo-punctatum. Sepala lanceolata,
acuminata, 5 cm. longa, basi 1 cm. lata, alba, pilis viridescenti-albis tecta,
mento lato obtuso kermesino-punctato. Petcda alba, glabi'a, spathulata, 5 cm.
longa, 3"5 cm. lata quo latissima, ungue lineari-oblongo, limbo ovato acuminato.
Labellum trilobum, glabrum, lobis lateralibus oblongis truncatis 2"5 cm. longis,
apice lo cm. latis lacteis, marginibus supra basin versus lineis violaceo-roseis macu-
latis, subtus punctis rufescentibus in lineas dispositis ornatis, lobo terminali ovato-
acuminato acuto 1'5 cm. longo 2 cm. lato lacteo, basi labelli incrassato decurvo, callo
maguo oblongo albo apice trifido et trisulcato. Columna brevis, 1'5 cm. longa, in
utroque latere linea violaceo-rosea, et infra stigma macula hippocrepiformi notata,
apice lato ; stelidia erecta, dentiformia. Anthera lata, hemispherica, sequilonga.
A living plant was brought home by Mr. Wollaston, and flowered by the Honourable

Charles Rothschild.

This handsome plant difl'crs from D. Forhesii, Ridl. in its hairy sepals and mauve

colouring, and from D. ternutense, J. J. Sm. in its acute lip and tritid callus.

Dendrobium maceophyllum, a. Piich. Sort. Astrol. 22, t. 9.
Launch Camp, at sea-level.
Disbib. Java, Timor, Philippines, and Papua.

Dendrobium (§ Crumenati) platybasis, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis 30 cm. longus, complanatus, internodiis basalibus 4 flavis politis ancipitibus
cum carina mediana in utroque latere. Folia curva, linearia, acuta, 4 cm. longa,
3 cm. lata. Flores e fasciculis bractearum in parte nuda terminali 4 cm. longa.
Bractece lanceolatae, acuminatse. Pedicellus 6 mm. longus, gracilis. Sepala
postica ovata, acuta, 5 mm. longa, lateralis triangularia, latiora, acuta, 2 mm.
lata; mentum obtusum, curvum. Petala linearia, angusta, sepalo postico sub-
a^quilonga. Labellum 1 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum quo latissimura, obcuneatura,
ungue late obtriangulari-obovato, marginibus undulatis minvite denticulatis, caiina
media ci'assa carnosa bisulcata.
Launch Camp, at sea-level.

Very near to D. acerosum. Hook, fil., except for tbe dilated bases of the stem, which
are flattened and thin, the biggest about 5 mm. across and 3'5 cm. long and narrowed
slightly at both ends (those above very distinctly narrowed below), whilst a sharp keel
runs down each of the flattened faces. The flowers appear to have been pinkish at
the tips.

166 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Dendrobium {^ Aporum) atropurpureum, Miq. PL lad. Bot. iii. 644.
Launch Camp, at sea-level.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

Dendrobium (§ Grastidium) Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules elongati, ad 20 cm. lougi, 5-8 mm. crassi, paullisper complanati, vaginis
tonuiter costatis tecti. Folia (sicca) papyracea, tenuia, elongata, lanceolata, com-
jjlanata, attenuata, carina inconspicua, 15 cm. longa, 2"2 cm. lata, vaginis 3 cm.
longis arete caulibus adpressis. Flores bini. Bractece exteriores hemispliaericoe,
rotundatae, 1 mm. longfe, interiores oblongse, ovatse, apice rotundati3e, 7 mm. longse,
7 mm. latiB. Ovarium cum pedicello 3 cm. longo. Sepalum 2:)osticum lineare,
obtusum, cucullatum, curvum, carnosum, papillosum, 1'6 cm. longum, 2 mm.
latum, lateralia latiora 4 mm. lata, oblonga, obtusa, falcata ; mentum breve.
Fetala oblanceolata, obtusa, 1 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata. Labellnm ungue brevi
curvo canaliculato, lamina subquadrato-oblonga obscure triloba, lobis lateralibus
brevibus curvis obtusis, medio lato carnoso truncato apice lato ad margiue undu-
lato glabro ecalloso, venis 3 in medio prominulis papillosis. Columna brevissima,
clinandrii lobis prominulis tenuibus. Anthem, alta, conico-oblonga, apice rotun-
dato retuso.
Camp I, at 500 ft.
Allied to D. imbricatum, J. J. Sm., but the plant is much larger, and the middle lobe

of the lip broad and truncate, not abruptly acuminate.

Dendrobium (§ Grastidium) Vanderwateui, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caulis bambusiformis, gracilis, 2 mm. crassus. Folia lanceolata, longe acuminata
basi angustata, 11-12 cm. longa, 8-9 mm. lata, vaginis costatis cancellatis ore
rotundis, cuspide brevi lanceolato, lamina opposita. Flores bini. Bractece pri
marise setniovatae, secundariiB oblongoe, lanceolatse, castanesae, 1"5 cm. longse, 3 cm
latse. Pedunculns 1 cm. longus, pedicelli 5 mm. longi. Sepala lanceolata, ovata
caudata, cauda filiformi, 25 cm. longa, basi 5 mm. lata ; mentum brevissimum
rotundatum. Petala angustiora, basi lanceolato-linearia, apice flliformi-caudata,
2 cm. longa. Labellum 5 mm. longum, citrinum, obcuneatum, trilobum, lobis
lateralibus brevis obtusis, lobo medio oblongo obtuso sequilongo, ad basin labelli
callo elongate lineari-oblongo pilis citrinis dense tecto. Colimina brevis, cylindrica
alls brevibus clinandrii margine elevato. Authera magna, depressa, conica, rostro
oblongo obtuso.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Near _D. bijlorum, Sw., which it resembles much in halnt.

Dendrobium (§ Grastidium) donacoides, PJdl., sp. nov.

Caulis bambusinus, elongatus, 4 mm. crassus, vaginis tectus. Folia tenuiter coriacea,
lanceolata, acuminata vel elliptico-lanceolata et acuta, ecarinata, 11 cm. longa.

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COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 167

2 cm. lata, tenuiter costata, basi angustata, vaginis 5-5*5 cm. longis, ore integro ;
in margiae folio opposite vix producta. Mores bini. Bractece exteriores breves,
hemisphaericse, 1 mm. longse et latiores, interiores ovatoe, rotundatae, 4 mm. longse,
fequilatse. Sepalum posticum lineari-obtusum, 1-8 cm. longum, 2 mm. latum ;
lateralia latiora 3 mm. lata, aequilonga ; mentum breve, curvum, obtusum. Fetala
linearia, obtusa, fere aequilonga, 1-7 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Labellmn 1 cm.
longum, trilobum, lobis lateralibus brevibus latis obtusis, lobo medio ovato cuspi-
dato uiulto longiore cum disco omniuo pilis flavis dense tecto, linea mediana disci
ad basin elevata. Columna brevis, lata, pede sequilongo ; cliuandrii margines
elevati, tenues, obtusi. Anthera obtuse conica, alta. Follinia anguste elliptica.

Camp I, at 700 ft.

Perhaps nearest to D. multistrialum, J. J. Sm., but the lip has shorter lateral lobes,
and the disc and middle lobe are all covered with yellow hairs.

Dendrobitjm (§ Grastidium) ctjrvisepaltjm, P^idL, sp. nov.

CanUs crassus, complanatus, vaginis omnino tectus, 5 mm. crassus. Folia ovata,
lanceolata, obtusa, coriacea, apice biloba, 5-5 cm. longa, basi 1-7 cm. lata, petiolis
brevibus 5 mm. longis, vaginis 1-7 cm. longis costatis, ore rotundato dente obscuro
lamina opposito. Flores bini, pauUo infra os extrusi. Bractece primaria? hemi-
sphericse, rotundatae, 3 mm. longte, mox in fibrillas pectinatim fisste ; secundarise
lanceolatse, subacutse, carinatae, 7 mm. longae. Fedimcidus brevis. Ovarium cum
pedicello crassiusculo 12 mm. longum. Sepala lateralia pallida, carnosula, oblongo-
lanceolata, obtusa, falcata, 3 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata, mento rotundato 5 mm. longo,
posticum lanceolatum, latum, subacutum, 3-2 cm. longum, 1-2 cm. latum. Petala
aequilonga, linearia, lanceolata, obtusa, 6 mm. lata. Lahellitm obovatum, apice
rotundatum, carnosum, omnino pilis tectum, disco carina media carnosa percurso.
Columna crassa, ventre excavata, marginibus crassis ; rostellum integrum rotun-
datum. Anthera rostro longo oblongo obtuso conico, in apice verruca x^ustulosa.

Camp VI «, 3100 ft.

Most resembling D. eriopexis, Schlechter, in the (for this section) great size of the
llowers ; they are Heshy and apparently white.

Dendrobium (§ Grastidium) bambusinum, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caides elongati, ultra 30 cm. longi, 3 mm. lati, complanati, multifoliati. Folia lanceo-
lata, acuminata, inaequaiiter biloba, basi lata, 4 cm. longa, 8-11 mm. lata, vaginis
5 mm. longis costatis. Bacemi bitiori, laterales. Bractete exteriores semiovataj,
interiores ovatae, subacutae, castaneae, 1 mm. longae. Pediceltus gracilis, 1 cm.
longus. Sepalum posticum oblongum, subacutum, 7 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum,
lateralia latiora, ovata ; mentum conicum, obtusum, 2 mm. longum. Petala
oblonga, lanceolata, sepalo postico aequalia. Lubellum trilobum, 5 mm. longum,
basi pauUo angustatum, lobis lanceolatis obtusis foliatis 2 mm. longis fusco-striatis,
lobo medio (aurantiaco ?) cuneato profunde emargiuato apicibus elongatis acutis,
carina elevata apice incrassata e basin ad apicem undulata. Columna brevior quam

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pes, marginibus alatis, stelidiis magnis oblongis truucatis, filamento gracili longiore.
Anthera campanulata. Capsula ellipsoidea, 1"5 cm. longa, pedicello 2 cm. longo.
Between Camps III and VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.

Allied to D. piestocaulon, Schlechter, but with a very different and coriaceous lip,
practically four-lobed, with a very deep and wide indentation between the two acuminate
points of the middle lobe. The flowers are very thin in texture, and appear to have
been greenish in colour.

DeNBROBITJM ((^ GrASTIDITJM) PLiNICATTLE, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules validi, complanati, 30 cm. longi vel longiores. Folia disticha, oblongo-
linearia, coriacea, apice intequaliter biloba lobis rotundatis, 4 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata,
nervis tribus in dorso conspicuis, vaginis complanatis costatis 1 cm. longis, 4 mm.
latis, ore integro. Flos solitarius, e vagina extrusus, bracteis parvis lanceolatis
obtusis. Pedlcellus cum ovario 5 mm. longus. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum,
obtusum, lateralia latiora, ovata, lanceolata, acuta, carnosa (sicca atra), 10 mm.
longa, 4 mm. lata, mento rotundato obtuso. Petala latiora, ovata, subacuta, 9 mm.
longa, 4 mm. lata. Lahellum linguseforme, ovatum, lanceolatum, brevius, obtusum,
6 mm. longum, lateribus sursum curvis, apice decurvo magis carnoso. Columna
brevis, ad j)edem breviorem curvata, baud alata, margine clinandrii vix elevato.
Anthera conica, in apice processu oblongo rotundato complanato munita. FolUnia
2, minima, hemisjohserica.

Camps VI h and VI c, 3900 and 5500 ft.

Allied to D. erect'ifolium, J. J. Sm., but with smaller leaves, flattened sheaths, and an
entire lip. The flowers are solitary, fleshy, and dry black.

Dendhobium {\ PlEvoluta) dissitifolitjm, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis validus, ultra 40 cm. altus, 5 mm. crassus. Folia lanceolata, acuminata,
tenuiter coriacea, costata, 10 mm. longa, 1'5 cm. lata, apice valde insequaliter
biloba, vaginis 2 cm. longis costatis, ore integro. Racemus e basi vaginae extrusus,
gracilis, 5 cm. longus. Flores 2, mediocres. Sepalum posticum ovatum, 6 mm.
longum, 4 mm. latum, lateralia late tiiaugularia, flava, 6 mm. longa, sequilata,
mento brevissimo obtuso. Fetala tenuiora, oblonga, obtusa, apice rotundata.
Lahellum obcuneatum, magnum, 6 mm. longum, 5 mm. latum, lobis lateralibus
lanceolatis acutis, lobo medio obovato lato sequilongo minute denticulato, carinis
2 crassis e basi in discum procurreutibas, Columna crassa, stelidiis brevibus
erectis, clinandrio vix profundo; pollinia 2.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

The species seems to be most suitably placed among the Bevoluta, but it is very
distinct from any species of this section.

Dendrobium (§ Pedilonum) stricttjm, Ridl., sp. nov.

Rhizoma lignosum, radicibus longis validis, caulibus erectis ad 65 cm. altis 3 mm.
crassis rigidis. Folia anguste lanceolata, acuta, stricta, carinata, 5 cm. longa,

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 169

5 ram. lata, vaginis 2 cm. longis purpureo-brunneis minute verrucosis. Hacemi
laterales foliis oppositi, 1'3 cm. lougi, 5-6-flori. Bractece ovatte vel lanceolatse,
cuspidatiB, 5 mm. longge, 1 mm. latae, pallidse, bruunescentes, minute pustulosse.
Tedicelli 5 mm. longi. Flores 1 cm. lati, aurantiaci. Sepalum posticum ovatum,
obtusum, 5 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum, lateralia latiora ; mentum conicum, curvum,
basi latum, 9 mm. longum. Petala ovata, obtusa, sepalo postico similia. Lahellum
13 mm. longum, ungue lineari, lamina rotundata cocbleata 5 mm. lata, margine
in angulo ad junctionem cum ungue paucidenticulato abhinc integro apice magis
carnoso denticulatoque, nervis 5 radiantibus incrassatis, tribus basi purpureo-
brunneis. Colwmna stelidiis erectis magnis oblongis latis, filamento vix fequali.
Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft.

A tine plant with remarkably narrow willow-like erect leaves and a good number of
fair-sized orange flowers. The affinity is with I), subclausiwi, Holfe, from which it
ditFers in the spoon-shaped lip and very large hatchet-shaped stelidia.

Dkndeobium (§ Pediloxum) BEAcnYCE>fTRrM, Ridl., sp. nov.

Cuulis gracilis, 23 cm. longus, 2 mm. crassus, quadrangulus. Folia lanceolata, acuta,
subtenuia (probabiliter juvenilia), carinata, mucronulata, apice et margine denti-
culata, 2 cm. longa, 7-10 mm. lata. Racemus brevis, in caule defoliate terminalis,
circiter 12-florus. Bractete ovatae, cuspidatse, 2 mm. longge. Pedicelli graciles,
1'4 cm. longi. Flores aurantiaci. Sepala 6 mm. longa, posticum anguste ellipticum,
obtusum, 3 mm. latum, lateralia latiora, oblonga, 4 mm. lata; mentum breve,
sacciforme, 4 mm. longum, obtusum. Petala linearia, oblonga, sepalo postico
vix angustiora. Lahellum spathulatum, cucuUatum, ajiice rotuudatum, denticu-
latum, 1 cm. longum, apice 4 mm. latum. Columna pede recto, stelidiis oblongis
obtusis erectis. Anthera calvariformis, laevis.
Camps II to III, 500 to 2500 ft. " Flowers orange-red."

A small-sized plant, with for this section a very short rounded mentum, the lip
resembling that of D. vileUinum, Kranzl.

Dendrobium (§ Pedilonum) deflexum, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Caiilis sinuosus, 2 mm. crassus. Folia coriacea, eJliptica, ovata, acuminata, obtusa,
striata, 15 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata, basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, deflexa,
vaginis 5 cm. longis striatis. Racemus brevis, terminalis, pauciflorus. Bractece
ovatse, cuspidatse, pallidse, 6 mm. longse, 4 mm. latse. Pedicellus gracilis, 2 mm.
longus. Seiialmn posticum ellipticum, 1"2 cm. longum, obtusum, lateralia oblonga,
ovata, obtusa, apice rotundata, 1 cm. longa, 7 mm. lata; mentum cylindricum,
crassum, curvum, 1 cm. longum. Petala ovata, lanceolata, 6 mm. lata, apice
rotundata. Lahellum ungue curvo, lamina cucullata sepalis breviore 1"6 cm. lata,
margine ad basin laciniato. Columna crassa, stelidiis oblongis ovatis acutis,
filamento subsequilongo lineari.
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. " Flowers deep orange."

Very distinct in the small, ovate, thick deflexed leaves and large flowers, with a thick
strongly-curved blunt mentum. The lip is ladle-shaped, with a few rather long teeth at
the angles of the blade. It is allied to D. trichostomum, Reichb. fil.

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170 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Dendrobiuai (§ Pedilonum) xanthellum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Cmilis 40 cm. longus, 2 mm. crassus, superae flexuosus, internodiis 1 cm. longis.
Folia desunt. Racemus subterminalis, gracilis, 3"2 cm. longus, circiter 15-florus.
BractecB ovatae, 1 mm. longse. Mores parvuli, aurantiaci, 1'2 cm. longi, pedicellis
1'3 cm. longis gracilibus. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acutum, 6 mm. longum,
lateralia latiora, 2 mm. lata ; mentum conieum, crassiusculum, obtusum, 9 m.m.
longum. Petala lanceolata, acuta, sepalo postico similia. Labellum sej)alis breviiis,
ungue lineari, apice angusto lanceolate acuto integro. Columna crassa, fovea
stigmatica ampla rliomboidea, stelidiis inconspicuis parvis, margine clinandrii alto.
Anthera apice rotundata nee retusa, minutissime papillosa. Hostellum bidentatum.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Near Bendrobium inamoenum, Krauzliu, of British New Guinea, but with a linear
acute, not cucuUate entire lip.

Dendrobitjm (§ Pedilonum) rhodobotrts, EitlL, sp. nov.

Caules alti, 3 mm. crassi. Folia lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, coriacea, acuta, basi

rotundata, 8 cm. louga, 2'5 cm. lata, vagi'nis 2 cm. longis, ore rotundo. Racemus

terminalis, densus, mviltiilorus, 2 cm. longus. Bractece oblongse, lanceolatse,

olitusse, 5 mm. longa?, 2 mm. Iata3, roseae. Flares circiter 24, subcapitatim con-

gestte. Fedicelli graciles, 1'5 cm. longi. Seijaliim jjosticum oblongum, obtusum,

4 mm. longum, 2 mm. latum, lateralia similia, apice rotundata; mentum breve,

crassum, obtusum, rectum, 5 mm. longum. Petala latiora, ovato-oblonga, obtusa,

omnia rosea. Lahellmn 1'2 cm. longum, ungue brevi lineari, callo transverse

laminiformi ad apicem emarginato, latiiina aurantiaca elongato-triangulari integra

truncata 8 mm. longa apice 5 mm. lata, marginibus ad apicem involutis. Columna

aurantiaca, ad apicem pedis angustata, stelidiis crassis oblougis obtusis, rostello

lato recto, filamento breviusculo.

Camps VI b and VI c, 3900 and 5500 ft., and VII to VIII, up to 4900 ft.

Allied to D. bracteosmn, Reichb. fil., but the flowers are much smaller, the lip-apex

broad, minutely denticvilate, with the callus as a low transverse emarginate bar between

the foot and blade of the lip. A small piece of a plant with flowers little more than

1 cm. long, collected between Camps III and VIII, has exactly the same floral structure,

and is doubtless the same plant with smaller leaves and flowers.

Dendrobitjm mitrieerum, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dep. Agr. Ind. Neerl. xxxix. (1910) 10,
and in Nova Guinea, vii. p. xciv c.

Camp VI c, 4900 ft.

Distrib. New Guinea.

The flowers seem to be pink, except the lip, which is apparently white with a yellow
tip ; the lip is remarkably short in proportion to the sepals. Smith gives the colour of
the flowers as yellow with orange and orange-red. The plant, however, seems identical
with the figure and description.

COLLECTED IX DUTCH NEW GUIXEA. 171

DENPEOBirM (^ PEDILONrM) SCABRIFOLIUM, Eicll., Sp. nOV.

Caiilis 2 mm. crassus, fibrillis vaginaruiu tectus, ramosus. Folia coriacoa, liiieari-
lanceolata, acuta, ad marginem flava, crenato-serrulata, 3 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata,
vaginis 7 mm. longis costatis. Racemus terminalis, 1-5 cin. longus. Bractece
ovatse, abruptae cuspidatse, pallidte, 2 mm. longae. Pedicelli cum ovario rubro
2'5 cm. longi. Sepulum posticam ellipticum, obtusum, 1 cm. longum, 6 m.m.
latum ; lateralia sequiJonga et sequilata ; mentum crassum, fere rectum, cylin-
dricum, obtusum, 1 cm. longum, 5 m.m. latum.. Fetala oblanceolata, obtusa,
trinervia, sepalo postico paulo brevioi'a, aequilata, omnia rosea. Lahelhim ungue
angustissimo canaliculate gradatim in laminam obovatam planam margine minute
denticulatam 1'7 cm. longam 05 mm. latam dilatato. Columiia angusta, stelidiis
rotundatis oblongis filamentum superantibus.
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.
Perhaps nearest to J). Kuhlii, Lindl., but -R-ith mucli smaller flowers. Tlie stiff

leaves have a cartilaginous yellow margin notched or almost denticulate from tip

to base.

Dendkobitjm (§ CrTHBERTSONiA) suBACAULE, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. (1859) 11.

Camps III to IX, 2"iOO to 5500 ft.

Disirib. Island of Tidore near Ternate, and according to Kranzlin British New Guinea.

Ki'anzlin in the ' Pflanzenreich ' confuses this species and the very distinct D.mmiceum,
Ridley, of British New Guinea, a very much larger-flowered plant, and gives as locality
" Java, Gipfel des Berges Tidore (Blume ! Herb. Reinwardt)." The locality is based on
Lindley's description, "Java on the top of Mt. Tidore, Reinwardt." On the specimen
in Herb. Lindley, the locality is given "in suramo mentis Tidore," Reinwardt. I can
find no record of any mountain Tidore in Java ; Reinwardt, however, did collect plants
in the Island of Tidore, near Ternate, and not far from New Guinea, which he refers to
as lions Tidore. There can be little doubt that this was the locality referred to, and
the locality Java is an error.

Except for this outlier, the whole of this section of Dendrohium, of which a number
of species have been described, so far as is at present known, is confined to New Guinea.
They are charming little dwarf plants with flowers very large for the size of the stems
and leaves, and usually brilliant red, orange, or carmine, and would be a great addition
to our plant-houses.

Dendeobium (§ Cuthbeetsonia) cjcspitificum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Merba csespitosa, 6 cm. alta. Caules gracilis, 1-1"5 cm. alti, diphylli, rhizomati tenui
brevi insidentes. Folia angustissima, linearia, coriacea, carinata, in apice caulis
articulata, 2 cm. longa, vix 1 mm. lata. Flores solitarii, terminales. Bractea
tenuis, ovata, lanceolata, cuspidata, convoluta, 3 mm. longa. Pedicellus cum
ovario 1 cm. longus. Sepalmn posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum, lateralia
latiora, triangulari-lanceolata, acuminata, 5-nervia, 7 mm. longa. Fetala breviora

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172 ME. H. N. filDLEY ON PLANTS

et angustiora, linearia-spathiilata, acuta. Lalellum lineare, lauceolatum, loQge
acuminatum, 8 mm. longum, angustum ; meatum angustura, subcylindricum,
acuminatum, 12 mm. longum. Columna breviuscula, lata ; stelidia erecta, brevia,
oblonga. Aiithera pro columna magna oblougo-quadrata, margine recto, nee
rostrata.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Allied to the preceding D. subacaule, but with narrower paired leaves and larger
flowers, with a larger acute point to the lip. The flowers appear to have had reddish
sepals, pale petals, and a reddish-orange lip.

J Dendrobium (§ Cuthbertsonia) lateriflorum, Ridl., sp. nov.

JPlanta humilis, pseudobulbis perparvis approxiiuatis 2 mm. longis cylindricis,
radicibus longis. Folium solitarium, lanceolatum, obtusum, 3 cm. longum, 3 mm.
latum, coriaceum, vagina 4 mm. longa, costata. Racemus ex apice pseudo-
bulbi ortus, vagina multo brevior, 2 mm. longus, biflorus. Bractece 5-6 ovatie,
acuminatse, carinatse et mucronatse, pallidse parvte. Pedicellus 7 mm. longus,
trialatus. Sepakmi posticum lanceolatum, 5 mm. longum, acutura, lateralia jBqui-
longa, 2 mm. lata, acuta, carinata, mucronulata; mentum conico-cylindricum,
obtusum, 6 mm. longum. LabeJlum sepalis brevius, lineari acuminatum, integrum.
Columna oblonga ; stelidia brevia, oblonga, obtusa. Anthera quadrata, obtusa.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

This very curious little species, of which there is only one specimen, differs from the
others in possessing a very short pseudobulb, from the apex of which rises a single leaf,
which is articulated to a cliannelled petiole or sheath, which is longer than the raceme.
The raceme bears a number of ovate bracts, and a jsair of flowers of an orange colour —
in other respects resembling those of other species of this section ; the winged petiole is
also peculiar.

J Dendrobium (§ Cuthbertsonia) chlorinum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba csespitosa, 3-4 cm. alta, pseudobulbis conico-eylindricis flavis rugosis 5 mm.
longis 2 mm. latis crassis. Folia terminalia, ad 4, linearia, augustissima, mucro-
nulata, 2 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata. Flores singuli primulini, pedicellis cum ovariis
8 mm, longis. Sepaliim posticum lauceolatum, acutum, 4 mm. longum, 1"5 mm.
latum, lateralia latiora, triangularia, acuta, 2 mm. lata ; mentum cylindricum,
acuminatum, 6 mm. longum. Petala lanceolata, acuta, sepalo postico similia,
pauUisjier breviora. Labellum lineare, angustum, apicem versus dilatatum, tunc
abrupte acuminatum, acutum, aurantiacum, nervis in disco 5 carinatis. Columna
recta, ventre piano, marginibus elevatis, carina media ; stelidia parva, obscura,
marginibus clinandrii elevatis, lobis 2 erectis brevibus oblongis obtusis, filamento
breviore. Ovarium pilis albis tectum.

Camps VI b, 3900 ft. ; VI c, 5500 ft.

Allied to the preceding, but distinguished by the thicker dilated pseudobulb, the
yeUow-green flowers with narrow sepals, and the hairy ovary.

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^ Dendrobium (<^ Cuthbeetsonia) chrysornis, RidL, sp. nov.

Serba csespitosa vel patens, caulibus simplicibus 2-3 cm. longis 1 mm. crassis,
vaginis striatis tectis. Folia 3, anguste lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, coriacea,
2-2*5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, basl angustata. Flores solitarii, pedicellis curvis
gracilibus 1-5 cm. longis insidentes, aurantiaci. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum,
aciitum, 1 cm. longum, 3 mm. latum, lateralia falcata, 4 mm. lata, sequilonga,
lanceolata, 4-nervia; mentum cylindricum, acuminatum, 1 cm. longum. Petala
angusta, lanceolata, acuta, sequilonga, 2 mm. lata. Lahellum o basi lineari oblongum,
3 mm. latum, apice acuteque abrupte acuminatum. Columna brevis, clinandrio
prof undo, filamento lineari. Capsula elliptica, 1 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, perianthio
e marcido coronata.

Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

Of the same type as the last, but altogether much larger ; the lip is broader and
gradually widening from a linear claw ends in a wide truncated portion, from the centre
of v\ hich rises a sharp almost triangular point. The sepals and petals are more acute.

/ Dendrobium (§ Cuthbertsonia) montigentjm, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules breves, ramosi, 3 cm. alti, vaginis ovatis cuspidatis tenuibus tecti. Folia 2
vel jilura, linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, minute mucronata, coriacea, articulata,
1-1-5 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Flos in pedicello gracili 1-1-5 cm. longo, solitarius
terminalis. Bractece 2, lanceolatse, cuspidatse, tenues, 4 mm. longae, 1 mm. latte.
Sepalum posticum elliiDticum, 6 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum, minute cuspidatum,
trinerve, lateralia ovata, acuta, 9 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata; mentum cylindricum,
acuminatum, ad 1 cm. longum. Petala subspathulata, obtvisa, subsequilonga,
angustiora. Lahellum lineare, ad columnam versus basin adnatum, columnam vix
superans cum apice subtriangulari acuto. Columna brevis, pede recto longo crassi-
usculo. Anlhera subquadrata. Capsula ellipsoidea, 5 mm. longa.

Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

Elowers apparently yellow or reddish.

Allied to D. ccEspitificiim, RidL, but differing in the larger flowers, broader leaves, and
not acuminate lip.

y DeNDROBIUM (^ CtJTHBERTSONIA) FULGIDUM, RidL, sp. nOV.

Mhizoma gracile, repens, ramosum, ascendens, 5 cm. longum, 1 mm. crassum ;
caulibus flexuosis 3-4 cm. longis polyphyllis. Folia linearia, acuta, 1"5 cm.
lono-a, 1 mm. lata, basi angustata, in pseudobulbis cylindricis 3 mm. longis arti-
culata. Flores magni, aurantiaci, in apicibus ramorum solitarii. Bractea tubulosa,
tenuis, 2 mm. longa, ad basin ampliata. Pedicellus cum ovario gracili I'S cm.
longus. Sepalum posticum ellipticum, obtusum, 6-nerve, 1 cm. longum, 5 mm.
latum, lateralia latiora, ovata; mentum conicum, acuminatum, 1-5 cm. longum.
Petala oblonga, ovata, rotundata, I'G cm. longa, 8 mm. lata. Lahellum petalis
brci'ius, integrum, basi oblongo-obovatum, rotundatum, 15 cm. longum, 1 cin.
latum, paslulis parvis in pagina superiore prasaertim in nervis munitum. Columna

174. MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

recta, raajuscula, stelidiis magnis rotundatis semiovatis, antheram siiperantibus.
Antliera magna, coiiico-triangularis, obtusa, papillosa, carinis 2 ab apice ad rostrum
descendeatibus, filamento lato. FoUinia elliptica, curva, canaliculata.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

The creeping rhizome emits sinuous branches, which bear very short pseudobulbs or
branchlets of one internode, each of which bears a leaf. The flowers are very large and
showy, in proportion to the size of the plant.

Var. PURPUREA, E-idl., var. nov.

FedicelU 2-5 cm. longi. Flores purpurei. Sepalmn posticum 2 cm. longum, 1 cm.
latum, lateralia sequalia. Petala 1-4 cm. lata. Anthera pubescens.

Prom the same locality ; apparently a larger-flowered form with deep rose-purple
flowers.

Dendrobium f§ Cuthbertsonia) euphues, Eidl., sp. nov.

Herha csespitosa, pseudobulbis congestis cylindro-conicis flavis rugosis 5 mm. longis.
Folia 2, coriacea, elliptica, ovata, 5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, superne atroviridia,
pustulata, apice mucronulata, in dorso purpurascentia, striata. Flores singuli,
magni. Bractea tubulosa, 1 mm. longa. Fedicellus cum ovario 1 cm. longus,
pustulatus. Sepalmn posticum oblongum, obtusum, 1 cm. longum, 5 mm. latum,
lateralia sequilonga, latiora. Fetala elliptica, obtusa, 1 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata ;
mentum conico-cylindricum, 1 cm. longum. Lcihellitm. oblongum, apice obtusum,
1 cm. longum, 5 mm. latum, aurantiacum, punctis marginalibus rubris. Colmnna
j)allida ; sielidia oblonga, erecta, rotundata, fiava. Anthera oblonga, quadrata,
pubescens. Bostellum oblongum, rectum.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

The flowers appear to have been orange-coloured, with spots and veins of red on the
lip, or entirely crimson-red.

Dendrobium (§ Cuthbertsonia) coccinellum, Ridl., sp. nov.

FLerha pseudobulbis 1-2-5 cm. longis cylindricis flavis rugosis. Folia 2, elliptica,
laneeolata, obtusa, 2-2-8 cm. longa, 8-9 mm. lata, carnoso-coriacea, superne
pustulata, subtus (sicca) rugosa. Bractecs 2, tenues, lanceolatse, acuminatse, 4 cm.
longpe, nee tubulosa?. Fedicellus cum ovario 1-2 cm. longus, pustulosus. Flos
kermesinus. Sepalmn posticum lanceolatum, obtusum, 1 cm. longum, 4 mm.
latum, lateralia ovata, acuta, 1-2 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata ; mentum conicum, versus
apicem attenuatum, obtusum, 1 cm. longum. Fetala elliptica, obtusa, quam
sepala paullo breviora. Lahelliim quam sepala brevius, ex ungue lineari-lanceolatum,
acutum, margiue minute pustulato aurantiaco, costa centrali kermesiuo. Colmnna
brevis. crassa, ut videtur alba; stelidia erecta, oblonga, rotundata, flava. Anthera
oblongo-conica, apice retusa, pubescens, costis 2 elevatis ab apice versus marginem
ductis.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

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"A little carmine-coloured orchid ; leaves above dark green, below deep dull crimson."
Allied to L. cerasiuum, Ridl., but distinguished by the much longer pseudobulbs and

larger pustulate leaves, the lanceolate bracts, and the acute more tieshy lip. The

column seems exactly similar in the two species.

Dendrobittm (§ Bolbodium) brevicatjle, Rolfe, Kew Bulletin, 1899, 110.

Camps XIII, 10,500 ft., and VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

" Oviter base violet ; inner lip tipped scarlet ; petals pale silvery grey, tinged with
violet at the tips."

Disfrib. New Guinea ; also obtained on Mt. Scratchley by Giulianetti.

Unfortunately Rolie's description was made on a mixture of two plants, one of which
is Dendrobium chrysornis, Hidl. As his account of the species fits Kloss's plant,
excepting the stem and the leaves, I confine myself to describing these parts: —

Caules congesti, 6 cm. longi, cylindrici, 4 cm. crassi, internodiis 4-5, vaginis pallidis
lauceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis tecti. Folia ad 4, insequalia, 3-5 cm. longa, 5 cm.
lata, lineari-lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata.

I also notice that the mentum is shortly bifid — a point not recorded by Rolfe.

Kranzlin refers this species, which he has apparently not seen, to the section Pedi-
louum, though, as he says, it resembles a Bolbodium. Its afiinity is undoubtedly with
J), sitbacaule, LiudL, and the allied species described in this paper.

Dendrobium macrolobum, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, xii. t. 10. fig. 27.
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.

Dendrobium chionanthum, Schlechter, in K. Schum. & Lauterb. Nachtr. PL Deutsch,
Schutzg. Siidsee, 157.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Endemic in New Guinea.

Dendrobium CHAMiEPHYTUM, Schlechter, 1. c. 156.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Endemic in New Guinea.

Dendrobium (§ Bolbodium) citrinum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Serba csespitosa, pseudobulbis cylindricis 1 cm. longis 1 mm. crassis rugosis. Folium
solitarium, lineari-oblongum, crasse coriaceum, basi breviter petiolatum, 2-3 cm.
longum, 5 mm. latum, carina in dorso elevato in mucronulum acutum desinente,
petiolo 1 mm. longo. Flos solitarius, albo-flavus, pedunculo brevissimo 2 mm.
longo. Bractea tenuis, tubulosa, sequilonga. Pedicellus longus, gracilis, albus,
25 cm. longus. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acutum, 6 mm. longum, 2 mm.
latum, lateralia latiora, lanceolata, obtusa, ad basin angustata, 1 cm. longa, 5 mm.
lata ; mentum longum, cylindricum, curvum, 7 cm. longum. Fetala minora,
ovata, lanceolata, 3 mm. longa, acuta. Labellwn breve, ungue tubuloso, lamina

176 MB. H. N. RIDLEY OX PLANTS

angusta triloba 5 mm. longa, lobis lateralibus oblongis ovatis obtusis, lobo medio
longiore obcuneato cuspidato, carina mediana aurantiaca crassa carnosa tristriata.
Colmnna longiuscula, superne dilatata, alis majusculis rbombodeis-triangularibus.
Anthera parva, ovata, rostro bifido. Pollinia bemispba^rica. Ovarium tri-
carinatum.
Camp Vie, 5500 ft.

Allied to _D. macrolohmn, J. J. Sm., but witb mucli sborter stems and a narrow 3-lobed
lip and a mucb longer column. The claw of the lip seems to be tubular, the margins
being joined above, Tbe flowers seem to have been yellowish-white wltb an orange keel.

J Dendrobium (§ Spectosa) amphigenytjm, E-idl., sp. nov.

Caules superne pauUisper dilatati, flavi, canaliculati, 12 cm. longi, 3 mm. crassi,
dipbylli. Folia ad apicem caulis 2, coriacea, elliptica, lanceolata, apice paullo
angustata, obtusa, basi angustata, 6 cm. longa, 1'5 cm. lata, petiolis canaliculatis
5 mm. longis. Pedunculus terminalis, erectus, gracilis, 2'5 cm. longus, pedicellis
2 cm. longis. Bractea ad basin pedunculi ovata, lanceolata, 3 mm. longa; bractea
interior tubulosa, 2 mm. longa ; bractese florales lanceolatse, acuminates, 2 mm.
longse. Flores 2, in caule quoque mediocres. Sepala late ovata, obtusa, 5 mm.
longa et lata ; mentum bigibbum, apice latum, saccatum, subglobosum, 4 mm.
longum, roseum, superne prope labellum cum gibbo minore. Fetcda tenuiora,
angustiora et breviora, spatbulata, venis roseis. Labellum ambitu late obhastatum,
5 mm. longum, 7 mm. latum, ungue brevi, lobis lateralibus elongatis patentibus
lanceolatis obtusis, lobo medio breviore bilobo lobis 2 brevihus oblongis cum
mucronulo minuto roseo in sinu orto, ciim carinis 2 e basi ad discum iucrassatis
subpyriformibus roseis et pulviuo oblongo albo versus apicem lobi sito. Columna
lata, subquadrata, alis brevibus crassis rotundatis, fovea stigmatica lata quadrata,
marginibus rectis, filamento liueari, pede longo, admodum curvo. Eostellum
latum, rectum.

Camp VI «, 3100 ft.

Allied to D. Kingianmn, Bidw., of Australia, but with a very different four-lobed
lip. Tbe flowers apjiear to bave been mainly rose-colour with a yellow lip.

^ Diplocatjlobium GUANDiFLORUM, Ridl., sp. nov.

Pseudohnlbus ad basin conicus, gradatim in caulem validum 40 cm. longum basi

1 cm. superne 3 mm. crassum angulatum purpureo-brunneum politum apice
dilatatum attenuatus. Bvactece ochrea?, lanceolatse, acuminatre, acutae, 1"5 longfc.
Fedicellus cum ovario 0'5 cm. longus. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum,
2'5 cm. longum, 7 mm. latum, lateralia lanceolata, acuminata, 2"5 cm. longa, 4 mm.
lata ; mentum ovatum, obtusum, curvum, 5 mm. longum ; omnia I'osea. Fetala
elliptica, obtusa, alba, 2 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata. Labellum breve, 8 mm. longum,
ungue superne dilatato, lobis lateralibus oblongis truncatis 2 mm. longis, lobo medio
oblongo obtuso 2 mm. longo, carina in disco inter lobos laterales elevata. Columna

2 mm. alta, basi dilatata, pede 5 mm. lougo.

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Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

A species very distinct by its large flower, with elliptic petals narrowed at the base
and broader than the sepals, and the very small lip.

/ DiPLOCAULOBIUM LmEAEIFOLITJM, Ridl., sp. nov.

Pseudobulbi in rhizomate 3 mm. crasso congesti, lageniformes, 5 mm. longi, 4 mm.
crassi, superne filiformes, 5-6 cm. alti, vaginis ad basin papyraceis tenuibus lanceo-
latis acuminatis 3 cm. longis. Folium lineare, acuminatum, coriaceum, 10 cm.
longum, 2 mm. latum. Jiractea linearis, ochrea, polita, 1 cm. longa, 1 mm. lata.
Pedicellus filiformis, tenuis, 2-35 cm. longus. Flos solitarius, raro 2. Sepalma
posticum basi lineare, filiforme, 2-5 cm. longum, lateralia e basi triangulari fili-
formia; mentum curvum, obtusum, 5 mm. longum, ad basin 4 mm. latum. Fetala
e basi linear! filiformia, 2 cm. longa. Labellum panduratum, 1 cm. longum, basi
dilatatum, in medio angustatum, apice ovate obtuso 3 mm. lato, margine undulato,
carinis 2 sinuatis e basi ad medium lobi terminalis excurrentibus approximatis
parallelis, disco inter eas pulverulento. Cohmina brevis, margine clinaudrii denti-
culate. Anthera campanulata, pustulata, filamento 1 mm. longo.
Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI h, 3900 ft.

Perhaps nearest to D. gracilentum, Schlechter, but with a very different lip, more
resembling that of F>. crenulatum, J. J. Sm., from the latter distinguished by much
larger petals and sepals. The apices of the sepals and petals and the tip of the mentum
are pink.

J DiPLOCAULOBIUM HUMILE, Ridl., sp. noV.

Pseudobulbi congest!, bas! cylindrico-conici, 1 cm. longi, rugosi, superne graciles,
2 cm. longi. Folium lineare, apice acute bifidum, 5 v.m. longum, 2 ram. latum.
Bractea lanceolata, acuta, 6 mm. longa. Fedicellus filiformis, 2 cm. longus.
Sepala e basi triangulari caudilormia, 3 cm. longa ; mentum breve, obtusum, 3 mm.
longum. Fetala e basi linear! filiformia. Labellmn 5 mm. longum, 15 mm. latum,
oblongum, obtusum, apice rotundato integro, nervis 3 flavis undulatis in disco
apicem versus in unum conjunctis. Colmiina parva ; stelidia erecta, dentiformia.
Anthera conica, filamento linear! longiusculo.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Tlie flowers appear to have been white, the lip with a purple patch on each side, and
vellow keels, the column dark brown and the anther white.

Allied to I>. gracilentum, Schlechter, but with filiform petals and sepals, and three
nerves on the lip.

DiPLOCAULOBIUM FILIFOKME, J. J. Sm. Ic. Bogor. !!. 73, t. 113 D.

Camp T, 700 ft., to Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp VII, 3900 ft.

Didrib. %

I have little doubt that this is the species intended by Smith, and based on a plant of
unknown origin in Hort. Buitenzorg; but if so, the figure above quoted is a very poor
one.

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1 78 MB. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

PSEUDERIA KIGRICANS, Rid!., sp. nov.

Flanta habitu P. foUosie (Brongn.), Sclilecliter, caule gracili 3 mm. crasso. Folia
laaceolata, acuminata, acuta, basi rotundata, tenuia, (sicca atro-brunneaj, 8"4 cin.
longa, 1'5 cm. lata, costis gracilibus 3-5, vaginis 7-10 cm. longis costatis, ore
integro. Racemi laterales, paullo infra os vaginae extrusse, 1 cm. longi. Bractete
oblongae, obtusae, imbricatae, 2 mm. longae, plures. Fedicelli bini, patentes,
graciles, ad I'G cm. longi. Sepalmn posticum lineare, obtusum, carnosum, 12 mm.
longum, 1-5 mm. latum, lateralia oblouga, lanceolata, carnosa, 2 mm. lata. Petala
linearia, falcata, tenuia, 6 mm. longa, angustiora, nervo medio incrassato. Labellvm
ungue longiusculo, obo^^atum, 7 mm. longum, 3'5 mm. latum, carnosum, apice
papillosum, marginibus undiilatis, carina media fere ad apicem incrassata. Columna
gracilis, arcuata, superne vix inci'assata, clinandrio liaad profundo, marginilnis
elevatis. Eostellum integrum, latum. Stiyma oblongum, venti'e canaliculato.
Anthera lateraliter comjn-essa, crista angusta in dorso convexa, loculis angustis.
Pollinia elliptica, angvista.
Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI a to VIII, 3100 to 4900 ft.

This species has the habit and general form of the flowers of Bendrohium foliosum,
Brongn. Voy. Coq., Bot. 203, t. 43 (Pseuderia fol'wsa, Schlechter), of which I have seen
no type, but it diff"ers in the papillose lip and in the shape of the anther, which is figured
and described as acuminate. The anther iu this species is small, and laterally flattened
with a narrow rounded crest running down the back, the anther-cells are erect, elliptic,
parallel, and contain two pairs of closely appressed narrow elliptic pollinia.

The plant referred by me to Eria foUosa in Forbes's collection from Sogere in New

Guinea, in Journ. Bot. xxiv. (1886) p. 326, is neither this plant nor the Fendrohimn

Joliosum of Brongniart. The column and anther resemble those of D. nigricans, but

the lip is obovate with a very blunt papillose point, while the pedicels are much

shorter, the flowers smaller, and the leaves broader.

Bendrobitmi spinescens, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. (1859) p. 14, which is given by
Kriinzlin as a synonym of D. foliosum, Brongn., is based on an extremely rough sketch
by Eeinwardt without details. Lindley saw no specimen of it, and the locality is
doubtful. It differs entirely from the figure of F. foliosum, Brongn., in the flowers
being apjiarently sessile, instead of long-pedicellate, and very much larger, with patent
oblong obtuse petals and sepals. The foliage and the form of the raceme resemble those
of F. foliosum. I do not think it is possible now to guess what plant Reinwardt
intended to figure, but it could not have been F. foliosum.

Kriinzlin, in 'Pflanzenreich,' iv. 50, ii. B, 21, classes F. foliosum, Brongn., and F. simile,
Schlechter, in the section Eugrastidimn of Fendrobium, from which he excludes all of
Blume's species of Grastidium except G. rugosum. But Grastidium, if confined to tlie
typical species and its allies, is to me a sufiiciently distinct section, which I retain. It is
characterised by its leafy stem with a short two-flowered raceme protruding through
the leaf-sheath, and subtended by two pairs of bracts, one usually short and semi-
orbicular, the other longer. Schlechter has made the genus Pseuderia for D. foliosum.

COLLECTED IX DUTCH XEW GUINEA. 179

BuLBOPHYLLUM (§ Sestochilus) mackaxthum, Lindl. Bot. Pieg. 1844, t. 13.
Launch Camp, at sea-level.
Distrib. Malay Peniusula and Islands.

^ BuLBOPHTLLUM (^ Sestochilus) Wollastonu, Ridl., sp. nov.

Pseudnbulbi congesti, conici, 2 cm. longi, vaginis magnis ovatis papyraceis carinatis
muci'onatis 2 era. longis 1'5 cm. latis. Folium lanceolatum, acutum, acuminatum,
subcoriaceum, pallide viride (in sicca), carinatum, ad basin angustatum, 145 cm.
longum, 3 cm. latum. Flos solitarius in pedicello 1 cm. longo. Sepalum posticum
lanceolatum, acutum, 1 cm. longum, 2 mm. latuui, latevalia lanceolata, acuta,
falcatula, subsirailia, paullo latiora, sicca pluricostata. Petala 4 mm. longa, late
lanceolata, ovata, acuminata, carinata, punctata. Labellum breve, carnosum, curvum,
lin^uilbrme, papillosum, purjjureum. Columna pro sectione alta, crassa, pede brevi,
stelidiis iatis linearibus obtusis petalis subajquilongis. Anlhera ovata, cariuata
carina et papilla in apice obscura.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

A.llied to B. patens, King, but with a very different column and a curved lip. The
flowers, which seem to have been of a stiff texture, have dried dark brown, and show
rather strong ribs or elevated nerves. The stelidia are remarkably long for this section.

B ULBOPHYLLUM (§ Grandiflora) Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Fseudobulbi conici, 1"5 era. longi. Folium ellipticura, versus basin acuminatum, apice
rotundatura, obtusum, coriaceum, 5 era. longum, 2 cm. latum, petiolo canaliculate
1 cm. longo. Fedunculus 6 cm. longus, vaginis acuminatis 3, maxima 1 cm. longa.
Bractea lariceolata, acuminata, 15 cm. longa. Ocarinm 2 mm. longum. Sepalum
posticum basi lanceolatum, elongatum, lineare, obtusum, 4 cm. longum, ad basin
5 mm. latum, lateralia 55 cm. longa, linearia, torta, ad basin 3 mm. lata. Felala
e basi ovata triangularia, 4 mm. longa, subabrupte caudata, caudis teretibus antenni-
formibus 9 mm. longis. Labellum minimum, carnosum, curvum, fere curvatum,
apice acuto, 2 mm. latum. Columna brevis, crassus, pede bis longiore, stelidiis
minimis lanceolatis linearibus acutis.
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.

Allied to B. longisepala, Eolfe, but much smaller, with very much the same form,
and apparently the same brown tessellate colouring, but the petals are curiously
prolonged into conspicuous antenna-like processes. Very close to, if not identical with
this, is the plant figured by J. J. Smith under the name of 5.? trachyanthum, Kranzl.
Nov. Guinea, xii. t. 22 ; but this species is not papillose, as is figured.

BuLBopHYLLTJM (§ Monantha-parva) Culex, Bidl., sp. nov.

Bhizoma longe repens, gracile, pseudobulbis 3-4 cm. dissitis erectis conicis 2 mm.
longis. Folium lanceolatum, obtusum, basi angustatum, 1 cm. longum, 15 mm.
latum. Scopus gracillimus, filif'ormis, 3 cm. longus. Ovarium cum pedicello 1 mm.
longum. Bractea miuuta, tubulosa, urniformis, 5 mm. longa. Sepalum posticum

2 A 2

180 MK. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS v^

Janceolatum, lineare, 4 mm. longum, lateralia sequilonga, ad basin dilatata, gibbosa,
lanceolata, linearia, 1 mm. lata, glabra, straminea. Petala fere ajquilonga, lanceo-
lata, apicibus longis filiformibus. Labellum sequilongum, angustissime lineare,
obtusum, carnosum, pilis albis barbatum, kermesinum (in sicca violaceum). Columna
parva, purpurea, pede Ion go.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

This belongs to the set of which B. striatellum, Kidl., is a type, with equal similar
petals. It is remarkable for tbe equal sepals, long awned petals, and the very narrow
elongated bearded lip.

BuLBOPHTLLTJM (^ Ephippium) Ephippium, Ridl. Mat. Elor. Penins., Monocot. vol. i.
78. Ephippium ciliatum, Blume, Bijdr. 309, t. 65. Cirrhopetalum Blumei, Lindl.
Gen. and Sp. Orch. PI. 59.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Listrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

Smith gives two varieties of tliis species from New Guinea, which Schlechter considers
to be specifically distinct. I am inclined to follow Smith in considering them to be
varieties of a variable species.

BuLBOPHYLLUM (§ Ephippitjm) ap.achniditjm, Eidl., sp. nov.

Mhizoma gracile, pseudobulbis 3-li mm. remotis conico-cylindricis 1 cm. longis.
Folium lineari-lanceolatum, basi angustatum, apice acuminatum, coriaceum, 5 cm.
longum, 4 mm. latum, petiolo ad basin alato sulcato 3 mm. longo. Scapus gracilis,
5 cm. longus. Bractea tenuis, lanceolata, involuta, 2 mm. longa. Sepctlum
posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum, caudatum, 1'3 cm. longum, 1-5 cm. latum,
laterah'a ovata, caudata, falcata, 1"3 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, nervis 4. Petala
triangularia, breviter caudata, pustulosa, 3 mm. longa. Labellum carnosum,
ovatum, semi-orbiculatum, curvum, caudatum, 6 mm. longum. Columna minima,
pede brevi, stelidiis triangularibus caudatis.
Camp I, 700 ft.

A small-flowered species with short rounded .falcate sepals terminated by a filiform
tail, allied to B. Ephipjnum, BidL, but with much smaller, glabrous, and different sepals.
The flowers appear to have been pink or violet.

BULBOPHYLLTJM SCAPHOSEPALUM, PJdl., sp. noV.

Bseudobulhi subremoti, cylindrici, vix ad basin incrassati, 3-4 cm. longi, 3 mm. lati
(in sicca). Eolimn tenuiter coriaceum, lanceolatum, acuminatum, acutum, ad
petiolum attenuatum, 13-18 cm. longum, 3 cm. latum, carina vix distincta, petiolo
1-5 cm, longo. Scapus unifiorus, graciUs, 4-5 cm. longus. Bractea tubulosa, apice
lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, 8 mm. longa. Pedicelliis cum ovario 2 cm. longus.
Sepalum posticum lineare, acuminatum, ad 4 cm. longum, 2 mm. latum, autica
conuata, 3 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, apicibus liberis triangularibus ovatis acutis 1 cm.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 181

longis. Petala minima, lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, 2 mm. longa. Lahellum
uiig-ue longo angusto, lamina elliptica oblouga plana obtusa pustulosa 3 cm. longa

1 cm. lata. Columna gracilis, elongata, quam petala longior, basi dilatata alata,
margine clinandrii elevato dentato. Anthera elliptica. FolUnia ellipsoidea,
complanata, 2.

Camps VI b and VI c, 3900 to 5500 ft.

A very curious plant with apparently dark purple flowers, remarkable for the large
thin lip, the connate sepals, and the unusually long slender column, which, however, is
somevvhat parallelled in B. cullipes, J. J. Sm.

BULBOPHYLLUM SCITULTJM, Ridl., sp. nOV.

Bhizonm elongatum, radicibus longis gracilibus, pseudobulbis ssepius 2 cm. remotis
cylindricis vix ad basin incrassatis 1 cm. longis, squamis ovatis papyraceis magnis
inclusis. Folium lineari-lanceolatuni, obtusum, minute mucronulatum, ad basin
angvistatum, tenuiter coriaceum, 11 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum, petiolo distincto

2 cm. longo canaliculate. Scapi graciles, 8-9 cm. longi. Bractea infundibuli-
formis, dente acuto 3 mm. longo. Pedlcellus cum ovario 2 cm. longus. Flos
majusculus, late expansus. Sepalum posticum angustissimum, lineare, caudatum,
2-5 cm. longum, lateralia lanceolata, longe caudata, majora 35 cm. longa, basi

3 mm. lata, in margine superiore purpurascentia, in inferiore flavescentia. Fetala
parva, oblonga. Lahellum ungue brevi 2 mm. longo, lamina plana lanceolata
acuminata caudata aurantiaca rugosa subtus pallidiora flava rugosa 1'3 cm. longa
2 mm. lata. Columna elongata, curva, ad basin dilatata, clinandrii margine
dentato.

Camp VI «, 3100 ft.

This species belongs to a well-marked group, characterised by the long curved column,
with the margins of the clinandrium and stelidia toothed, and a more or less lanceolate
flat lip with, a short but distinct claw. The group seems peculiar to New Gruinea, and
includes B. xanthoacron, B. colorafum, B. cruciatum, B. stabile, and B. callipes, all
of J. J. Smith, and some others. The above species has larger flowers, with longer
acuminate sepals and lip, than in any of the species mentioned.

BULBOPHYLLUM ALGIDTJM, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Bhizoma elongatum, gracile, 2 mm. crassum, pseudobulbis remotis 2 dissitis cylindricis
gracilibus 6 mm. longis. Foliuni lineari-oblanceolatum, acutum, in petiolum
angustatum, 5 cm. longum, 4 mm. latum, petiolo 1 cm. longo. Scapiis validulus,
14 cm. altus. i?/'«c^ea infundibuliformis, 6 mm. longa, apice lanceolata, acuminata,
2 mm. longo. Flos mediocris. Sepala trinervia, lanceolata, caudata, 3'1 cm. longa,
ad basin 5 mm. lata, posticum paullo augustius. Petala minuta, triangularia.
Lahellum brevissime unguiculatum, ungue vix 1 mm. longo, lamina lanceolata
caudata carnosa, limbo 1 cm. longo 5 cm. lato, caude 1 cm. longo. Columna
minima, stelidiis minutis obscuris.

Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

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Near B. scituliim, E,idl., iu form and habit, but differing in the very small column,
narrower leaves, and stouter scape, and the much shorter claw to the lip. The flower
dries black.

BULBOPHYLLTJM (§ UNIFLOEiE-PARV^) PaNISCUS, Eidl., sp. nOV.

Flanta humilis, rhizomate 6 cm. longo crassiusculo, pseudobulbis cylindricis hori-
zontalibus apice ascendentibus 1'5 cm. longis 2 mm. crassis (in sicca). Folium
lanceolatum, acuminatum, ad basin breviter angustatum, siccum nigricans, 6 cm.
longum, 8 mm. latum. Scapus gracillimus, 3 cm. longus, uniflorus. Bractea

4 mm. longa, infundibuliformis, longe acuminata. Sepcda subsequalia, lanceolata,
acuta, lateralia 9 mm. longa, 1"5 mm. lata, flavescentia, posticum angustius. Petala
late lanceolata, triangularia, acuta, 1 mm. longa, flavescentia, prope margines nigro-
punctata, ad basin rufo-macvilata. Labellum ad basin carnosum, subtus gibbosum,

5 mm. longum, auriculis rotundatis, lamina plana oblonga obtusa horizontals
Columna brevissima, pede brevi, stelidiis caudatis e basi lanceolata eloogatis.
Antkera erecta, conica, obtvisa.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

A single specimen of this small species, which belongs to the small single-flowered
section in which the sepals are equal and the lip of fairly large size and flat, with
a fleshy base and thinner tip.

BuLBOPHYLLUM Stellula, E.idl., sp. nov.

Herha parvula, pseudobulbis congestis cylindricis basi paullo incrassatis rugosis.
Folia coriacea, elliptica, lanceolata, ad basin angustata, superr(e sulcata, 1'5 cm.
longa, 5 mm. lata, breviter petiolata. Scajms filiformis, 3 cm. longus ; pedicellus
cum ovario 6 mm. longus ; bractea tubulosa, cyliudrica, dente acuto instructa,
2 mm. longa, ovario appressa. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum,
7 mm. longum, lateralia similia, latiora, 1 mm. lata. Fetala ovata, subulata,
columnae dimidio sequilonga. Labellum elongatum, lineari-oblongum, obtusum,
7 mm. longum, basi pilis albis sericeis vestitum. Columna longa, curva, arcuata,
basi alata, pede brevi, margine clinandrii dentato, stelidiis oblongis latis deutatis.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to B. callipes, J. J. Sm., but the lip is as long as the sepals and hairy at the base.

BuLBOPHYLLUM isCHNOPUS, Sclilechter, in K. Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg.
Siidsee, 205.

Var. MAJOR, Ridl.-fvar. nov.) : floribus multo majoribus.

Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.

The only difference that I see between this and B. ischnopus, Schlechter, is that the
flowers are nearly twice as big.

BuLBOPHYLLUM (§ Hirtula) plagiatum, RidL, sp. nov.

Pseudobulbi congesti, conici, 2 cm. longi, 05 cm. crassi. Folium lanceolatum, sub-
acutum, ad basin angustatum, subfalcatum, superne sulcatum, coriaceum, siccum
pallida viride, 7 cm. longum, 1'2 cm. latum, carina subtus elevata, petiolo

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sulcato 1 cm. longo. Sccrpiis 9-10 cin. longus, gracilis, vagina ad basin sita 5 mm.
longa. Bractea infundibuliformis, dente longo. Fedicellus cum ovario 5 mm.
longus. Sejxda lanceolata, acuminata, caudata, 1*7 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, posticum
angustius 5 mm. latum, striis rubris ti'ibus. Peictla quam columna breviora,
obcuneata, retusa, truncata, minima. Labellum carnosum, rectum, linguseforme,
obtusum, basi emargiuato flavescens, 3 mm. longum, ungue brevi, callo transverso
rotuudato lamelliformi. Columna brevissima, oblonga, crassa, stelidiis brevibus
lineari-subulatis erectis longioribus.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to B. callipes^ J. J. Sm., but with a very short column, and transverse callus
at the base of the lip.

BuLBOPHTLLUM (§ Hirtula) Faunttla, Eidl., sp. nov.

Rhizoma gracillimum, pseudobulbis 4 mm. dissitis conico-cylindricis 1 cm. longis, ad
basin 2 mm. crassis (in sicca). Folium oblongo-lanceolatum, acutum, mucronvi-
latum, ad basin angustatum, tenuiter coriaceum, 4 cm. longum, 4 mm. latum,
petiolo brevissimo canaliculata. Scapi graciles, 4 cm. longi. Bractea infundibuli-
formis, 4 mm. longa, dente acuto. Pedicellus cum ovario 1 cm. longus. Flos
solitarius, mediocris. Sepala subsequalia, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, 7-nervia,
1'7 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Petala lanceolata, falcata, acuta, 2 mm. longa, praeter
nervum medium atrum et punctos atros pallida. Labellum lanceolatum, ovatum,
apice filiforme, basi emarginatura, carnosum, auriculis (lobis) majusculis rotundatis
elevatis, lamina plana ovata in caudam filiformem attenuata 7 mm. longa. Colmnua
erecta, pede sequilongo, stelidiis erectis antheram baud superantibus linearibus.
Anthera ovata, plana, rostro oblongo lato obtuso.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to B. 2)aniscus, Ridl., with subequal sepals and spotted petals ; the lip, however,
is very different, being ovate-lanceolate with a long filiform tail.

BULBOPHYLLUM VEXILLARIUM, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Bhizoma gracile, pseudobulbis cylindricis 7 mm. longis congestis ascendentibus
vaginis pallid is tectis. Folium liiieare, 4 cm. longum, 2 mm. latum, ad basin
breviter angustatum, apice breviter attenuatum, obtusum. Scapus filiformis,
7-75 cm. longus, uniflorus, vagina basali tubulosa apice lanceolata acuta 5 mm.
longa. Bractea breviter poculiformis, dente subulato ovario 2 mm. longo sub-
sessili aequilongo. Sepala caudata, angustissima, 3 cm. longa, ad basin vis 1 mm.
lata, flava, lateralia connata, apicibus brevibus liberis, basi gibbosa. Petala linearia,
caudata, pauUo (ad 2 mm.) breviora, glabra. Labellum, 2 mm. longum, purpureum,
lanceolatum, ungue brevissimo decurvo, auriculis parvis rotundatis erectis tenuibus,
marginibus laminae erectis albo-pilosis, apice piano baud crasso flavo. Columna
brevissima, pede longiore, stelidiis e basi lata longe acuminatis pedi columnae
a^qualibus flavis. Anthera conica apice rotundata, obtusa, alba.

Camps XII to XIII, 11,000 to 10,500 ft.

184 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS

Resembling B. gracile, LindL, but with mucli larger flowers apparently lemon-yellow,
the lip purple with a yellow tip and bearded with white Jiairs. The lip is much longer
and narrower than in jB. gracile.

BULBOPHYLLUM CITRELLUM, Eidl., sp. nov.

Planta parva, csespitosa, radicibus longis, pseudobulbis conicis 2 mm. longis 1 mm.
crassis. Folium ellipticum, obtusum, basi angustatum, trinervium, coriaceum,
7 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum. Scapus gracilis, 3"5 cm. longus, uniflorus. Bractea
infundibuliformis, ovario subsessili 1 mm. longo duplo brevior. Sepahim posticum
lineare, acuminatum, 8 mm. longum, ad basin 1 mm. latum, lateralia connata,
apice acuta, glabra, basi gibbosa, 8 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Petala lauceolata,
triangularia, louge acuminata, marginibus pilis flavis barbata, 6 mm. longa, 0'5 mm.
lata. Lahellum, lanceolatum, cymbiforme, tenue, auriculis 2 brevibus erectis
oblorigis ad basin rotundatis, marginibus pilis flavis barbatis. Columna parva,
pede bis longiore, stelidiis oblongis obtusis columnam superantibus. Anthera
parva, ovata, rotundafa.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Allied to B. gracile, Lindl., of Java, but with much smaller leaves and flowers, and
with the petals and the mai-gin of the lip hairy, and the whole lij) longer. The flowers
appear to have been yellow.

BULBOPHTLLTJM GKAMINEUM, Eidl., sp. nOV.

Rhizoma gracile, ramosum, 4 cm. longum, vaginis tenuibus lanceolatis acuminatis
caducis 5 mm. longis, pseudobulbis approximatis ascendentibus cylindricis basi
dilatatis 2 mm. longis. Folia graniinea, linearia, flaccida, obtvisa, 2"5 cm. longa,
1 mm. lata. Scapus filiformis, uniflorus, 2-2'5 cm. longus. Pedicellus cum ovario
filiformis, 7 mm. longus, ovario paullo dilatato. Bractea infundibuliformis, limbo
lanceolato elongato 2 mm. longo. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum,
acvitum, 7 mm. longum, 1 mm. latum, lateralia lanceolata, oblonga, basi connata,
acuta, 9 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, iiava. Petala lanceolata, oblonga, acuta, 2 mm.
longa, apice et costa media purpureis. Lahellum purpureum, ungue brevi, lamina
carnosa curva linguiformi, apice decurvo acuto subterete, basi alata, medio sulcata.
Columna pede longiusculo apice libero tertine columnse aequali, stelidiis erectis
oblongis rotundatis. Anthera pileiformis, apice obtuse conica.
Camp VI ff, 3100 ft.

Allied to B. gracile, LindL, a small plant with narrow grassy leaves and apj)arently
yellow flowers with a purple lip ; the lip is winged and grooved for three-quarters of its
length, and the sharp tip is decurved. The column foot, where attached to the sepals,
is as long as the erect portion, and it is generally prolonged beyond the sepals.

BULBOPHYLLUM OVALE, Eidl., Sp. nOV.

CmUes ScEpe ramosi, flexuosi, 20 cm. longi, pseudobulbis appressis 8 mm. longis
vagiuis pallide albesceutibus tectis. Folia ovata vel lanceolata-ovata, basi late

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rotundata, brevissime petiolata, tenuiter coriacea, 3 cm. longa, 1-1'5 cm. lata,
petiolo crasso 2 mm. longo. Racenii pauciflori, 3 mm. longi, bracteis pallidis
Janceolatis acuminatis tecti. Flores parvi, citrini. Ovarium 2 mm. longum,
pedicello brevi. Bractea peduncularis ovata, oblonga, ovarium superans. Bractea
floralis lanceolata, tenuis. Sepalum posticum, ovatum, obtusum, 4 mm. longum,
1 mm. latum, lateralia ad medium counata, 4 mm. longa, ovata, crassiuscula,
apice incrassata. Petala minuta, ovata, columnse breviora. Labellum minimum,
hastatum, acutum, ungue reflexo basi latiore sulcato, marginibus elevatis. Colmnna
brevissima, alba ; stelidia porrecta, majuscula, oblonga, truucata, apice dilatata.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to B. oxyanthum, Sclilechter, but the leaves are shorter and more oval, and the
flowers smaller, with blunt sepals unequal in size.

BULBOPHYLLTJM PURPURELLUM, Ridl., sp. nOV.

Caules plures, gracillimi, debiles, penduli, 20 cm. longi, internodiis 8 cm. longis,
pseudobulbis cauli adnatis apice vix liberis. Folia elliptico-lanceolata vel ellip-
tica, tenuiter coriacea, subacuta, minute mucronulata, 1-1'5 cm. longa, 4 mm.
lata. Flores parvi, singuli in fasciculo vaginarum tenuium 5 mm. longo. Pedl-
cellus cum ovario albescens, 2 mm. longus. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum,
acutum, 2 mm. longum, lateralia latiora, basi gibbosa, mentum breve formantia.
Petala lanceolata, acuta, sej)alis duplo breviora, omnia purpurea. Labellum
fere 1 mm. longum, purpureum, ungue longo deflexo, limbo linguiformi, lobis
lateralibus erectis rotundatis e medio labello excurrentibus, apice lanceolato acuto.
Columna purpurea, pede triplo brevior, erecta, valida, stelidiis subulatis tenuibus.
Anthera ovata, acuta, ut margo clinandrii alba.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

A slender-stemmed plant with narrow leaves, the young parts covered with loose
white sheaths 1 cm. long, which soon break vip into fibres ; the flowers are very small,
2 mm. long, and " purple-chocolate." The lip is rather large in proportion to the rest
of the flower, and the foot of the column is long.

BULBOPHYLLUM PEREXIGTJUM, Ridl., Sp. noV.

Caulis gracilis, 8 cm. longus, radicibus tenuibus pseudobulbis adnatis, apicibus minutis
soils liberis 1"5 cm. longis vel brevioribus. Folium tenue, lanceolatum, acutum,
2-5 cm. longum, 4 mm. latum, ad basin paullo angustatum, apice minute cuspi-
datum. Bacemus 3 mm. longus, bracteis lanceolatis acutis tectus. Ovarium pedi-
cello incluso brevissimum. Bractea lanceolata, acuta, ovario longior, 1 mm.
longa. Flores parvi, fiavi, rubro-punctati. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acutum,
lateralia duplo longiora, 3"5 mm. longa, plana, ad ^ connata, lineari-lanceolata,
obtusa. Petala minima, ovata, triangularia, acuta, quam columna breviora. Labellum
lanceolatum, utrinque acuminatum, subacutum, planum, basi flavum, apice
purpureum. Colmnna brevis, pede brevior, alba, stelidiis linearibus obtusis erectis
antheram magnam conicam superantibus.

SECOND SERIES. — BOTANY, VOL. IX. 2 B

186 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

Camp III, 2500 ft.

A very insignificant little plant, with very small flowers, the sepals of which are very
unequal.

Btjlbophyllttm saecanthiforme, EidL, sp. doy.

Cmdes flexuosi, csespitosi, tenues, penduli, ssepe ramosi, 10-11 cm. longi, pseudo-
bulbis appressis ad caules adnatis, apicibus brevissimis 1 mm. longis liberis. Folia
linearia, basi angustata, epetiolata, apice mucronulata, 2 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata.
Morses parvi, flavi, solitarii, bracteis 3-4 lanceolatis pallidis 1 mm. longis sufi'ulti.
Pedicellus cum ovario gracili 2 mm. longus. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum,
acuminatum, 3 mm. longum, lateralia late lanceolata, acuminata, paullo longiora
et latiora, 1*5 mm. lata. IPetala lanceolata, obtusa, breviora, nervis 3 purpureis,
medio puncto purpureo terminate. LaheUum kermesinum, 20-25 mm. longum,
angustum, rectum, carnosum, lanceolatum, obtusum, pilis clavatis tectum, ungue
brevi, lobis erectis ad mediam laminam currentibus. Columna validula, pede
aequilongo, stelidiis erectis subulatis antheram multo superantibus. Anthei^a
conica, obtusa, alta.
Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp VI «, 3100 ft.
A slender pendulous plant, recalling one of the small-flowered Saccolabiums in

appearance, with very small dull yellow flowers and a crimson straight lip covered with

knobbed hairs. The sheaths of the stems break up into long persistent fibrils as the

plant grows.

BULBOPHTLLTJM EEECTt'M, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Cmdes erecti, 20-40 cm. longi, graciles, 2 mm. crassi, radicibus ad basin congestis,
pseudobulbis minutis ramiformibus 1 mm. longis. Folia 2-2"5 cm. remota,
lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, basi breviter angustata, apice subacuta, mucro-
nulata, coriacea. Racemi foliis oppositi, 5 mm. longi, bracteis lanceolatis papyraceis
acutis pluribus. Ovarium cum pedicello 8 mm. longum. Sepala lanceolata,
acuminata, caudata, 9 mm. louga, 2 mm. lata. Petala lanceolata, linearia,
acuminata, obtusa, columnam superantia, 3 mm. longa. Lahellum lanceolatum,
acuminatum, obtusum, 5 mm. longum, fere ad basin latum, porrectum, carnosum,
ungue brevissimo deflexo, lobis lateralibus paullo elevatis brevibus rotundatis, costa
media lata versus apicem decrescente. Columna majuscula, crassa, oblonga, pede
breviore, stelidiis erectis subulatis antheram superantibus. Anthera parva, com-
planata, ovata, rostro sursum curvo brevi.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

A tall, slender, weak plant of doubtful afiS.nity, with flexuous stems covered with
tubular mucronate sheaths 8 mm. long.

BrLBOPHYLLTJM OXYSEPALOIDES, Ridl., Sp. noV.

Rluzoma gracillimum, vaginis brevibus 4 mm. longis costatis arete appressis tectum,
pseudobulbis minutis vix 2 mm. longis cylindricis vaginis tectis. Folium sessUe,

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lanceolatum, acutum, coriaceum, 1 cm. longum, 3 mm. latum. Flores minimi,
singuli, sessiles, ovariis brevissimis. Bractea lanceolato-linearis, longe acuminata,
ovarium superans, 2 mm. longa, apice rufesoens. Sepalum posticura lanceolatum,
a medio in apicem liliformem sequilongum productura, 3 mm. longum, lateralia ad
basin connata, gibba, similia, fiava. Fetala miuuta, lanceolata, obtusa, columnam
aequantia. Lahellum aurantiacum, 1 mm. longum, ungue deflexo, limbo cylindrico
obtuso angusto. Colmnna brevis, alba, stelidiis rotundatis brevissimis vix distin-
guendis. Ovarium brevissimum, sessile.

Camp I, 700 ft.

Allied to B. stipulaceum, Sclilecbt., but witli much smaller bracts.

BULBOPHYLLUM CERATOSTYLOIDES, Ridl., sp. nov.

Bhlzoma ascendens, curvum, ssepe ramosum, 7 cm. longum, vaginis lanceolatis
acuminatis pallidis tectum, pseudobulbis conicis curvis 5 mm. longis 2 mm. crassis
approximatis. Folia linearia, % cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, ad basin angustata, apice
mucronulata, sicca nigra. Flores rosei, solitarii in pedicellis 5 mm. longis, bracteis
celatis. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum, angustatum, 3 mm. longum,
lateralia similia, ad basin paullisper gibbosa. Fetala erecta, rotimdata, truncata, late
oblonga, columnam vix superantia. Lahellum sepalis pauUo brevius, linguiforme,
lanceolatum, basi sulcatum, marginibus elevatis, apice terete caruoso. Colmnna
brevis, stelidiis iiliformibus longioribus. Capsida ellipsoidea, ad perianthium
coronans dehiscens, 5 mm. longa.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

The pseudobulbs and leaves dry black. The rhizome roots only at the base, and is
curved, probably pendulous from a branch, resembling that of a Ceratosti/Us of the
C. lancifoUa type, especially as the rhizome is covered vi^ith reddish silvery sheaths as in
such plants.

BULBOPHYLLUM. ARCANIFLOUUM, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Pseudobulhi approximati, conici, 1"5 cm. longi, 4 mm. crassi, radicibus longis
gracilibus. Folium oblongum, lanceolatum, tenuiter coriaceum, ad basin angus-
tatum, ad apicem breviter attenuatum, carina vix distincta. Racemi 5 mm. alti,
plures ad basin pseudobulhi congesti, sessiles. Bractea; plures, lanceolatie, cuspi-
datae, 2 mm. longse. Ovarium cum pedicello 5 mm. longum. Sepala lanceolata,
acuta, cuspidata, subaequalia, llavescenlia, 6 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, posticum pauUo
angustius. Fetala minuta, ovata, cuspidata, columna brevioi'a. Lahellum car-
nosum, linguiforme, obtusum, crassum, purpureum, apice flavum, marginibus semi-
ovoideis ad basin elevatis, costa in medio elevata. Columna elongata, curva, basi
dilatata, superne angustata, marginibus clinandrii et stelidiis brevibus oblongis
dentatis. Anthera majuscula, oblongo-elliptica.

Camp I, 700ft., and Camp Via, 3100 ft.

A curious little plant with minute flowers, which seem to appear but one at a time,
and to be of a yellowish colour except the lip, which seems to have been purple or
brownish with a yellow tip.

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188 MK. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

BrLBOPHTLLTJM viEESCENS, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Inst. Buitenz. vol. vii. (1900) 3.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

BuLBOPHYLLTJM DIJBIUM, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. xxii. (1909) 36.
Utakwa Valley, without exact locality.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

BULBOPHTLLUM ALTICAULE, Ridl., Sp. nov.

Fseudobulbi cauliformes, graciles, subtriquetri, 7-costati, 15 cm. longi, 2 mm. crassi, in
rbizomate 3 mm. crasso remoti. Folinm elHpticum, acutum, ad basin angustatum,
coriaceum, carina prominula, 15 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, petiolo sulcato 2 cm. longo.
Scapns 18 cm. altus, peduncvilo 12 cm. longo, vaginis 4-5 tubvilosis acuminatis

1 cm. longis dissitis, racemo denso 6 cm. longo multifloro. BractecB 5 mm. longse,
lanceolatte, acuminata^, miniite punctatse. Fedicelli 8 mm. longi. Sepala oblongo-
ovata, lateralia basi connata, falcata, obtusa, apice extus papillosa, minute
mucronata, 5-nervia, 6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. Fetala lanceolata, 5 mm. longa.
Labellum carnosum, latum, curvum, obtusum, basi latius, apice linguiforme, 5 mm.
longum, 3 mm. latum, costa media elevata. Colimina oblonga, erecta, ventre alata
alls tenuibus, stelidiis minutis acutis terminatis, pede aequilongo. Anthera ovata,
tenuis, apice acuta.

Camp VI a, 500 ft. • .

The flowers are apparently pink with darker tips to the sepals ; the dense-flowered
racemes stand stifiiy erect close to the narrow stem-like pseud obulbs.

BULBOPHYLLUM PAEDALINUM, Ridl., Sp. noV.

Rhizoma 2 mm. crassum, pseudobulbis cauliformibus basi incrassatis 2 cm. longis
fibrillis vaginae tectis. Folium lanceolatum, aj)ice breviter acuminatum, obtusum,
ad basin attenuatum, coriaceum, carinatum, 12 cm. longum, 1'7 cm. latum, petiolo

2 cm. longo. Scapus 20 cm. longus, erectus, validulus, tloribus mediocribus 3-4
secundis, inferne vaginis cyUndricis acuminatis 6 mm. longis. Fractece tubulosse, '
apice lanceolatse, acutse, cuspidatse, 5 mm. longoe. Fedicellus cum ovario 7 mm.
longus. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata, subtequalia, posticum pauUisper angustius,
1*9 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, basi dense rubro-punctata, apice flava. Fetala lanceo-
lata, triangularia, acuminata, columnse sequilonga. Labellum 1*5 cm. longum,
ad basin 2 mm., latum, ungue deflexo brevi flavo, lobis 2 rotundatis erectis, lamina
cylindrica profunde sulcata, marginibus sulci eversis, purpurea, trichomatibus planis
linearibus furcatis dense tecta. Columna majuscula, 4 mm. longa, basi angusta,
pede brevi, marginibus superne alatis, stelidiis brevibus lanceolatis obtusis. Anthera
magna, erecta, oblonga, apice rotundato.

Camps VI a and VI b, 3100 and 3900 ft.

In some respects this species suggests an affinity with B. calUpes, J. J. Sm. and
its allies, but the racemose inflorescence and deflexed, not straight, claw of the lip
separate it.

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BULBOPHTLLUM ERRABLNDUM, Ridl., Sp. IIOV.

Rhizoma elongatum, 1 mm. crassum nudum, pseudobulbis 3 cm. remotis ovoideo-
conicis 3 mm. longis. Folium lineare, acutum, coriaceum, 5 cm. longum, 2 mm.
latum. Scapl gracillimi, ad 20 cm. longi, basi (ad I'o cm.) nudi, floribus remotis
7-14, pedicellis filiformibus I'l cm. longis, ad 1 mm. supra basin articulatis.
JBractea minuta, vix 1 mm. longa, linearis. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, apice rotun-
data, svxbsequalia, tenuiter trinervia, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, patentia. Petala
obovata, truncata, apice lata, emarginata, dente minuto intermedio, quam sepala
subduplo breviora. Luhellnm oblongum, obtusum, carnosum, 15 mm. longum,
marginibus liirtis. Columna brevis, lata, stigmatis fovea longa elliptica, stelidiis
minimis subacutis, pede longiore. Anthera ovata, pileata. Capsula oblonga,
obtusa, fere sessilis, costis vix elevatis.
Camps VI a and VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft.
Closely allied to an undescribed species collected by Micbolitz on the Mount Stirling

Kange, which differs in having acute sepals and very much larger bracts, and to

B. graciliscapa, Schlechter.

BULBOPHTLLUM BACTJLIFERTJM, Ridl., Sp. nOV.
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Rhizoma elongatum, gracile, vaginis pallidis apice costatis ovatis 2-4 mm. longis
tectum, pseudobulbis minutis cylindricis 2 mm. longis 1 mm. crassis congestis vel
remotis. Folium coriaceum, lanceolatum, mucronulatum, ad basin angustatum,
l'5-3'5 cm. longum, 4-7 mm. latum. Scapus gracilis, 15 cm. longus, per 10 cm.
nudus, vagina una parva excepta, racemo 3 cm. longo flexuoso, floribus circiter
^ 10 remotis, rhachi parce verructdosa. BractecB lanceolataj, obtusae, convolutse,
2 mm. longse, juveniles lanceolatse, acutse, patentes. PecUcelli graciles, cum ovariis
6 mm. longi. Sepaluon posticum lanceolatum, obtusum, trinervium, 4 mm. longum,
1 mm. latum, appendice terete obtuso atro in apice e nervo medio oriente, lateralia
fere ad apices connata, apice obtusa, appendicibus eo sepali postici similibus.
Petala brevia, lata, oblonga, truncata, columna breviora. Labellum parvum, ungue
brevi descendente crasso, lamina ovata lanceolata plana, lobis 2 tenuibus rotundatis.
Columna brevis, crassa, pede subsequalis, stelidiis porrectis brevibus oblongis
obtusis. Anthera ovata, acuta.

Camp VI «, 3100 ft.

/ BuLBOPHYLLUM Orsidice, Eidl., sp. nov.

Rhizoma longe repens, pseudobulbis 2-4 cm. distantibus cylindricis erectis basi incras-
satis 3 cm. longis. Folium lanceolatum, acuminatum, acutum, subfalcatum, basi
angustatum, dorso carinatum, 5-12 cm. longum, 2 cm. latum, petiolo canaliculato
4-5 cm. longo. Scapus gracilis, 35 cm. longus vel longior, racemo evoluto 6 cm. longo.
BractecB ad 17 amplectentes, cupuliformes, 7 mm. longae, 3 mm. latae, dente longo.
Pedicellus cum ovario gracili, 1"5 cm. longus. Sepalum posticum lineare, acumi-
natum, 5-nervium, 2 cm. longum, ad basin 1 mm. latum, lateralia longiora, 2'5 cm.
longa, ad basin connata, flava, nervis obsciu'ioribus. Petala triangularia, cuspidata.

190 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

1 mm. longa, carina et cuspicle purpureis. Lahellmn lineare, acuminatum., basi
cordatum, 2-5 cm. longum, 2 mm. latum, lobis in utroque latere 2 acuminatis et
cuspidatis complanatis, carina et cuspide atris, inter eus lobis 2 rotundatis erectis,
sulco intermedio, costa mediana in lamina elevata. Coliimna 0"65 mm. longa,
pede canaliculato, stigmatis fovea magna oblonga, stelidiis ovatis subacutis margine
clinandrii adjunctis. Authera magna, oblonga, pileata.
Camp VI, 3100 ft., and Camp VI c, 3200 ft.

Allied to and closely resembling in habit B. thrixspermijlorum, J. J. Sm., but
dififering in the much longer, quite differently-shaped lip, the acute cuspidate petals, and
the remarkably long column, the longest I have seen in any species of the genus.

Pedilochilus papuana, J. J. Sm. in Schura. & Lauterb. M. Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee,
219, 1. 11.
Camps VI b and VI c, 3900 and 5500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Pedilochilus Montana, Uidl., sp. nov.

Rhizoma crassiusculum, lignosum, squamis ovatis mucronvilatis 1 cm. longis, '7 mm.
latis tectum, pseudobulbis subcylindricis basi incrassatis congestis 1 cm. longis.
Folium coriaceum, lanceolatum, basi angustatum, apice acutum, integrum, 4"5 cm.
longum, 9 mm. latum. Scapi 5-7 cm. longi, graciles, basi vagina tubulosa apice
lanceolata acuta 1 cm. longa cincti. Bractea tubulosa, cupuliformis, ore obliquo,
ad basin augustata, 5 mm. longa. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, acuminatum, ad
marginem ciliolatum, 1 cm. longum, 3 mm. latum, lateralia ovato-lanceolata, acuta,
1'5 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata. Petala ovata, 4 mm. longa, marginibus tenuibus, carina
obscura carnosa in aristam producta. Labellum 1 cm. longum, oblongum, cal-
ceolatum, basi processubus corniformibus 2 parvis, callo intermedio parvo, apice
lanceolato carnoso obtuso 3 mm. longo. Coliimna parva, stelidiis longis filiformibus.
Anthera apice conica, obtusa, ei P. ixtpuance similis.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
This species differs from P. papuana in the thicker, shorter coriaceous leaves, the

acute sepals, and the longer, more oblong lip ; from P. ciliolata, Schlechter, in its much

larger pseudobulbs and leaves, and its much broader lateral sepals, which are nearly

twice as wide as the dorsal one and not ciliolate.

Pedilochilus pumilio, Ridl., sp. nov.

Planta humilis, pseudobulbis in rhizomate brevi congestis conico-cylindricis curvis
3 mm. longis. Folium coriaceum, lanceolatum, acutum, ad basin angustatum,
2 cm. longum, 6 mm. latum, petiolo brevissimo. Scapus filiforrais, 4-5 cm.
longus. Bractea infunduliformis, fere 1 mm. longa. Pedlcelli cum ovario 2 mm.
longi. Flos parvus, ut videtur, roseus vel purpureus. Sepalum posticum lan-
ceolatum acutum, in margine hirtum, purpureum, 7 mm. longum, 2 mm. latum,
lateralia oblique ovata, acuta, in margine hirta, 7 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Petala

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ovata, acuta, 4 mm. longa. Lahellnm oblongum, cj^mbiforme, sepalis subsequi-
longum, lobis basalibus nullis, lobo terminali carnoso lanceolate obtuso brevi ut
videtur flavo. Columna parva, subelongata, stelidiis lanceolatis curvis.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

A very small species, with an oblong boat-shaped lip nearly as long as the sepals.

Eria Wollastonii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Fseudobulbi plures, svibcylindrici, crassi, 13"5 cm. longi, 10 cm. in circuitu. Folia 3,
oblanceolata, 20 cm. longa, 4-5 cm. lata. Hacemiis infra folia ortus, 23 cm. longus,
j)ubescens, pallide albescente-viridis, multiflorus. Bracteiv triangulares, lanceo-
latse, deflexae, 3 cm. longai. Fedicclli jmbescentes, lanuginosi, 1*5 cm. longi.
Sepalum posticum ellipticum, obtusum, 4 mm. longum, lateralia obtuse triangu-
laria, apice rotundata, mento brevi lato, 6 mm. longa, pallide flavescentia, lanu-
ginosa. Petala breviora, oblonga, rotundata, glabra, versus basin roseo-tincta.
Lahellum brevius, ungue brevi lato oblongo crasso albo, limbo a^quilongo deflexo
flavo oblongo truncato, lobis lateralibus carnosis rotundatis, callo nuUo. Columna
cylindrica, crassa, alba. Anthera lata, complanata, 8-locularis, apice atro-ker-
mesina.
A living plant was brought home by Mr. Wollaston, and flowered by the Honourable

Charles Rothschild. Precise locality not known.

Allied to E. UollandicB, J. J. Sm., but with a smooth shorter lip, and a perfectly

flat anther.

Eria stellata, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 904.
Launch Camp, at sea-level.
Distrih. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

Eria papuana, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. xix. (1908) 23, et in Nova
Guinea, viii. 89, t. 21. 94.
Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camps VI a to VI c, 3100 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. Apparently common.

Po^PHYLLTJM FUSCUM, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules ramosi, bambusiformes. Folia rigida, linearia, coriacca, apice inaequaliter
biloba, 4 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, subtus carinata, superne sulcata, sicca atra, vaginis
teretibus ore integro 1 cm. longis. Flores solitarii, axillares, purpurei (sicci atri),
pedicellis 6 mm. longis. Fractem lanceolatae, mucronulatae, 3 mm. longse, pallidse.
Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, obtusum, 3 mm. longum, 1 mm. latum, lateralia
sirailia, 2 mm. lata, mento clavato globoso 2 mm. longo. Fetala linearia, obtusa,
Eequilonga, 3 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, purpurea. Labellmn brevius, tenue, trilobum,
ungue lineari longiusculo, lobis rotundatis obtusis, medio longi ore rotando, nervis
2 elevatis basi connatis dein in disco inter lobos laterales divaricatis undulatis.
Columna alta, pede requilongo, clinandrii marginibus paullo elevatis. Anthera
parva, bilocularis, ovata, rotundata, filamento longiusculo.
Camps VI b, 3900 ft., and Vic, 5500 It.

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A very distinct species of this small genus -with its rigid coriaceous leaves, and stiff
terete, sometimes branched stems, three-lobed lip, and distinct rounded spur-like mentum.
The whole plant dries black ; the flowers appear to have been deep purple except the lip,
which looks whitish. The genus PocBphyllum was formed by myself to include a plant
described by Sir J. D. Hooker as Agrostophylliim pauciflorum, and transferred at first
by me to JEi'ia. It was published in ' Materials for a Flora of the Malay Peninsula,'
Monocot. vol. i., in the early part of the year 1907- By some error, the printer in
printing a general title-page" to the whole three volumes put the date 1908 (the date of
the printing of the index) instead of 1907. The same year, bu.t apparently a month or
two later, J. J. Smith published another species of the same genus under the name
Lectandra farviflora, n. gen. & sp., in the 'Bulletin du Departement de 1' Agriculture
aux Indes Neerlandaises,' xiii. (1907) p. 59. The ^enu?, Pocephylliim I believe, therefore,
ante-dates Lectandra. The species known are P. paucijlormn, Ridl. (Malay Peninsula),
P.parvijlormn {Lectandra parvifiora, J. J. Sm.) (Java), P.podochiloides ( Trichotosia podo-
chiloides, Schlechter) (New Guinea), and the species described here for the first time.

Po^PHYLLTJM PODOCHILOIDES, Ridl. Trichotosia podochiloides, Schlechter, in K. Sebum.
& Lauterb. PL Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee, 182.
Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI «, 3100 ft.
" Hood creamy, petals transparent pale green, lip crimson."
Listrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Ceratostylis clavata, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. xix. (1908) 11.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Ceratostylis tenericaulis, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caiiles csesjiitosi, gracillimi, basi angusti, vaginis pallidis ad 1 cm. tecti, 7-14 em,
longi. Folium subterminale, lineare, acuminatum, carnosum, superne sulcatum,
dorso convexo 2*2 ad 1*5 cm. longum, 1 mm. latum. Capitulum 5 mm. longum,
bracteis pluribus lanceolatis acutis pallidis glumaceis 1 mm. longis. Sepalum
posticum lanceolatum, acutum, dorso sericeum, 1 mm. longum, lateralia oblongo-
lanceolata, acuta, sericea, mento cylindrico-clavato 5 mm. longo sericeo. Petala
lanceolata, obtusa, breviora. Labellum lanceolatum, obtusum, lateribus basi tenui-
bus elevatis, apice terete obtuso carnoso obscuro, linea mediana in disco elevata.
Columna stelidiis niagnis oblongis apicibus rotuudatis ti'uncatis dimidio labelli
sequalibus. Anthera minima, ovata, rotundata, minute cristata.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Allied to C. clavata, J. J. Sm., but much more slender.

Ceratostylis Armeria, Ridl., sp. nov.

Casspitosus, caulibus teretibus 15 cm. longis basi vaginis ampHatis tectis, radicibus
copiosis tenuibus. Folium erectum, subterminale, angustum, teres, sulcatum,
2-5 cm. longum, 1 mm. crassum. Capitulum subgloboso-oblongum, 4 mm, longum.
Bractea; ovatce, acutoB, glumacese, pallidae, costatce. Flores rosei, 5 mm. longi.

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Ovarium breve crassum, obconicum, sericeiim. Sepala ad climidium connata, ovata,
acuta, aequalia, mento sericeo subgloboso scrotiformi borizontali. Fetala linearia,
angustissima, latitudine i sepali sequantia, obtusa. liabellum quam sepala brevius,
oblongum, lateribus elevatis tenuibus, apice obtuso linguifromi carnoso, costa
mediana incrassata. Columna brevis, stelidiis l)revibus erectis oblongis obtusls
truncatis vix longioribus apicibus obscuris. Anthera flavn, ovata, complanata.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Allied to C. teres, Reicbb. fil., but the sepals are connate for balf tbeir length.

Cbratosttlis glabra, E.idl., sp. nov.

Caules teretes, 16-20 cm. longi, basi ad 5 cm. vaginis lanceolatis 1-3 cm. longis tecti.
Folmm coriaceum, lineari-lauceolatum, subacutum, 13-li cm. longum, 4-5 mm.
latum. Ca2)itulnm oblongum, 7-8 mm. longum, bracteis pluribus lanceolatis acumi-
natis costatis. Flores glabri. Sepala libera, posticum lineari-oblongum, 3 mm.
longum, lateralia late lanceolata, acuta vel subacuta, latiora, mento elongate saccato
crasso obtuso 3 mm. longo. Fetala linearia, angusta, acuminata, fere feqiiilonga.
Lahellum oblongum, seyjalis brevius, marginibus elevatis tenuibus apice linguiformi
carnoso. Columna brevis, stelidiis tenuibus porrectis inagnis oblongis oblique
truncatis rigidis obscuris. Anthera ovata, orbicularis, crista obscura.

Camps VI a, 3100 ft., VI c, 5500 ft.

AUied to C. piigioniformis, J. J. Sm., but a bigger plant with larger, glabrous flowers.

Ceratostylis breviceps, Eidl., sp. nov.

Flanta caespitosa. Caules 15 cm. longi, 2 mm. crassi (in sicco). Folium rigidum,
coriaceum, lineari-lanceolatum, ad basin et apicevn angustatum, 9 cm. longum,
5 mm. latum. Capitulum parvum, 4 mm. longum, bracteis ovatis acutis pallidis
1 mm. longis. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum, obtusum, sericeum, 2 mm.
longum, lateralia subsimilia, libera, mento cylindrico apice dilatato globoso sericeo
3 mm. longo. Ovarium sericeum, cylindricum, aequilongum. Fetala angusta,
lanceolata, acuta, sepalis fere tequilonga, multo angustiora. Labellum oblongum,
basi saccatum, marginibus elevatis, apice carnoso linguiformi obtuso, sepalis multo
brevius. Columna brevis, stelidiis breviusculis lanceolatis apicibus rotundatis
pallidis.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft., and again at Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.
This has the habit, stem, and leaf of C. glabra, but is smaller, the bracts of the

capitulum are thin and glumaceous as in C. tenericaulis, Ridl., and the flowers are

silky.

Phreatia Lorentzii, Kranzl. in Pflanzenr. iv. 50. 11. Octarrhena Lorentzii, J. J. Sm.
in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. xxxix. (1910) 18, and Nova Guinea, Supp. 597.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft., and Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

Fistrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Smith describes the curious zigzag flattened rhachis as 2-4 cm. long and 24 mm. wide.
In Kloss's specimens the inflorescence is developed to 11 cm. long and 3 mm. wide.

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194 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLAJS^TS

This species, whicli was placed by Kriinzlin in the neighbourhood of Ph. nana. Hook., is
very unlike that and all other species in the genus, and should, I think, be separated
generieally. It has,- however, no particular affinity with the type of the genus
Octarrhena.

Phreatia ANGR.ECOIDES, Schlechter, in K. Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg.
Siidsee, 185.
Utakwa Valley, without special locality.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.
Also now referred by Schlechter to Octarrhena.

Phreatia [^ Caulescentes) vitellina, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules 5-20 cm. longi, catapbyllis vaginantibus tecti. Folia carnosa, linearia, obtusa,

3 cm. longa, 1 mm. lata, curva, vaginis subcompressis Oo-l cm. longis, cicatricibus
laminae ellipticis. Racetni axillares, 2-2"5 cm. longi, basi nudi, floribus vitellinis
quaquaversis, bracteis caulinis lanceolatis acuminatis cuspidatis, cuspide 1 mm.
longo. BractecB florales lanceolatse, acuminatse, ovariis pedicellis additis fere lis
sequilongae. Ovarium cum pedicello 5 mm. longum. Sepalum posticum lanceo-
latum, acutum, angustum, lateralia multo latiora, ovata, mento nullo. Fetala
lanceolata, obtusa, sejDalo postico multo angustiora. Lahellum baud unguiculatum,
angustum, liueare, obtusum, apice sursum curvo, marginibus elevatis, stelidiis
distinctis truncatis.

Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp Vic, 5500 ft.
"Plowers yolk-of -egg colour."

Allied to PA. nana. Hook, fib, of the Malay Peninsula, but with much larger sheaths
to the leaves, narrow lip, and differently coloured flowers.

Phreatia procera, RidL, sp. nov.

Tlanta caulescens, caule 50-60 cm. longo, basi vaginis albescentibus esceptis nudo.
Folia linearia, graminea, falcata, carinata, versus apicem attenuata, 7 cm. longa,

4 cm. lata, vaginis fissis in margine scariosis albis 2-5 cm. longis tenuibus. Bacemi
laterales, 10 cm. longi, fere ad basin laxiflori. Bractece' ovariis aequilongse, acumi-
natae, 1 mm. longse. Ocaria cylindrica, laevia. Sepala ovata, acuminata. Fetala
minora, lanceolata, acuminata. Labellum late ovatum, baud unguiculatum, apiculo
brevi. Mentum brevissimum, rotundatum.

Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI a, VI b, VI c, 3100 to 5500 ft.
Allied to Fh. longicaulis, J. J. Sm.

Phreatia {\ Caulescentes) Montana, RidL, sp. nov.

Caules graciles, 8 cm. longi, radicibus gracilibus copiosis. Folia linearia, obtusa,
curva, carnosa, complanata, minute retusa, cum mucronulo parvo 3 cm. longa,
15 mm. lata, vaginis 5 mm. longis paUidis costatis marginibus crispis scariosis.
Bacemi erecti, 11 cm. longi, graciles, laxiflori, basi ad 5 cm. nudi vaginis paucis
exceptis. Bractece lanceolatae, acuminatae, 1 mm. lougae, ovaria aequautes. Sepala

COLLECTED IN DUTCH iVEW GUINEA. 195

ovata, obtusa. 3Ientmn nullum. Lahellmn baud unguiculatum, obovatum, obtusum,
rotundatum, medio depressum, saccatum, marginibus elevatis, nervis in medio
rubris. Columna minima. Anthera ovata, rotundata.
Camps XI to XII and XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft.

This species somewhat resembles Ph. Lorentzii in the form of stem and leaves, but
the flowers are very much smaller. The lip is boat-shaped, the sides elevated, and the
centre depressed.

Phreatta (§ Euphueatia) Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules breves, multifoliati, 2 cm. longi. Folia linearia, acuta, coriacea, 10 cm. longa,

2 cm. lata, vaginis oblongis ad basin fissis costatis ad raargines crispis 7 mm. longis.
Racemi axillares, erecti, graciles, 12 mm. longi, basi ad 4 cm. nudi vaginis longe
acuminatis exceptis.. Flores dense congesti, minimi. Bractece lanceolatse, acumi-
natae, flores sequantes vel longiores, 15 mm. longse, lanceolatse vel ovato-lanceolatse,
acuminatae. Sepahmi posticum ovatum, obtusum, lateralia ovata, obtusa, latiora,
mento pro fl-ore longiusculo horizontali. Petctla multo minora, ovata. Labelliim
trulliforme, ungue latiusculo, lamina latiore ovata obtusa. Anthera breviter
rostrata, rotundato-oblonga. Capsula cylindrica, sessilis vel subsessilis, oblonga,
fere 3 mm. longa.

Camp III, 2500 ft., and at Camps VI a to VI h, 3100 to 3900 ft.

Near Ph. linearifoUa, Schlechter, but smaller, with narrower stiifer leaves, and nearly
sessile flowers.

Phreatia linearifolia, Schlechter, in K. Sebum. & Lauterb. PL Deutsch. Schutzg.
Siidsee, Nachtr. 188.
Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI «, 3100 ft..
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Phreatia (§Euphreatia) falcata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Planta parvula, caule brevissimo 1 cm. longo. Folia circiter 5, disticha, oblanceo-
lata, falcata, coriacea, ex apice versus basin angustata, 2"5 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata.
Pacemtis axillaris, gracilis, 5 cm. longus, basi vaginis tubulosis tectus, parte florifera

3 cm. longa laxa multiflora. Bractece breves, lanceolatse, ovatae, cuspidatse. Flores
parvi, albi, 1 mm. longi. Sepalum posticum ovatum, obtusum, lateralia multo
majora, ovata, rotundata, mento brevi. Petala minora, lanceolata, obtusa. Labelliim
basi latum, saccatum, lamina ovata hastata triangulari latiore obtuso. Columna
brevis, lata. Anthera ovata, rotundata.

Camps 1, 700 ft., and III, 2500 ft.

A very distinct little plant in its distichous flattened falcate leaves. The inflorescence
when very young is cone-shaped lengthening out into the slender lax raceme.

Phreatia (§ Euphreatia) modesta, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis brevis, 5 mm. longus. Folia 3, linearia, obtusa, coriacea, 3"5 cm. longa,
3 mm. lata. Scapus brevior, gracilis, basi vaginis 3 laxis ovatis vel late lanceolatis
cuspidatis involutis tectus. Flores quaquaversi, minimi, albi, dissiti, pedicellis cum

2c 2

196 ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS

ovario 1 mm. longis. Bractece lanceolatae, longe acuminatse, inferiores flores supe-
rantes, superiores pedicellum cum ovario aequantes. Sepalum posticum oblongum,
obtusum, lateralia latiora, ovata. Petala breviora et angustiora, ovata, obtusa.
Labelhim imguiculatum, ungue linear! canaliculato saccato, lamina flabelliformi.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

Allied to Ph. Irachystcwhys, Schlechter, but tbe latter bas a cuneate-rhomboid lip.

Phreatia (§ Eupheeatia) placctda, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis brevis. Folia linearia, falcata, obtusa, tenuia, apice inaequaliter biloba, 3-7 cm.
longa, 2-5 mm. lata. Hacemus gracilis, folia superans, basi ad 10 cm. nudus,
bracteis caulinis lanceolatis acuminatis, parte florifera ad 6 cm. longa laxifloi*a.
Bract ecs florales breves, ovatae, cusjiidatae, cucuUatBe, quara pedicelli breviores,
15 mm. long^. Ovariimi subcylindricum. Sepahmi posticum ovatum, oblongum,
lateralia ovata, subacuta, majora. Petala subspatbulata, ovata, acuta, basi angus-
tata, multo minora. Labellum ungue lineari, lamina reniformi latiore, apicibus
acutis. Anthe)'a ovata, parva.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Flowers apparently brown, antlier wbite.

AUied to Ph. falcata, with longer leaves and a very different lip.

Phreatia (§ Euphreatia) densispica, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis circiter 2 cm. longus, crassus, I'adicibus copiosis albis densis. Folia lanceolata,
acuminata, coriacea, obtusa, 4-5*5 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, vaginis 2-3 mm. longis
costatis. Bacemi axillares, 4 cm. longi, densiflori, basi nuda 1 cm. longa, bracteis
laxis magnis acutis (ima 1 cm. longa) tecti. Bractece florales floribus sequales vel
longiores. Flores minuti, pedicellis cum ovario ovoideo 1 mm. longis. Sepalum
posticum ovatum, lateralia latiora, ovata, mento brevi rotundato obtuso. Petala
lanceolata, obtusa, minora. Lahellum unguiculatum, ungue lineari canaliculato,
limbo ovato rotundato parvo. Columna pede distincto. Anthera ovata, rotuudata.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

There seem to be two forms, one very densely flowered witb a short stem, the other
with a stem as much as 4 cm. long and 7 mm. thick, and a laxer spike.

Phreatia (§ Thelasiformes) plattclinoides, Ridl., sp. nov.

Bhizoma gracile, pseudobulbis approximatis cylindricis vaginis pallidis acuminatis ad
margine crispis tectis 2 cm. longis 3-^4 mm. crassis (in sicco). Folia bina, hnearia,
ad apices attenuata, obtusa, 5 cm. Tonga, 2 mm. lata. Bacemi laterales, 9-16 cm.
longi, dimidio inferiore nudo, superne multiflori, vaginis 4 remotis acuminatis ad
acuminem carinatis 1 cm. longis vel miaoribus. Bractea; lanceolata^, acuminatse,
inferiores 3 mm. lougse, longe acuminatae, pedieellos ocquantes, suj)criores minores.
Pedicelli cum ovario 2 mm. longi, costis sinuatis. Sepalum posticum lanceolatum,
acuminatum, mento brevi conico obtuso. Petala triaagularia, acuminata. Latellum
un^ue longo sursum curvum, lineare, lamina transverse elliptica rotundata basi ad
unguem breviter attenuata. Anthera ovata, rotundata.

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Camps III to VIII, and XIII, 2500 to 4900 ft., and 10,500 ft.

These latter specimens have leaves 11 cm. long and 15 mm. long. This species
resembles Ph. Loreritzii, KranzL, in the size of the flowers, but has quite different
vegetative organs. The flowers are 2 mm. across.

Phreatia (§ Thelasiformes) pulchella, Eidl., sp. nov.

Rhizoma tenue, gracile, pseudobulbis parvis cylindricis ssepe subremotis 4 mm. longis
basi dilatatis superne angustatis. Folia linearia, falcata, tenuia, obtusa, insequaliter
biloba, 3-7'5 cm. longa, 1-2 mm. lata. Scapi laterales graciles, 4 cm. longi, dimidio
inferiore nudi vaginis 3-4 ampliatis cuspidatis exceptis ; floras 7-20 remoti, albi,
secundi. Bracte<B lanceolatae, acuminatae, pedicellis cum ovario 1 mm. longis
breviores. Sepala ovata, obtusa, lateralia latiora, pustulata, mento brevi lato
rotundato. Petala breviora, ovata. Lahellum ungue oblongo saccato, lamina ovata
reniformi hastata. Columna majuscula, quam pes longior, crassiuscula. Anthera
ovata, acuta.

Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI «, 3100 ft.

The latter form has shorter and thicker leaves and closer pseudobulbs.

Allied to Ph. laxa, Schlechter, but with much narrower leaves.

1^ Phreatia (§ Thelasiformes) concinna, Ridl., sp. nov.

Bhizoma gracile, vaginis albis tectum, pseudobulbis conicis cylindricis parvis 15 cm.-
2 cm. longis, 1-3 mm. latis. Folia bina, oblanceolata, obtusa, in petiolum attenuata.
Scapi laterales, dimidio basali nudi, 4 cm. longi. Flores albi, secundi, congesti.
Bractece ovatae, lauceolatse, acuminata^, ovarium superantes. Ovarium cum pedi-
ceUo fusco-oUvaceo 1 mm. longum. Sepalum posticum oblongum, apiculatum,
lateralia ovata lata obtusa, mento rotundato. Petala oblonga, rotundata, multo
minora. Lahellmu ungue oblongo saccato decurvo, lamina transverse oblonga
retusa apice truncata, basi labelli et columna fusco-olivaceis. Columna brevis, lata.
Anthera lata, ovata.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

AUied to Ph. 2iulchella, Ridl., but differing in the wider oblanceolate leaves, the shorter
small rounded flowers, and the very different lip, which has two minute papillae on the
base of the limb.

i/ Phreatia globdlosa, Eidl., sp. nov,

Planta pusilla, rhizomate gracili. Caules 2 cm. remoti, vix pseudobulbosi, vaginis
tubulosis apiculatis 2-3 basi dilatatis 3 mm. longis. Folium cum scapo in vagina
inclusum, oblanceolatum, obtusum, minute mucronulatum, 3-5 cm. longum, 7 mm.
latum. Scapus 3 cm. longus, gracilis, acute flexuosus, basi 1 cm. nudus, superne
racemosus, 21-tiorus. Bractece ovatge, acuminatae, amplexicaules, ovario cum
pedicello 1 mm. longo longioi'es. Flores minuti, globosi. Sepalum posticum lanceo-
latum, cymbiforme, apice papilla atra globosa instructum, lateralia ovata, processu

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cylindrico terminata, mento brevi. Petala minuta, ovata, obtusa. Labellum
hastatum, obtusum. Colmnna recta, lata, ventre late excavato, margine clinandrii
elevato.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft

A single specimen with two flowers. I am doubtful as to the position of this very
curious little plant, which is remarkable for its flexuous raceme and its minute globular
flowers. The upper sepal has a globose black knob on the top, the others have cylindric
processes or tails.

Agrostophyllum RiGiDrFOLiTJM, Kidl., sp. nov.

Caules 21-31 cm. longi, coraplanati, 1 cm. lati. Folia rigida, coriacea, Integra,
6-7 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, linearia, lanceolata, obtusa, apice inaequaliter biloba,
vaginis 2 cm. longis complanatis oblongis. Capitulum sessile, nutans, 2 cm. longum
et latum. Bractece oblongse, lanceolatse, cuspidatse. Pedicellus ovario incluso
5 mm. longus. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, 3 mm. longa, carinata. Petala breviora,
1 mm. longa, linearia, obtusa. Labellum basi saccatum, oblongum, rotundatum,
ad basin lobi medii callo oblongo emarginato munitum, lobo medio subtiilobo ovato,
lobis lateralibus rotundatis, apice lanceolato acuto. Columna curva, crassiuscula,
stelidiis oblongis truncatis magnis. Anthera calcariformis, magna. Pollinia 8,
elongata, pyriformia, in caudiculum attenuata. Rostellum bifidum, breve.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Allied to A. brachiata, J. J. Sm., but with entire rounded truncate arms to the column

and a distinctly three-lobed lip, acute at the tip, instead of being ovate entire and obtuse.

The leaves are close-set and very stiff and short in proportion to their length. The callus

is rather large, oblong-truncate, retuse at the top, with two short i^rocesses on the

outer face.

Agrostophyllum parviflorum, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. xix. (1908) 3 ?
Camps I, 700 ft, and VI «, 3100 ft.
The flowers have perished, so I have some doubt as to the species.

Agrostophyllum biflorum, Rid!., sp. nov.

Caules graciles, 20 cm. vol longiores, 2 mm. crassi. Folia tenuia, graminea, linearia,
apice acute biloba, 4 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, vaginis teretibus tenuiter costatis
5-10 mm. longis. Flores 2, bracteis pluribus lanceolatis acuminatis mox in fibrillas
disruptis. Ocarium sessile, 7 mm. longum. Sepalum posticum, lanceolatum,
acuminatum, 6 mm. longum, 1 mm. latum, lateralia subsimilia, carinata, 25 mm.
lata. Petala linearia, acuta, 5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Lahellmn 6 mm. longum,
obovatum, ungue brevissimo saccato, callo oblongo bifurcato elongato laminiformi,
limbo tenui plane obovato obtuso, apice processu conico subtus carnoso instrueto.
Columna alta, curvula, stelidiis 2 oblongis in medio rotundatis, clinandrio magno
marginibus elevatis, dorso in processum latum apice rotundatum elevato. Rostellum
elongatum, linguiforme. Pollinia 8 pyriformia, basi elongata, tenuia. Capsula
7 mm. longa, fusiformis.

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Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Allied to A. oUganthum, Schlechter, but differing in the tall callus, which is thin, flat,
and possesses two very distinct widely separate teeth in the lip, which is not three-lobed,
and the very small sac. It is also a much larger plant than A. wiiflortmi, Schlechter.

Agrostophtllum ctjrvum, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caules graciles, curvi, raraosi, 35 cm. longi, basi nudi, teretes, 2 mm. crassi, superne
vaginis tecti. Folia disticha, linearia, tenuiora apice bicuspidata, 3 cm. longa,
2 mm. lata, vaginis semiamplectentibus 1 cm. longis 8 mm. latis. Capitulum 5 mm.
longum, sessile, cylindricum, bracteis lanceolatis acutis. Sepala ovata, acuta, 2 mm.
longa, 1 mm. lata. Petala tenuia, lineari-oblonga, multo angustiora ; mentum
breve, sacciforme, horizontale. Labellum obovatum, rotundatum, basi baud sac-
catum, 5 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum. Callus ad basin lineari-oblongus, pubescens,
apice truncato retuso cum dentibus 2 in angulis sitis, dente minimo in medio addito,
prope callum papillis 2 in disco sitis. Columna crassa, lata, dorso carinata. Stelidia
oblonga, obtusa, dentibus obtusis 2 inaequalibus. Anthera obtusa rotundata,
conica.
Camps VI b, 3900 ft., and VI c, 5500 ft.
Apparently pendulous with slender branches, rebranched and weak ; the leaves

terminated by a couple of black bristle-like points, and the capitulum small and almost

hidden by the bases of the leaves.

Epiblasttis cuneattjs, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. 45, t. 16. 51.
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Glomera paptjana, Rolfe, Kew Bull. 1899, 111.
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Glomera subuliformis, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. t. 82.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Dist?'ib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Glomera retusa, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. t. 81.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

This species differs from the description in the leaves being more fleshy and narrower,
and not distinctly bilobed.

Glomera ericifolia, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules graciles, 18 cm. longi, ssepe ramosi. Folia linearia, subteretia, obtusa, carnosa,
Isete-viridia, breviter pefciolata, 1 cm. longa, vix 1 mm. lata, vaginis 5 mm. longis
superne verruculosis eciliatis. Flores solitarii, sessiles, in axillis supremis. Bractece

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200 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

basales 6 mm. longge, in tubum connatae, apicibus ovatis 2 mm. liberis. Pedun-
culus 2 mm. longus, crassus. Bractea floralis lanceolata, obtusa, 2 mm. longa.
Omrium crassum, sessile, 3 mm. longum. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, lateralia
mucronulata, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Petala paullo latiora, sequilonga.
llentum cornutum, obtusum, ad apicem attenuatum, ovario aequilongum. Lahellum
brevissimum, 2 mm. longum, ovatum, cordatum, obtusum, apice incrassatum, in
medio nervo elevato bifurcato. Columna brevis, stelidiis carnosis linearibus obtusis
mediocribus, processu infra stigma liueari obtuso, margine clinandrii in dorso
elongate. Anthera hemispbaerica.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Allied to G.fimhriata, J. J. Sm., but there are no cilia on the leaf-sheaths, and the
spur is longer.

Glossorhtncha GRANDirivORA, Schlechter, in Fedde, Eep., Beihefte, i. 293. Glomera
grandiflora, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. fig. 82.
Camps XII to XIII, from 11,500 to 10,500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Glossorhyncha carnea, Schlechter, in Fedde, Rep., Beihefte, i. 293. Glomera carnea,
J. J. Sm. 1. c. t. 88. B.
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Glossorhtncha frttticula, Schlechter, in Eedde, Rep., Beihefte, i. 293.

Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

The flowers are rather smaller than given in the descrij)tion, but I suppose this is the
plant intended by G.frnticula, J. J. Sm.

Glossorhtncha elegantula, Schlechter, in K. Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg.
Sudsee, 130.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

The specimens differ from the plant as descril^ed in having cilia on the mouths of the
sheaths of the leaves, but a specimen in the Kew Herbarium received from Schlechter
shows distinct cilia.

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Mediocalcar longipes, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules repentes, 10-15 cm. longi, vaginis tubulosis tenuibus superne dilatatis
apice ovatis mucronulatis 5 mm. longis vel minoribus, pseudobulbis gracilibus
cylindricis 8 mm. longis vix 1 mm. crassis. Folia 2, linearia, basi in petiolum
attenuata, 55 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, apice minute mucronulata. Flores solitarii,
in pedunculo gracili 2 cm. longo, pedicello cum ovario 1 cm. longo. Sepala
connata, 8 mm. longa, basi breviter gibbosa, lobis acutis angustis. Petala breviora,
angustissima, linearia, acuta, medio carnosulo, ad marginem tenuiora, labellum

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petalis brevius uugue longo cavnoso canaliculato lineai'i, Jamina ovata abrupte
acuminata ad basin breviter saccato-gibbosa, nervo in medio incrassato ab ungue
usque ad apicem percurrente. Columna gracilis elongata, ad stigma abrupte
dilatata, margine clinandrii in dorso elevato rotundato ovato.
Camps X to XII, 6700 to 11,500 ft.

Apparently allied to J[f. mort^i(?o^«, Sclilecliter, but the flowers lia,ve a longer peduncle,
the sepals are connate for two-thirds of their length, acute and rather similar, and the
sac of the lip is very short.

Mediocalcar montanum, RidL, sp. nov.

Rhizonia radicans, 8 cm. longum, 2 mm. crassum, vaginis tenuibus acuminatis arete
amplectentibus 1'5 longis, radicibus filiformibus, pseudobulbis cylindricis 1 cm.
longis 1 mm. crassis bifoliis. Folia linearia, subobtusa, coriacea, apice biloba,
minute mucronata, 2-4 cm. longa, 1-2 mm. lata. Pedancnlns uniflorus, 2 cm.
longus, pedicello 1 cm. longo gracili. Flos 1'3-1"0 cm. longus, Sepala ad § connata,
partis liberis ovatis acutis, basi gibbosa. Fetala oblongo-linearia, breviter acuminata,
acuta. Labellum ungue late lineari, nervis 2 in disco elevatis, lamina abrupte
triangulari acuta basi lata, costa niediana nulla. Columna valida, superne abrupte
dilatata, clinandrii margine in dorso baud elevato. Antlicra conica, obtusa.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.

This species closely resembles the preceding in external characteristics, though it
is more condensed and has thicker leaves, but tbe ditfercnt lip and column make it
necessary to separate it.

GilTLiANETTA DiSTiCHA, Pi^idl., sp. nov. (Plate 4. fig. 71 ; 6. figs. 70, 72, 73.)

Caules 20 cm. alti, 1 mm. crassi, dense foliati, ubi vaginis fuliorum teeti 7 mm. crassi.
Folia disticlia, linearia, obtusa, costata, coriacea, 2'5 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, vaginis
tissis marginibus crispis pallidis 1 cm. longis 0 cm. latis. Racemns axillaris,
prope apicem caulis gracilis, ereclus, pauciflorus, 5 cm. longus. Bractece inferiores
lanceolatae, acuminatre, 19 mm. longae, 5 mm. latse, caiterse minores. Pedicelli
2 cm. longi. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata, 1'3 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, subsimilia.
Petala ovata, acuta, 8 mm. Icmga, 7 mm. lata. Labellum basi columnse adnatuin,
calcare 8 mm. longo 2 mm. lato ad basin cornuto acuminato recto obtuso, lamina
oblongo-orbiculari retusa 5 mm. longa et lata. Columna longiuscula, 5 mm. long;i,
apice lata, I'ostello integro undulato clinandrio baud prolundo, stigmate lato.
Arithera filamento lato, ovata, acuta, bilocularis. PolUnla 4, pyriformia.
Camps XII to XIII, 10,500 to 11,000 ft.

The genus GiuUanetta was founded by Uolfe on a remarkable plant very different
from this in habit, but like it possessing a lip adnate to the column, and with it forming
a long tubnlar spur. To this genus Schlechter has added G. viridis from New Guinea,
which is more closely allied to my new species, in that it possesses broader leaves than
the type. O. distieha, however, differs in ihe absence of warts and cilia on the sheaths,
in posse.ssing a two-flowered raceme, a keelless lip, and in other points.

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202 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Cffii.OGYNE ASPERATA, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc iv. (1849) 221.
Camps III to VI a, 2500 to 3100 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and New Guinea.

C(ELOGTNE Veitchii, Rolfe, in Kew Bull. 1895, 282.

Launch Camp, at sea-level.

Flowers white, leaves lance-shaped, 12 inches lon^. Pseudobulbs 3 inches lono".
pear-shaped, rugose.

Distrib. Endemic in Xew Guinea.

CcELOGTXE Beccarti, Beichb. fll. in Bot. Centralb. xxviii. (1886) 345.

Cainp I, 700 ft., and between Camps III and VIII, 2500 to 5500 ft.

" Petals pale greenish white, hood white at the tip, lip tawny in the centre and tip
cream-white."

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

I believe the plant described by Kranzlin as C MichoUtziana , in Gard. Chron. 1891,
ii. 300, and Xenia Orchid, iii. 100, t. 256. is the same species. Reichenbach's description
is bad. and the rough figure of Kraazlin's species shows no elevated margin to the
clinandriusn, a most unusual, if not unique, character in the genus, and therefore
dubious.

Plattclinis longifolia, Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 256, forma ^a/5«a?^ff.

A living plant collected by Mr. "WoUaston, and flowered in the Honourable Charles
Rothschild's garden, June 1914; the precise locality was not noted.

P. longifolia, Hemsl., is a native of the mangrove swamps of Singapore, Johore, and
Borneo, and plants identified as conspecific have been obtained in Luzon. The specimen
sent by the Honourable Charles Rothschild from the New Guinea collection differs
from the Singapore plant in the green not yellowish sepals and petals, the more
distinctly acute lip, and the stelidia being free nearer to the stigma.

Distrib. Malay Archipelago.

Phaius BLTJiiEi, Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. PL 127.
Camp VI «, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

Calantiie Engleriana, Kranzl. in K. Schura. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee,
Suppl. 142.

Canoe Camp, about 150 ft., and Camp III, 2500 ft.

" Flowers greenish-white, calli deep yellow."

I have little doubt that this is the plant referred to by Kranzlin, and the species
figured by J. J. Smith in ' Nova Guinea,' viii. t. 7. 124. It differs, however, from
the type somewhat in the size of the flowers. The perianth is 4 cm. across, the spur
5 cm. long and shorter than the ovary and pedicel, which are 7 cm. long. I doubt

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 203

whether this can be considered as anything more than a very large form of C. veratri-
foUa, R. Br. (a most variable plant in the size of the flowers and proportions of the
lobes of the lip), which has a range from India, through the Malay Peninsula and
Islands to Australia.

Calanthe bicalcauata, J. J. Sra. in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. v. 31; and in Nova
Guinea, viii. 23.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and at Camp I, 500 ft.
" Flowers green, centres white."
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

AcANTHOPHiPPiTJM SPLENBiDUM, J. J, Sm. in Natuur. Tijds. Nederl. Ind. Iviii. (1898)
3, t. 5. 5-8.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Distrib. Celebes and British New Guinea.

The plant identified by me as A. javanicum, Blume, in Forbes's Collections, Journ.
Bot. xxiv. (1886) p. 354, appears to be this.

Spathoglottis Vieillarbii, Reichb. fil. in Linnaea, xli. (1877) 85.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camps I to VI a, 500 to 3100 ft.

" Flowers pale mauve."

Distrib. New Caledonia.

I cannot distinguish the plants quoted above from the species originally described by
Reichenbach from tbe Isle of Pines, and believe that it is widely distri])uted over the
far Eastern Archipelago. Like the common S. plicata, Blume, it varies in non-essential
parts to some extent, but I see nothing to warrant making many species out of it.

Spathoglottis oreophila, Eidl., sp. nov.

Tseudobulbi conici, 1 cm. longi. Folia 2-3, lineari-lanceolata, plicata, gradatim
acuminata, 16 cm. longa, 5-8 mm. lata. Scapus 30 cm. lougus, vaginis 1-2, laminis
lanceolatis obtusis 2 cm. longis. Flores pauci, versus apicem subcongesti.
Bractece ellipticse, lanceolatse, acuminata;, pubescentes, 1-6 cm. longae, 8 mm. latae.
Fedicelli 1'5 cm. longi, graciles. Ovaria 5 mm. longa, omnia velutina. Sepala
oblonga, obtusa, carinata, pubescentia, I'Qt cm. longa, 3 mm. lata. Petala elliptica,
obtusa, glabra, sequilonga, 7 mm. lata. Labelhmi bi-evius, 1*1 cm. longum, ungue
nullo, lobis lateralibus e basi labello ortis lanceolatis 6 mm. longis, lobo medio
spathulato basi lineari ad apicem rotundato-truncatura obscure emarginato gradatim
dilatato, costa subtus in apiculum brevem excurrente, margine ad basin hirto,
callis 2 rotundatis hirtis marginibus tenuibus approximatis mediocribus. Columna
paullo curva, 8 mm, longa, e stigmate versus basin alata. Anthera ovata, acuta,
clinandrio elevato. Mostellum rotundatum.

Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.

A somewhat dwarfed mountain plant, unusually pubescent. The lip is rather short

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204 ME. H. N. RIDLEY OX PLANTS

with no claw, and a broad apex. The two sharp-edged calli are surrounded with
pubescence. The base of the columa ends in a short process or callus above the lip.

PLOCoaLOTTis MOLtJCCANA, Blume, Orchidees, G4j, pi. IG.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

"Flowers dull yellow spotted with crimson, lip pale yellow."
Dlstrib. Amboina, New Guinea.

Cymbidium papuanum, Schlechter, in Fedde, Rep., Beihefte, i. (1913) 953,
Camps III, VI a, and VIII, 2500 and 4900 ft.
Disirib. Endemic in New Guinea.

OIICHIDE.E: Saecaothe^.

Saccolabium pumilum, Eidl., sp. nov.

JPlmita pusilla, caule 5 mm. longo. Folia 3, tenuiter carnosa, laneeolata, falcata,
acuta, apice iutequaliter biloba, 2 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Raeeviiis crectus, 3"5 cm.
longus, basi per 2 cm. nudus, floribus dissitis 7-8 minimis, pedicellis cum ovario
2 mm. longis. Bractece laneeolata^, acuminatse, 1 mm. longte. Sepala oblonga,
obtusa, 2 mm. longa. Fetala oblanceolata, spathulata, breviora. Labellum tri-
lobum, lobis lateralibus erectis oblongis truncatis columnam superantibus, lobo
medio brevi recurvo ovato obtuso carnoso, calcare pendulo conico basi lato cornuto
obtuso 2 mm. longo, callis nullis. Columna longiuscula, stelidiis oblongis. Anthem
couica. Pollinia 2, pyriformia, caudiculo clavato cyliiidrico.

Camp I, 700 ft.

A very small species with a few very small flowers.

T.35NIOPHTLLUM ERINACEUM, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Caulis brevissimus, radicibiis complanatis elongatis ad 40 cm. longis, 2-4 mm. latis.
Folia nulla. Scapi 15-30 cm. longi, hirti, racemo conoideo denso 5 mm. longo.
Uracteic lanceolatse, dense hirta?, trichomatibus lanceolatis acuminatis subulatis
pustulatis. Ovarium 2 mm. longum, subsessile. Sepala oblongo-linearia, mucro-
nulata, 2 mm. longa, pustulata. Pelala multo latiora, 8e(j[uilonga, orbicularia.
ItabellumhrGYe, sepalis gequilongum, lanceolatum, cymbiforme, acutum, cucuUatum,
lobis lateralibus brevissimis obscuris, calcare OA^ario ajquilongo e basi dilatato
cylindrico attenuato. Columna lata, brevis. llostellum oblongum, apice bifido.
Anthera magna, ovata, longe rostrata, rostro oblougo obtuso. Follinia 2, globosa,
biloba, cerea, rubra, caudiculo longo liueari apice ovato, disco ajquilongo lanceolato
apice incrassato flavo.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

I put this under Tceniophyllum, as it is, judging from descrijation, nearly allied to
T. plati/rrhiziim, Schlecbter, and T. torricellense, Schlechter, but it differs very much
from typical species of the genus. The whole inflorescence, except the perianth, is

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covered with very curious scale-hairs, flat elongate triangular or lanceolate and pustular.
The petals are much larger tlian the sepals, and the author is very large in projiortion
to the column, with large dark red-purple pollen-masses.

T^NIOPHYLLUM GRANDIFLOKUM, Schlcclitcr, in K. Schum. & Lauterb. El. Deutsch.
Schutzg. Siidsee, 221.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

A very fine species with very large flowers for the genus. The fruit is cylindrical,
7 cm. long and ?> mm. throvigh, with hardly elevated ribs.

Blstrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

MiCROTATpRCHIS ALATA, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Caulis brevissimus. Folia linearia, falcata, obtusa, 1-2 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, costa
elevata mucronulo terminata. Racemi graciles, 2-3 cm. longi, omnino floriferi,
rhachi tenui bracteis decurrentibus alata. i?r«c/e(? lineares, acuminatse, vix 1 mm.
longae. Flores dissiti, 4 mm. lorfgi, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Sepala linearia,
acuminata, caudata, fere ad basin libera, angustissima, 4 mm. longa. Petula
similia. Lahellum lanceolatum, acuminatum, acutum, 4 mm. longum, basi 1 mm.
latum, calcare saccato globoso brevi. Colmnna brevissima, stelidiis longis erectis
lanceolatis acutis. PolUnia 2, elliptica, rufo-brunnea, caudiculo apice lato trian-
gulari, disco lougo lineari. Capsida lageniformis, oblonga, costis vix elevatis,
8 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to 31. perpusilla, Schlechter, but with larger leaves, very much smaller bracts,
and a winged rhachis. The wings are rather peculiar, they are quite thin and gi'een,
widest ]ust below each bract, and gradually narrowing to the next one below.

MiCROTATORCniS MTTLTIFLORA, UidL, sp. nov.

Radices crassi, suberosi, nee complanati. Caulis 3 mm. longus vel brevior. Folia
oblonga, coriacea, abrupte in cuspidein acutum angustata, 4 mm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata.
Scapi 5 mm. longi, ad basin floriferi, flexuosi, quadrangulares. Bractece ovatte,
lanceolatae, cymbiformes, patentes, 1 mm. longae. Flores parvi, flavi. Pedicellus
cum ovario quam bractea brevior. Sepala ovata, triangularia, acuta, fere ad basin
libera, lateralia angustiora, et magis lanceolata. Petala anguste lanceolata, sepalis
aequilonga. Lahellum late ovatum, excavatum, abrupte cuspidatum, sequilongum,
calcare subgloboso basi angustato. Columna brevis, stelidiis brevibiis obtusis.
JPollinia 2, minutissima, elliptica, caudiculo filiformi gracili, disco longiore lineari
oblongo. Capsula oblique pyriformis, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. crassa, pedicello 1 mm.
Ion go.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Allied to M. papuana, Schlechter, but a taller plant with free sepals and petals. The
llowers appear to have been orange-yellow.

206 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLAIS'TS

IliDLEYELLA PANicuLATA, Sclilecliter, in Eedde, Eep. i. (1913) 948.

Camps I, 500 ft., and III to IV, to 2500 It.

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Very fine specimens of this curious plant, formerly described by me as Bulhophyllum
2)aniculatum, Journ. Bot. xxiv. (1886) 8.

PoDOCHiLUS APPENDiciJLATUS, J. J. Sm. in Ic. Bogor. ii. t. 109. fig. F.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

PoDOCHiLUS sciUROiDES, Ecichb. fil. in Bonplandia, v. (1857) 41.
Camps I, 700 ft., and III, 2500 ft.
Elowei's white, blotched with mauve.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

PoDOCHiLTJS DENSIELORUS, Blume, B^umphia, iv. 44.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camps I, 700 ft., and III, 2500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

PoDOCHiLUS PENDULUS, Sclilcchter, in Mem. Herb. Boiss. No. 21, p. 48, var. Chalmersi,
J. J. Sm.
Camps I, 500 ft., and VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. (of variety). Australia.

PODOCHILUS PALTJSTRis, Ridl., nom. nov. ; Appendicula palusti-is, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dep.
Agric. Ind. Neerl. xix. (1908) 4.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camps I, 700 ft., and VI a, 3100 ft.

Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea, but probably only a local variety of P. pendulus, as
is doubtless P. dendroMoides, J. J. Sm.

One specimen has a branched raceme.

PoDOCHiLTJS PLACCiDUS, Schlechter, in K. Schum. & Lauterb. El. Deutsch. Schutzg.
Siidsee, Supp. p. 117.
Camps I, 700 ft.. Ill, 2500 ft., and Via, 3100 ft.
" Dull green and brown."
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

AppENDictJLA BiLOBA, J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dep. Agric. Ind. Neerl. xxii. (1909) 42, and in
Nova Guinea, viii. 141, t. 46. 156.
Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Thelasis capitata, Blume, Bijdr. 386.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 207

ORCHIDE^: Neottiej=.
Spiranthes australis, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 823.
Camps X to XIII, 6700 to 10,500 ft.
Flowers white.
Disti'ib. India, North Asia, Java, Australia, and New Zealand.

/ EURYCENTRTJM GOODYEROIDES, Eidl., sp. nov.

Kerha 27 cm. alta. Folia basalia 3, ovata, glabra, minute cuspidata, basi rotun-
data, 3 cm. longa, 2 2 cm. lata, petiolis vaginautibus 5 mm. longis. Caulis
pubescens, basi per 15-18 cm. nudus, bracteis 3 vaginantibus lanceolatis linearibus
acuminatis 5 mm. longis. Racemus secundus, 10 cm. longus, pubescens, floribus
circiter 14. Bracte<s lanceolatae, acuminatse, longe cuspidatae, 7 mm. longse.
Flores parvi, sessiles, ovai'iis pubescentibus. Sepalum posticuui, cum petalis in
galeam connatum, 3 mm. longum, extus parce pubescens, lateralia angusta, lanceo-
lata, linearia, tequilonga. Labellum lamina brevi obtusa triangulari-ovata basi
latiore, calcare pendulo y mm. longo saccato obtuso, basi callis pustulosis lobatis
subglobosis instructum.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

A taller plant than the other species described by Schlechter.

The genus is entirely Papuan, and is hardly generically distinct from Cystorchis, to
which Blunie attributed the first species described.

Cryptostylts arachnites, Blunie, Orch. Arch. Ind. 132, t. 45.
Camp I, 500 ft. ^

Listrib. From the Himalayas to Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Islands.

/ CORyS.A.NTHES LONGIPETALA, Ridl., sp. nOV.

Caulis 1-5 cm. longus. Folium ovatum, integrum, sessile, subacutum, 2 cm. longum,
1'5 cm. latum, glabrum. Ovarium 5 cm. longum. Sepalum posticum anguste
lanceolatum, acuminatum, 1*5 cm. longum, cseteris angustioribus petalis similibus.
Fetala linearia, filiformia, 3 cm. longa. Labellum basi tubulosum, e calcaratum,
crassiusculum, 5 ram. longum, lamina late orbiculari flmbriata 1 cm. lata. Columna
brevissima. Anthera columna sequilonga, loculis ellijiticis rotuadatis ; alae columnse
niagnse, elliptice rotimdatae. Rostellum integrum. Stigma majusculum. PolUnia
elliptica, oblouga.

Utakwa Valley ; locality not stated.

Resembling C.picta, Blume, but the lip not spurred, and the dorsal petal quite different,

CoRYSANTHES Klossii, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Caulis 10 cm. longus. Folium ovatum, acutum, sessile, in margine crenulatum,
1*5 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum. Ocarium cum pedicello 5 cm. longum. Sepala
anguste filiformi-linearia, 4 mm. longa, posticum magnum, obovatum, rotundatum,

208 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

unguiculatum, album, integrum, 2 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum. Fe/ala filiformia,
4 cm. loDga. Lahellitm obovatum, \b cm. longum, marginibus fimbriatis ixillidis,
centre atro-purpureo, basi tubulosum, calcaribus 2 brevibus obtusis. Anthera
magna, cucuUata, atropurpurea. PolUnia semielliijtica, flava. Aloe columnse
breves, latse, ohlonga;, truucatae.
Camps XII to XIII, 11,000 to 12,500 ft.

Pterosttlis novo-guineensis, Ridl., sp. nov.

Ilerha 22 cm. alta. Folia basalia, subrosulata, carnosa, lanceolata, obtusa, viridia,
glabra, 3 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, nervis et nervulis elevatis. Folia caulina, lanceo-
lata, acuminata, superne angustiora, 3 cm. longa. Flos singulus, ovario 2 cm.
longo. Sepalum j)Osticum lanceolatum, acuminatum, curvum, galeatum, 5 cm.
longum, 2 cm. latum, minute pustulatum, lateralia angustiora, apice elongate
filiformi erecto. Petala angusta, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata. Lahellmn lanceo-
latum, acuminatum, 1'5 cm. longum, 3 mm. latum, appendice lineari curvo apice
penicillato. Colmnna 2 cm. longa, alls magnis tenuibus obtusis triangularibus
pallidis 5 mm. longis, i^ede breviusculo. Stigma angustum, oblougum. Anthei^a
oblonga, obtusa.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.

Tbis, the second species of the genus found in Papua, seems most closely allied to
P. Baptisti, Fitzg.

ORCHIDE^: Opukyde^.

Habenaria papuana, Kranzl. Monog. Hab. 179.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Habenaria (§ Plantagine^) philopsychra, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba carnosula, 10 cm. longa. Folia basalia rosulata, parva, carnosa, ovata, sub-
acuta, sessilia, 1 cm. longa et lata, glabra ; caulina 8, lanceolata, acuminata,
1"3 cm. longa. Hacemus 6 cm. longus, floribus approximatis. Bractece late
lanceolatee, acuminatae, ovariis aquilongse vel longiorcs, 1 cm. longse. Flores
parvi, ovariis 8 mm. longis. Sepala ovata, oblonga, obtusa, lateralia quam posticum
lougiora, defiexa, lanceolato-ovata, 2 mm. longa. Petala ovata, obtusa, sepalo
postico ajqualia vel longiora. Labellum carnosum, ungue brevi, lamina dellexa
brevi lata obscure triloba, lobis lateralibus brevissimis ovatis obtusis, medio paullo
longiori linguiformi, ad basin laminae callo transverse curve instructo, calcare.3 mm.
lengo basi augustate tunc dilatato apice attenuate acute. Anthera brevis, ellip-
tica, obtusa, precessubus brevissimis. Stelidia antherae fere aequilouga, oblonga,
lata, apice rotuudata.
Camp XIII. 10,500 ft.

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Habenaria. (^ Hologlossa) Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herha 20-23 cm. alta, gracilis, pauciflora. Folia basalia 2, elliptica, ovata, acuta,
glabra, subtus pallidiora, carinata, 8-5 cm. longa, I'o cm. lata, nervis 7, nervulis
transversis, petiolo cum vagina I'G cm. ad 2-5 cm. longo. Folia caulina plura,
lanceolata, acuminata aut cuspidata, inferiora 2 cm. longa, trinervia. Hacemus
6 cm. longus, floribus dissitis 5. Bractece lanceolatse, acuminatse, 6 mm. longoe.
Ovarium brevissime pedicellatum, 1 cm. longum. Sepaliim posticum ovatum'
acuminatum, obtusum, carinatum, erectum, fere 3 mm. longum; lateralia lanceo-
lata, deflexa, carinata, 3 mm. longa. Petala lanceolata, obtusa, quam sepalum
posticum breviora. Lahellum integrum, lanceolatum, acuminatum, obtusum,
pugioniforme, carnosum, quam sepalum posticum longius, calcare filiformi 1 cm.
longo ovario requilongo. Columna lata, processubus brevibus truncatis, stelidiis
oblongis brevibus pustulosis. Pollinia pyriformia, caudicula longiore filiformi,
glandula elliptica mediocri.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft. ; Camp III, 2500 ft. (a form with shorter spur).

ORCHIDEJE : CypRiPEDiEiE.

Cypeipedium papcanum, Ridl. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3, Iviii. (1915) 131.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

SCITAMINE^.
(By H. N. Ridley.)

Zixgiberace^.

Curcuma Zedoaria, Rose. Scitam. t. 109.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

" Upper bracts pale mauve-crimson, lower green. Flowers pale yellow."
Distrib. Widely distributed through Asia.

Tapeinochilus Beccarii, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 318.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

" Inflorescence carmine, near the ground. Leaves at the top of the cane 6 to 10 ft.
high."

Distrib. New Guinea.

Tapeinochilus recurvatum, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 31.9;
in Engl. Pflanzenreich, H. 20, p. 436.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. New Guinea.

Thylacophora, Ridl., gen. nov.

Calyx spathaceus, baud tubulosus, elongatus, fere ad basin flssus, lanceolatus, acumi-
natus. Corolla tubo brevissimo, lobis 3 insequalibus lanceolatis elongatis acuminatis
tenuibus, labello bifido lobis corolla brevioribus angustis linearibus hirtis. Stamen

second series. — botany, vol. IX. 2 E

210 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

elongatum, petalo dorsali sequale, filamento lineari, antliera angusta linearis, loculis
approximatis, connectivi appendice niillo. Stylus elongatus, gracilis. Stigma
parvuDi, conicum. Capsula elongata, ad basin in valvas 3 fissa. Semina 3-4,
uniseriata, oblonga, subquadrata, canaliculata, atra, arillo carnoso lobato flavo. —
Herba. Fulia lanceolata, acuminata, epetiolata, ligula elongata. Racemus termin-
alis, elongatus, laxus, multiflorus ; bracteae parvse, lineares. Flores magni.

Thylacophoua pogonocheila, Ridl., sp. nov.

CauUs ultra 30 cm. longa. Folia lanceolata, longiuscule acuminata, subberbacea,
glabra, ad basin angustata, 30 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, sessilia, ligula 2*5-3 cm.
longa lanceolata acuta, vagina herbacea striata. Bacemus nutans, pedunculo gi'acili
30 cm. longo insidens, parte florifera 15-30 cm. longa, rbaclii pubescente, floribus
singulis vel binis dissitis majusculis albis et pallide flavis, pedicellis 5 mm. longis,
ovariis infundibuliformibus glabris 5 mm. longis. Calyx sj^atliaceus, brunneus, her-
baceus, in alabastris capsiciformibus] corollani tegens, lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi
latus, apice acutus, minute tridentatus, 3'5 cm. longus, basi 7 mm. latus. Corolla
tubo 2 mm. longo, lobo postico tenui lanceolate obtuso apice cucullato margin e
ciliato, 4 cm. longo, 7 mm. lato, lateralibus tenuioribus linearibus acuminatis 3 cm.
longis 2 mm. latis. Jjabellum basi saccatuui, 5 cm. longum, lobis 2 linearibus 1"2 cm.
longis angustis dense birsutis, prsesertim in linea mediana. Stamen 4 cm. longum,
filamento longo piano, antbera 1 cm. longa, lineari-cylindrica, loculis angustis ad
apicem et basin breviter disjunctis. Stylus sequilongus, filiformis, stigmate
terminal! parro. Stylodia magna, obovata, bilobata, carnosa. Cajjsula 3 cm.
longa, basi angustata, versus apicem dilatata, in valvas 3 ad basin fissa, valvis
4 mm. latis, placenta in medio capsulse fissse persistente. Semina uniseriata 4,
atra, oblonga, canaliculis 7-8, apice depressa, 5 mm. lata, 2 mm. longa, arillis
cupuliformibus ocbreis cereis lobatis lobis truncatis.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
A very remarkable plant, tbe affinity of which appears to me very doubtful. The

spathaceous corolla and saccate bifid liji are unlike anything I know in the order.

The stamen most resembles that of Redychiiim.

Amomum bicounutum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, cuspidata, basi cuneata vel rotundata, glabra,
apice et ad costam pubescentia, 45 cm. longa, 6"8 cm. lata, petiolo brevi 2 cm. longo
canaliculato. Ca/pitulum obconicum, 4 cm. longum, 3^ cm. latum, sessile. Bractece
oblongo-ovatae, tenues, imse aureo-sericese, mucronulatae, 2 cm. longse, 1*2 cm. latte,
superiores longiores, glabreseentes. Bractece fiorales tenues, anguste lanceolatfe,
costa mediana 2 cm. longa glabra. Calyx spathaceus, fissus, fere ad basin oblan-
ceolatus, acutus, dentibus tribus minimis, 3"5 cm. longus, 1 cm. latus ubi latissimus.
Corolla tubo 3 cm. longo superne paullo dilatato, lobis purj^ureis lanceolatis sub-
acutis 3 cm. longis 5 mm. latis. Labelliim obovatum, obtusum, integrum, I'o cm.
longum, 1 cm. latum. Stamen filamento lineari-oblongo, anthera thecis angustis.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 211

appendice brevi, ad apices lociilorum cornubus duobus ovatis rotundatis parvis
instructa. Stylus vix longior, stigmate triangulari recurvo hirto.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

The whole flower appears to have been purple except the corolla-tube and calyx.
The stamen is deeply excavate in the apex between the cells, behind each of which rises
a small, rounded, fleshy ovate process.

/ Amomum pellitum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia oblongo-linearia, longe acuminata, basi breviter angustata, obtusa, glabra,
60 cm. longa, 7"5 cm. lata, sessilia, ligula vix distincta, vagina reticulata hirta.
Racenms obovatus, 7 cm. longus, 9 cm. latus, pedunculo 9 cm. longo brunneo
velutino, bracteis caulinis lanceolatis dissitis 3"5 cm. longis. Bractece racemi
lanceolato-ovatse, obtusse, mucronulo setiformi minuto instructae, tenuiter coriaceae,
glabrae, Iseves, 3-4 cm. longse, 2 cm. latse, copiosse. Bractece florales anguste
lanceolatae, tridentatte, apice et basi pubesceutes, 2 cm. longse, tenues. Calijx
spathaceus, ajquilongus, lanceolatus, dentibus 3 brevibus iniequalibus (medio
breviore) apice ciliatis. CoroUce tubus gracilis, aequilongus, basi pubescens; lobi
lineares, oblongi, apice pubescentes, 7 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati. Lahellmn 1 cm.
longum, 8 mm. latum, obovatum, apice oblongo bilobo abrupte angustato. Stamen
quam corolla brevius. Anthera oblonga, apice retusa, appendice nullo, connectivo
autem in dorso antherse loculorum brevissime libero loculis vix longiore. Stylus
gracilis, stigmate late obovoideo. Ovarium oblongum, sericeura. Capsula elliptica,
12 mm. longa, appresse sericeo-hirta.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

This small-flowered species belongs to the section in which the connective of the
stamen is not prolonged into a distinct crest. It is, however, very shortly freed in
the form of two short rounded lobes just behind the tips of the anther-cells. The bracts
of the large raceme are of a smooth, thin, leathery texture and quite glabrous, except the
basal one, which is slightly pubescent at the base. The leaf-sheath is very curiously
reticulate with oblong or elliptic pits with raised hairy edges. These pits are 2-3 mm.
long. Aj)parently nearest to Geanthus bromeliopsis, Val. in Nova Guin. viii. 935,
tab. 166 B, but the bracts are not " subcucullata? duriusculEe " nor is the ligule
conspicuous, and all parts are smaller.

/ Alpikia (§ Hellenia) cordylinoides, Eidl., sp. nov.

Folia lanceolata, acuminata vel oblanceolata, basi angustata, 34 cm. longa, 4'5-8 cm.
lata, nervis primariis 12, e costa ascendentibus, ligula nulla, vagina costata omnino
glabra. Panicula apice in racemum abiens, 15-25 cm. longa, basi per 2 mm.
nuda, ramis 5-6 lateralibus patentihus 7 cm. longis. Flares copiosi, dense approxi-
mati, rosei. Bractece lanceolatae, cuspidatse, papyracese, caducoe, 9 cm. longae,
1 cm. latse. Pedicelli 1 mm. longi. Ocarium turbinatum, 1 mm. longum. Calyx
urceolatus, 4 mm. longus, hand fissus, dentibus 2 subulatis tubi dimidio sequalibus.
Corolla 1 cm. longa, tubo gracili longo, lobis oblongis obtusis rotundatis, postico

2e2

212 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

longiore cucullato et corniciilato. Lahellum brevius, obovatum, bilobum, lobis
brevibus rotundatis. Stamen brevius, filamento gracili piano, anthera brevi
oblonga, loculis obtusis, appendice nullo. Stylus gracilis, stigmate minimo.
Stylodia pulviniformia.
Camps VI a, VI h, VI c, 3100 to 5500 ft.

Tbis, at least wben dry, curiously resembles a Cordylhie. Tbe calyx (apparently
rose-pink) separates from tbe ovary. Tbe corolla, wbicb appears to bave been wbite
or rosy-wbite, bas a I'atber long slender tube and short lobes. Tbe wbole plant is
glabrous.

Alpinia himantoglossa, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Folia oblonga, apice augustata, acuminata, acuta, basi cuneata, berbacea, superne
glabra, sul)tus moUiter velutinosa, 50 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, petiolis longis graci-
libus, ligula lanceolata obtusa apice birta 1-7 cm. longa, vagina fere glabra.
Panicula 7-8 cm. longa, pedunculo 10 cm. longo suffulta, e capitv;lis 3 subsessilibus
remotis oblanceolatis basi angustatis 3-4 cm. longis composita, rbacbi lanuginosa.
Bractece tenues, caduca?, oblongoe, mucrone 3 cm. longo, glabrae, 7'5-9 cm. longse
vel (superiores) minores. Bractece Jlorales ovatse, involutse, breviter mucronatse,
8-10 mm. longse, dense sericeo-birtse. Flores parvi. Calyx tubo brevi 1 cm.
longo glabro, lobis lanceolatis corniculatis ad basin birtis. Corolla tubo calyce
sequilongo, lobo postico lanceolate oblongo longe coi'niculato et cucullato 8 mm.
longo in dorso parce hirto, latei'alibus lanceolatis obtusis. Lahellum lineare,
angustum, carnosum, truncatum, stamen superans. Stamen filamento lineari
oblongo ; antberfe loculis ellipticis oblougis dorso birtis, appendice nullo. Stylus
quam stamen longior. Stir/ma ovoideum, in medio fovea transverso notatum.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Tbis plant resembles in tbe form of tbe flower to some extent an EriolopJia, but
tbere is no distinct crest to tbe stamen, tbe connective is very slightly prolonged beyond
the loculi in two lobes and is hairy, as is the back of tbe anther. The lip has the
peculiar narrow truncate form of tbat genus, and the style is long with a curious
club-shaped stigma of which the stigmatic cleft is well below the apex of the stigma.

Alpinia tephkochlamys, K. Sebum. & Lauterb. in Engl. Bot. Jabrb. xxvii. (1899)
277 ; Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee, 226 ; in Engl. Pflauzenreich, H. 20, p. 322.
Camps VI a and VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft.

Var. aspericatjlis, K. Sebum. & Lauterb. 1. c. 226.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Originally collected in Kaiser Wilhelm's Land by Lauterbach.

In habit and general form of the flowers this resembles tbe genus Plagiostachys very
closely, but the stamen is long with a rather narrow linear filament (Schumann, how-
ever, gives it as " filamentum latissimum "), and tbere are no traces of the side lobes, or
rather teeth, on tbe base of the lip. The variety aspericaulis is at tirst sight very
diS'erent in appeai'ance, the leaf-sheath being transversely barred with undulated
thickened corky lines, broken up and running from and over the ribs. These can be

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 213

traced passing into the curious short transverse bars betw een the ribs which form tlie
" cancellation " or fenestration of many Scitaminea^ in Borneo and Sumatra. In this
form, too, the margin of the sheath in the upper part is fringed by acuminate
fimbriate processes as much as 3 cm. long. In the typical form there is nothing of
this, the sheaths are not even cancellate, nor are their margins fringed or broken up in
any way. The inflorescence and flowers are identical in both forms.

The calyx and lip are gland-dotted, the stylodes fleshy, oblong, truncate, with short
blunt teeth, the style slender, hooked at the tip, with a very small stigma.

Alpinia poeptheocaepa, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caiilis altus, validus, 1'6 cm. crassus. Folia coi'iacea, oblonga, lanceolata, basi lata,
50 cm. longa, 15 cm. lata, bi'eviter vel vix petiolata, petiolo 1 cm. (vel minus) crasso,
ligula ovato-rolundata 1 cm. longa pubesceute, vagina minute cancellata pubescente.
Panicula terminalis, decurva, pedunculo 4 cm. longo 7 mm. crasso pubescente,
parte florifera 12 cm. longa, capitulis ad G appressis multi-bracteatis multifloris
4 cm. longis secundis. Bractece ovata?, amplectentes, pubescentes, 3 cm. longae.
Bracte<B secundariie, late ovatse, carinatse, mucronata?, 4 cm. longa?, 2 cm. latae,
coriaceae, marginibus deuticulatis hirtis, inferiorcs plures steriles. Calyx (in
fructu) tubo brevi 1 cm. longo sericeo in uno latere breviter fisso, lobis lanceolatis
acuminatis cuspidatis costatis aequilongis. Corolla tubo gracili 1"5 cm. longo,
lobis crassis sericeis lineari-oblongis, postico corniculato cucullato 1 cm. longo,
caeteris vix brevioribus. Labellum eequilongum, lineari-oblongum, obtusum, sub-
cymbiforme, extus sericeum. Stamen filamento brevi. Anthem dorso dense
sericea, appendice longo bifido sericeo. Stylus longior, stigmate late obovoideo
truncato. Capsula globosa, pubescens, grisea, 4 cm. longa.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

" Flowers yellow, fruit mangosteen colour."

This fine plant appears to be nearest to A. macrocephala, K. Sclium., one of the two
plants included in his section Anioniice^is, dift'ering largely, however, in its many-bracted
compound inflorescence, the denticulate bracts, and the presence of an appendage to
the anther. The other plant given in his section Amomiceps, namely, A. capitellata.
Jack., has nothiijg in common with A. niactvcejihala, and is very closely allied to
A. Javanica, Blume.

Alpinia pteeocarpa, K. Sebum, in EngL Pflanzenreich, H. 20, p. 322.

Canoe Camp.

" Eruit greenish ochre, flowers white, lip yellow." The flowers have not been
described previously. The following description may therefore be added here : — Ovary
obconic, silky. Calyx tubular, dilated, with 2 lateral teeth 2 mm. long, acuminate, hairy
at the tip, and a short median one, 8-9 mm. long, gland-dotted. Corolla tube shorter,
lobes ovate, 5 mm. long, obtiise, silky on the back and gland-dotted on the murgias.
Lip broadly ovate, boat-shaped and suddenly narrowed to an oblong rounded tij),
glabrous, gland-dotted, adnate from the base to the stamen, 7 mm. long. Statiieii 1 cm.
long, filament linear, with wide wings decurrent into the lip and two raised lines up the

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centre." Anther cells linear. Style slender, little longer than the stamen ; stigma very
small, hooked.

The whole inflorescence, about 7 cm. long, is narrower and fewer-flowered than that
of A. tephrochJamys; the calyx is dark brown when dry, and stiffer in texture than
the thin membranous one of that species ; the stamen is shorter and more excavate, the
wings elevated, and running down to join the lip. The lip is almost 3-lobed, the side
lobes being large and rounded. The whole plant diff"ers much in pubescence, the leaves
of the fruiting specimen being softly velvety hairy on the back, and those of the flowering
specimens nearly glabrous.

Alpinia {^ Hellwigia) kermesIxVA, E-idl., sp. nov.

Caulis validus, ultra 1 cm. crassus, kermesinus. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, 34-60
cm. longa, 4-6 cm. lata, gradatim ad basin angustata, tenuiter coriacea, glabra ;
petiolus gracilis, 6 cm. longus ; ligula oblonga, obtusa, 5 mm. longa; vagina
cancellata. Panlcula laxa, patens, rigida, 8 cm. longa, pedunculo vaginis tecto
10 cm. longo, ramis 4-7 rigidis remotis 4 cm. longis vel brevioribus, rhachi flexuosa
lignosa angulata. Bractete bifloroe, tubulosae, coriacese, bicarinatse, ore integro,
1'4 cm. longfe. Calyx coriaceus, 1 cm. longus, tubulosus, lobis ovatis triangularibus
acutis Esqualibus. Corollce tubus brevissimus, quam calyx miilto brevior, lobis
oblongis obtusis, postico longiore 1 cm. longo corniculato, cseteris 5 mm. longis
carnosis. Labellum 4 mm. longum, lineari-oblongum, angustatum, obtusum, in
ventre carinatum. Filamentmn breve, lineare, planum, dentibus 2 prope antheram
I^ositis acuminatis. Anthera oblonga, appendice ovato obtuso hirto. Capsula
globosa, kermesina, rotundato-triquetra, basi plana, apice calyce coronata, 9 mm.
longa et lata, trilocularis, septis tenuibus. Semina copiosa, minuta, atra, arillo
parvo.
Camp III, 2500 to 3100 ft.
Stem, panicle and fruit crimson, flowers white. This beautiful plant is closely allied

to Hellwigia pulchra, Warb., differing in the tubular bracts containing only two flowers,

the glabrous calyx, very short corolla-tube, and the large hairy staminal appendage.

Like that species, it has the remarkable staminodial teeth on the filament on each side

of the anther.

-J Alpinia (^ Hellwigia) rigida, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis validus, 1 cm. crassus. Folia coriacea, glabra, elliptico-lanceolata, basi
cuneata, 40 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, petiolo 8 mm. longo ad basin alato, ligula oblonga
truncata lata Integra 5 mm. longa, vagina cancellata. Paidcitla valida, 30 cm.
longa, rhnchi angulata 5 mm. crassa costata pubescente, internodiis 2-4 cm. longis.
Spic(S sessiles, cylindricse, j^atentes, bifloroe (ima pedunculata, pedunculo 1 cm.
longo). Uractea tubulosa Integra 3*5 cm. lonsa, cuspide brevi e carina excurrente
et cum ore pubescente. Bracteolce similes minores. Flares 2, pedicellis liuearibus
planis molliter pubesceutibus. Ovarium oblougum, 5 mm. longum, sericeo, pubes-
ceus. Calyx 2 mm. longa, tubulosa, in uno latere fissa, coriacea, dentibus 3 liuearibus

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sericeis 3 mm. longis. Corolla tubo quam calyx multo breviore, lobo postico
caruoso lineari recurvo 1"2 cm. longo, aliis linearibus oblongis planis 6 mm. longis.
Labellum oblongum, undique hirtum, stamini aequilongum, calyce brevius. Anthera
loculis angustis, brevibus, appendice magno oblongo apice rotundato utrinque
hirto. Stigma magnum, late triangulatum, rotundatum, hirtum.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to A. {^ Jlelhoujia) pulchra, but with two flowers only in the spike, short-
petioled leaves, a shorter broader lip, and a large hairy crest to the stamen. A
remarkably stiff plant.

PsYCHANTHUs, Ridl., gen. nov. — Alpini^ sectio, K. Schumann, in Engl. Pflanzenreich,

H. 20, p. 319.
Herba foliis lanceolatis, inflorescentia terminali multiflora, labello obovato vel oblongo
integro, fllamento cymbiformi, denticulis duobus (ut videtur staminodiis) ad apicem
prope antheram sitis, connectivo appendiculo nullo.
The following Papuan species are referable to this genus : — Alpinia compta, K. Sebum.
in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxvii. (1899) 277 ; A. j^api^ionacea, K. Schum. El. Kaiser Wilhelm's
Land, 29; A. plati/nema, K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenr. H. 20, 438; A. sci/phonema,
K. Schum. 11. cc. et probabiliter A. Schlechteri, K. Schum. 1. c. 438; A. floribimda,
K. Schum. 1. c. 439 ; and A. GJellernpi, Val. in Nova Guinea, viii. 5. 938.

PsYCHANTHUS IN^QUALIS, Ptidl., Sp, nov.

Folia angusta, lanceolata, acuminata, basi cuneata, intiequilateralia, teuuiter
coriacea, glabra, longe petiolata, 35 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata ; petiolus gracilis, 4 cm.
longus, 2 mm. crassus ; ligula 1 cm. longa, lineari-oblonga, retusa, marginibus
brunneo-lanuginosis ; vagina tenuiter costata nee cancellata, marginibus hirtis.
Infloresceiitia terminalis, sessilis, spicis tribus erectis cylindricis, 6 cm. longis,
bracteis truncatis coriaceis circiter 9 imbricatis glabris ad margines parce pilosis
tectis. Flares singuli in pedicellis 7-8 mm. longis sericeis. Calyx cylindricus,
2 cm. longus, tenuiter coriaceus, glaber, apicibus loborum triangulorum breviuui
vix 1 mm. longorum exceptis. Ovarium parvum, 2 mm. longum, glabrum.
Corolla tubo calyci aequilongo lobo postico 3'5 cm. longo basi 5 mm. superne
2 mm. lato angustus carnoso, lobis lateralibus linearibus oblongis 2 cm. longis
2 mm. latis. Labellum integrum, lineare, planum, medio incrassatum, 2 cm.
longum, 3 mm. latum. Staminis filamentum oblongum, cymbiforme, processubus
apice 2 bilobis (uno lobo minimo). Antherce apice bilobae, dorsitixse ; loculi
lineares, divulsi, eonnectivi appendice nullo. Stylus validus, stigmate obconico
sericeo-hirto. Capsula globosa, Isevis, 1 cm. longa et lata, pericarpio coriaceo.
Seminis plura, obovoidea, arillis tenuibus albis cupuliformibus, marginibus albo-
lanuginosis.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Very distinct from the others in the long petioled leaves and cylindrical spikes covered

216 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

with stiff imbricate bracts, and tbe remarkably unequal corolla-lobes. The stylodes at
the base of the style almost surround it, and are irregularly^ lobed.

Gtjilla-Inia sdperba, Ridl., sp. nov.

Ilerha valida, caulibus 1 cm. crassis. Folia oblonga vel lanceolata, subacuta, basi
rotundata vel cimeata, glabra ad margine, jiubescentia, 30 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata,
petiolo 5 mm. longo ; ligula biloba, lobis ovatis obtusis, liirta, 4 mm. longa; vagina
costata, pubescens, margiuibus barbatis. Hacemus pendulus, 18 cm. longus, rhachi
pubescente. Bractea basalis lanceolata, oblonga, 12 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata,
pubescens, ad margines sericea, mucrone dorsali I'S cm. longo lanceolato acuto.
Bractece suj)eriores florales oblongse, apice ovatse, ad margines pubescentes, rubrse.
Flores singuli, subsessiles. Ovarhim cylindricum, obscure triquetrum, glabrum,
6 mm. longum. Calyx subcylindricus, uno latere complanatus et breviter fissus,
ruber, dentibus ovalibus mucronatis ciliatis 4 mm. longis, mucrone subulato acuto.
CorollcB tubus vix calycem superans, lobis oblongis obtusis 12 mm. longis 6 mm.
latis carnosulis. Labellum lineari-oblongum, 11 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum, mar-
giaibus pro parte majore elevatis, carnosum, linea mediana incrassata. Stamims
filamentum crassum, breve, dentibus liuearibus acuminatis. Anthera oblonga,
liirta, appendiee magno subquadrato hirto. Stylus validulus, stigmate obcuneato
truncato giabro. Ovarium triloculare. CapsuXa elliptica, perianthio coronata.
Canoe Camp and Camp III, 150 to 2500 ft. ; Camp VI a, 3100 ft. ; VI h, 3900 ft.
This differs from G. imrpurata, Vieill., in the more oblong bracts, pubescent ligule

and sheath, the entire lip and entire ajipendage. Alpiiiia rosacea, Val., appears to be

closely allied to this jilaut, but the leaves are not subsessile, the ligule is bilobed, and

the calyx is quite different in form.

GuiLLAiNiA MINOR, Ridl., sp. nov.

Catilis subgracilis. Folia lanceolata, acuta, basi angustata, 19 cm. longa, 2'5 cm.
lata, glabra, petiolo 5 mm. longo, ligula oblonga 4 mm. longa hirta, vagina glabra
cancellata. Racemus nutans, 6"5-7 cm. longus, 8 cm. latus, obconicus. Bractece
basales lanceolatae, cuspidatye, glabrte (vel una hirta). Florales oblongae, apice
rotundatse, glabrae, 3*5 cm. longce, TS cm. latse, corallinse. Flores singuli, sessiles,
lactei. Ovarium oblongiim, glabrum, 4 mm. longum. Calyx 1 cm. longus, 4 cm.
crassus, glaber, dentibus 3 pugioniformibus 5 mm. longis. Corollce tubus brevior,
lobis oblongis obtusis extus sericeis 7 mm. longis 2 mm. latis. Labellum oblongum,
cymbiforme, extus longe sericeum, corollse lobis subsequilongum. Anthera dense
sericea, sequilonga, appendiee oblongo quadrato truncato obscure dentato extus
sericeo. Stylus longior, glaber, stigmate obconico giabro. Capsula subglobosa,
perianthio coronato kermesino.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

This species differs from the preceding in the smaller size of its leaves, stem, and
inflorescence; in the silky petals, liji, and anther; and the wider boat-shaped lip,
which is nearly as long as the petals.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 217

EuiOLOPHA, Eidl., in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 3067 (1916).

(7rt^_y.r tubalosus. Co7'olhE tubus vix lougior, sjepius brevior, lobi oblongi, cucuUati.
Lahcllum breve, filameuto in tubo incluso. Anthera oblouga, coanectivi appendice
inagno oblongo crasso utrinqvie hirsute. Stylus crassiusculus, stiginate majore
clavato hirto. Herbse foliis lanceolatis sessilibus. lufioresceatia paniculata ter-
minalis, spicis dissitis vel in capituUs congestis paucifioris vel multifloris saepe
gradatim elongatis, bracteis coriaceis ovatis oblongis truncatis, floribus parvia
pedicellatis.

Species numerous, all Papuan.

Species laxe paniculatae, spicis remotis cvliiuh-icis gradatim elongatis.
Pauicula foliis brevior, raniis crassis, pateiitiinis.

Paniciila valida, 30 cm. longa E. riyida.

Panicula minor, 9-10 cm. longa E. tristachya.

Pauicula 2 cm. longa, spicis minoribus E. Meyeri.

Panicula folia superans, ramis gracilibus.

Panicula 1 1 cm. longa E. juliformis.

Panicula 70 cm. longa, pendula E.flagellaris.

Spicfe plures in capitula congestis erectis.

Capitula 3, pauciflora, subcyliudrica E. platijlopha.

Capitula 7, multiflora E. multispicata.

Capitula G, obovata E. Klussii.

Capitula 3, subglobosa, flores majores E. sericea.

To this genus probably also belong Jlpinia [^ OUgocincimms) strobilacea, K. Schum. ;
A. chaunoGolea, K. Schum. ; A. sericijlora, K. Sciiuin. ; A. Dekockli, Val. ; A. graclUlma,
Val. ; A. me)ioslachys, Val, and leptostachija, Val., which Valeton refers to the affinity
of Kolowratia. I have seen none of these species.

The genus Alpinia, as described by K. Schumann in Engler's ' Pflanzenreich,' H. 20,
contains a somewhat heterogeneous collection of upwards of 110 species, arranged in six
sections. Some of these sections appear to me to be suiBciently distinct to warrant their
being raised to genera. In the present instance, 1 propose to separate a grotip which
appears to be quite peculiar to New Guinea and the surrounding islands, and which is
mainly characterised by the large broad and thick crest of the anther, which is also very
hairy. In these species — or in many of them, at least — the development of the flower-
spike is peculiar. The inflorescence having developed to its full, or nearly full, length,
produces spikes containing one or two flowers enclosed in long stiff bracts. These
spikes then elongate as more and more flowers are produced, developing at last into a
long cylindric spike covered with short imbricate hard bracts, so that, unless the flowers
of the species are carefully compared, or a good set of the plant in diff"erent stages
l>rocured, it would be easy to mistake a si^ecimen commencing to floAver for a species
distinct from the fuUy developed one.

Eriolopha rigida, Ridl., sp. nov.

CatiUs validus, 1 cm. crassus. Folia coriacea, glabra, elliptica, lanceolata, basi;

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218 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

cuneata, subpetiolata, 40 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, petiolo alato 8 mm. longo; ligula
lata, oblonga, truncata, Integra, 5 mm. longa; vagina cancellata. Paniciila
valida, 3 cm. longa, rliachi angulata costata pubescente, internodiis 2-4 cm. longis.
SpiccB sessiles, patentes, infima solummodo pedunculata, pedunculo 1 cm. longo.
Flores 2. Bractea exterior cylindrica, tubulosa, 3 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, ore
integro, mucrone parvo in carina orto, uti oris margine pubescente. Bractea
secunda similis, sed minor. Pedicellus linearis, complanatus, moUiter pubescens,

2 cm. longus. Ovarium oblongum, sericeo-pubescens. Calyx 2 cm. longus,
tubulosus, coriaceus, in uno latere fissus, dentibus 3 linearil)us sericeis 3 mm.
longis. CorollcB tubus quam calyx niulto brevier, lobus posticus carnosus,
linearis, recurvus, 1'2 cm. longus; lobi laterales 6 mm. longi, lineari-oblongi,
plani. Lahellum oblongum, latum, obtusum, stamini sequilongum et quam tubus
calycis brevius, extus et intus liirtum. Anthera loculis angustis brevious, appen-
dice connectivi magno obiongo apice rotundato undique dense hirto. Stylus
crassiusculus, stigmate magno triangular! obovato liirto.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Very distinct in its large rigid leaves, stout rhacbis, and tubular bracts. Tlie spike
examined contained two flowers only ; it is possible, however, that at a later stage it
may elongate and develop more, as in the other species.

Eriolopha tristachya, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis subgracilis, 5 mm. crassus. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, basi
cuneata, glabra, 25 cm. longa, 4"5 cm. lata, ligula brevissima ovala nigrescente,
vagina cancellata. Inflorescentia 0-10 cm. longa, spicis 3 cylindricis, 6 cm. longis,
5 mm, crassis, rhaclii angulata glabra. BractecB coriacea^, costatpe, ovatse, 5-10 mm.
longee, apice I'otuudatae mucrone brevi j^iiis albis munito e carina orto. Pedicelll

3 mm. longi, sericei. Ovarium obconicum, glabrum, 5 mm. longum. Calyx cylin-
di'icus, 1"2 cm. longus, dentibus 2 ram. longis linearibus acutis. Corollce tubus
eoquilongus ; lobi ajquales lanceolati, carnosi, cucuUati, 1'4 cm. lougi, 3 mm. lati.
Labellimi oblongum, cymbiforme, carnosum, obtusum, 5 mm. longum. Stamen
longius, anthera oblonga dorso pubescente, connectivi appendice obiongo ovato
apice rotundato integro pubescente, filamento tubo corollae sequilongo. Capsula
globosa, Isevis, 1 cm. longa.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

The spikes appear to elongate slowly with the development of the flowers.

Eriolopha Meyeri, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caules 5 mm. crassi. Folia lanceolata, minute cuspidata, basi cuneata, 15 cm.
htnga, 23 cm. lata, ligula magna oblonga apice rotundata glabra costata 1 cm.
longa, vaginis costatis nee caucellatis. Fariicula brevis, ultra 2 cm. longa. spicis 4
parvis 1 cm. longis subcylindricis. Bractece ovata? vel lanceolatie, 2 mm. longa?.
Bractece florales oblonga;, breviter mucronatae, costatse, 5 mm. longoe. Ooariiotu
obconicum, oblongum, hirtum, 2 mm. longum. Calyx tubus cylindricus, 1 cm.

COLLECTED IX DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 219

longus, glaber, costatus, dentibus 3 ovatis inucronatis 2 mm. lougis. Coroll(f
tubus calyci sequilongus, lobo postico oblongo obtuso i^labro angvisto 2 cm. longo
1 cm. lato, cfeteris minoribus 1'5 cm. longis. Labellum ovatuiii, concavuni,
cai'nosum, pubescens, apice aiigustiore oblongo lineari ti'uucato basi costis 2
elevatis instructo. Anthera oblonga, appendice oblougo longiore quam latiore
pubesceate.
Geelvink Bay, 2200 ft., May 1873. A. B. Meyer no. 10 (in Herb. Kcav.).
Tbis species is distinct in its shoi't simple inflorescence with small spikes, large ligule,

and ovate lip ending in a linear oblong limb with two raised lines in the concave portion.

The lip is two-thirds of the length of the shorter corolla-lobes.

/ Ebiolopha JULIFOE.MIS, Ridl., sp. nov.

Canles graciles, 4 mm. crassi. Folia tenuiter coriacea, lanceolata, acuminata, sessilia,
basi breviter angustata, 11) cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, praeter basin costae et vaginas
pubesceutes glabra; ligula rotundata brevi retusa 2 nun. longa, vagina costata
baud cancellata. Injiovescentia 11 cm. longa, spicis 3-4 cylindricis remotis, rhaclii
graeili angustata pubescente flexuosa. Braatece ad basin spicaruni sitae lanceolataL%
acumiuatae, cuspidata?, papyraceae, pubescentes, ima 1 cui. longa, 8 mm. lata,
superiores minores. Brnctece florales breves, ovatae, imbricatae, carinatae, mucro-
nulatae, sericeae, 4-5 mm. longae. PedicelU sericei, apice longius ciliati.
Ooariuin obovoideum, sericeum, 4 mm. longum. Calyx brevis, tubulosus, 1 cm.
longus, minute pubescens, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis marginibus pubescentibus,
dimidio tubi fere aequalibus. Corolla tubo calycein breviter superaute, lobis
oblongis obtusis glabris, postico cucullato, caeteris apice planis 1 mm. longis 4 mm.
latis. Labellum ovato-oblongum, obtusum, corollae fere requilongum. Antliera
linearis, loculis angustis, ap[)endice oblongo obtuso apice retuso hirto, loculi
dimidio fere aequali. Stylus crassiusculus, stigmate obconioo, apice recuivo
hirto.

Camp VI «, and between Camps VII and VIII, 3100 ft.

Readily distinguished by its slender rhachis with catkin-like spikes and small
flowers.

\j Eriolopha flagellaris, E-idl., in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 3067 (1916).

Caulis subgracilis, 4 mm. crassus. Folia ovata, lanceolata, cuspidata, basi rotundata,
coriacea, glabra, 18 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, ligula brevi rotundata Integra, "vagina
costata baud cancellata. Iiijloresceyitia rhachi elongata graeili 70 cm. longa angu-
lata pubescente, internodiis 9 cm. longis 1^- mm. crassis, spicis pluribus cylindricis
10-11 cm. longis 5 mm. crassis. Bractece basales angustap, lineares, acuminatae,
papyracese, 11 cm. longce, 7 mm. latte. Bractece florales ovatae, imbricatse, carinatae,
sericeae, 5 mm. longae. Ocarium obovatum. Calyx tubulosus, costatus, sericeus,
I'o cm. longus, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis. Corolla tubo calyci aequilongo
pubescente, lobis lanceolatis acuminatis, basi latioribus 1 cm. longis. liahellum
oblongum, obtusum, apice rotundatum, undulatum, G mm. longum. Anthera

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linearis, dorso pubescens, appendice oblongo truncate integro liirto. S/i/his sequi-
longus, stigmate obcuneato triangulari birto. Capsida giobosa, Isevis, pediccllo
sericeo 5 mm. lougo.
Camps VI 6 and VI c, and VIII to IX, 3900 to 5500 ft.

Allied to tbe preceding species, but vvitb a very remarkable long, slender, flexuoua
and apparently pendulous inflorescence. Tlie calyx and bracts appear to have been
pink.

Eriolopha platylopha, Eidl., sp. nov.

Canlis 5 mm. crassus. Folia late lanceolata, acuta, basi angustata obtusa, tenuiter
coriacea, glabra, 12-17 cm. longa. 2 3 ad 4 7 cm. lata, ligula brevi oblonga obtusa
birta 5 mm. longa, vagiuis cancellatis marginibus parce bittis. Iiijlorescentia
erecta, 8 cm. longa, spicis 3 paucifloris subcylindricis erectis sessilibus appressis,
rhachi crassiuscula sericea. Bractea oblongae, abrupte cuspidatae, 55 cm. longae,
1 cm. latae, cusjiide 5 mm. longo, glabrae in marginibus sericete, superiores minoi'es.
Flores 2*5 cm. longae. Ovarium oblongum, 4 mm. longum, sericeum. Calyx cyliu-
di'icus, costatus, superne paullo dilatatus, pi'aeter margine loborum sericeo glaber,
15 cm. lougus, lobis liuearibus acuminatis, 5 mm. longis. Corolla tubo calyci
sequilongo, lobis oblongis cucullatis obtusis extus sericeis 8 mm. longis. Lahellum
brevius, oblongum, obtusum, integrum, extus hirtum, intus glabrum, minute
pustulosum, 5 mm. longum. /S'^amew eequilongum. Anthera lineari-oblonga, dorso
hirta, appendice late oblongo truncato retuso latiore quam longo birsuto. Stylus
appendicem superans, clavatum, hirtum.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Distinct in its scanty few-flowered erect spikes and the crest of the anther, which is
broader than long, very hairy and retuse.

^J Eriolopha multispica, Ridl., sp. nov.

Cuulis validus. Folia coriacea, late lanceolata, acuta, basi lato I'otuudata costa
crassa in dorso pubescente, aliter glabra, 22 cm. longa, 6'5 cm. lata, ligula brevi
ovata 2 mm. longa, vagina cancellata. Injlorescentia terminalis validus, sessilis,
10 cm. longus, rhachi sericea, spicis 7 crassis erectis sessilibus 2 cm. longis obconicis.
Bractece latae, lanceolatte, ovatae, brunneo-lanuginosae. Ovarium obovoideum,
lanuginosum. Calyx late tubulosus, costatus, parce liirtus, versus apicem dilatatus,
1 cm. longus, lobis 3 lanceolatis acutis margiuil)us hirtis. Corolla tubo breviore,
lobis late ovatis lanceolatis cucullatis pubescentibus 6 mm. longis. Lahellum late
obovatum, integrum, carnosum, quam petala brevius, versus apicem obtusum,
paullo dilatatum. Anthera oblonga, appendice magno carnoso obovato truncato
hirto. Stylus antheram superans, stigmate magno clavato.
Camps VI b and VI c, 3900 and 5500 ft.

^' Eriolopha Klossii, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caulis gracilis. Folia anguste lanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, glabra costa
pubescente excepta, sessiiia, 28-30 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, ligula coriacea oblonga

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rotundata retusa hirta, vagina cancellata. Panioula brevis, 4 cm. longa, compacta,
pedunculo 6 cm. longo, capitulis 6 dense aggregatis, raclii valida pubesceute.
Capltula subcylindrica, muitiflora, 2 cm. longa. BractecB tenuiter coriacese,
lanceolatae, oblongse, acutae, liirtoe, in marginibus sericeae, ima 3 cm. longa, 1 cm.
lata. Ovarium breve, hirtum. Calyx 2 cm. longa, cylindrica, lobis 3 a^qualibus
subulatis 5 mm. lougls. Corolla tiibo cal^'ci sequilongo, lobis oblongis carnosis,
postico longiore 1 cm. longo, dorso birto apice obtuso carnoso et torto (in sicca),
cseteris brevioribus subsimilibus. Labellum lineare, carnosum, breve truncatum,
extus pubescens. Stamen sequilongum, liirtissimum, appendice brevi ovato obtuso
birto.

Camps III and I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

" Carmine " or coral-red.

Differs from the other species in the short, compact, more glabrous capitulum, long
calyx-lobes, and smaller appendage to the stamen.

Eriolopha seticalyx, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caidls vix crassus. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, basi pauUo angustata,
obtusa, superne glabra, subtus minute velutina, 26-30 cm. longa, 2"-5 cm. lata,
costa valida, ligula brevi 2 mm. longa ovata obtusa pubscente, vagina tenuiter
costata pubesceute. Injlorescenlia capitata, sessilis ex uuo vel pluribus capitulis
lanceolatis 3-4 cm. longis composita, bracteis oblongis cuspidatis 5 cm. longis
1-2 cm. latis pubescentibus marginibus apicis ciliatis. Pedicelll breves, glabri,
5 mm. longi. Calyx clavatus, basi angustus, teres, superne fusiformis, in uno
latere fissus, 2-7 cm. longus, glaber, lobis setiformibus 7 mm. longis pubescentibus.
Corolla et labellum desunt. Stamen filamento 2"5 cm. longo lineari caualiculato.
Anthera 2 mm. longa, appendiculata. Capsula basi lata, obtusa, cylindro-conica,
glabra, acuminata, 3 cm. longa, 1 cm. crassa, calyce elongato basi terete 3 cm.
longo, limbo spathaceo 2 cm. longo coronata. Semiiia ad 30, cuueata, apice lata,
brevia, 5 mm. lata, arillo tcnui parvo.
Canoe Camp. " Greenish white."

Apparently allied to E. Klossii, but differing especially in tlie longer pale bracts,
peculiar calyx Avith setiform points, and long stamen. The only specimen is in bad
condition, having finished flowering, and the perianth having mostly disappeared. The
fruit with its long calyx beak is very peculiar. The leaves are often so broad and
roiinded at the base (2 cm. across) that they are almost cordate. It seems to be allied
to Schumann's section Medusula of Alpinia.

Eriolopha sericea, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caidis valid us. Folia tenuiter coriacea, elliptica, abrupte cuspidata, basi rotundata,
25 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata, marginibus et costa minute sericeis, ligula brevissima
retusa hirta, vagina cancellata hirta. Inflorescentia 7 cm. longa, rhachi crassa
pubesceute, capitulis 2-3 aggregatis 4 cm. longis oblongo-globosis sessilibus
approximatis. BractecB inferiores lineari-oblongas, abrupte cuspidatse, 7 cm.

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222 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLAJ^TS

longa?, 1-2 cm. latre, cuspide l-la cm. longo, sericeo-hirtae (praesertim in cuspide).
BractecB Jlorales ovatse, acutae, sericeae, 2 cm. longae, 1-5 cm. lahe. Ovarium
globosum, sei'iceum, 8 mm. longum. Calyx late tubulosus, sericeus, 2 cm. longus,
in uuo latere fissus, lobis linearibus acuminatis 5 mm. longis. Corolla tubo calyci
aequali, lobis coriaceis l-^ cm. longis 5 mm, lalis basi lanceolatis cucullatis suh-
obtusis sericeis. Labellmu coriaceuin, extus sericeum, intus glabium, oblongum,
acuminatum, acutum, linea mediana incrassata. Stamen breve, oblongum, dorso
sericeum, appendice sericeo late oblongo truncate. Stylus antheram superans,
stigmate clavato hirto.
Camp Via, 3100 ft.
Tbis bas tbe largest and most silky flowers of tbe genus, and is cliaracterised, too, by

tlie tbick compact heads of flowers subtended by long, cuspidate bracts longer than the

spikes.

ElEDELIA (§ Kacemos.^) pukpurata, E-idl., sp. nov.

Caules graciles, arundinacei. Folia lanceolata, longe acuminata, acuta, glabra. 16 cm.
longa, 19 cm. lata, nervis tenuibus lineis transversis petiolis 5 mm. longis costatis,
ligula ovata obtusa 2 mm. longa. Racemus 6 cm. longus, peduuculo 1 cm. longo,
pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Otanum angustum, iufundibuliforme. Calyx basi
pallidus, apice atro-purpureo-roseus, tubo cylindrico ore integro nee fisso mai'gini-
bus undulatis vel breviter 3-lobo, lobis triaugulari-ovatis. Corolla tubo basi
gracili versus apicem gradatim angustato 3 cm. longo, lobis lanceolatis, postico
cuculiato, cat'teris acutis apice incrassatis purpureis ad mnrgines pallidioi'ibua
1 cm. longis. Lahellitm lobis oblique triangularibus apice liaud prolongatis
purpureis. Stamen labello longius ; anthera brevis, oblonga, basi bifida, apice
longiuscula marginibus incrassatis, appendice nullo. Stylus lougior, stigmate
obovoideo.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
This elegant species is very distinct in its 2:)urple colouring, the tube of the calyx

and the corolla being apparently white, or ])ale rose with daik purple tips, as also in its

slender stems, the entii-e, or almost entire, mouth of tbe calyx-tube, and the lobe of the

lips liaving no limli or prolonged points.

UiEDELiA (§ RacemoSje) hiktella, Eidl., sp. nov.

Caules graciles. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, basi breviter cuneata, 9*5 cm. longa,
1-5 cm. lata, petiolo gracili canaliculato 6 mm. longo, ligula brevi rotundata hirta
1 mm. longa. Facemvs 6 cm. longus, basi (1 cm.) nudus. Flores copiosi, con-
gesti, defiexi, rhachi dense velutina hirta. Pedicelli cum ovariis 3 mm. Jongi,
velutini. Calyx tubo cylindrico 1'5 cm. longo pubescente uno latere fisso, lobis
brevissimis rotundatis. Corolla tubo calyci pauUo longiore, lobo jjostico oblongo
corniculo maguo ovoideo conico cuculiato pubescente 8 mm. longo, lobis caeteris
brevioribus oblongis obtusis. Labellmn quam corolla brevius, lobis anguste lanceo-

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latis obtusis pubescentibus. Stamen anthera liueari-oblonga, apice retusum,

;ipj)eiidice uullo.
Locality not stated.

This species resembles R. purpurata, Ridl,, but is pubescent on the rhacbis, pedicels,
and flowers. The corolla-tube also is shorter and the lobes of the lip narrower.

RiEDELiA (§ Racemos.5;) ligtjlata, Ptidl., sp. nov.

Herba 40 cm. alta, rhizomate lignoso, caulibus ad basin vaginatis gracilibus. Folia
tenuiter coriacea, lanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, pui"purasceutia, 11 cm.
longa, 3 cm. lata, glabra, petiolo nuUo, ligula 1'3 cm. loaga oblonga ovata obtusa
glabra, vagina dilata. Uacemus 6-7 cm. longus, pedunculo 6 cm. longo validulo.
Flores congesti, pedicellis 1 mm. longis. Ovarium cylindricum, 2 mm. loiiguni.
Calyx cylindricus, pauUo superne dilatatus, glaber, 2 cm. longus, maigine truncato
integro baud fisso. Corolla tubo siiperne dilatato 2"5 cm. longo, lobo postico
oblongo brevi lato 5 mm. longo apice obtuso crasse et breviter corniculato, lobis
ca?teris lanceolatis aequilougis. Labellum, quam petala longius, lobis ovatis obtusis
stamen superantibus purpureis. Stamen anthera oblonga apicibus divaricatis,
appendice ovato vel obovato rotundato. Stylus gracilis, stigmata obconico.
Capsicla globosa, obscure triloba. Semina elongata, cylindrica, brunnea, 1 mm.
longa, arillo tenui circumdata.

Camps I, 500 ft. ; III, at 2500 ft., and VI «, at 3100 ft.

Remarkable for its large ligule, short corolla-lobes, the entire calyx, and the distinct
long crest to the anther.

HiEDELiA Klossii, Uidl., sp. nov.

Catties graciles. Folia lanceolata, longe acuminata, basi cuneata, ad marginem et
carinas hirta, 10-15 cm. longa, 2'5-3 cm. lata, petiolo hirto 1 cm. longo, ligula
ovata rotuudata hirta 1 mm. longa, vaginis hirtis. Uacemus 3-4 cm. longus,
pedunculo 1 cm. longo. Flores circiter 14, dissiti, pedicellis 1 mm. longis.
Ovarium turbinatum, 5 mm. longum, glabrum. Calyx tubulosus, 2 cm. longus,
vix superne dilatatus, lobis 3 brevibus ovatis setis terminalibus brevibus marginibus
albo-ciliatis, nervis 3 in setas procurrentibus elevatis u.ndulatis. Corolla tubo
2"5 cm. lougo, lobis 1 cm. longis, postico late oblongo obtuso brevissime cucuUato
apice pubescente, cseteris linearibus obloogis angustioribus. Labellum lobis
basi latis ovatis acuminatis obtusis 5 mm. longis. Stamen labello longius.
Anthera oblonga, apice retu^^a, appendice nuUo, filamento lato piano. Stigma
obconicum.

Camp VI i, 3900 ft.

A (iistiact plant of this section, characterised by its short flowers, the short ovate
lobes of the lip, and the calyx with its tliree slender wavy raised lines running to each
of the lobes, and ending in a setiform process.

224 ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS

lliEDELiA (§ Eacemos.e) bicuspis, EiclL, sp. nov.

Caiiles validuli. Folia lanceolata, acumiuata, glabra, 30 cm. longa, 84 cm. lata, basi
angustata, apice acuminata cuspidata, petiolo canaliculato 15 mm. locgo, ligiila
oblongo-ovata obtusa 8 mm. longa. RaceniAts 10 cm. longus, pedunculo valido
costato 3-4 cm. longo. Flores copiosi, pedieellis 3 mm. longis vel brevioribus.
Ovarium pyriforme, 2 mm. longum. Gahjx tubulosus, bicarinatus, cum lobis
35 cm. longus, fissus, lobis 2 cirrhiferis 5 mm. longis, medio breviore ovato vel
brevius cirrbifero. Corolla tubo superne dilatato 3 cm. longo, lobis oblongis
obtusis 3 cm. longis 3 mm. latis, postico sequilongo sed latiore. Lahellum quam
stamen brevius, bilobum, lobis ovatis falcatis insequilateralibus obtuse acuminatis
ad marginem iuteriorem et apicem incrassatis minute pustulosis. Filamentum
lineare, longum, authera latius. Anthera oblonga, marginibus elevatis, basi bifida,
apicibus subacutis, appendice bievi ovato rotundato. Stylus 3 cm. longus,
stigmate obovoideo capitato. Stylodia oblonga, truncata, carnosa, purpurea.
Capsula oblongo-ovoidea, stylodiis erectis cornifoi'mibus 2 mm. longis, coronata,
sanguinea, 15 cm. longa, 8 cm. crassa. Semina aciniformia, flavescentia, puuctulata,
2 mm. longa, arillo copioso flavo.

Camp VI 5, 3900 ft.

lliEDEiiiA (§ Racemose) triciliata, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia lanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, glabra, lG-19 cm. longa, 3-3"5 cm. lata,
petiolo 1 cm. longo, ligula oblonga apice rotundata liirta 8 mm. longa. Bacemus
erectus, laxus, pedunculo 2 cm. longo. Flores dissiti, circiter 40. Peclicelli 5 mm.
longi. Ovarium iafundibuliforme, 2 mm. longum. Calycis tubus cylindricus,
l)icarinatus, 1-2 cm. longus, lobis 3 brevibus ovatis rotundatis birtis, carinis in
cuspide elongates 7 mm. longos (medio breviore) prolongatis. Corolla tubo
superne dilatato cum lobis 2'5 cm. longo, lobo postico cucullato coruiculato
obtuso apice pubescente, ca^teris linearibus oblongis apicibus pubescentibus.
Lahellum brevius, bifidum, lobis semiobos^atis abrupte et breviter obtuse cuspidatis,
marginibus et apice incrassatis. Stamen longius, filnmento lineari lato. Anthera
oblonga, marginibus crassis, apjiendice uullo, loculorum basibus angustatis conver-
gentibus acutis, stigma capitatum.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Allied to B. bicuspis, Ridl., but with smaller flowers.

IviEDELiA (§ Paniculate) aurantiaca, liidl., sp. nov.

Caulis modice crassus. Folia subtenuia, elongata, lanceolata, acuminata, basi
inaequilaterdlia, rotundata, 40-50 cm. longa, 4-5 cm. lata, petiolo 1-5 cm. longo,
ligula brevissima vix 1 mm. longa rotundata. Fanicula 15 cm. longa, ramis tribus
4-5 cm. longis, pedunculo 2 cm. longo. Flores dissiti, pedieellis 2 mm. longis.
Calyx 2 cm. longus, tubuloso-cylindricus, obscure trilobus, ad marginem pubescens,
breviter in uno latere fissus. Corolla tubo calyci subaequali, lobo postico 1-5 cm. longo
lauceolato acuto cucullato apice pubescente, lobis lateralibus lanceolatis acutis ad

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 225

margines pul>escentibus. Lahellum bifidum, quani sturaen brevius, basi lato
rotundato apice abrupte aug'ustato liiieari obtuso rotuadato. Stamen anthera
lanceolata augusta niarginibus paullo incrassatis, ajjpendice brevissirao rotundato
antlieram vix superante. Panicula fructifera 30 cm. longa, ramis 4, 14 cm. longis,
pedicellis 5 mm. lougis. Capsula globosa, oblonga, 1 cm. louga, iu valvas 3 fissa.
Semlna irregularia, atra, semiovoidea, aagustata, rotuudata, faciebus interioribus
planis angulatis ; arillus brevior, lobis 5-6 truncatis.

Caiioe Camp and Camps I to III, 150 to 2500 ft.

Flowers orange-red.

Allied to R. macrantha. Sebum., but witli blunt round-tipped linear lobes to the lip.

RiEDELIA (§ PAXICULATiE) FERRTJGIXEA, PLidl., Sp. nOV.

Folia anguRta, lanceolata, acuminata, teauia, coriacea, siccando grisea, glabra, ad basin
angustata, 45 cm. louga, 35-4 cm. lata, petiolo ad basin alato 5 cm. longo, ligula
5 mm. longa oblonga truncata pubescente, vagina costata. Fanicula 20 cm. longa
vel longior, ramis 3 vel pluribus remotis ferrugineis tomentosis, pt'dunculo 15 cm.
longo, ramis 7 cm. longis. Flores dissiti, pedicellis 3 mm. longis. Ocariwn
clavatum, 2 mm. longum. Calyx tubo cylindrico ferrugineo 3-4 mm. longo iu
uno latere breviter et late emarginato, lobis 2 brevibus ovatis 1 mm. longis,
Corollce tubus calyci sequilongus, lobis oblongis linearil)us 12 cm. longis, postico
corniculato hirto. Lahellum ad basin bifidum, lobis linearibus acuminatis corollse
lobos sequantibus, linea in medio elevata. Stamen cequilongum, fllamento linear!
carnoso, anthera angusta lineari, apicibus loculorum parallelis connectivo mar-
ginatis, appendice nullo. Stylus gracillimus, stigmate parvo glubro.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

This species is allied to R. Alhertisii, K. Schum., but differs in the petiole of the leaves,
the shorter pedicels of the flowers, and the narrow lobes of the lip, which resembles in
its form that of R. cui^tijlora, Oliver.

PlIEDELIA PULCHEURiiiA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia elougata, lanceolata, basi longe acuminata, apice acuminata, 60 cm. longa, 7 cm.
lata, costa valida costata glabra, petiolo 4 cm. longo alato, ligula brevi oblonga
truncata lanuginosa. Fanicula ferruginea, vehxtina (corollis exceptis), pedunculo
18 cm. longo valido, ramis 8 cm. vel brevioribus remotis lateralibus 3. Bractece
ovato-lanceohitte, acuminatse, tenues, papyracese, caducte, 15 cm. longse, 2 cm. latge.
Flores copiosi, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Ooarium obconicum, pedicello a?quilongum.
Calyx 2 cm. longus, cylindricus, lobis brevissimis rotundatis obtusis. Coro/te tubus
subsequilongus, lubis insequalibus, postico lanceolato cucullato et corniculato 1 cm,
loni^o 4 mm. lato in dorso et margine sericeo, lateralibus 7 mm. lougis baud
cucullatis. Lahellum quam stamen brevius, 6 mm. longum, ad basin bifidum,
lobis ol)longis lanceolatis obtusis. Filamentitm brevissimum. Anthera oblonga,
linearis, appendice nullo glabro. Stylus aequilongus, stigmate parvo.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

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226 ME. n. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

" Secouflary stems crimson, under surface of leaf washed purple, stem dull crimson
brown. Plowers yolk-of-egg colour."

The only species in Trhicli I have seen the large bracts of the branches of the
inflorescence, though they are probably present at one time in all species.

The plant is allied to E. macrantha, Valet., but differs in its woolly panicle and its
oblong, not semi-oblong, blunt lobes to the lip.

RiEDELiA (§ Paniculat.e) Wollastonii, Eidl., sp. nov.

Folia teuuia, late lanceolata, in petiolo decurrentia, 30 cm. longa, 6'5 cm. lata, costa
pubescente, nervis primarii 14 distinctis, j^etiolo 7 mm. longo caualiculato, ligula
brevi hirta oblonga truncata, vagina in parte superioi'e hirta. JRacemus 10-15 cm.
longus, laxiflorus, interdum ramo uno addito, floribus paucis, pedunculo 4 cm. longo.
Pedicelli 2 mm. longi. Ovarium 3 mm. longum, parvum, ovoideum. Calyx 2 cm.
longus, cylindricus, limbo lanceolato lato, dentibus 3 minimis, 6-nervius, baud
carinatus. Corollce tubus 3 cm. longus, calycem superans, lobis anguste lanceo-
latis acutis 2 cm. longis, postico j^fiullo cucuUato. Lahellmn stamen superans,
lobis augustatis basi semiovatis apice linearibus obtusis. Anthei^a lineari-oblonga,
basi bifida, appendice parvo ovato triangulari.

CamjDS Vli to VIII, 3900 to 4900 ft.

A very distinct species in the hairy ligule, the narrow-lobed lip, which is longer than
the stamen, and the form of the calyx.

KiEDELiA (§ Paniculatji:) longisepala, Hidl., sp. nov.

Folia elliptica, lanceolata, acuminata, acuta, basi longe angustata, tenuiter coriacea,
glabra, 40 cm. longa, 7 cm. lata. Fanicula (juvenilis) 10 cm. longa, ramis 3 remotis
patentibus. Flares plurimi ad apices ramoium condensati, racemis 2-3 cm. longis,
pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis, pediceliis 1 mm. longis. Ovarium obconicum, 1 mm.
longum, glabrum. Calyx (in alabastro) 1 cm. longus, tubo brevi cylindrico, lobis
3 linearibus acuminatis cequilongis. Corolla tubo brevi, lobo jjostico lanceolato
longe corniculato, cteteris lanceolatis multo minoribus. Lahellum stamen superans,
bifidum, lobis oblongis rotundatis. Anthera lineari-oblonga, glabra, appendice
nullo. Stigma obconicum.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

The flowers are in young bud, so that it is not possible to give accurate measurements
of the corolla or lip. The solitary leaf is apparently petiolate, but the blade is
decurrent nearly or quite to the base. The species is very distinct among the group of
PaniculatcB, in the small flowers which are crowded in dense racemes at the ends of tlie
branches and in the long lobes of the c(n*olla. It is evidently very near R. paniculata,
but the flowers are much larger, even in bud, and the ovary is glabrous.

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MARANTACE.E.

(By H. N. EiDLEY.)

DoNAX CANN^roRMis, K. Schum. in Eugl. Bot. Jalub. xv. (1892) 410.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Flowers white, fruit whitish yellow.
Distrib. Eastern Malaya to Polynesia.

CoMiNSiA GUPPYI, Hemsl. in Ann. Bot. v. (1891) 508, t. 1. Phryninm giganteum,
Scheff. in Ann. Gard. Buitenz. i. 58. P. heliconiokles, Lanterb & K. Schura. El.
Deutsch. Schutzg. Slidsee, 238. Cominsia gigcmtea, K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzea-
reich, H. 11 (1902) p. 58.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Flowers white, fruit dull waxy green.

Distrib. Ilalmahera, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, and Solomon Islands.

Phrynium sp.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

This is possibly /•'. ^ec?M»<7M/a^«»i, Warl). in Eugl. Pflanzenreicb, /. c. p. 55. Unfortu-
nately there are no flowers in the specimen. The inflorescence is a simple raceme,
with thin- textured bracts.

MUSACEiB.

(By H. N. BiDLEY.)
Heliconia Micholitzii, Ridl. in Agric. Bull. Straits Settl. xii. (1908) 132.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Recorded originally from New Ireland.

HYPOXIDACEiE.

(By H. N. PiDLEr.)

CuRCULiGO LATIFOLIA, Dryand. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, ii. 253.
Canoe Camp, about 150 ft., and Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Burmah and Malaya.

DIOSCOREACE.E.
(By H. N. PiDLEY.)

DiOSCOREA PAPTJANA, Pidl., sp. nOV.

Caules tenues, teretes. Folia anguste lanceolata, acuminata, cordata, lobis rotundatis
vel basi rotundata, in utraque pagina lucida, 6-9 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, petiolis
graciUbus 2-2| cm. longis. S2nc(B graciles, 5-6 5 cm. longge, 4 in pedunculo 1 mm.
longo. Flores remoti, 1 mm. longi, alabastris oblongis. Bractece ovatae, cuspidatae.
S&pala late oblonga. Petala minora, lanceolata, obtusa. Stamina 6, brevissiraa,
antheris oblongis. Pistillodia minuta. Capsula oblonga, 2 cm. longa, 15 cm.
lata, alls spqualibus rotundatis.

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228 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. (Xoveiuber, ia fmit) ; Via, 3100 ft. (Jacuary,
iu flower).

Allied to D. glabra, Roxb., but differing in the leaves being brown and polished on
both sides when dry, not glauceseent, in the longer spikes of larger flowers, oblong iu
bud, and iu drying brown, not black.

COESIACE^.
(By H. N. PtiDLEY.) _

CoRsiA ORNATA, Becc. IMalesia, i. 238, tab. 9.
Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
" Bright paper-yellow, sti'eaked with dull crimson."
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

BURMANNIACE.E.
(By H. N. Ridley.)

BURMANNIA DISTICH A, Linn. Sp. PI. 287.

Camps VI b, 3900 ft. ; VI c, 5500 ft. ; and VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, and Australia.

BuRMANNiA LONGiroLiA, Becc. Malesia, i. 244.
Camps III, 2500 ft. ; Vie, 5500 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Islands.

Btjrmannia micropetala, Bidl., sp. nov.

ILerba saprophytica, gracilis, 11-12 mm. alta, squamis paucis lanceolatis acuuiinatis
4 mm. longis dissitis. Flores 8-10 ad apicem pseudo-uuibellati, congesti.
BractecB lanceolatee vel liueari-acuminatee, inferiores latiores, lanceolatae, 2 ram',
longse. Fedicelli crassi, 5 mm. longi. JPerlanthiiim 5 mm. longum, exalatum,
tubo obscure angulato subcylindrico. Sepala ovata, acuta, 1 mm. longa, carnosa,
papillosa. Petala multo minora, oblonga, obtusa, carnosa. Stamina connectivo
ovate triangulari-obtuso, antheris parvis ellipticis. Sti/lus cyliudricus, validulus ;
stigmata brevia, lata, decurva.
Camp Via, 3100 ft.

Closely resembling J5. s^^hagnoides, Becc, of Borneo, in the form of the flower, but
the connective of the stamens is broader and entire, not notched above, as in that
species. The leaves are also reduced to two or three inconspicuous lanceolate acuminate
scales.

Gymnosiphon papuanum, Becc. Malesia, i. 241.

Canoe Camp, at about 150 ft., in dry places; Camp I, 700 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 229

LILIACE.E.
(By 11. N. RiDLEi.)

Smilas LEUCOPnYLLA, Blume, Euum. 18.,
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrih. Malaya.

Smilax melanocarpa, Ridl., sp. nov.

Canles iuermes, quai^drangiilares. Folia teuuiter coriacea, glabra, concoloria (sicca
brunnea), Janceolata, basi lata, rotundata, 16-20 cm. longa, 55-9 cm. lata, costa et
nervis duobus elevatis, nervo marginal! tenuiore, reticulationibus conspicuis laxis,
petiolis validis a medio vaginautibus 1^-2 cm. longis. Bracfece ovatse, acutiie,
1 mm. longse. Umbelhe solitariae, axillares, pedunculis 3 cm. longis. Flores
circiter 12, viridi-bruuuei, in pedicellis 1 cm. longis. Alahastra oblongosub-
globosa, 4 mm. longa. Sepala elliptico-ovata, apice rotundata. Bacca nigra,
magna, globosa, 2 cm. longa, in pedicello Vo cm. longo ; semina duo, ellipsoidea,
o'bscure triquetra, dorso convexa, utrinque obtusa, 12 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata,
castanea.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Flowers greenish and brownish red ; fruits blackish.

This species is remarkable for its very large fruit, as big as those of S. megacarpn,
A. DC, from which it differs in the absence of thorns and the different form of the seed.

Smilax australis, R. Br. Prodr. 293.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

Specimens only in fruit and not quite typical, but probably of this species.
Bistrih. Australia and New Guinea.

CouDYLiNE STRICTA, Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mus. i. (1836) 162.
Utakwa Valley, without precise locality.
Blstrib. Australia.

CoRDYLiNE TERMiNALis, Kunth, Euura. V. 25.
Camps VI a, and VII to VIII, 3100 to 4.900 ft.
Bistrib. New Guinea to Australia ; commonly cultivated elsewhere.

CORDYLINE RACEMOSA, Ridl., Sp. nov.

Caulis gracilis. Folia oblanceolata, acuminata, apice setacea, basi angustata, 17 cm.
longa, 5 cm. lata, superiora minora, magis ovata, sicca grisea, petiolis vaginantibus
6 cm. longis. Eacemus simplex, 8-10 cm. longus. Flores solitariii circiter 50 in
racemum flavescenti-album collecti, apice purpurei, pedicellis 1 mm. vel brevioribus,
articulatis. Bractece 2, inferior lanceolata, acuminata, 2 mm. longa, superior
brevier, ovata, acuminata. Terianthium 14 mm, longum ; petala et sepala sub-
similia, ultra medium couuata, lanceolata, obtusa, 2 mm. lata. Staminum
filamenta, tenuia, lata, complanata, apice obtusa, connectivo pauJlo excurrente;

230 ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS

antlierse multo breviores, acutse, angustiores. Sii/lus validulus, cylindricus, stignia-
tilms brevibus recurvis ; ovarium oblongum. Bacca subglobosa, laevis, 4 mm.
longa. Semina 6, atra, polita, 3 mm. loiiga, angulata, dorso convexa.

Canoe Camp and Camps I to III, 150 to 2500 ft.

This bas the habit of C. Haageana, C. Koch, but the flowers are larger, the pedicels
shorter, and the stamens thin and flat, the filament rounded at the top.

CORDYLINE MINUTIFLORA, Ridl., sp. EOV.

Rami graciles, 3 mm. crassi. Folia linearia, acuminata, versus basin paullo angustata,
20 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, costa elevata. Panicula grticilis, 15 cm. longa, ramis
ad 6 remotis 2"5 ad 3 cm. longis. Bractece. ramorum lanceolatae, longe acuminatae,
intima 2 cm. longa, pallida. Flores pauci, remoti, minuti, 2 mm. lougi, in
pedicellis brevissimis 1 mm. longis. Bractece florales lanceolatse, oblongse, obtusse,
5 mm. longse, pallidse, persistentes. Sepala et petala subs-qualia, lineari-oblonga,
carinata, carnosa, lata, fere ad basin libera. Slamlna brevia, antheris latis,
filamentis subulatis longiora. Ovarium conicum, ujulti-ovulatuni. Stylus
crassiusculus, breviter obtuse trifidus.
Camp I, 700 ft.

Also obtained at Schumann River (Schlechter, No. 13829).

Very distinct from any species in the remarkably small flowers, but perhaps nearest
to C. neocaledonica, Liudeu {Cohnia neocaledonica. Baker). The plant collected by
Schlechter (No. 13829) is clearly this, though it is only in bud, but tiie locality and
number quoted are given by Lauterbach, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1. (1913) p. 297, under
DraccBtia angustifolia, Roxb.

DiANELLA. CCERULEA, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 50G.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. ; VI b, 3900 ft. ; and VI c, 6500 ft.
Distrib. Australia.

AsTELiA ALPINA, R. Br. Prodr. 291.

Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Dist?'ib. Australia.

COMMELYNACE.E.

(By H. N. Ridley.)

POLLIA THYRSIFLORA, EluU. Gcu. 1029.

Canoe Camp and Camp I, 150 to 500 ft.

Flowers white, stamens yellow, fruit steely jjurple-black and pale pinkish-white.

Distrib. Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula and Islands.

POLLIA PAPUANA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Plauta valida, habitu P. sorzogonensis. Folia plura, lanceolata, acuminata, apice
subabrupte longe acuminata, basi gequilonge acuminata, glabra, 15 cm. longa,
5 cm. lata, nervis 7, petiolis 1 cm. longis, vagiuis glabris costatis 2 cm. longis.

COLLECTED IX DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 231

Injlorescentia gracilis, pedunculo pubescent'% foliis 2 parvis remotis. Flores pauci,
albi, purpureo-tiucti ; panicula 6 cm. loiiga (fi-uctit'cra ad 4 era. louga), rarais
verticillatis 2-5 mm. loiigis aibo-pubesceiitibus et ciliatis, pedicellis lougiusculis.
Braeteae paten tevS, liiieares, oblongae, obtusse. Bracteolce ovatse. Sepala ovata,
obtusa, 2 mm. longa, glabra. Fetala liueari-oblouga, 4. mm. longa, glabra.
^7aw/«rt 3,petalis suba^quilonga. Staniinodia^, hveYiovSi, omnia glabra. Ovarium
glohosum. Stylus petalis requilongus. Bacca ellipsoidea, cyanea, nitida, 7 mm.
longa. Semina plura, complanata, tenuia, angulata, brunnea.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camps VIII to X, 4900 to 6700 ft. Also on Mt. Scratchley,

at 4000 ft. (Macgregor in Herb. Kew.).

Allied to P. sorzogoiieiisis, differing in the verticillate branches and long silky

pedicels.

PoLLiA soRZOGONENSis, Endl. Gen. 1029.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.
Dislrlh. Tropical Asia.

COMMELINA NUDIFLORA, Linn. Sp. Pi. 41.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.
Didrlh. All warm countries.

PoRRESTiA HISPIDA, Rich. Sert. Astr>jl. 2, t. 1.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
" Purple orange."
Dislrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

JUNCACE.E.
(By H. N. Ridley.)

JuNCUS LAMPROCARPUS, Ehrh. Calam. 126, fide Davies, in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. (1810) 13.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft., on the side of a ridge.

This is a weak spreading green form with oblong fruit pale yellowish in coloiir, and
no lon"-er than the petals. The same form occurs in China and the Philippines. I find
no allusion to it in Buchenau's Juncacese, published in Engl. Pflanzenreich, H. 25.

FLAGELLARIACE.E.

(By H. N. Ridley.)

Elagellaria indica, Linn. Sp. PI. 333.

Camps III, 2500 ft., VI b, 3900 ft., and VI c, 5500 ft.

Var. minor. Hook. f. El. Brit. Ind. vi. 391.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

Blstrlh. (of species). Tropics of the Old World.

It is not usual to find this plant so far inland nor at such an altitude as 2500 ft., it
being usually a seashore plant.

232 ME. H, N. ETDLEY ON PLANTS

SusuM MALATANTJM, Hook. f. Tl. Biit. Ind. vi. 361.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

pal:vjj]].

(By H. N. Ridley.)

Areca macrocalyx, Zipp. iu Blume, E,umpliia, ii. 75, 1. 101.
Camp I, 500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Gninea.

SoMMiERiA ELEGANs, Becc. Malesia, i. 68.
Camp I, 500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

GrONOPHYLLIJM rENSIFLORUM, E-idl., sp. nov.
Folia 70 cm. longa, rliachi furfuracea, costa in medio paginsesnperioris convesa, lohis
9 cuneatis 20-24: cm. longis, terminalibus 2 connatis ad basin latioribus, dentibus
in marginibus 1-5 cm. longis. Sjxtdix jiedunculo 3 cm. lougo basi T"5 cm. lato,
spicis tribus densifloris, rbaclii validula. Bractece late ovatse vel semi-orbiculares,
in femineis sepalis sequilongae vel subtequilongse. Flores d 5 mm. longi. Sepala 3,
perpai'va, fere lineavia, valvata. Fetala lanceolata, cuspidata, asymmetrica.
Stamina 6, antheris linearibus. Flores 2 : Sepala late orbiculata, intus costata.
Fetala imbricata, basi lata, oblonga, apice abrupte anguste lanceolata et coriacea,
sepalis bis longioi-a. Orarinm subglobosum, rugosum, basi abrupte angustatum
(quasij)edicellatum), uniloculare. Stigmata erecta, dentiformia, papillosa. Stami-
iiodia nulla.
Camp Via, 3100 ft. (In flower, January.)

This species differs from G .microcarpum, Scbeff., in having only 2 or 3 stout short spikes
on the spadix, in the sepals of the male flowers being very narrow and almost separate
to the base, and in the coriaceous lanceolate point of the petals in the female being
much narrower and TBore acute, whilst the thinner widely dilate base is much larger in
pi'oportion. The male flowers in this plant open apparently long before the females,
which are very small at that time. When they fall they apj)ear to leave no separate
scar, and the female flowers develop so as to fill uj) the spadix so closely that the
spadix in female flowers appears to be completely unisexual. The rhachis of the leaf
has an elevated ridge running down the middle on the upper surface.

The genus includes four species, two from Ceram and two from New Guinea.

LiNOSPADix MiCHOLiTZii, Bidl. in Gard. Chron. 1895, ii. 202.

Camp I, 500 ft. ; and Camp VI «, 3100 ft.

The original plants of this species were stemless, with entire obcuneate leaves bifid
only at the apex. In one of Kloss's specimens there is a portion of a stem 1 cm. in
diameter with smooth internodes 4 cni. long, the nodes having rather a broad annulus
where the leaf has fallen. The leaves are also cut into two pairs of leaflets in addition

COLLECTED IjST DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 233

to the terminal bifid one, one pair being 5 cm. wide, the next 1 cm. wide. It is not
infrequent, however, for palms usually stemless occasionally to develop stems (e. g.
Teysmannia and Igucmura spectahllis), or for palms with normally entire leaves to have
them occasionally split up into narrower lobes. This often occurs in Flnanga dlstichu.
Griff.

LiNOSPADIX PAUCIFLORA, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis arundinaceus. Folia obcuneata, bifida, 16 cm. longa, ad sinum 6 mm. lata,
lobis 8 cm. lougis inte^ris subobtusis, nervis utrinque ad 14 parallelis in pagina
superiore elevatis sulitus vix elevatis, petiolo nullo, vagina brunneo-furfuracea,
marginibus in fibi'illis laciniatis. Spadices filiformes. Si)athcB apjiroximataj,
anguste lineari-lanceolatse, 2'5 cm. longae, 3 mm. latse. Sjiadix 22 cm. lougus,
parte basali 13 cm. nuda. Flores parvi, 2 mm. longi, remoti, rhachi non incrassata,
alveolis vix distinctis. ? : Sepala coriacea, suborbicularia, ad margines ciliata.
Petala duplo longiora, lanceolata, subacuta. Ovarium conicum, ovoideum.
Stigmata crassiuscula, recurva.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

Allied to L. flabellata, Becc, but the flowers are smaller and more remote, and the
sepals not carinate.

LlNOSPADIX ELEGANS, Eidl., sp. nov.

Folia ambitu cuneata, 20 cm. longa, 12 cm. lata, in lobos 8 lineares acuminates fissa,
lobis basalibus 1 cm. latis, caeteris angustioribus 4 mm, latis, terminalibus pro

1 cm. connatis, 8 mm. latis, apice acutis, nervis vix elevatis, petiolo 7 cm. longo dorso
convexo ad margines angulato, A^agina ligulata, lobis tribus lanceolatis acuminatis

2 cm. lougis. Spadices filiformes, 45 cm. longi. Spatha basalis non visa, suprema
spicre propiuqua lineari- lanceolata, 9 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, acuminata. S_pica
13 cm. longa, rhachi paullo incrassata. Flores dissiti, in alveolis baud profundis
siti, 3 mm. longi. <5 : Sepala suborbicularia, carinata, glabra. Fetala elliptica
obtusa. Stamina 9, filamentis brevissimis, anthcris flavis oblongis. $ : Sepala
latiora, convexa, nee carinata. Petala ovata-triangularia. Lriipa fusiformis,
basi jiedicellata, apice breviter obtuse rostrata, multicostata.

Camp I, 500 ft.

Near L. caudiciilata, Becc, but the lamina is not oval in outline nor the leaflets
sigmoid-lanceolate, and the flowers are situated in alveoli.

Lieu ALA GRANDIELORA, Ridl., sp. nOV.

Folia lamina 60 cm. longa, coriacea, lobis 20 aut pluribus lanceolatis acuminatis
1-5-3 cm. latis apice breviter obtuse bidentatis, nervis 3-5, petiolo 80 cm. longo
dorso convexo dimidio inferiore aculeis brevibus rectis armato. Sjiadix valida,
75 cm. longa, pedunculo complanato, ramis 2 pedunculis 7 cm. longis furfuraceis.
Spathce 30 cm. longae, in uno latere fissae, glabrae, laminis lanceolatis 3'5 cm.
latis, tubo ancipite. Spicce 17 cm. louga3, 2 cm. crassse, rhachi valida pubescente.
Flores copiosi, lactei, dense congesti, 5 mm. longi, pedicellis brevissimis. Calyx

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ii34 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

campanulatus, ad ^ 3-lobatus, lobis lanceolatis, costatus et pilis allns tectus.

Petala paullo longiora, lanceolata, obtiisa, glabra, fere lignea, inferne excavata.

Staminum urceolus tubo corollae adnatus, antheris oblongis 6. Ocarium globosum.

Stigma parvum.
Canoe Camp, about 150 ft.

A very fine species with unusually large flowers in very densely crowded thick
spikes.

LicuALA PENDTJLIPLORA, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 55.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Malay Islands.

/ LicuALA Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia semi-orbicularia, lobis 12 linearlbus dentibus brevibus latis terminatis 1 cm.
longis 1"7 era. (vel minus) latis, nervis 1-3, petiolis 50 cm. vel ultra longis, dorse
convesis, ad margines aculeatis. Spadi.v gracilis, 40 cm. longus, ramis 3-4 cm.
longis 4-6 patentibus brunneo-furfuraceis. Spathce 2-3, glabrae aut fugaciter
furfuracese, limbo lanceolate inferioris sjjathae 4 cm. longo, tubo aequilongo.
Flores dissiti, pedicellati, pedicello 1 mm. longo furfuraceo. Calyx urceolatus,
lobis brevibus ovatis, glaber, 1 mm. longus. Petala lanceolata, vis longiora.
Stamina 6, urceolo brevi. Ovarium conicum. Stylus petalis ferme sequilongus.
Urupa globosa, breviter pedicellata, 5 mm. longa.

Camp I, 700 ft.

Nearest to L. Bacularia, Becc, but the spadix is only simply branched, the fruit less
pedicelled, and the calyx with ovate lobes.

V

■V;

LiCUALA FLAVIDA, Ridl., Sp. UOV.

Foliot quadranti-circularia, lobis exterioribus 2 angustis linearibus, cseteris elongatis
cuneatis latis 21 cm. longis 4 cm. latis ad apices breviter fissis, lobulis 5-10 mm.
longis bidentatis, nervis superne elevatis 5, lobis mediis per \ connatis, petiolis ultra
15 cm. longis. Spadix 30 cm. longus, ramis apice ramulos 4 gerentibus 6-7 cm.
loncis, fioribus dissitis. Spatha tubulosa, infima 5 cm. longa, superne ad 1 cm. fissa,
glabra, superior 2 cm. longa. Ithachis ferrugineo-furfuracea. Flores jjarvi, 3 mm.
longi, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Calyx obconoideus, ad basia attenuatus, lobis
brevibus subacutis. Petala duplo longiora, lanceolata, acuta. Staminum urceolus
dimidium petalorum superans, lobis brevissimis, antheris parvis. Stylus aequilongus.

Camp HI, 2500 ft.

Flowers dull yellow.

Allied to F. telifera, Becc, but the leaf is less sjilit up with smaller lobes, the spadix
less broken up, and the calyx lobes neither scarious nor lacerate.

Calamus depatjpeeatus, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia brevia, vaginis dense aciculeis albis circulariter disiDOsitis 3 mm. longis armata,
rhachi gracili aculei.s brevibus uncinatis miuoribus rectis armata, lobis linearibus

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 235

acuminatis circiter 9 fasciculatis dissitis 15 cm. longis 1 cm. latis apice pauci-
setosis. Spadices 45- cm. loiigi, gracillimi, pedunculis 16 cm. longis complanatis
aciculatis, ramis 1-2, sjiicis 2-3. SpathcB 2 cm. lougae, tubulosae, limbo lanceolato.
Spicce 2 1 cm. longae, 5-fiorge. Floi^es 2 mm. loagi. (7«^ya; tubviloso-campanulatus,
lobis ovatis bi-evissimis. Petala triangularia, acuta, pauUo longiora. Ovarium
coniciim. Stigmata reciirva. Fnictus oblongo-globosus, 1'5 cm. lougus et latus,
pallide bruuneus vel flavus, squamis 10-seriatis latioribiis quam longis 3 mm.
latis ihom.boideis apice obtusis flavis, margine teiiuiter scarioso, liuea margiaali
brunnea.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.
Allied to C. Ciithbertsonii, Becc, a native of New Guinea, but differing in its linear

leaflets, much more slender spadix and large fruit, much more slender spathes and

shorter spikes.

Calamtjs Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia basi longe nuda, lobis 7 lanceolatis longe acuminatis 19 cm. latis apice setiferis,
setis nigris 12 mm. longis, ad marginem setis paucis munitis ceterum glabris, rhachi
obscure triquetra rufo-furfuracea, aculeis 4 mm. longis decurvis acutis basi latis
pallidis apice nigris. Spadix masculus 53 cm. longus, pedunculo terete parce
aculeate, ramis 2, rhachis aculeis binis 1"5 cm. dissitis 2 mm. longis crassiusculis.
Flagellum terminale 30 cm. longum, medio spatha unica instructum. Spatha 2 cm.
longa, limbo lanceolato acuto papyraceo mox in librillas disrupto. Spicce 6 2-4 cm.
longaj. SpatheUce distichas, cupulatse, limbo ovato porrecto, costatse, approximatae.
Flores 5 mm. longi. Calyx campanulatus, lobis ovatis dimidium calycis sequan-
tibus. Fetala triple longior, lanceolata, obtusa, cymbiformia. Stamina 6, fllamentis
quam petalis brevioribus antheris dorsifixis citrinis in medio curvis. Pistillodium
minutum. Spadix $ , brevior. Spicce 2-25 cm. longse, latiores et magis
compacta3 quam masculae. Felula breviora. Stigmata brevia, crassa, recurva.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft., and VI c, 5500 ft.

The female flowers are all attacked by a fungus {Pleogibberella calamia, Bert. & Vogl.)
which has destroyed the pistil.

This species seems nearest to C. dilaceratus, Becc, of the Andaman Islands, but is
much smaller with shorter spadices.

PANDANACE^.

(By H. N. Ridley.)

Fretcinetia angustissima, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. xxiv. (18S6) 15.
Camp I, 700 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea, also in British New Guinea.

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236 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

Freycinetia Beccarii, Solms-Laub. in Ann. Gard. Buitenz. iii. (1883) 100.

Camps III, 2500 ft. ; VI a and VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft.

" Fruit rasphei'i'y-red."

Distrib. Eodemic in New Guinea.

I have seen no specimen of the type, but it agrees with the desci'iption, except that
the leaves are somewhat smaller.

Fretcinetia inermis, E,idl., sp. nov.

Caiilis lignosus, 4 mm. diametro, iuternodiis brunneis 6 mm. longis. Folia lineari-
lanceolata, inermia, acuminata, obtusa, versus basin angustata, baud amplexicaulia,
tenuiter coriacea, 8-9 cm. longa, 5-10 mm. lata, nervis tenuibus, carina gracili.
Inflorescentia terniinalis, Bractece ovatse, triangulares, acuminaise, obtusse, costatse,
2 cm. longse, 13 mm. latae vel minores. Fedanculus communis 5 mm. longus,
pedunculis spicarum 3*1 mm. longis. Capitula $ obovoidea, 3 mm. longa, in
f ructu (fere mature) oblonga?, oljtusse, rubree, 2 cm. iongse, 1 cm. crassae. Sliginata
2 hippocrepiformia. Fistilla mediocria, apice libera, conica.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 300 ft. ; Camp III, 2500 ft.

Nearest to F. luzonensis, Presl, but with narrower unarmed leaves, not sheathing at
the base, and thicker and broader bracts. Fruit dull, rasjiberry-red.

^ Freycintetia Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caulis lignosus, 6-7 mm. crassus, iuternodiis 1'5 cm. longis. Folia linearia, basi

diktata, aculeata acuminata, acumine aculeis parvis armata, 43 cm. longa, 12 mm.

lata, pallida (sicca), tenuiter coriacea, costa gracili. Inflorescentia terminalis,

pedunculo communi brevi 1 cm. longo, pedunculis spicarum 1'5 cm. longis.

SpiccB 3-4, in fructu oblongo-cylindricse, obtusse, 3 5 cm. longse, 1'5 cm. crassse.

Fistula angusta, angulata. Stigmata 2, hippocrepiformia, minima, apicem pistilii

tegentia.
Camp I, 500 ft.
Allied to F. radicans, Gaud., but with much smaller spikes.

^ Frevcinetia lateriflora, K-idl., sp. nov.

Caules graciles, 2 mm. crassi, iuternodiis 1 cm. longis. Folia linearia, acuminata,
curvula, tenuia, inermia, 12 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, costa gracili. Inflorescentia
lateralis, pedunculo 5 mm. longo bracteis ovatis acutis costatis 2 mm. longis tecto.
Pedimculi spicarum 5 mm. longi. Fractece florales oblongse, tfuncatse, 5 mm.
longse et latae, mucrone brevi obtuso. Capitula 2, globosa, 4 mm. longa. Flares
2 5 mm. latae. Stigmata 2, semi-orbicularia, apice pistilii minora. Fructus fere
2 mm. longi, pulposi, oblongi, rubri.
Camps III, 2500 it. ; VI b and VI c, 3900 to 5500 ft.
Very distinct in its small lateral inflorescence and short broad bracts.

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V Fkeycinetia khodospatha, Ridl,, sp. nov.

Crrulis validus, iignosus, 2 cm. ciassus, in+ernodiis 2 cm. longis, radicibus elongatls
validis. Folia liuearia, acuminata, subobtusa, iuermia, in sicco nigra, vagiuis
cervinis, 30 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata. Sjncce laterales subsessiles, pedunculo brevi
3 cm. Ion go, bracteis distichis ovatis crasse coriaceis costatis marginibus aculeis
brevibus dentiformibus pallidis armatis. BractecB florales crasse coriacese, lere
lignosse, inermes, lanceolatse, obtusse, 9 cm. long^e, 3-5 mm. latse, kermesinse, costa
vix elevata. Spicce 4, flavee, cylindricse, obtusye, 3 cm. longse, 5 mm. crassse, in
pedunculis ligneis 3 cm. longis. Stigmata 4-6 in syncarpio, fere circularia.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

Near F. arborea. Gaud. A very fine plant with ciimson bracts.

Pandanus setistylus, Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenreich, H. 3, p. 81. fig. 21 A-C.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Endemic ia New Guinea.

/ Pandantjs (§ Acrostigma) papuanus, Ridl., sp. nov.

Planta humilis. Folia rigide coriacea, linearia, acuminata, sicca pallida, 15 dm.
longa, 5-5-5 cm. lata, in marginibus et costa aculeata, aculeis ad basin 2 mm.
longis pallide brunneis superuo minoribus et magis copiosis, ad apicem densis
minimis. Syncarpium in pedunculo valido 13 cm. longo solitarium, angulatum,
angulis aculeis 1-3 connatis armatis. Bractece lanceolatse, foliaceoe. SynGarpium,
(juvenile) oblongum, 4 cm. longum, 2 cm. latum. Brup^ apicibus liberis conicis.
Stylus brevis, 2 mm. longus, quam apex brevior, stigmate totius longitudinis.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Not closely allied to any species.

AROIDEiE.
(By H. N. Ridley.)

CoLOCASiA antiquortjm, Scliott, Melet. i. 18.
Camp I, 500 ft.
Bistrib. Cultivated throughout the tropics.

Alocasia scabriuscula, N. E. Br. ? in Gard. Chron. 1879, ii. 29, 296.
' Utakwa Valley, without precise locality. In fruit only.
Bistrib. Borneo.

HoMALOMBNA (§ Cham^cladon) apictjlatum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba parva. Foliormn petioli gracillimi, 8 cm. longi ; vaginae 1 cm. longte ; lamina
lanceolata, acuminata, mucronulata, a basi angustata, 5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata,
nervis 4. Bedmiculus 4 cm. longus, gracilis. Spatha oblonga, 2 cm. longa,

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apiculo 3 mm. longo. SpadLv spatlise sequilonga, 2 cm. longa. Pars d angus-
tissima, acuta, quam pars ? longior. Ovaria globosa, bilocularia, stigmatibus
parvis discoideis. Stmnhiodia minima, oblonga. Sem'ma oblonga, minute tuber-
culata.

Cnmp I, 700 ft.

Very near H. angustifoUa, Jack, of tbe Malay Peninsula, but differing in the long
point of the spathe and the longer male part of tbe spadix.

HoMALOMENA (§ Cham^cladon) Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Flauta hnmilis. FoUorum petioii gracillimi, 7 mm. longi ; vaginae angustae, 2 cm.
longge ; lamina ovata, elliptica, apice acuta, mucronulata, basi rotundata, insequi-
latera, emarginata, 85 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, margiae incrassato, nervis 12 gracilibus
in costa decurrentibus, secundariis circiter 70 iuconspicuis. Pediuiculus 5 cm.
longus, gracilis. Spatha 1'4 cm. longa, oblongo-cylindrica, cuspide acuminate 5 mm.
Ion go. Spadix breviter stipitatus, 1 cm. longus, 2 mm. crasstis, parte 6 7 mm.
longa. Flares 6 irregulariter oblongo -rotundati ; 2 globosi, dissiti, pauci,
stigmatibus magnis discoideis. Staminodia nulla.
Canoe Caiup, about 150 ft. (dry counti'y).

I found this mixed Avitli Homalomeiia inasqualis (see below), from which it differs
in the smaller leaves and long point to the spathe, which is also shorter and
thicker.

HOMALOMENA DISTANS, Ridl., Sp. noV.

Herba pro sectione magna. FoUorum petioii graciles, 30 cm. longi ; lamina ovata,
cordata, a sinu usque ad apicem 13 ciu. longa, basi lOo cm. lata, lobis late rotun-
datis lobis 4 cm. longis, basi 4-2 cm. latis, apice acuminate, nervis e siau orientibus
B teuuibus e costa 2, secundariis tenuibus copiosis fere seque conspicuis margine
(in sicco) iucurvo. Fedunculus 8-16 cm. longus, gracilis. Spatha cylindrica,
medio baud angustata, cuspidata, 3 cm. longa, basi 5 mm. lata. Spadix angustus,
cylindricus, spathse fere sequilongus, 3 mm. ci'assus, breviter stipitatus, parte d
2 cm., ? 1 cm. longa. Flores 6 anguste oblongi, plurimi, remoti, ovariis cyliii-
dricis, stigmatibus discoideis. Staminodia oblonga, truncata, baud stipitata, quam
ovarium multo brevioia.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to JI. tenuispadix, Engl., of New Guinea, from which it differs in the cordate
not sagittate leaves, the much smaller spathe, and very short stipes to the spadix.

HOMALOMENA (§ ChaM^CLADON) IN^QUALIS, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba pro sectione magna. FoUorum petioii graciles, 32 cm. longi ; lamina oblique
ovata, basi rotundata, obscure vel baud lobata, apice longe acuminata, 14 cm.
longa, 6 cm. lata, cuspide 15 cm. longo, nervis e costa ortis 18 teuuibus vix
a secundariis distinguendis. Peduncidiis 7-15 cm. longus, gracilis. Spatha

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cylimlriea, breviter mncronata, 2-5 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, medio non angustato.
SpadLv cylindricus, angustus, 2 cm. longus, stipitatus, stipite 2 mm. longo ; parte s
15 cm. longa, 2 mm. crassa ; parte 2 breviore. Flores pauci, circiter 30, subremoti.
Ooaria globosa, stigmatibus minoril)us discoideis. Staminodia minima, oblonga,
truncata, baud alba, quam ovaria multo breviora.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. (dry country), and Camp VI b, 3900 ft. (on tbe side of a ridge).
Tbis differs from tbe preceding species in its nearly entire leaves, different venation,
smaller spadix and spatlie, and in the female portion being smaller, with fewer flow'ers
less separate and often touching.

Thi.'se two plants, with H. tetmispadix, form a link between the two sections of
HomaloiDena, resembling Euhomalomena in tbe large size of tlie foliage and the liabit,
and Chamcecladon'va. the small staminodia shorter than the ovaries, and not conspicuously
■white. All also possess the character of distinct female flowers, which do not touch
each other on the spilve.

SCHISMATOGLOTTIS KlOSSII, E-idl., sp. nOV.

Herba parva. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, cuspidata, basi breviter angustata, retusa
vel latiora, breviter cordata, superne viridia, subtus pallida, 9 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata,
nervis circiter 20 ; petioli 5 cm. longi ; vagina lata, 3 cm. longa. Cataphylla
lanceolata, papyracea, 2 cm. longa. Peduiwnlus 35 cm. longus. Spatha 5 cm.
longa, basi tubulosa, viridia, 2 cm. longa, lamina convoluta dilatata cuspidata 3 om.
longa. Spadix 35 cm. longus, parte ? angusta cylindrica superne breviter
angustata, parte <3 superne gradatim dilatata, apice lato rotundato sterili 6 mm.
longo 5 mm. lato. Flores sturiles irregulariter angulati, rufo-puuctati, breviores,
thecis magnis duobus. Ocaria oblonga versus basin minora, ovulis paucis, stigmate
parvo cajiitato.

Camps III to IV, 1100 to 2500 ft.

Near S. celebica, Engl., but the foliage differs in its more numerous nerves, and is
broader in proportion to its length, the sterile flowers at the top of the spadix are
little longer than the male flowers, and the pistils oblong and not globose.

Raphidophoea nutans, E,idl., sp. nov.

Plaiifa scandens, ramis elongatis gracilibus, internodiis 3 cm. longis 2 mm. crassis.
Fulia remota, elongata, lanceolata, longe acuminata, 16 cm. longa, tenuiter coriacea,
basi breviter angusta, nervis tenuibus copiosis ascendentibus, petiolis 1 cm. longis.
Pedimculus terminalis, nutans, 2 cm. longus. Bractea ad basin lanceolata,
decidua, 3 cm. longa. Spatha lanceolata, caudato-acuminata, falcata, 2 cm. longa.
Spadix 1'2 cm. longus, 7 mm. ci-assus, oblongus, cylindricus. apice rotundatus.
Florum verticilli ad 6, pauciflori, floribvis pro spadice majusculis. Staminuin
filamenta pistillo aequilonga, thecis ovalibus. Stylus breviter cylindrico-conicus.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Allied to R. minor. Hook. f.

240 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Raphidophora Peepla, Schott, in Bouplanrlia, v. (1857) 45.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Form with a rather large spadix, in fruit, 7 cm. long and 2 cm. across, with jHstils
4 mm. across.

Distrib. India and Borneo.

Raphidophora Veusteegii, Engl. & Krauss, in Nova Guinea, viii. Bot. 247.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Ctrtosperma macrotum, Becc. ex Engl, in Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. iv. (1879) 295.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. ; VI a, 3100 ft. ; VI b, 3900 ft.
" Spathe yellowish white."
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

PoTHOS CLAVATUS, Engl. 1. c. 266.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

PoTHOS brevispatha, Eidl., sp. no\\

Caules et rami graciles, costati, 2 mm. crassi, internodiis 2 cm. longis. Folia lanceo-
lata, acuminata vel elliptico-lanceolata, versus basin ohtusam angustata, tenuiter
coriacea, 14-15 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, nervis 10 inconspicuis a costa ascendentibus
marginibus subparallelis, petiolis 1 cm. longis ad geniculum alatis baud complanatis.
Dedunculi in axillis superioribus decurvi, 2-5 cm. longi. Spatha lanceolata,
acuminata, defiexa, 6 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Si^adix sessilis, 2 mm. longus,
oblongus, in fructu ad 6 mm. longus. Dacca ellipsoidea, 5 mm. longa.
Camp I, 500 ft.

Allied to P. Cumingianm, Schott, but diflfering in the venation, the ascending
primary nerves meeting and forming a marginal nerve, whilst the secondary nerves are
transverse ; the texture of the leaf is also ditiereut, being thinner, the petiole shorter
and broader and winded for its whole length.

o^

EEIOCAULACEiE.

(By H. N. Ridley.)

Eriocaulon liEUCOGENES, Eidl., sp. nov.

Ilerba humilis. Folia lanceolata, linearia, acuminata, glabra, 3 cm. longa, 2 mm.
lata. Scajms gracilis, 11 mm. longus, tortus ; vagina basalis viridis, apice
lanceolata, 1'5 cm. longa. Capitulum hemisphsericum, 4 mm. latum.
Dractece involucrales oblongse, obovatise, glabrie, flavescentes, nitidaj. Dractcce
florales obovatoe, oblonga?, carinatse, nigrescentes, apice plurimis pilis albis.
Receptaoulmn glabruai. Flos 6 : sepala in tubum latum connata, ajiice aibo-

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barbata. Autherce nigrge. Flos ? : SejKiIa libera, spathulata, apice barbata.
Ovarium bilobiim, rotundatum, sessile, glabrum. Sii/lus gracilis, stigmatibus
flliformibus duobus. Semina 2, oblonga, niiuutissime punctulata, ocbracea.

Camps VI a, 3100 ft. (summit of ridge), and VIII to IX, 3G00 to 5500 ft.

Tbis small species somewbat resembles J?, odoratum, Dalz., of India, but has quite
sessile fruits and broader sepals in tlie female flower.

CYPEEACE.^.

(By H. N. PaDLET.)

Ktllinga monocephala, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 13, t. 4. fig. 4.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. ; Camp IV, 2100 ft. ; Camp VI a, 3100 ft. ; Camp VI b,
3900 ft.

Distrib. Common all over the tropics.

Kyllinga brevifolia, Rottb. 1. c. fig. 3.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Common in the low country ; all tropical countries.

Cypehtjs Haspan, Linn. Sp. PL G6.

Camps VI a, 3100 ft. (top of the ridge) to VI c, 5500 ft.
Distrib. Common all over the tropics.

Ctperus diffcstjs, Vabl, Eni;m. ii. 321.
Camp I, 700 ft.
Distrib. Tropics generally.

/ Ctperus rigidtjlus, Ridl., sp. uov.

Rerba parva, csespitosa, 7 cm. alta. Folia rigida, linearia, acuminata, acuta, apice
spinulosa, 5 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, tenuiter costata, vaginis ad basin brevibus
ovatis vel lanceolatis purpureis. Cuhni triquetri, 4 cm. longi. Bractece involu-
crales 2, foliis similes, una 3'5 cm. longa, altera minor. Spicee in capitulum sessile
1 mm. latum condensatse. Spiculce 5 mm. lougoe, circiter 20, rhachi glabra
crassiuscula, alveolis profundis. Glumce ovatse, acuminatae, subacutae, fere 1 mm.
lono-Ee, pallidse, cariuis rotundatis latis obscure costatis. Stylus trifldus, brevis,
purpureus. Caryopsis f glumie escedens, triquetra, obovata, versus basin distincte
ad apicem paullo atteniiata, pallide brunnea, nitida.

Between Camps III and VI, 3000 ft.

Allied, perhaps, to C. stoloniferus, Retz.

V CyPERUS PAPUANUS, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba elata, foliis elongatis linearibus longe acuminatis flaccidis 80 cm. longis 1 cm.
latis, nervis prominulis 3. Culmus subgraciiis, 60 cm. altus, triqueter, Isevis, 2 mm.

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242 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

crassus. Bradece involucrales 3-4, maxima 62 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, foliis similes.
UmbellcB radii circiter 16, 1*7 cm. longse, graciles siinplices vel raro apice breviter
ramosi, ad apices spiculas 3-5 ferentes. Var/ince ad basin radiorixm tubulosa?,
6 mm. longse, laminis brevibus lanceolatis. Sjnculce 8-10 mm. longte, I'O cm.
latse, rufescenti-flavae. Glnmce anguste lineares, oblongse, truncatse, carinis ssepe
in mucronem minutum extensis. Stylus brevis, vix e gluma protrusus; stigmata
purpurea.
Camp VI 5, 4400 ft.
Allied to Cypcrns Bahakan, Steud., but with much more extended umbels, more slender

spikelets, narrower and bkinter glumes, and different foliage. AH tlie specimens are in

flower, and I have seen no ripe fruit.

CXPERUS PLATTPHTLLOS, Eidl., Sp nov.

Folia 2-4, lanceolata, linearia, longe acuminata, versus basin angastata, vaginantia,
tenuia, ad 32 cm. longa, I'o cm. lata, trinervia, costa elevata, nervis gracilibus.
Spicce 4, sessiles vel su.bsessiles, in capitulum condensatse. Bractece involucrales
foliis similes, maxima 30 cm. longa, l'5-2 cm. lata. Spicce j^lures in capitulis
1 cm, longis subglobosis palliJe brunneis, inferiores ssepe pedunculis 1 cm. longis
suffultse. Spiculce plures, densse, 5 mm. longee, breviter pedunculatse. Bractece
basales, lanceolatae, acuminata^, costatse. Glumce lanceolatse, acuminatie, ad
margines teuuiores, costatse. Antherce dhloxis;^, breviter extrusse, pallide brunneee.
Stylus quam gluma vix longior, ruber, stigmatibus brevibus 3. Caryopsis ellip-
soidea, triquetra, f longitudinis glumse sequans, brunnea, facie interiore latiore.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

It is difficult to suggest an affinity for this species. The foliage recalls that of
Cyperiis diffusiis and other woodland Cyperi.

Mariscus cyperinus, Vahl, Enum. ii. 377.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Bistrib. Eastern tropics.

SciRPTTs CHiNENSis, Munro, in Seem. Bot. Voy. ' Herald,' 433
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.
Bistrib. Malay Archipelago.

FiMBRiSTYLis DIPHTLLA, Vahl, Enum. ii. 209.

Camps IV to VI, 1100 to 2100 ft. A slender form.
Bistrib, Cosmopolitan in the tropics.

FiMBRiSTYLis POLTTRICHOIDES, E. Br. Prodr. 226.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

A very slender grassy form, over a foot tall, with small slender spikes.
Bistrib. Indo-Malaya, Australia.

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LlPOCAKPHA DEBILIS, Eicll., SJ^. IIOV.

Planta debilis, gracillima, 27 cm. alta. C^ilmi siuguli vel bini, teretes, basi
vaginis 1-2 rufescentibus, superne folio unico longo lineari angustissimo 15 cm.
longo 1 mm. lato instructi. Capitulmn solitarium, album, 5 mm. longum, ovoideum,
bractea altera lineari 6 mm. longa patente, altera erecta 8 cm. longa. SpiculcB
plures. GlumcB exteriores lanceolatiB, basi angustatee, apice svxbacutee, baud
recurVcE, 1 mm. longte, albae, carina viridi; glumse interiores breves, lauceolatse,
convolutte. Stamina 2, antheris longis rubris liuearibus ecristatis. Sti/lns vix
glumas superans ; stigmata 2, brevia, rubra. Caryopsis elongata, curva, cylindrica,
erostrata.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

Allied to L. mlcroceplmla, Kuntb, Init witli no recurved point to tlie glumes, and is a
mucb weaker and more slender plant.

Cladium; sinuatum, Ridl., sp. nov.

Serba magna, csespitosa, 50 cm. alta, radicibns validis. CaiiJes complanati. Folia
disticha, ensiformia, elongata, coriacea, 35 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, acuta, vix
pungentia. Injloresceniice terminales atque, ex axillis foliorum superiorum,
quam folia breviores sinuatae, ramis circiter 4 cm. longis costatis, vagina magna,
basi costata. Capitula 3-4 mm. longa et fere aequilata. Spiculce plures, floribus
3-4. Gluma exterior lanceolata, acuta, cuspidata, ruf a, cilifita; interiores 3, ovatte,
marginibus et carina ciliatis. Stamina tria. Ovmmim trigonum. Stylus gracilis,
rufas, stigmata 3. Caryopsis ovoidea, triquetra, rugosa, rostro conico aequilongo
albo-sericeo.

Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

Perhaps near to C. collides, Lauterb., but the style is not hairy and the nut rugose
and smaller, and the leaves much narrower.

Claditjm falcatum, C. B. Clarke MSS. ; Baumea falcata, Nees, in Hook. Kew Journ.
vi. (1854) 29.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Listrib. Philippines.

SCHCENUS APOGON, Eoem. & Schult. Syst. t. 2, 77.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Bistinb. Australia, Borneo, Luchu Islands.

Hypolytetjm paryibracteatum, C. B. Clarke, in Kew Bull. (1889) 114.

Camps I to VI, 500 to 3900 ft.

Evidently a common plant, originally collected on Mt. Scratcbley, and also in the
Solomon Islands. It is a much larger plant than H. proliferum, Boeck., to which it is
allied, but with much larger leaves, and somewhat variable in size.

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214 ME. H. ]S^. EIDLEY OX PLANTS

Hypolytetjm viRiDiNTJx, C. B. Clarke, in Philipp. Jouru. Sc. ii. (1907) 109.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.
Bistrib. Philippines.

HyPOLYTRTIM MINUS, EiclL, sp. nov.

Folia linearia, acuminata, trinervia, marginibus scabris aculeis minutis pallidis,
70 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata. Culmus 60 cm. longus, trlqueter, gracilis. Folia 2,
vaginis longis. Pauicula ramis 2 cm. longis vel miaoribus scabridis. Spiculce
conoidese, parvse, 1'5 mm. longse, castanese. Olumce ellipticse, ovatte, obtusaD,
pallide brunnese. Sqnamellcs lauceolatse, teniiissimae, carinis hirtis. Stamiiiis
filamentum tenue, anthera brevis, oblonga, trnncata. Caryopsis (vix matura)
obovoidea, ad basin angustata, apice breviter rostrata. -
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft , and Via, 3100 ft.

Allied to H. latifolium, Rich., but a smaller and weaker plant, with the edges of the
leaves scabrid and the spikes smaller, ovoid in shape.

Thoracostachyum simples, Eidl., sp. nov.

Herha parva. Folia lineares, abrupte cuspidata, cuspide 2-5 cm. Ion go, 25 cm. longa,
9 mm. lata, subtus glaucescentia, nervis conspicuis, costa elevata, marginibus ouspide
et carina aculeis parvis brunneis munitis. Culmi gracillimi, 6 cm. longi, ferrugiuei,
furfuracei. Spica solitaria, terminalis, primo ellipsoidea, obtusa, 5 mm. longa.
Glunia inferior ovata, subacuta, 1 mm. longa, superiores ovatae, rotundatte,
pubesceutes, omnes atrorufse. SquameUce angustoe, lanceolatge, atrorufoe, pilis ruHs
copiosis in carina. Stylus brevis, vix glumam superans. Caryopsis ovoidea, rostro
longo canaliculato, 5 mm. longa, atra polita.
Camp VI rt, 3100 ft.

A curious little plant, remarkable for its solitary spikes and long-beaked, nearly black
fruit.

Chobizandra involucrata, Ridl. Capitularia involucrata, Suriugar, in Lorentz, Nova
Guinea, viii. 711, t. 118.
Rhizoma repens, 5 mm. crassum, vaginis ovatis costatis acutis 5 mm. longis vel
minoribus tectum. Culmus quadrangularis, 40 to 60 cm. altus, vaginis una vel
pluribus lanceolatis papyraceis 10 cm. longis basi 7 mm. latis. Folia involucralia
6-8, in pseudo-verticillura terminalem collecta, erecta, rigide coriacea, lanceolato-
linearia, acuminata, acuta, costata, 20-30 cm. longa, 6-10 mm. lata. Capitulum
solitarium, sessile, 1 cm. longum vel brevius, obconicum. Bractece late ovatae,
abriipte obtuse cuspidatie, cartilaginese, atro-brunnea^, nitidse, 5 mm. longae, cus-
pidilms pallidis 3 mm. longis. Sjnculce dense congestae, floribus masculis pluribus,
femineo uuo terminali. 6 : Glunue exferiores oblongae, subspathulatse, cucullats,
carina acuta dorso scabrido. Glumcc interiores 2, spathulatse, truncatse, costa
couvexa superne in costas 3 fissis, pallidae, apice rufescentes, floralis anguste lanceo-
lata, tenuior. Stamen 1, filamento tenui lineari pallido apice paullo dilatato rubro.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 245

Anfhem pallide citrina, linearis, 2 mm. longa, apiculo miuuto rubro. ? : Gluma
ut in 6 ; stylo tenui purpureo, 4 mm. lougo. Caryopsis 8 mm. longa, 4 mm.
crassa, ovoidea, medio dilatata, basi obconica, angustata, apice acuta, ocrea, nitida
in medio multi costata. — Ab aliis speciebus differt foliis involucralibus 6-8 elongatis
planis lanceolatis linearibus.
Canoe Camp, 700 ft.

The genus Chorizandra comprises two species, natives of Australia and New Caledonia.
These are wiry xerophytic plants, with a few terete leaves at the base, or leafless,
the involucre consisting of one or two terete acute, erect, foliar organs. The plant above
described differs conspicuously in having a false whorl of broad leaf-like organs sur-
rounding tbe solitary head. The stems are borne singly on a fairly stout woody rhizome,
and at the base are enclosed in a mass of brown sheaths. They are l-angled, an unusual
thing in Cyperaceae. The head of flowers is half hidden in the bases of the involucral
leaves, and consists of a compact mass of spikelets with stiff, cuspidate, blackish-brown
bracts at the base. The sj)ikelets are composed of a mass of glumes, the outer ones
broad, acutely keeled, narrowed and flat in the lower part, the upper ones gradually
passing into lanceolate nearly flat pale glumes tipped with reddish brown. In each of
these there is a single stamen, except the terminal one, which bears a pistil. In Bentham
and Hooker's ' Genera Plantarum' (iii. 1057), the description of the spikelets is given as
"Spiculte multiflorse, floribus omnibus hermaphroditis (vel apud auctores nonnullos
in capitulo androgyno numerosae 1-flone uni-sexuales)." 1 do not think there is any
doubt as to the structure of the spikelet ; at the base are two or three empty glumes,
or bracts, of a somewhat peculiar shape, broad, oblong, spathulate-hooded, and stiff ;
the rest (very numerous) are simply lanceolate, and each subtends and slightly curves
round a single stamen, representing a monandrous flower, except the terminal one,
which half encloses tbe pistil, representing a monogynous flower.

Suringar {I. c.) describes and figures what is evidently intended for this plant, under
the name Capitularia involucrata (nov. gen. et sp.). His specimen seems to have been
a poor one, and his account of the inflorescence is not very clear, as he seems to have
misunderstood the structure of the spike. However, his figure of the whole plant is
sufiiciently clear to identify it ; it w^as obtained at Alkmaar by Versteeg.

The genus Chorizandra, with the African Chrysothrix and the Asiatic Leiyironia and
Scirpodendron, seem to me to form a somewhat natural group, each spike possessing a
number of monandrous flowers with one terminal female flower.

Mapania macrocephala, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. (1891) 265.
Camp VI a, 3500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Mapania radulosa, Ridl., sp. nov.

Folia linearia, longe acuminata, 90 cm. longa, 1-15 cm. lata, coriacea, marginibus et
costis spiculosis aculeis minutis. Scapi graciles, spinulosi, obtuse triquetri, 70 cm.

246 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

longi. Capitulum primo fusiforme, bracteis involucralibus 2 lanceolatis obtusis vel
svibacutis viridibus 8 cm. longis in fructu ovatis patentibus. Glumce oblongae, apice
rotundatfe, scariosae, tenues, pallidse. Squamellce anguste lanceolatse, carina
capillorum alborum fasciculis instructse. Antherte flavescenti-albse, lineares, baud
apiculatae. Stylus purpureus, stiguiatibus 3 brevibus. Caryopsis ovoidea, abrujite
in pedem longum angustata, superne couica, longitudinaliter rugosa, basi styli
persistente.
Camp VI rt, 3100 ft.

\l Mapania papttana, Ridl., sp. nov.

Serha csespitosa. Folia disticba, liuearia, acuminata, caudata, 80 cm. longa, ]"7 cm.
lata, mai'ginibus in jwrte superiore et apice spinulosis aculeis niinutis pallidis.
Scapi graciles, 15-18 cm. longi, obscure angulati, pilis minutis appressis scabridi.
Folia vaginantia, 3 vel plura, 4 cm. louga, laniinis lanceolatis obtusis. Capitulum
juvenile conoideum. Bractece ovatae, lanceolatse, 1 cm. longae, 5 mm. latse, costa
distincta et nervis tenuioribus, marginibus scariosis. Glum(je oblongse, ajaice
rotundatse, marginibus scariosis. Squamellce angustissimae, carina pilis albis
minutis copiosis vestita. Stamimwi iilamenta quam gluma breviora, antbera
liueari bavid cristata j)allide flava.

Camp I, 600 ft.

\l Mapania pandanacea, E-idl., sp. nov.

Bhizoma validum, lignosum. Folia plura, disticba, tenuiter coriacea, elongata, lanceo-
lata, caudata, versus basin angustata, 50 cm. longa, 2"5 cm. lata, cauda 6 cm.
longa, pallida, marginibus brevissime aculeatis, nervis validis 3. Scapus quam
folia brevior, 30 cm. longus, triqueter, folio vaginante uno in medio scapo Ion go,
vagina 3 cm. longa, lamina 30 cm. longa. Capitulum solitarium, conoideum,
sessile ; bracteae involucrales 4, foliiformes, exteriores folia simulantes, interiores
ovatse, breviter acuminatae. Spicules 25 cm. longee, bractea lanceolata pallida obtusa
suffultae. Glumce et squamellae anguste lanceolatae, apice pubescentes. Antherce
breves, lineares, curvae, baud ai^ieulatae. Stylus elongatus, gracilis, stigmatibus 3
brevibus.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

A very distinct plant in its foliage, wbicb resembles tbat of some of tbe dwarf
Panclanus, sucb as P. j^arvus, Ridl. The broad leaves with a spiny edge are remarkable
in a 3Iap)ania,i\% are tbe large involucral leaves surrounding the capitulum. Tbe only
specimen is, unfortunately, in young flower.

Carex neo-guineensis, C. B. Clarke, in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. viii. 73.
Camps X to XIII, 6700 to 10,500 ft.

Tbe utricles in these specimens are more hairy than usual.
Bistrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW aUlNEA. 217

Carex indica, var. Mxlnei, 0. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Tl. Brit. lud. vi. 715.
Camps Via, 3100 ft. ; VII to A^III, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Malaya to Fiji.

Carex sclerioides, Ridl., sp. nov.

Herba gracilis, 45 cm. alta. Folia angusta, linearia, 35-40 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata,
scabride spinulosa. PaniculcB 3-4, ramis pubescentibus, 2-6 cm. longse, 1-2 cm.
latfe. Flores parvi. Glumce lanceolatte, acutae, |-1 mm. longae, pallide rufescentes.
Uii'icuU 2 mm. longi, ellipsoidei, longe rostrati, multiuerves, obscure triquetri,
flavescentes, glabri, rostro stcpius decurvo bifido ; stylus vix utriculum superans, tri-
lidus, ruber. Caryopsis fusca, ellipsoidea, triquetra, minute punctata, 1 mm. longa.
Camps VIII to XI, 4900 to 8300 ft.

This plant is undoubtedly allied to Carex indica, var. Milnel, C. B. Clarke ( Carex Jissil Is,
Boott), but differs in the very much smaller, shorter beaked fruit and very small glumes,
the beak of the utricle being as long as the dilated portion, and usually defiexed.

Carex breviculmis, R. Br. Prodr. 212, var. perciliata, Kiikenthal, in Engl.
Ptlanzenreich, H. 38, p. 469.

Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Some of the forms are quite tall and slender; all have very hairy utricles. In
specimens collected at 12,500 ft. the utricles are nearly glabrous.

Distrib. Australia.

GRAMINE^.

(By H. N. Ridley.)

Paspaltjm sanguinale, Lam. 111. i. 170.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib, Cosmopolitan.

IsACHNE AUSTRALis, R. Br. Prod. 196.
Camps III to IX, 2500 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Malaya and Australia.

Isachne miliacea. Roth, Nov, PI. 58.
Camps III to VI c, 2500 to 5500 ft.
A form with glabrous glumes was collected at Canoe Camp at about 150 ft.

Var. STRiCTA, Ridl., var. nov.

Culmi graciles, 30 cm. longi. Folia anguste lanceolata, acuminata, remota, 3 cm.

longa, 4 mm. lata, parce hirta, vagina pubescente, ore ciliato. Panicula 4 cm.

longa, ramis tenuibus vix patulis. Glumce i. and ii. lanceolatse, obtusae, glabrae,

gluma iii. glabra et iv. pubescente paullo longiores.
Camps III to IX, 2500 to about 4900 ft.

248 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

I refer this form to /. miliacea on account of its hairy leaves and pubescent 4th
glume ; its form and habit is more suggestive of I. aiisfralis, but the branches of the
panicle are strict, erect, and not spreading, and the outer glumes are lanceolate.

Panictjm indicum, Linn., var. gbacile, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 42.

Camps VI «, 3100 ft. ; VII to IX, 3600 to 5500 ft.

Distrib. All Tropical Asia and Australia.

This is the tall slender cylindric-spiked form -with usually purple spikelets, resembling
P. interruptim, Willd., except in its straight spikelets.

Panictjm inteeeuptum, Willd. Sp. PI. i. 341.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Tropical Asia and Africa.

Panictjm Cetjs-galli, Linn. Sp. PL 56.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Cosmopolitan.

Panictjm plicatum, Lam. Encycl. iv. 736.

Apparently common from Camps I to IX, 500 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Tropical Asia.

Panictjm patens, Linn. Sp. PL 86.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Tropical Asia and Polynesia.

IcHNANTHUS PALLENs, Munro, in Benth. Fl. Hongkong. 414.
Camps Vic, 5500 ft., and VII to IX, 3600 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Tropical Asia.

Setaria glauca, Beauv. Agrost. 51.
Camps VIII to X, 4900 to 6700 ft.
An unusually high altitude for this grass.
Distrib. Cosmopolitan.

Pennisetum macrostachytjm, Trin. iu Mem. Acad. Petersb., Ser. VI. iii. ii. (1835) 177.
Camps I, 500 ft., and III to VI, 2100 to 2500 ft.
Distrib. Tropical Asia.

Thtsanol^ena Ageostis, Xees, in Edinb. Xe-\\' Pliil. Jouru. x\iii. (1835) 180.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Tropical Asia.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 2i9

Leptaspis urceolata, R. Br. in Bcnn. PL Jav. rar. 23, t. 6.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Islands.

Coix Lacrtma-Jobi, Linn. Sp. PL 972.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Listrib. Tropical Asia.

Imperata exaltata, Brongn. Voy. Coq., Bot. 101.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.

Distrib. Mergui, Malay Peninsula and Islands, New Hebrides, and Tropical America.

PoLLiNiA ciLiATA, Trin. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Sei-. VI. ii. (1833) 306.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. India.

PoLLiNiA GRATA, Hack. Monog. Androp. 175.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Distrib. Himalaya, Malay Peninsula, Java, and China.

PoLLiNiA FULVA, Benth. PL Austral, viii. 526.

Var. HiRTA, RidL, var. nov. Leaves and culms hairy.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Australia.

Saccharum artjndinaceum, lletz. Obs. iv. 14.
Camps I, 500 ft. ; IX, 5500 ft.

" Silvery pink." An unusual altitude for this plant.
Distrib. India, Malaya, China.

IsCH^MUM RTJGOSUM, Salisb. Ic. Stirp. rar. i. t. 1.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

A dwarf form, only about 6 inches high.
Distrib. India, Malaya, China.

IsCH^MUM DiGiTATTJM, Brongn. Voy. Coq., Bot. 70, t. 13.
Camps VI a, 3100 ft., and VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Malay Islands and Polynesia.

Mtjehlenbergia arundinella, Ptidl. in Kew Bull. (1913), 267-

Camps III to IX, 2500 to 5500 ft. ; Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. A dwarf form.
Distrib. British New Guinea.

second series. — botany, vol. IX. 2 K

250 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS

Danthonia semi-anntilaets, E. Br. Prodi-. 177.
Camps XIll to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Bistrib. Australia.

Teisetl'M subspicatum, Beauv. Agrost. 88.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
The glumes in the single specimen are very strongly keeled.
Bistrib. Alpine, Arctic, and Antarctic regions.

/ TUISETUM LATIFOLIUM, Ridl., Sp. nov.

Serba valida, ultra 60 cm. alta. Cidmtis 3 mm. crassns. Folia lanceolata, acuminata,
basi lata, 15 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, puhescentia, ligula ciliis longis albis. Culmus
superne teres, glaher, 30 cm. longus. Fanicula densa, erecta, 14 cm. longa, 2-5 cm.
lata, ramis erectis scabridis, pedicellis erectis brevibus. Spiculce pallide purpuras-
centes, 4 mm. longa; ; rliacbiila ad basin albo-ciliata. Gluma i. lanceolata, acuta,
carina elevata scabrida, nervis 2 elevatis ; ii. multo longior, lanceolata, lata, cuspi-
data, trinervis, nervis elevatis 4 mm. longa; iii. tenuior, paleacea, lanceolata,
enervis sequalis ; iv. lanceolata, atropurpurea, enervis, apice obscure bifida, arista
terminali spiculte cequilonga iuferne horizontali torta supra medium abrupte
deflexa, recta bruniiea. Balea quam gluma sua brevior, tenuis, late lanceolata.
Stamina 3 oblonga, ocrea. Stigmata plamosa, purpurea. Caryopsis elliptica,
complanata, late nee profunde sulcata, flavescens. Lodlculi apice bifidi.

Camps IX and X. 5(300 to 6400 ft., and Camps VII and VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.

Deschampsia Klossii, Kidl. in Kew Bull. (1913), 267.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Distiib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Deschampsia flexuosa, Trin. in Bvdl. Sc. Acad. Petersb. i. (1836) 66.
Camp XII, 11,000 ft. (forma vivipara).
Bistrib. Temperate Europe and Asia.

Eleusine indica, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 8.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Bistrib. Cosmopolitan.

LoPHATHERUM GRACILE, Brongn. iu Duperr. Voy. Bot. 50, t. 8.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.
Bistrib. India, Malaya, China, Japan.

Centotheca lappacea, Desv. in Nouv. Bull. Soc. Philom. ii. (1810) 189.
Canoe Camp and Camps III to VI, 150 to 2500 ft.
Bistrib. India, Malaya, China, Polynesia, and Tropical Africa.

PoA papuana, Stapf, in Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 2007.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Bistrib. Endemic in ISew Guinea.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 251

PoA MiNiMiFLORA, Stapf, in Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 2608.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.
Dlstrlb. Endemic in New Guinea.

PoA NivicoLA, Piidl., sp. nov.
Herba csespitosa. Folia basalia brevia, angusta, linearia, acuminata, svibacuta, 7 cm.
longa, 1 mm. lata, ligula nulla ; caulina lanceolata, acuminata, 3 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata.
Cahmis longus vel minor, teres. Panicula laxa, ramis paucis tenuissimis 2-4j mm,
longis. SpiculcB 8-10 in ramo, pedicellis gracillimis, triflorte, rliachilla producta.
Glumoe distichse, i. et ii. lanceolatse, acutse, coriacese, purpurascentes, pubescentes,
4 mm. longge ; iii. (florens) lanceolata, acuta, nervis 4> ad apicem confluentibus.
Palea lanceolata, bicarinata, carinis in apice 2 productis. Staminum antberse
brunnese. Stigmata pluuiosa, gossipiua, all^a. LodiciUi breves, late lanceolatae,
cuspidatse.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Near P. alpina, Linn., but the spikelets are narrower and the flowering glumes not
silky.

PoA LUZONiENSis, Merrill, iu Philipp. Joaro. Sc. i. Suppl. (100(5) ISO.

Distri,b. Utakwa Valley, with no precise locality.

Identical with a plant from the mountains of Java [at Nyadasar at 2000 metres
(Koorders) and probably Tosari (Hullett)]. I have seen no Puilippiae specimens, but
the description by Merrill suits this plant.

Dendrocalamus Forbesii, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. xxiv. (1880) 16.
Distrib. British New Guinea.

EILICES.
(By H. N. Ridley.)

Cyathea Macgregorii, F. Muell. in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. i. (1889) 40.
The specimens have remarkably scaly young fronds.
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft.
Distrif). Endemic in New Guinea.

Cyathea Klossii, Ridl., sp. nov.

Caudex gracilis, 2 cm. diametro, squamis elongatis acuminatis 5 mm. longis tecta.
Frondes pinnatae, 60 cm. longse, 13 cm. latte, stipitibus 10 cm. longis basi squamis
acuminatis armatis superne pvirpureu-brunneis rudibus. Ehachis superne canali-
culata, hirsuta, capillis atris, subtus squamis copiosis tecta. PimicB in media
fronde lougiores, 5 cm. longte, 15 cm. latte, papyracese, glabrae, subtus glauces-
centesj lobis 11-paribus oblongis obtusis ad f latitudinis pinnse fissis, nervis ad 12

2k:2

252 ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS

ssepius bifurcatis. Sori ad bases nervorum prope costam biseriati. Indusium

globosum, apice irregulariter fissum.
Camps III to IV, 1100 to 2500 ft.

Allied to C. Christ/, Copel., of the Philippines ; differing in its simply pinnate leaves
and scaly rhachis.

Cyathea Versteegii, Christ, in Nova Guinea, viii. 161.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Distrih. Endemic in New Guinea.

The rhachis is more pubescent and the pinnse are deeper cut than in a type-specimen
in Herb. Kew.

Alsophila saparuensis, Alderweldt and Rosenburgh, Malayan Ferns, p. 38.
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.
Distrih. Buru and Saparua.

Alsophila papuana, Hidl., sp. nov.

Frondes maguae, 115 cm. longiB, stipitibus longis 5 mm. crassis glabris parce spinu-
losis. FinncB alternEC, subremotse, 8 cm. distantes, 30 cm. longse, glabrae. Finnulce
8 cm. longiE, 2 mm. latte, lanceolatse, longe acuminatse, subcoriaceae, glabrae, subtus
pallidiores, petiolis 2 mm. longis, lobis 20 oblongis obtusis subtruncatis crenulatis
ultra dimidium lissis, nervis 12 ssepe bifurcatis. Sori 12 in medio nervorum.
Indusium parvum, mox disruptvim.
Camp III, 2500 ft.

The indusium forms at first a small globose covering to the sporang'es, but soon
breaks up into very minute fragments. Near A. glabra. Hook., but the pinnulae are
all petiolate, and the indusium is different, the sori being hardly arranged in V-shape.

Gleichenia dicarpa, Pt. Br. Prod. 161.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.
Bistrib. Malay Islands.

Gleichenia monticola, Ridl., sp. nov.

Stipes fragilis, 11 cm. longus, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis ad basin Isete brvinneis.
Band 2, dichotomi, bis ramosi, rliachi squamis lanceolatis apice albo-lanuginosis
tecta. Frondes 9 cm. longse, recurvse, 5 cm. latae, sicca" atrobrunnea3, subtus
glauccB, glabrii^, lobis ovatis obtusis valde coriaceis, marginibus multo incurvis
2 cm. longis, nervis elevatis ramosis ultra 5.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

A most distinct plant with the habit of G. circinata, Sw., but the leaflets are much
larger and ovate.

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COLLECTED IN DUTCH JNEW GUINEA. 253

Gleichenia vestita, Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. 249.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

Gleichenia arachnoides, Mett. in Ann. Lugd. Bat. i. (1863) 47.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Distrib. Malay Islands.

DiCKSONiA chrtsotricha, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. 311.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Distrib. Java, Celebes, and Philippines. A new record for New Guinea.

Hymenophyllum badium, Hook & Grev. Syn. Fil. 60.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Distrib. Himalaya to Malaya.

Hymenophyllum demissum, Sw. in Scbrad. Journ. 1800, ii. (1801) 100 ; Hook. & Baker,
Syn. Pil. 61.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Malaya, Australia, New Zealand.

Hymenophyllum formosum, Brack. Expl. Exp. xvi. 268 ; Van Den Bosch, Hymen. Jav.

59, t. 47-48.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. Malaya, Australia, Polynesia.

Hymenophyllum multifidum, Sw. in Sclirad. Jovirn. 1. c. 102; Hook. & Baker, Syn.
Eil. 69.
Camps XI to XIII, 8300 to 10,500 ft.
Distrib. Celebes, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand.

Hymenophyllum Bismarckianum, Christ, in Lauterb. & K. Sebum. El. Deutsch.
Schutzgeb. Siidsee, Suppl. 34.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Trichomanes auriculatum, Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. 225.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Japan.

Trichomanes meifolium, Bory, ex Willd. Sp. PL v. 509.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Reunion, Malaya, Polynesia.

Trichomanes fceniculaceum, Bory, 1. c. 511 ; Hook. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 88.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Mascarenes, Malaya, Australia.

254. MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS

Trichomanes Plum a, Hook. Syn. Fil. i66.
Camps XI to Xll, 8300 to 11,000 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula.

TmcnoMANES pallidum, Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. 225 ; Hook. Syn. Pil. 80.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft,
Distrib. Malay Peninsula, Java.

Prosaptia contigua, Sw. Syn. Fil. 130.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Distrib. India, Malay Peninsula and Islands.

Prosaptia Schlechteri, Christ, in Lauterb. & K. Solium. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb.
Siidsee, Suppl. 41, t. 1. fig. B.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

HuMATA PEDATA, J. Sui. in Hook. JoaiMi. Bot. iii. (1841) 416.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. India, Malaya, China, Japan, Australia, and Mascarenes.

Davallia pinnata. Hook. Sya. Fil. 98.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Var. GRACILIS, Smith.
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. Malaya and Polynesia.

Odontosoria retusa, Hook. Sp. Fil. i. t. 52 A.
Camp Via, 3100ft.
Distrib. Malaya and Polynesia.

Odontosoria chinensis, J. Sm. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ' Herald,' 430.
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.
Distrib. Mascarenes, India, Malaya, China, and Polynesia.

J Odontosoria tenera, Pddl., sp. nov.

Bhizoma gracillimum, elongatum, frondibus dissitis. Frondes graciles, pinnatiB,
herbacese, glabrae, 16-20 cm. longge, 2 cm. latae. Stipes tenuis, basi purpureus,
superne pallidus. PiiinulcB 1 mm. longae, pallide virides, cuneatee, breviter pedi-
cellatoe, lobis 5 linearibus in latere inferiore apice rotundatis emarginatis. Sori
infra apices singuli, ex apicibus nervorum orti. Iiidusium squamiforme, ovatum.

Camp Vi 6, 3900 ft.

This pretty little fern is almost of the habit of a Hymenophyllum, the frond is quite

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simple, witli delicate green pinnules, the lower edge of which is quite straight, the
upper cut into five linear lobes.

LiNDSAYA EEPENS, Bedd. Handb. Ind. Eerns, 74.
Camps III, 2500 ft., and IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.
Distrib. Mauritius, India, Malava, and Polynesia.

LiNDSAYA SCANDENS, Hook. Syn. Kl. 106.

Camps VH to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

LiNDSAYA FLABELLULATA, Hook. Syn. Fil. 107.
Camp VI c, 5500 ft.
Disttnb. Tropical Asia and Australia.

LiNDSAYA TRAPEZIFOBMIS, Hook. Syn. Fil. 107.
Camps III to IV, 1100 to 2500 it.
Distrib. Ceylon, Malaya, S. America.

LiNDSAYA RIGIDA, Hook. Syn. Fil. 108.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

LoMARiA PROCEEA, Hook. Syn. Fil. 179.
Camps VI b and VI c, 3900 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

LOMARIA CAPENSIS, Willd. Sp. PI. V. 291.

Var. SQUAMULOSA, Ridl., nov. var. — L. sqiiamidosa, Desv.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

A curious dwarf compact Alpine fern, which I have also seen from Mt. Knutsford
and the Owen Stanley range, collected by Macgregor.

Distrib. Malaya, Polynesia, Tropical Africa, and America.

DiPLAZiUM UMBROSUM, Bedd. Handb. Ind. Ferns, 188.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Distrib. Eastern Tropics.

Anisogonium decussatum, Presl, Tent. 116, t. 4. fig. 13.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Malaya, Polynesia, Australia, and Africa.

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Anisogonium cordifolium, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 331.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

ASPIDIUM PACHVfPHYLLUM, Hook. Syn. Fil. 297.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Bistrib. Malaya.

AsPLENiUM SQUAMULATUM, Hook. Syn. Fil. 192.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peniasula and Islands.

AsPLENiUM viTT^FORME, Cav. Praelect. 1801, 255.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Bistrib. Malaya.

AspiiENiuM TENERUM, Forst. f. Pfodr. 80.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Bistrib. Malaya.

AsPLENiUM COMOSUM, Christ, in Lauterb. & K. Schum. Fl. Deutscli. Scliutzgeb. Siidsee,
127.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Bistrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

AsPLENiUM CAUBATUM, Forst. f. Prodr. 80.
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.
Bistrib. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America.

ASPLENIUM AFFiNE, Sw. in Sclirad. Journ. 1800, ii. (1801) 56.
Camp VI 6, 3900 ft.
An unusually pubescent hairy form.
Bistrib. Mascarenos, Malaya, and Polynesia.

AsPLENiuM BUT^FOLiTJM, Kunze, in Linnsea, x. (1836) 521.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Bistrib. S. Africa, India, Malaya, Japan, Polynesia.

\j ASPLENIUM ALATUM, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frondes 60 cm. longse, 26 cm. latiB. Stipes frondi aequilongus, basi alatus, Bhachis
in dorso squamis magnis lanceolatis acuminatis brunneis tecta. Frondium lobi
circiter 9, oblongi, lanceolati, acuminati, cuspidati, herbacei, glabri squamis in
dorso costse exceptis, maximus 15 cm. longus, 3 cm. latus, iufimus insequaliter
bilobus, summus latus, trilobus, nervis et nervulis liberis conspicuis, areolis

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magnis. Frondes fertiles angustiores. Sori copiosi, in liiieas singulas in utroqiie
latere costaj dispositi 6t approximati. Indusium renifoi'me, persistens.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft.

Allied to A. decurrens, Presl, but differing in the stipes and the rhachis beiug
covered with brown scales.

Lastr^a Macgkegokii, Ridl. comb., nov. {Nejjhrodium llacgregotn, Baker, Summary,
60 (1892) ; N. sinmlans, Baker, in Ann. Bot. v. (1891) 60, non alior. ; Dryopteris
conterminoides, Chi'isten. Ind. Fil. 258).
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.
Bistrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Lastr^a Beccariana, E-idl., comb. nov. {Nephrodium Beccanannw, Ces. Fil. Becc.
Born. 23).
Camp Via, 3100 ft.
Dislrib. Malaya.

LastryEA sparsa, T. Moore, Ind. Til. 87, 104.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. ; VI b, 3900 ft., and VI c, 5500 ft.
Listrib. India and Malaya.

Lastr^a Klossii, Eidl., sp. nov.

Frondes 30 cm. longoe, 5*5 cm. latoe, pinuatse. Stipes gracilis, atro-purpureus,
pubescenti-hirsutus, in dorso squamis latis ovatis tenuibus paucis munitus.
Uliaclds gracilis, superne pilis et squamis rufo-brunneis tecta. Finuo} basin versus
vix breviores, alternaj, coriaceae, 25 cm. longse, 7 mm. latae ; lobi fere ad costam fissi
oblongi, obtusi, integri, nervis 8, costa parce squamosa, squamis rufo-brunneis.
Sori plures in nervis iu medio lobo cougesti. Indusium reniforme, brunneum.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

An elegant fern of the habit of Nephrodium cticullattim, Blume.

Mesochl^na polycarpa, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. Suppl. 13.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Mala^'a.

Nephroditjm cucullatum, Baker, in Hook. Syn. Fil. 290.
Camp VI «, 3100 ft.
Bistrib. Mascarenes, Indo-Malaya, Polynesia.

Nephrodium glandulosum, Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 76.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft , and Camp VI «, 3100 ft.
Bistrib. Malay Peninsula and Java.

Nephrodium pennigerum, Presl, Eel. Haenk. i. 35.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Bistrib. Africa, Indo-Malaya.

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Nephroditjm ferox, T. Moore ; Hook. Syn. Fil. 294.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. India, Malaya.

Nephrodium brachtodon, Hook. Syn. Fil. 295.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrih. Malaya, S. America.

Nephrodium arbuscula, Desv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. vi. (1827) 253.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. S. India, Mascarenes, and Malaya.

Nephrolepis davalloides, Kunze, ex Hook. Syn. Pi). 302.
, Camps VI a and VI b, 3100 and 3900 ft.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula, Java.

Nephrolepis acuta, Presl, ex Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 153.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Dist}'ib. Africa, Indo-Malaya.

Nephrolepis cordifolia, Presl, Tent. 79.

Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camps VI a and VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft.
Distrib. All tropical countries.

Oleandra musifolia, Presl, Epim. 42.
Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. India, Malaya.

Oleandra cuspid ata. Baker, in Beec. Males, iii. 41.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft., and VI a and VI b to VII, 3100 to 3900 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

Oleandra Werneri, Bosenst. in Fedde, Rep. v. 40.
Camps III to VI a, 2500 to 3100 ft.
Distrih. Endemic in New Guinea.

Phegopteris erubescens, J Sm. Hist. FiL 233.
Camps VIII to XI, 4900 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. India, Malaya.

Goniopteris rigida, Bidl., sp. nov.

Frondes 45 cm. longse, 8 cm. latse, stipitibus cum rhachi dense rufo-liirtis. Fiim(B
5 cm. longte, 1 cm. latte, sessiles, approximatse, coriacese, superne virides, breviter

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ad dimidium lobatae, lobis rotundatis, mai-ginibus svibtus incurvis obtiisis, nervis 10
superne depressis subtus elevatis hirtis jiilis atris. Sori in iiiSdio nervorum orti,
a costa et marginibvis sequidistantes, parvi.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft.

A very distinct, stiff and hairy plant, with the pinnse cut very shortly into rounded
lobes, about 32 in number.

GoNioPTEEis RUDis, Ridl., sp. nov.

Frondes circiter 60 cm. longse, stipitibus basi squamis lanceolatis aciiminatis tectis
et cum rhachi pilis brevibus rigidis ruio-brunneis tectis duplo longiores. JPinnce
9, integrae, oblongao, subabrupte cuspidatae, sessiles, oppositse, glabrae, 16 cm.
longae, 4 cm. latae, herbaceae, basi latte, breviter cuneatae, cuspide pugioniformi
2 cm. longo, nervis plurimis, nervulis 5-6 gracilibus. Sori ex apicibus nervulorum
orti, orbiculares, plurimi.

Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.

Nearest to G. arfakiaiia, Ces., but the sori do not cover the whole surface of the
fronds.

PoLYPODiUM HiRTELLUM, Blume, Euum. PI. Jav. ii. 122.
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.
Dislrib. Ceylon, Malaya.

Polypodiijm: inconspictjum, Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. ii. 130.
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Malay Islands.

PoLTPODiTJM FASCiATUM, Presl, Tent. 180.
Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Java, Sumatra.

PoLYPODlUM SUBSELLIGUEUM, Baker, in Journ. Bot. xxviii. (1890) 107.
Camp VIS, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

POLTPODITJM FRIGIDTJM, BidL, sp. nov.

jRMzoma 4 mm. crassum, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis pallide brunneis tectum.
Frondes coriaceae, 17 cm. longae, integrae, glabrae, lineares, angustae, versus apicem
et basin acuminatBe, obtusse, 2 mm. longae, stipitibus distinctis gracilibus 4 cm.
longis fugaciter furfuraceo-pubescentibus. Sori rotuudato-elliptici, biseriati, in
medio laminae siti (apice et basi frondis sterilibus), costa crassiuscula, nervis
celatis.

Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.

Allied to P. siibselliffueum. Baker, but much smaller and narrower, the blade distinctly

separate from the pubescent stipes.

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POLYPODIUM CARSTBNSZENSE, Ridl., sp. nOV.

Rhizonia sqiiamis tenuibus lanceolatis acuminatis pallide brunnescentibus tectum.
Frondes simplices, petiolatae, petiolis teretibus pubesceutibus 7-8 cm. longis
gracilibus; lamina linearis, acuminata, basi cuueata, subcoriacea, mai-giue superne
undulata, basin versus breviter lobata lobis obtusis latis, 20 cm. longa, 1'5 cm.
lata, nervis circiter 80 vindulatis, nervulis 6 brevibus. SoH elliptici, parvi, sub-
immersi, 6 cum quoque nervo in apicibus nervulorum orti.

Camps XI to XIV, 8300 to 10,500 ft.

Allied to P. sumatranum, Baker, differing in tbe distinctly lobed fronds and flexuous
nerves.

POLYPODIUM PETIOLATUM, Ridl., Sp. noV.

Bhizoma gracile, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis argenteis tectum. Frondes simplices,
petiolatse, petiolis glabris canaliculatis gracilibus 4-8 cm. longis; lamina oblanceolata,
basi attenuata, coriacea, 12 cm. longa, 1-5-1-8 cm. lata, margine recurvo obscure
undulate nee lobato, nervis pluribus gracilibus rectis, nervulis obscuris brevibus 6
in utroque nervo. Sori orbiculares, majusculi, in apicibus nervulorum juxta
nervum orti.

Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.

Allied to the last species, but with different scales on the rhizome, a glabrous
channelled petiole and straight nerves, shorter nervules and larger sori, wliich are
elevated on the upper surface.

POLYPODIUM StanletantjM, Baker, in Journ. Bot. xxviii. (1890) 107.
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft.
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea.

POLTPODIUM PAPUANUM, Hidl., Sp. nOV.

Eerba parva, caspitosa, 5 cm. alta. Frondes sessiles, lineares, angustse, 1 mm. latae,
paullo acuminatse, obtusse, versus basin paullo attenuatse, subcoriacea?, pilis atris
panels munitoe, costa elevata, nervis celatis. Sori in apice copiosi, elliptici, primo
distantes, mox congesti, laminam tegentes.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

Allied to P. universe, Baker, but less coriaceous and less hairy, with many more sori.

POLYPODIUM BISERIALE, Bidl., Sp. noV.

Serba ceespitosa, rhizomate squamis ovatis obtusis brunneis tecto. Frondes integrae,
lanceolatEe, aeuminatse, glabrae, versus basin attenuatae, marginibus undulatis,
14 cm. longte, 4-5 cm. lata>, pilis brevissimis atris dissitis, nervis obscuris undulatis
simplicibus, stipitibus gracilibus teretibus pubesceutibus. Sori rotundi, prope
costam a margine remoti, 1 mm. lati, 2-4-ni in lineas transversas dispositi.

Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.

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Near P. oleandroides, Baker, of New Guinea, but differing in having the sori in two
to four rows instead of a single one, covering the greater part of the frond but not the
apex. From P. pleiosoroides, Copelaud, of the Philippines, it differs in having a pubescent
stipes and undulate margin.

POLYPODITJM ALCICOUNE, Ridl., sp. nOV.

JPlanta csespitosa, 20-35 cm. alta, rhizomate crassiusculo squamis pallide brunneis
lanceolatis acuminatis tecto. Stipes 10 cm. lougus, basi teres, suj^erne complanatus,
alatus. Frondes tev aut quater furcatae, glabrae, coriaceae, complanatse, siccje pallidae,
segraentis ad basin 4-5 mm. latis, terminalibus 2-2'5 longis, 2 mm. latis, soriferis
linearibus apice obtusis angustatis. S07H in seriebus duobus prope costam
subremoti, rotundati vel elliptici, atrobrunnei.

Camp I, 700 ft. ; Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.

Allied to P. subdichotomum, Rac, of Sumatra, but much more branclied and
glabrous.

PoLYPODiUM CLAVIFER, Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 176 ; Syn. Fil. 334.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrlh. Borneo.

PoLYPODiUM cucuLLATUM, Necs, in Nova Act. xi. (1823) 121.

Camp VI c, 5500 ft. (a typical form) ; Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. A very tall and large
form, resembling specimens from Samoa. It should probably be specifically dis-
tinguished.

Dlstiib. Malaya.

PoLYPODiTJM STEEPTOPHYLLTJM, Baker, in Journ. Bot. xvii. (1879) 42.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Jjistrlh. Ceylon, Malaya.

POLYPODIUM cELEBicuM, Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. ii. 127.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
histrlb. Malaya.

POLYPODIUM OBLiQUATUM, Blumc, Enum. PI. Jav. ii. 128.
Camp III, 2500 ft.
Listrib. Indo-Malaya.

PoLYPODiUM REPANDULUM, Mett. Pol. 50.

Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

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PoLYPODiUM TENUiSECTUM, Blume, Euum. PI. Jav. ii. 134.

Camijs III to VIII and Camp VI h, from Camps IX to XI, 2500 to 8300 ft.

Apparently common.

Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Java.

^ POLYPODIUM SECUNDUM, Ridl., Sp. nov.

Flanta csespitosa, radicibus copiosis liirtis. Frondes 15-18 cm. longae, 2-5 cm. latae,
siccas brunnese. Stipes 3 cm. longus, dense barbatus, rbachi et costa barbatis.
FlnncE simplices, unilaterales, recurvae, 1-5 cm. longse, in margine superiore tantum
lobatfe; lobi ad costam iissi, parce hirti, obovati, apice rotundati, 1 mm. longi,
basales et apicales breviores. Soi-i parvi, ad basin loborum siti, hirti.
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft.

Allied to P. teniiisecta, Blume, but Cfespitose, with lobes on the upper side of the costa
only. The lobes are smallest at the base, and also diminish in size towards the tips.
They are oblong to obovate or nearly spathulate, narrowed towards the base.

^ POLYPODIUM PENSILE, Ridl., Sp. nOT.

Frondes peudulse, 70 cm. longae, dense rufo-barbatae, petiolo 5-6 cm. longo ; lamina
subcoriacea, rufo-barbata (praesertim in rhaclii), j^iunata, lobis plurimis (ad 70 in
utroque latere) liuearibus breviter acuminatis obtusis basi in rhaclii decurreutibus
2'5 cm. longis S'li mm. latis apice et basi decresceutibus, nervis celatis. Sori
orbiculares, marginales, plerumque 6 in utroque margine, immersi.
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.

Near P. celebicum, Blume, but with remarkable long pendulous fronds of an almost
fleshy nature, the lobes distinct, but decurrent at the base of the rhacUis, so as to form
narrow wings on it.

POLYPODIUM WOLLASTONII, Eidl., sp. nOV.

Mhizoma longum, gracile, squamis ovatis acuminatis brunneis dissitis caducis tectum.
Frondes remotae, 45 cm. longae, 10 cm. latae, piunatae, subcoriaceae. Stipes 12 cm.
longus, gracilis, purpureus, cum rhaclii minute pubescens. Finnce 5-6 cm. longae,
ad costam liirtae, lobis lanceolato-linearibus falcatis basi decurrentibus parce hirtis
7 mm. longis 2 mm. latis apicem versus decresceutibus, uno basali longiore erecto,
apice serrato, nervis furcatis. Sori 2-4 ad basin loborum siti, saepe lobos fere
tegentibus.

Camp III, 2500 ft.

The whole plant except the stipes dries pale green.

<J POLYPODIUM ARGYROPUS, Ridl., Sp. nOV.

Bhizoma 4 mm. crassum, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis argenteis undique dense
tecto. Frondes steriles coriaceae, lanceolatae, acuminata;, basi cuueatte, 10 cm.
longae, 2-2J cm, latte ; marginibus incurvis, nervis 40 vel ultra in utraque pagiua

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conspiciiis, petiolo 2-7 cm. longo terete glabro. Frondes fertiles lineares, coriacen?,
13 cm. longse, 2 mm. latse, glabi-ae, nervis celatis, petiolo 5 cm. lougo terete. Sori
per totam longitudinem laminse biseriati, elliptici, majusculi.

Camps VI b and VII to VIII, 3900 to 4900 ft.

Allied to F. Bakeri. The rhizome is covered witli beautiful silvery white scales ; the
sterile fronds resemble those of a Selllgiiea, being stiffly coriaceous and drying yellow.

Plbopbltis renifera., Ridl., sp. nov.

Rhizoma gracile, squamis pallidis angustis acuminatis tectum, circiter 1 mm. crassum.
Frondes steriles anguste spathulatse, apice rotundatae, coriaceae, 5 cm. longce, 3 mm.
latse; fertiles lineares, obtusse, glabrae, marginibus undulatis, 15 cm. longae, 2 mm.
latse, costa prominula, nervis celatis, stipite gracili in laminam gradatim dilatato.
Sori circiter 16, rotundi, alterni vel oppositi, remoti.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.

This resembles P. stenopteris, Baker, of Borneo, but the lamina is shorter and wider,
rounded at the tip and dilated upwards, not linear acuminate.

Pleopeltis phtmatodes, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. Ixxviii.

Camp Via, 3100 ft. ; Camps VIII to IX and XII to XIII, 4900 to 10,500 ft.
Bistrib. Old World tropics.

Pleopeltis palmata, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. 317.

Camps VI a to VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft. ; and Camps X to XI, 0700 to 8300 ft.
Distrib. Malay Islands.

Pleopeltis affinis, T. Moore, Ind. Pil. 344.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Dislrib. Malay Islands.

Drynaria rigidula, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 314.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Malaya, Australasia.

Dipteris Horsfieldii, Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 321.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Malay Islands, Polynesia.

LoxoGRAMMB AVENiA, Baker, in Hook. Syn. Fil. 388.
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

Antrophtum semicostatum, Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. ii. 110.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Malaya, India.

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Elaphoglossum LATJRiFOLiUM, T. Moore, Ind. Fil. xvi; Bedd. Eeins South India, t. 200.
Camps VI a to VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft.
Distrib. Indo-Malaya, South America.

Gtmnopteris eepanda, Christ, Parnkr. 50, var. Quoyana (Ridl.) [Acrostichum
Quoyanum, Gaud. Voy. Urville, Bot. 306, t. 3).
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Seychelles, Malaya, Polynesia.

Gymnopteris spicata, Presl, Tent. 244, t. 11. f. 7.

Camp VI b, 3900 ft. ; Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

Angiopteris evecta, Hoffm. in Schk. Krypt. Gew. t. 151.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Madagascar, Indo-Malaya, and Australia.

Marattia fraxinea, Sm. PI. Ic. Ined. ii. t. 48.
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft.
Distrib. Tropics of Old World.

Ophioglossum pendulum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1518.
Camp III, 2500 It. ; Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Eastern tropics.

LYCOPODIACE.E.
(By H. N. Ridley.)

LvcoPODiUM FiLiFORME, Roxb. PL Ind. (Ed. Clarke) 741.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. India to Malaya.

Lycopodium pinifolium, Blume, Enum. PI. Jav. ii. 264.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft. A small form.
Distrib. Java, Borneo, New Guinea.

Lycopodium coralium. Spring, in Miq. PL Junghuhn. 273.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.
Distrib. Malaya.

Lycopodium cernuum, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1566.
Camps I, VI a, VI b, and VI c, 700 to 55D0 ft.
Distiib. Common all over the tropics.

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Ltcopodium casuarinoides, Spring, Monogr. i. 94.
Camp VI e, 5500 ft.
Distrib. Indo-Malaya.

Ltcopodium carolinianum, Lidd. Sp. PL eel. 2, 1567.
Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distnb. North and South America, Africa, Ceylon, Malaya, Tasmania.

Selaginella canaliculata, Baker, in Joura. Bot. xxiii. (1885) 21.
Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Indo-Malaya.

Selaginella atroviridis, Spring, Monogr. ii. 124-
Camps I and III to IV, 700 to 2500 ft.
Distrib. India, Malaya, and China.

Selaginella Wallichii, Spring, Monogr. ii. 113.

Camp I, 700 ft. ; Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; and Camp VI a, 3100 ft.
Distrib. Indo-Malaya.

PsiLOTDM COMPLANATDM, Sw. Syn. Fil. 188, 414.
Camp III, 2500 ft. ; Camp VI b, 3900 ft.
Distrib. Tropics of both hemispheres.

EQUISETACE.^.

(By n. N. Ridley.)

Equisetum debile, Rosb. in Vauch. Monogr. 387.

Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft.
' Distrib. Indo-Malaya and Polynesia.

FUNGI.

(By G. Massee.)

PoLYSTiCTTis AFFiNis, Nees, Fl. Jav. p. 18, t. 4. fig. 1.
Canoe Camp, 500 ft. A small specimen.
Distrib. Malaya, Australia, and Brazil.

UsTiLAGO MONTANiENSis, Ell. & Everh. in Journ. Myc. vi. (1890) 119.
Parasitic on llaehlenbergia arimdinella, Ridl.
Distrib. North America, on other species of Muehlenbergia.

Pleogibberella calamia, Berl. et Vogl. in Sacc Add. Syll. 217.
On young fruit of Calamus Klossii, Ridl.
Distrib. India.

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Physarum LEUCOPrs, Eost. Monogr. 101.

On the bracts of Tapeinocheilus. New to New Guinea.
Distrib. England, North and South America.

Lachxocladium rameale, Berk, et Broome, in Joiu-n. Linn. Soc, Bot. xiv. (1873) 67.
Camij VI b, 8900 ft.
Distrib. Ceylon, Australia.

LICHENS.
(By A. D. Cotton.)

EiCASOLiA ScHAEREEi, Nyh Syn. 367.
Camp VI b, 3900 ft.

Peltigeea canina, WiUd. Fl. Berol. Prodr. 347 (1787); HoflFm. El. Germ. ii. 106 (1795).
Camps XI to XII, 8070 to 11,000 ft.

Phtscia letjcomela, Michx. El. Bor.-Amer. ii. 326.
Camjjs VII to VIII, 3580 to 5000 ft.

DicHjENA sericeum, Mont, in Bel. Voy. Ind. Or., Crypt. 166.
Camps IX to X, 5600 to 6400 ft.

EXPLANATION OE THE PLATES.
Plate 1,

Fig. 1.

Drlmys vaccinioides, Ridl., whole plant, natural size.

2.

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leaves, x 4.

3.

)t

33

flower. X 6.

4.

>y

33

stamens. X 12.

5.

3J

3)

section of flower, x 8.

6.

»

55

pistil. X 12.

7.

Papuzilla

minuiiflora, Eidl., whole plant, natural size

8.

)i

55

raceme, x 6.

9.

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33

flower. X 12.

10.

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33

stamen, x 20.

11.

»

JJ

pistil. X 20.

12.

»

3)

fruit. x 6.

13.

1)

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the same in section, x 6.

14.

33

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embryo, x 12.

15.

Saurauia

eximia,

Ridl., branch, natural size.

16.

))

33

calyx, x 2.

17.

33

55

stamens, x 3.

18.

33

}>

pistil. X 3.

19.

33

33

the same in section, x 3.

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Fig. 20. Terminthodia oppositifolia, Ridl., spray, natural size.

21. „ „ flower. X 12.

22. „ J, the same reversed to show calyx. x 12.

23. „ „ stamens and disc, x 2-t.

24. „ „ pistil. X 24.

25. „ „ capsule, x 4.

26. „ „ carpels with seed, x 8.

27. „ „ seed. X 8,

Plate 2.

Fig. 28. Medinilla myrtifurmis, \a\\ papuana, Bak. fil., branch, natural size.
^9 „ „ branch, natural size.

30. „ „ „ petal. X 4.

31. „ „ » stamen, x 6.

32. „ „ » ovary. X 2.

33. ^^ ,, „ the same in section, x 4.

34. Otanthera novo-guineensis, Bak. fil., branch, natural size.

35. „ „ flower, x 3.

36. „ „ bract, x 2.

37. „ „ petal. x 3.

38. „ „ stameu. X 6.

39. ^ „ ^ calyx and ovary in section, x 6.

40. Medinilla rubrovenia, Bak. fil., branch, natural size.

41. „ „ flower. X 3.

42. „ „ stamen. x 6.

43. ^^ „ ovary and calyx in section. X 6.

Plate 3.

Fig. 44. Medinilla ienuipedicellata, Bak. fil., branch, natural size.

45. „ „ flower. X 3.

46. „ „ stamen, x 6.

47. ^^ „ ovary and calyx, in section, x 6.

48. Pyrsonota calophylla, Ridl., spray, natural size.

49. „ „ raceme, x 3.

50. „ „ flower. X 6.
„ stamens, x 12.
,, pistil. X 24.

,, the same, in longitudinal section, x 24.

„ the same, in transverse section, x 24,

abates ilicina, Ridl., stipules, x 4.

„ flower and bract, x 4.

„ flower. X 12.

„ petal. X 16.

,, stamens and disc, x 24.

„ pistil. X 16.

„ fruit in longitudinal section, x 2.

„ the same, transverse section, x 2.

51.

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52.

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53.

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54.

9>

55.

See Plate 4

56.

Cremnohate

57.

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58.

9f

59.

15

60.

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61.

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62.

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63.

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ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS

Pl/ATE 4.

Fig. 55. Cremnobates ilicina, llidl., spray, natural size.
6-t. Pllea alpestris, Ridl., spray, natural size.

65.
66.
67.
68.
69.

70. See Plate 6.

71. Giulianetta disticha, Ridl., leaf

leaves and stipules, enlarged,
leaf and stipules, x 8.
leaf and flower, x 6.
flower. X 14.
the same, side view, x 14.

X -Z.

Plate 5.

Fig. 74. Thylacophora pogoiiocheihs, Ridl., leaf and fruit spikes, half natural size.

Plate 6.

Fig. 70. Giulianetta disticha, Ridl., plant, natural size.

71. See Plate 4.

72. Giulianetta disticha, Ridl., flower aud bract, natural size.

73. „ „ flower, x 2.

74. See Plate 5.

75. Thylacophora pogonocheilus, Ridl., raceme, natural size.
7Q. „ „ flower, x 2.

77. „ „ stylodes. x 6.

78. „ „ fruit, natural size.

79. „ „ placenta, x 2.

80. „ „ seed with aril, x 4.

81. „ „ seed from above, x 4.

82. „ „ seed in section, x 6.

A Map illustrating Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston's route in Dutch New Guinea will be
found in ' The Geographical Journal ' for March, 1914.

COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GULNEA.

2G9

CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

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Ijottom, read Dri.mys elongata, Ridl. iu Hook. Ic. PI. t. 3051.

„ i'or Petala 5, read Petala G.
Drimvs vaccinioides, Ridl., sp. nov. (PI. 1. figs. l-(3.)

Saurauia eximia, Ridl., sp. uov. (Pi. 1. figs. 15-19.)

Patuzilla MixuTiFLORA, Ridl., sp. nov. (PI. 1. Hgs. 7-14.)

Terminthodia oppositifolia, Ridl., sp. uov. (PI. 1. tigs. 20-27.)

Aglaia rubra, Ridl. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 3052.

PvRsoN'OTA CALOPHYLLA, Ridl., sp. nov. (PL 3. figs. 48-54.)
Cremxobates ilicina, Ridl., sp. nov. (PI. 3. figs. 56-63; PI. 4. fig. 55.)
TiMoNius VACCINIOIDES, Weniliam, iu Hook. Ic. PI. t. 3054.
ViTTADiNiA DisTicHA, S. Moore, ill Hook. Ic. PI. t. 3055.
^IiscHOPLEURA, WernliHui, in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 3059.
^IiscHOPLEURA OVALIFOLIA, Weruliani (I.e.).
]\IiscHOPLEURA RiDLEA'ANA, Weruliam (1. c).
Neowollasto.via, Wernliani, in Hook. Ic. PL t. 3060.
Neowollastonia tabern^.montanoides, Wernham (I.e.).
SoLANUM peranomalum, Wcrnliam, in Hook. Ic. PL t. 3062.
Pilea ai.pestris, Ridl., sp. nov. (PL 4. figs. 64-69.)
Thvlacophora pogoxocheilus, Ridl., sp. nov. (PL 5. tig. 74; PL 6. figs. 75-82.)

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INDEX.

[Note. — Synonyms and Native Names are printed in italics. A star* is added to names which appear

to be used for the first time.].

A.brotanella, Cass., mentioned, 8.
papuana, S. Moore *, 86.
rhynchocarpa. BaJf. /., men-
tioned, 86 ftnote.
Acanthaceje of Dutch New Guinea,

by S. Moore, 132-130.
Acanthophippium javanicum. Bhime,
mentioned. 7. 20.3.

spiendidum, J. J. Umith,
203.
Aoronychia, Fovst., mentioned, 8.

murina, Jiidl.*, 2-5.
Acrostichum Quoyanum, Gam/..

264.
Adenostemma viscosum, Forst.. 81.
^schynanthus brachyphyllus,
S. Moore*, 123.

elliptica, Laui. >.(■ A". Sclium.,

122 (sphalm. = seq.).
ellipticus, Laut. 4' A'. Srlnim.,

mentioned, 123.
gesneriflorus, <S. Moore *, 1 24.
longiflorus, DC, mentioned,

124.
nummularius. K. Sehum., men-
tioned, 123.
suborbiculatus, S. Moore*, 123-
124.
Agapetes, G. Don, mentioned, 89.
Aglaia rubra, liidl.*, 26.

simplicifolia. Harms, men-
tioned, 26.
Agrostophyllum biflorum, liidl.*,
198-199.

braoliiatum, J. J. Sm., men-
tioned, ]98.
curvum, Ridl.*, 199.

Agrostophyllum oliganthum,
Sehlechter, mentioned, 199.
parviflorum, J. J. Sm., 198.
liauciflorum. Hook, f., 192.
rigidifolium, Ridl.*, 198.
uniflorum, Sehlechter, men-
tioned, 199.
Allophyllus glaber, Radii., men-
tioned, 32.

Isete-virens, Ridl.*, 32.
Alocasia scabriuscula, ^V. E. Br. ?,

237.
.Alpinia, L., mentioned, 8.

capiteUata, Jack, mentioned,

213.
chaunocolea, K. Schtan.. men-
tioned, 217.
compta, K. Schum., 215.
cordylinoides, Ridl.*, 211-212.
Dekockii, Val., mentioned, 217.
ttoritiunda. A'. Schum., 215.
Gjellerupi, Val., 215.
gracillima, Val., mentioned,

217.
hiniautoglossa, Ridl.*, 212.
javauica, Blume, 213.
kermesina, Ridl.*, 214.
leptostachya, Val., mentioned,

217.
macrocephala, K. Schum., men-
tioned, 213.
njenostachys, Vcd., mentioned,

217.
papilionacea, K. Schum., 215.
platiinema, K. Schum., 215.
porphyrocarpa, Ridl.*, 213.
pterocarpa, K. Schum., 213-214.

Alpinia pulchra, JVurh., mentioned,
215.

rigida, Ridl.*, 214-21.5.
rosacea, Val., mentioned, 210.
Schlechteri, A'. Schu7u., 215.
scijphonema, K. Schum., 215.
sericiflora. A". Schum., men-
tioned, 217.
strobilacea. A". Schum., men-
tioned, 217.
tephrochlaiuys, K. Schum. t^-
Laut., 212; mentioned, 214.

t'ar.aspericanlis, A'. Schum.

4- TMut., 212-213.
Alsophila glabra. Hook., mentioned,
252.

papuana, Ridl.*, 252.
saparuensis, Alderzveldt 4" Rosen-
hurgh, 252.
Alyxia acuminata, A'. Schum., men-
tioned, 109.

Eidleyana, Wirnham*, 108-
109.
Amaracarpus anomaius, WeruhaiH*,
78-79.

cuneifolius, Val., mentioned, 79.
papiianus, Val., 78.
Amarantaoeie, 139.
Amaranthus paniculatus, Linn., 139.
Amomuni bicornutum, Ridl.*, 210-
211.

pellitum, Ridl.*, 211.
AmpelideiE, mentioned, 7, 31.
Anacardiaceae, 33.
Anaphalis, DC, mentioned, 8.
Marise, F. Mtiell., 85.
monocephala, S. Moore *, 85.

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INDEX.

Anaphalis nubigeua, DC, var.

papuana, Latiterb., mentioned, 85.
Angiopteris eveota, Hoffin., 264.
Anisogonium cordifolium, Bedd., 256.

decussatum. Privl, 255.
Anomopauax Schleehteri. K. ScJnim.

<i- Laut., 63.
Anonacea?, 16 ; mentioned, 7. 9.
Anotis papuana, Laut., 69.
Anthemideae, 86-87.
Anthobembix hospitans, Ferh., 144.
Anthrophjum semicostatum, Bltiiiw.

263.
Antiaropsis, A". Schum., mentioned, 7.

deeipiens, K. iScltum., 150.
Antidesma contracuira, ./.,/. Sm.,147.
Apetalae of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. X. Ridley, 138-2fi6.
Apoeynacese of Duteli New Guinea,

by H. F. Wernham, 108-1 JO.
Apodytes, E. Me;/., mentioned, 28.
Apomellia, C.B.CIarl-c, mentioned,". \

papuana, S. Moore*, 132-133.
Appendicula biloba, ./. ,/. Sm., 206. i

pidustris, J. J. 8m., 206.
Aquilaria, Lam., mentioned, 145.
Araliaceae of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. N. Ridley, 63-65.
ArbutesB, mentioned, 100.
Ardisia, Siv., mentioned, 7.

deuhamioides, (S'. Moore*, 104.
myrcioides, »S'. Moore *, 104-

105.
pendula, Mez, mentioned, 104.
Areca macrocalyx, Zipp., 232.
Argostemma, Wall., mentioned, 8.
bryophilum, K. Schum., 66.
carstensense, WernluiTn *, 66.
gesnerella. \Veri)liain*, 66.
lingua-felis, Wernham *, 66.
nanum, r«7., mentioned, 67.
nubicolum, Wernham* , 67.
W'oUastonii, Wernham *, 67.
Argyrocalymna, Schum. c|- Laut., 38;
mentioned, 9.

arborea, Schiim., mentioned, 39.
denticulata. liidl.*, 39.
flexuosa, liidJ.*, .39 ; men-
tioned, 38, 40.
montana, liidl*. 39-40.
Aroidese of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. N. Ridley, 237-24(i.
Aroids, mentioned, 7.
Artabotrys, li. Br., mentioned. 16.
.Asclepiadese of Duteli New Guinea,
bv 8. Moore. 112-116.

Aspidium pachypliylluni, Hoolc., 256.
Asplenium affine, Sw., 256.

alatum. Bid/.*, 256-257.

caudatum, Forsl., 256.

comosum, Christ, 256.

decurrens, Presl, mentioned.
257.

rutasfoliura, Kunse, 256.

squamulatuni. Hook., 256.

tenerum, Forst., 256.

vittfeforme, Cav., 256.
Astelia, Banks ^ Soland., mentioned,
S.

alpina, B. Br.. 230.
Asteroideae, 81-84.
Astilbe, Bitch. -Ham., mentioned,
7, S, 9.

philijjpinensis, Henry, 37,

Backhousia aurea. Bidl.'-, 43.
Balanophora Oosterzeeana, Ved., 147.
Balanophoraceae, 147.
Barringtonia, Forsi.. mentioned, 7.

papuana, Laut., 49.
Bamnea falcata, Nees, 243.
Begonia, L., mentioned, 62.
albobracteata, Bidl.*, 60.
axillipara, Midi.*, 60-61.
tiesicaulis, RidL*, 59-60.
fruticella, Ridl.. 60.
l.auterbachii, Warh., mentioned,

59.
]ientaphragmifolia, RidL*. 59.
rhodantha, Ridl.*, 58.
Roxburghiana, A. DC, men-
tioned, (il.
torricelleusis, Schlecht., men-
tioned, 58.
Vanderwateri, liieU.*, 58-59.
Begoniacese of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. N. Ridley, 58-62.
Blumea Balfourii, Hemsh, 84.

chinensis, DC, mentioned, 85.
papuana, <S'. Moore *, 84-85.
Boehmeria laiifolia, Blume, 157.
Boerlae/iodendron , Harms, 63.
Bonnaya reptans, Si^irene/., 121.
BoraginaceEe of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. F. Wernham, 118.
Bouchardatia, Baill., mentioned. 7,
25.

cyanosiierma. Bid?.*, 25.
Brachistus, Jliers, mentioned, 119.
Brassaia actinophyUa, Ji. Br., men-
tioned, 65.

Bulbophyllum, Thou., mentioned, 8, 9.
algidum, Bidl.*, 181-182.
altieaule, BidJ.*, 188.
arachnidium, Bidl.*, 180.
arcaniflorum. Bid!.*, 187.
baculiferum, BidL*, 189.
callipes, J.J. SmitJi, mentioned,

181, 182, 183, 188.
ceratostjioides, Bidl.*, 187.
citrellum, Bidl.*, 184.
coloratum, J. J. Smith, men-
tioned, 181.
cruciatum, J. J. Smith, men-
tioned, 181.
Culex, Bidl.*. 179-180.
dubium, ./. .7. Smith, 188.
Ephippium, Bidl., 180.
erectum, Bidl.*, 186.
errabnndura, Bidl.*, 189.
Faunula, Bidl.*, 183.
gracile, Lindl., mentioned, 184.
graciliscapa, Schlechter, men-
tioned, 189.
gramineum, Bidl.*, 184.
ischiiopus, Schlechter, var.

major, Bidl.*, 182.
Klossii, Bidl*, 179.
longisepala, Bolfe, mentioned,

17'.t.
macranthum, Lindl, 179.
Orsidice, Bidl.*, 189-190.
ovale, Ridl.*, 184-185.
oxyanthum, Schlechter, 185.
ox5"sepaloides, Bidl.*, 186.
paniculatum, EidL, 206.
Paniseus, Ridl.*, 182 : men-
tioned, 183.
pardalinum, Bull.*, 188.
patens, Kim/, mentioned, 179.
perexiguum, Bidl*, 185-186.
plagiatum, Bidl.*, 182-183.
purpurellum, Bidl*, 185.
sarcanthiforme, Bidl.*, 186.
scaphosepalum, Bidl*, 180-

181.
scitulum, Bidl*, 181 ; men-
tioned, 182.
stabile, J. J. Smith, mentioned,

181.
Stellula. Bidl.*, 182.
stipalaceum, Schlecht., men-
tioned, 187.
striatellum, Bidl, mentioned,

180.'
trachyanthum, Kriinzl., men-
tioned, 197.

i

INDEX.

27JJ

Bulbophyllum thrixspermirtorum,
J. J. Smith, 190.

vexillarium, iJtci?.*, 183-18-1:.
virescens, J. J. Smith, 188.
Wollastonii, Eidl.*, 179.
xanthoacroD, ./. J. Smith, men-
tioned, isl.
Burmannia, Linn., mentioned, 7.
disticha, Linn., 228.
longifolia, Becc, 228.
micropetala, Ridl.*, 228.
sphagnoides, Becc, mentioned,
■228.
Burmanniaceae of Dutch Xew

Guinea, by H. N. liidiey, 228.
Burseraceoe, 2.5.

Calamus Cuthbertsonii, Becc men-
tioned, 235.

depauperatus. Hid/.*, 234, 235.
dilaceratus, Becc, mentioned,

235.
Klossii, Ridl.*, 235, 265.
Calanthe, R. Br., mentioned, 7.
bicalcarata, ./. J. Sm., 203.
Eiigleriana, KmnzJ., 202-203.
veratrifolia, R. Br., mentioned,
203.
Calophyllum, L., mentioned, 49.
Campanulaoeae of Dutch New

Guinea, by S. Moore, 88-89.
Cananga odorata, Honh.f. (|- Thorns.,

16.
Capitidaria involucrata, Suringar,

244, 245.
C'ardamine hirsuta, Linn., 17.
Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Linn..

32 ; mentioned, 7.
Carex breviculmis, R. Br.. 247.
fissilis, Boott, 247.
indica var. Milnei, C. B. Clarke,

247.
neo-guineensis, C. B. Clarke,

246.
sclerioides, Ridl.*, 247.
Carionia, Naud., mentioned, 54.

triplinervia, Rolfe, 53.
Caryophylleae, 19.
Casuarina, L., mentioned, 8.
Celastrineae, 30-31.
Centotheca, Best:, mentioned, 7.

lappacea, Desv., 250.
Cephaelis Utakwse, Wernham *, 77,

78.
Ceratostylis, Blame, mentioned. 8,
157. "

Ceratostylis Armeria, Ridl."', 192-
193.

breviceps, Ridl.*, 193.

clavata, J. J. Sm., 192.

glabra, Ridl.*, 193.

lancifolia. Hook, f., mentioned,
187.

pugioniformis, ./. ./. Sm., men-
tioned, 193.

tenericaulis, Ridl.*, 192 ; men-
tioned, 193.

teres, Reichh. /.. mentioned,
193.
Chamaicladon, J/j'/.. mentioned, 239.
Chloranlhaceaa, 143.
Chloranthus officinalis, Blume, 143.
Chorizandra, J{. Br., mentioned, 7,
245.

involucrata, Ridl., 244-245.
Chrysothrix, L., mentioned, 245.
Ciohoriaceae, 87-88.
Cirrhopetalum Blumei, Lindl., 180.
Cissus conchigera, Ridl.*, 31-32.

Forsteniana, Mi'j., mentioned,
32.

grandifolia, IVarh., 31.

papuana, Miq., mentioned, 31.

pergamacea, Blume, mentioned,
31.

viridescens, Ridl.*, 31.
Cladium colpodes, Laut., mentioned,
243.

falcatum. C. B. Cl,irke, 243.

sinuatum, Ridl.*, 243.
Clavimyrtus firma, Blume, mentioned.

46.
Clerodendron Bcthuncaiium, /.aw,
mentioned, 137.

Liudaurianum, Laut., 137.

utakwense, Wernhdin *, 137.
Codiaeum Stellingiaiium, Warl>.. 147.
Coelogyne, Lindl., mentioned, 7.

asperata, Lindl., 202.

Beccarii, Reichh. /., 202.

Micholitziana, KranzL, 202.

Veitchii, Rolfe, 202.
Cohnia neocaledonica. Baker, 230.
Coix Lacryma-Jobi, Linn., 249.
Coleus, Lour., mentioned, 7.

scutellarioides, Benth., 138.
Colocasia. Sclmtt, mentioned, 7.

anriquovuni, Scholl, 237.
Cominsia, I/em.i-L, mentioned, 9.

f/ir/anira, K. Sebum., 227.

Guppyi, Hemsl., 227.
Commelina niulitiora, TAnn., 231.

Commelynaceie of Dutch jS'ew
Guinea, by H. N. Ridley, 230-
231.
CompositiB of Dutch New Guinea,

by S. Moore, 80-88.
Couiferne, 158-159.
Conocephalus, Blumt, mentioned, 7.
uobilis, Ridl.*, 150.
suaveolens, Blume, mentioned,
15U.
Convolvulacese of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. F. Weruham, 118-119.
Coprosma, Forst., mentioned, 8.

Wollastonii, Wernham*, 79.
Cordyline, Ro'yen, mentioned, 212.
Haageana, C. Koch, 230.
minutiflora, Ridl.*, 230.
neocaledonica. Linden., men-
tioned, 230.
racemosa, Ridl.*, 229-230.
stricta, Erull., 229.
termiiialis, Kunth, 229.
Corsia ornata, Becc, 228.
Corsiacese of Dutch New Guinea.

by H. N. Ridley, 228.
Corysanthes, R. Br., mentioned, 8.
' Klossii, Ridl.*, 207-208.
longipetala, Ridl.*, 207.
picta, Blume, mentioned, 2(i7.
Cremnobates, Ridl.*, 41 ; men-
tioned, 7.

ilicina. Ridl.*, 41.
Crepis,//., mentioned, 8.

japonica, Benth.. s7; mentioned,

I .
papuana, S. Moore *, 87.
Crutiferse, 16-17.
Cryptostylis Arachnites, Blume,

207.
CucurbitacesD, 58.
CnnoniacesB, mentioned, 9.
Cupuliferae, 158.
Curculigo, Gaertn., mentioned, 7.

latifolia, Drijand., 227.
Curcuma Zedoaria, Rose, 209.
Cyathea Christi, Copel., mentioned,,
2.52.

Klossii, Ridl.''', 251-252.
Macgregorii, F. MuelL, 251.
Versteegii, Christ, 252.
Cvelosiphon, Wernham *, 90.
Cvmbidium papuaiium, Schlechler^

204.
CyperaceDe of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. N. Ridley, 241-247.
Cyperus, L., mentioned, 7.

2o2

274

INDEX.

■Cypeni« Babakan, Steud., mentioned,
242.
diffusus, Vahl. 241 ; mentioued,

242.
Haspan, Liim., 241.
papuanus, Ridl.*, 241-242.
platyphvllos, Ridl.*, 242.
rigidiilus. Ridl.*, 241.
stoionit'erus, Retz., mentioned,
•241.
•Cypholoplius, Wedd., mentioued, 8.
latifolius, Wexld., mentioned,

157.
moutanus. Ridl.*, 157.
rudis, Jiidl.*, lo7.
Cypripedium, L., mentioned, 7.

papuanura, Ridl.. 209.
■Cyrtandra ehrysea, C. B. Olnrke,
mentioned, 128.

consimilis, S. Moore *, 130.
eriophylla, (Sf. Moore *, 128.
foliosa, <S'. Moore *, 12i).
homoplastica, S. Moore*, Vdl.
hypochiysea, Krii)izl., men-
tioned, 128.
Klossii, .S'. Moore*. 131-132.

var. heptania, S. Moore *,

132.
lanceolifera, S. Moore *, 129-

130.
quercifolia, S. Moore *. 130-

131.
radiciflora, C. B. Clarke, men-
tioned, 132.
trachycaulis, Schleclitcr, men-
tioned, 129.
trisepala, C. B. Clarke, men-
tioned, 132.
Wollastonii, S. Moore*, 128-
129.
€yrtospevma macrotuni, Becc,

240.
Cystorchis, Blume, mentioned, 207.

Dacrydium sp., mentioued, 158.
Danthonia, JDC, mentioned, 8.

semi-annularis, J{. Br., 250.
Davallia pinnata. Hook., var. gracilis.

Smith, 254.
Debregeasia, Gaud., mentioned, 7,
longifolia, Wedd., mentioned,

157.
pulchra, Ridl.*, 1.56-157.

var. alpe.stris, Ridl.*,

157.

Debregeasia Wallichiana, Wedd.,

mentioned, 156.
Decaspermum neurophyllum, Laut.
^ Schum., 42.

paniculatum, Kurz, var. longi-
folia, i^a//.*, 42.
Dendrobium, Sw.. mentioned, 8, 9,
171.

aeerosum, Hook. /., mentioned,

165.
amphigenynra, Ridl.*, 146.
atropurpureum, Miij., 1<)6.
bambusinum, Ridl.*, 167-

168.
bifiorum, Sw., mentioned, 106.
Ijrachy centrum, Ridl.*, 169.
bracteosum, UeieJih. /., men-
tioned, 170.
brevicaule, Rolfe. 175.
caespitificum, Ridl.*, 171-172;

mentioned. 173.
cerasiuum, Ridl., mentioned,

175.
Chamsephytum, Schlechter, 175.
cbionanthum, Sehlechter. 175.
chloriimm, Ridl.*, 172.
chrysoruis, Riill.'-, 173 ; men-
tioned, 175.
citrinum, Ridl.*, 175-176.
coccinellum, 7?(W/.*, 174-175.
curvisepalum, 7i((^/.*. 1(57.
deflexum, Ridl.*, 161>.
dissitifbliuni. Ridl.*. 168.
donacoides, Ridl.*, 166-167.
eriopesis, Schlechter, mentioued,

167.
euphues, Ridl.*, 174.
foliosiim, BroHiJii., 178.
Forbesii, K((H., mentioned, 165.
fulgidum, Ridl*. 173-174.

var. purpurea, Ridl.*,

174.
imbricatum, J. J. Sm.. men-
tioned, U)6.
inamcenum, A'rdnzl., men-
tioned, 1 70.
Kiugiauum. Bid.w., mentioned,

176.
Klossii, ii»«.*, 166.
Kuhlii, LiiulL, mentioned, 171.
laterifoliura, Ridl.*, 172.
macrolobinn, J. J. Sm., 175;

mentioned. 1 76.
macrophylluui, A. Rich., 165.
mitriferum, J. ./. Sm., 170.
montigenum, Ridl.*, 173.

Dendrobium multistriatum, J. J. Sm.,
mentioned, 167.
piestocaulon, Schlechter, men-
tioned, 168.
platybasis, Ridl.*, 165.
puniceum, Ridl., mentioned,

171.
rhodobotrys, Ridl.*, 170.
scabritolium, Ridl.*, 171.
simile, Schlechter, mentioned,

178.
spinescens, Lindl.. mentioned,

178.
strictum, Ridl.*, 168-169.
subaoaule, Lindl., 171 ; men-
tioned, 172. 175.
subclausum, Rolfe, mentioned,

169.
ternatense, J. ./. Sm., men-
tioned, 165.
trichostomum, Reiehh. /., men-
tioned, 169.
\'andewateri, Ridl.*, 166.
vitellinum, Kriinzl.. mentioned,

169.
Wollastonii, Ridl.*, 165.
xanthellum, Ridl.*, 170.
Dendrocalamus Forbesii, Ridl., 251.
Uenbamia obscura, Meisn., men-
tioued, 104.
Deschampsia, Beauv., mentioued, 8.
flexiiosa. Trill., 25(i.
Klossii, Ridl., 25ii.
Desmodium ormoearpoides, DC,
33.

sinuatum, Blume, 33.
Diauella, Lam., mentioned, 7.

ccErulea, Sims, 230.
Dichsena sericeum, Mont., 266.
Dichrocepbala, Z'i/eni., mentioned, 7.

latifolia, DC, 81.
Dichrotrichum amabile, .v. Moore *.
124-125.

Chalmersii,^''. J/fa'//., 124; men-
' tioned, 125.

concinuum, S. Moore *, 125 :

mentioned, 126.
lateritium, S. Moore *, 126.
jiapuanum, S. Moore, 124.
parvifolium, .S'. Moore*, 126-

127.
Vandewateri, S. Moore *, 125-
126.
Dieksonia chrysotricha, T. Moore,

253.
Dicotylodones, 10.

INDEX.

276

Dictyoiieura, Blume, mentioned, 7.
Bamleri, Laut. ^- Schum., 32.
Dilleniaceue, 13-15,
Dimoriilianthera, F. Miidl., 89 ;
mentioned, 9l).

Forbesii, F. Muell., raentioned>

90.
macleaniiefolia, Wemham *,

S9-90.
umbellata, Wcrnhajii *, 90.
WoUastonii, WeraJtam *, 90.
Dioscorea, L., mentioned, 7.

glabra, Roxb., mentioned, 228.
papuana, liiiU.*, 227-228.
Dioscoreace.i' of ])uteb New Guinea,

by H. N. Ridley, 227-228.
Diplazium umbrosum, Bedil.. 255.
Diplocaulobium crenulatum, /. J.
Sm., mentioned, 177.
filiforrae, J. J. Sin., 177.
gracilentum, Schhchter, men-
tioned, 177.
grandidorum, Jiii/I.*. 176-177.
huniile, Itidl.*, 177.
linearifolium, liidl.*, 177.
Dipteris Horsfieldii, Bedd., 263.
Dischidia, 2i. Br., mentioned, 116.
Dodonaea, Linn., mentioned, 7.

viscosa, Jac'/., 32-33.
Dolichos Lablab., Linn., 35.
Donax caiina;rormis, K. Schum.,

227.
Dracama angusti folia, Koxb., 230.
Drimys, Forsl., montioned. 8, 9.
buxifoliu, llidl.*, V.J.
densifolia, Bidl.*, 12.
dipetala, F. MueU., mentioned,

12.
elongata, Hidl.*, 12-13.
granditlora, liidl.*, 11 ; men-
tioned, 12.
hatamensis, Becc, mentioned,

13.
Howei, F. MuelL, mentioned,

12.
parviflora, liidl.*, 12.
piperita, lluol,-. /., mentioned,

la

rosea, Eidl.*, 1 1.

Traversi, 'J'. Kir/r, mentioned,
13.

umbellata, liidl.*, 11-12.

vaccinoide.s, liidl.*, 13.
Dryiuaria, IVilld., mentioned, 7.

cordata, JVilld., 19.
Drynaria rigidula, Bedd., 263.

Dryopteris contermiaoides. Christen.,

257.
Dysoxylon amooroides, Miq., men-
tioned, 26.

cauiostachyum, lli<i., 25.
birtum, Ridl.*, 26.
Kunthiana, J7/V/., 26.

Eehinospermum javaniciim, Lehm.,

lib.
Elseoearpus edulis, Tei/sm., men-
tioned, 22.

floribundus, Blume, •mentioned,

21.
florulentus, Ridl.*, 21.
Miqueli, ffochreut., mentioned,

21.
ochracetis, liidl.*, 21-22.
viscosus, Warh., 21.
Ela[)hoglossum lanrifolinm, T. Moore,

264.
Elatosteina, Forst., mentioned, 8,
154.

blechnoides, liidl.*, 154.
celatioaule, Ridl.*, 155.
filicinum, liidl.*, 154.
macrophyllum, Bront/n., 153.
uovo-guineense, IVarb., 154.
polypodioides, liidl.*, 154.
poteriifolium, liidl.*, 155.
seaquifoiium, Ilassk., 153.
sessile. Foist., 1.53.
surculosum, Wi'jhl, var. pedun-
culosa. Hook, f., mentioned,
154.
trichanthum, Laut., 1.53.
Eleusine, Gaertn., mentioned, 7.

iudica, Gaertn., 250.
ElaBodendron, Jacr/. f., mentioned,

41.
Embelia effusa, Mez, mentioned,
106.

I'ulva, Mr:, mentioned, 106.
gracilenta, S. Moore*. 105-

106.
papuana, S. Moore*, 106.
Epacrideai of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. F. Wernham, 100-102.
Ephippium ciliatum, Blume, ISO
Epiblastus, SMechter, mentioned, 7.

cuneatus, ./. J. Sm., 199.
Epidendreae, 159-204; mentioned, 9.
Epilobiura, L., mentioned, 8.
papuanum, Ridl.*, 57.
var. alpestre, liidl.*, 58.

Epilobium pedunculare, A. Cunn.,
mentioned, 58.
prostratum, Warh., mentioned,
58.
Equisetaceae of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. N. Ridley, 265.
Equisetum debile, Ro.eb., 265.
Ereohthites, Rufin., mentioned, 8.
novoguineensis, S. Moore *, 86-

87.
prenanthoides,. DC, mentioned,
87.
Eria, Lindl., mentioned, 192.

foliosa, Ridl., mentioned, ] 78.
Hollandiae, ,/. ,/. Sm., men-
tioned, 191.
papuana, ./. ./. Sm., 191.
stellata, Ldndl., 191.
WoUastonii, Ridl.*, 191.
Erica, L., mentioned, 7.
Ericaceae of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. F. Wernham, 93-100.
Erigeron, L., mentioned, 83.

Klossii, 'S. Moore *, 82-83.
piloso-villosum, S. Moore *, 83.
Eriocaulaceie of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. N. Ridley, 240-241.
Eriocaulon leucogenes, Ridl.*, 240-
241.

odoratum, Dal:., mentioned,
241.
Eriolopha, Ridl., 217 : mentioned,
9, 212.

flagellaiis, Ridl.*, 217, 219-

220.
juliformis, liidl.*, 217, 218,

219.
Klossii, Ridl.*, 217, 220-221.
Meyeri, Ridl.*, 217, 218-219.
multispica, Ridl.*, 217, 220.
platylopha, Ridl.*, 217, 220.
rigida, liidl.*, 217-218.
sericea, liidl.*, 217, 221-222.
seticalyx, Ridl.*, 221.
tristachya. Ridl.*, 217, 218.
Ervatamia, Stapf, mentioned, 110.
Erycibe Hellwigii, Prain, men-
tioned, 119.

papuana, Wernham*, 118-
119.
Eschweileria, Mart., mentioned, 04.
elegans, liidl.*, 63 -64.
helleborina, Boerl., 63.
Eugenia, L., mentioned, 7.

acuminatissima, Xurz. men-
tioned, 48.

276

INDEX.

Eugenia caudata. Kin(j, mentioned,
49.
Daphne, Ridl.*, 45-46.
dispansa, Hidl.*, 47-48.
flavescens, Ridl.*, 4().
garcinioides, Ridl.*, 44.
Jambolana, Lam., mentioned,

46, 47.
kinabaluensis, Stapf. men-

tioueil, 49.
lepidocai-pa, Weill., 47.
liBvifolia, Ridl., mentioned, 48.
longipes, Warh., 44.
micrandra, Ridl.*, 48-49.
monetaria, Ridl.*, 49.
j^lumea, Ridl.*, 46.
rubropunctata, Ridl.*, 46-47.
salicina, Ridl.*, 45 ; men-
tioned, 46.
seolopacina. Ridl.*. 49.
subalata, Ridl.*, 44.
sylvaua. Ridl.*, 48.
trirenis, Ridl.*, 47.
Vandewateri, Ridl.*, 45.
Wollastoni. Ridl.*, 47.
Eugrastidium,§ of Dendrobium, men-
tioned, 178.
Eupatoriese. 81.

Euphorbiace;e, 147; mentioned, 7.
Euphrasia, L., mentioned, S.

borueeusis, Stapf. mentioned,

122.
culminioola, Wernham *, 121-

122.
scutellarioides, Weniliam *, 122.
Eurycentrum, SchleclUer. mentioned,
7.

goodyeroides, Ridl.*, 207.
Evodia, Foist., mentioned, 7, 24.
crassiramea, K. Schum., men-
tioned, 24.
spectabilis, Ridl.*, 24.

Fagraea Bodenii, Wernhmn*, 111.

carstensensis, Wernham*, 111.

crassifolia, Blmne, mentioned,
111.

gardeniaeflora, Wernham*, 111-
112.

lanceolata, Blnme, mentioned.
112.
Faradaya, F. MuelL, mentioned, 7.

magniloba, Wernham *, 136.

Woodiana, F. MuelL, men-
tioned, 111.

Fious Decaisnei, Stend., 150.

hirta, Vahl. mentioned, 149.
ochroohlora, Ridl.*, 148-149.
turbinata, Ridl.*, 149.
ovalifolia, Ridl.*, 149.
Vrieseana, Miq., mentioned.
149.
Filices of Dutch Xew Guinea, by

H, N.Eidley, 251-264,
Fimbristylis diphylla, Vahl, 242.
polytrichoides, R. Br., 242.
Flagellaria indica, Linn., 231.

var. minor. Hook., 231.

Flagellariacece of Dutch New
Guinea, by H. N. Kidley, 231-
232.
Forrestia, A. Rich., mentioned, 7,

hispida, A. Rich., 231,
Freyeinetia, Gaudich., mentioned, 7.
angustissima, Ridl., 235.
arborea. Gaudich., mentioned,

237.
Beecarii, Solms-Lauh., 236.
inermis, Ridl.*, 236.
Klossii, Ridl*. 236.
laterifolia, Ridl.*. 236.
luzonensis, Presl, mentioned,

236.
radicans, Gaudich.. mentioned,

236.
rhodospatha, Ridl.*, 237.
Fungi of Dutch New Guinea, by
G. Massee, 265-266,

Galium, Linn., mentioned, 7.

papuanum, Wernham *, 79.

rotundifolium, Linn., men-
tioned, 70.
Gamopetala;, 66-138 : mentioned, 2.
Garcinia, L., nieiitioued, 7, 44.

Forbesii, Kimj, mentioned, 20,

Klossii, Ridl.*, 20-21,

picrorliiza, Mii^., mentioned,
2i.

rubrifiora, Ridl.*, 21.

sarawakensis, Pierre, men-
tioned, 20.

tetrandra, Pierre, mentioned,

- 21.

viridiflora, Ridl.*, 20.

Wollastonii, Ridl.*, 20,
Gardenia, L., mentioned, 7.

carstensensis, Wernham *, 72.

Klossii, Wernham *. 72.

Gastrochilus, Wall., mentioned, 9,
Gaultheria, L., raentioiied, 8.

calyculata, Wernham *, 93-94.
Geanthus bromeliopsis, Fal., 211.
Gentiana, L., mentioned, 8.

carinicostata, Wernham*, 117.

lycopodioides, Stapf, mentioned,
118.

saginifolia, WernJiam*, 117.

Vandewateri, Wernham *, 117.

"Wollastonii, Wernham*, 118;
mentioned, 117.
Gentianaceae of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. F, Wernham, 117-118.
Geophila reniformis, D. Don, 77.
Geraniacese, 22-23.
Geranium monticola, Ridl.*, 23,

papuanum, Ridl.*, 22,

var. alpestre, Ridl.*, 23.

Gesneraceoe of Dutch New Guinea,

by S. Moore, 122-132.
Gillbeea, F. MuelL, mentioned, 40.
Ginger, mentioned, 7.
Gironniera rhamuifolia, Blume, 148.
Giulianetta. Rolfe, 201.

disticha, Ridl.*, 2Ul ; men-
tioned, 8.

viridis, Schlcchltr, mentioned,
201.
Gleichenia arachnoides, Mett., 253.

circinata, Sw., mentioned, 252.

dicarpa, R. Br., 252.

monticola, Ridl.*, 252.

vestita, Blume, 253.
Globba, L., mentioned, 9.
Glomcra carnea, J. J. Sm., 200.

ericifolia, Ridl.*, 199-200.

fimbriata, J. J. Sm., mentioned,
200.

grandijlora, J. J. Sm., 200.

papuana, Rolfe, 199.

retusa, J. J. Sm.., 199.

subuliformis, J. J. Sm., 199,
Glossorhyncha carnea, Schlechter,
200.

elegantula, Schlechter, 200.

fruticula, Schlechter, 200.

grandiflora, Schlechter, 200.
Gnaphalium, Linn., mentioned, 7, 8,

luteo-album, Linn., 85.
Gomphandra, M'alL, mentioned, 7.

impressa, Ridl.*, 29-30.
Goniopteris arfakiana, Ces., men-
tioned, 259.

rigid a, Ridl.*, 258-259.

rudis, Ridl.*, 259.

INDEX.

277

GoodeiiiaoeiB of Dutch New (iuinea,

by H. F. AVernham, 88.
GramineEe of Diifch Xew Guinea,

by H. iN. Kidley, 247-251.
Graptopliyllum pubifloruai, S.

Moore*, 13-5.
Grastidium, Blame, mentioned, 178.

rufi;osum,5/H)*i€, mentioned, 178.
Grewia laurifolia, Jloolc. /., 22.
Gronopliyllum densiflorura, Ridl.*,
232.

microcarpum, Scheff., men-
tioned, 232.
■Guettarda speciosa. Z., mentioned,

111.
Guillainia, Vieill., mentioned, 9.
minor, Ridl*. 216.
purpurata, Vieill., mentioned,

216.
siiperba, Ridl*. 216.
Gunnera, L., mentioned, 8.

cordiflora. Hook. /., mentioned,

41.
macrophylla, Blunie, 40.
reniformis, Ridl.*, 40-41.
Guttifera;, 20, 21.
Gymnosiphon, Blunie, mentioned, 7.

papuanura, Becc, 228.
■Gymnopteris repanda, Christ, var.
Quoyana {Ridl.), 264.
spicata, Presl, 264.
Gyrinop.s, Gaertn., mentioned, 145.
salicifolia, Ridl.*. 145.

Habenaria, iVilld., mentioned, 8.

Klossii, Ridl.*, 209.

papuana, Krdnzl., 208.

philopsychra, Ridl.*, 208.
Halorageae, 40-41.
Haloragis secunda, Ridl.*, 41.

tetragyna. Hook./., mentioned,
41."
Harpullia cupanoides, Roxh., 32.
Hedychium, Koen., mentioned, 210.
Hedyotis, Linn., mentioned, 79, 151.

auriculana, Linn., 69.

Klossii, Wernliam *, 69.

radicans, il/iV/., 69.
Helicia grandifolia. Laid., men-
tioned, 145.

macrostacliya. Laid., men-
tioned, 145.

Wollastonii, Ridl.*, 145.
Holicouia, L., mentioned, 9.

Micholitzii, Ridl, 227.
Hellwigia, Ridl.* (an gen. propr. ?), 9.

pulehra, Warh., mentioned, 214.

Hemigraphis, JV.s, mentioned, 7.
caudigera, S. Moore *, 134.
Klossii, 5. Moore *, 133.
— ■ — uar. elatior, IS. Moore *,

133.
lithophila, K. Schum. <^ Laid.,
mentioned, 133.
Henslowia, Blume, mentioned, 8.
nivalis, Rull.*, 146-147.
Reinwardtiana, Blume, 146 ;
mentioned, 147.
Hieiacium, L., mentioned, 87.
Homalanthus Leschenaultianus,
Juss., 147.

novo-guineensis, K. Schum.,
147.
Homaloniena, Srhott, mentioned. 2.39.
angustifolia. Jack, mentioned,

238.
apiculatum, Ridl.*, 237-238.
distans, Ridl.*, 238.
insequalis, Ridl.*, 238-239.
KJossii, Ridl.*, 238.
tenuispadix, Eiu/l., mentioned,
238, 239.
Hoya, R. Br., mentioned, 7.

apoda, S. Moore*, 114-115.
cliloroleuca, Schlechter, men-
tioned, 1 13.
exilis, ScJdechter, mentioned,

114.
Klossii, .S. Moore *. ] 14.
lanceolaria, »S'. Moore*, 113-

114.
leucantha, <S. Moore*, 115.
microphylla, Schlechter, 116.
oxycoceoides, S. Moore*, 116.
papuana, Schlechter, mentioned,

115.
pulchella, Schlechter, 116.
imsilliflora, S. Moore*, 115-

116.
Schlechteriana, S. Moore*, 112-
113.
Hnmata pedata, ./. Sm., 254.
Hydrocotyle javanica, Thunb., 62.
Hymenophyllum, L., mentioned,
254.

badium. Hook. 4' Grev., 253.
Bismarckianum, Christ, 253.
demissura, Siv., 253.
formosum, Brack., 25.3.
multifidura, Sw., 253.
Hypericinefe, 19.
Hypericum, L., mentioned, 7.
ja])ouicum, Thunb., 20.
papuauum, Ridl., 19.

Hypericum pulogense, Merrill, men-
tioned, 19.
Hypolytrum, Rich., mentioned, 7.
latifolium. Rich., mentioned,

244.
minus, Ridl.*, 244.
parvibracteatum, C. B. Clarke,

243.
proliferum, Boeck., mentioned,

243.
viridinux, C. B. Clarke, 244.
Hypoxidaoese of Dutch New Guinea,
by H. N. Ridley, 227.

Icacinese, 27-30 ; mentioned, 7.
Ichnanthus pallens, Muiiro, 248.
Iguanura spectabilis, Ridl., men-
tioned, 233.
Hex, L., mentioned, 8.

Havilandi, Loes., 30 ; men-
tioned, 8.

' var. subenervis, Stopf,

mentioned, 30.
vaceinioides, Stapf, 30.
llicineiP, 30.

Impatiens, L., mentioned, 8.
Hawkeri, Bull, 23.
Herzogii, Schum., mentioned,

24.
Klossii, Ridl.*, 23-24.
Imperata, Cyr., mentioned, 7.

fexaltata, Browjn., 249.
Inuloideaa, 84-86.

Isachne australis, R. Br., 247 ;
mentioned, 248.

miliacea, Roth, 247 ; mentioned,
248.

var. stricta, Ridl.*, 247-

248.
Isatideae, mentioned, 17.
Ischaemum, L., mentioned, 7.
digitatum, Bronyn., 249.
rugosum, Salisb., 249.
Ixora, L., mentioned, 7.

argentea, Wendiam *, 75.
Versteegii, Val., mentioned,
75.

Jambosa, DC, mentioned, 44.

melastomsefolia, Blume, men-
tioned, 47.

oligoneura, K. Schum., men-
tioned, 45.

synaptoneura. Laid. <(• A'.
Schum., 44.

278

INDEX.

Jiineace® of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. N. Kidley, 231.
Juncus, L., mentioned, 7.

laraprocarpus, Ehrh„ 2yi.
Jussiaea suffrutico.sa, Linn., 57.

var. hirta, Bidl.*, 57.

Kolowratia, PirsI, menHoned, 217.
Kyllinga, Rottb., mentioned, 7.

brevifolia, Roitb., 241.

moiiucephala, Rotth., 241.

Labiatse of Dutch Xew (Tuinea. by

S. Moore, 1;57-I38.
Labisia pumila, Benth. i|- Hook./.,

var, alata, Scheff.. 105.
Lachnoehidium rameale, Berh. et

Broome, 260.
Laqtuca laevigata, DC , 88.
Laportea. Gm(dich.. mentioned, 7.
appressus, Hool\ f., mentioned,

78.
crenulata, Gcmdirh., 150.
glabra, EiJl.*, 150.
Lasianthus multibracteatus, Wem-
liam *, 78.

papuanus, Wernham *, 78.
Lastraea Beccariana, RidJ., 257.
Klossii *, Ridl, 257.
Macgregorii, Ridl., 257.
sparsa, T. Moore, 257.
Laurineaj, mentioned, 'J.
Lecanthus Wightii, Wedd., 152.
Leciandra parvijloret, J. J. Smith,

192.
Lecythis, LoepL, mentioned, 64.
Ledothamnus, Meissn., mentioned,

100.
Leea sundaica, Miq., 32.
Legnotideae, 41 ; mentioned, 7.
Leguminos.'e of Dutch New Guinea,
by E. G. Baker, 33-35 ; men-
tioned, 2, 7, 9.
Lentibulariace.'P of Dutch New

Guinea, by H. N. Kidley, 122.
Lepidagathis incurva, B. Don, men-
tioned, 135.

hijalina, Nees, 13.5.
papuana, S. Moore*, 131-
1.3.5.
Lepionurus pubescens, Ridl*, 27.
sylvestris, Blume, mentioned,
27.
Lepironia, Rich., mentioned, 245.

Leptaspis, R. Br., mentioned, 7.

urceolata, jfi". Br., 249.
Lepto8iphoniumStricklandi,/''..V7i(«H.,

mentioned, 1.33.
Leucocorema, Ridl.*, 29.
latifolia, Ridl.*, 29.
Leucosj-ke alba, Zoll., 157.
Lichens of Dutch Now Guinea, by

A. D. Cotton, 26(1.
Licuala Bacnlaria. Becc, mentioned.
234.

flavida, Ridl.*, 234.
grandiflora, Ridl.*, 233-234.
Klossii, Ridl.*, 234.
penduliflora, Miq., 234.
telifera, Becc, mentioned. 234.
Liliace£e of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. N. Ridley, 229-230.
Limnophila gratissima, Blmne, 120.
I.indsayi flabellulata, Hool-., 255.
repens, Bedd., 255.
rigida, Bool-., 255.
scandens, Hool-., 225.
trapeziformis. Hook., 225.
Linospadix caudiculata, Becc men-
tioned, 233.

elegans, Ridl.*, 233.
flabellata, Becc. mentioned,

233.
Micholitzii, Ridl., 232-233.
paucifJora, Ridl.*, 23.3.
Liparis brachystele, Ridl.*, 162—
163.

congesta, Ridl.*, ] 63.
cyperifolia, Ridl.*, 162.
distieha, Lindl., mentioned, 165.
inseetifera, Ridl.*, 163-164.
latifolia, LnifH., 163.
loliacea, Bidl.*, 164.
pseudodisticha, Scldechter, 164.
puberula, Ridl.*, 162.
toricellensis, Schlechter. men-
tioned, 162, 163.
triticea, Ridl.*, 164-165.
Lipocarpha dcbilis, Ridl.*, 243.
raicrocephala, Kimth, men-
tioned, 243.
Lithospermum, L., mentioned, 8.
minutum, Wern}iani*,'i\8.
Lobelia affinis, Wall., 88.
Loganiaces of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. F. Wernham, 111-112.
Lomaria capensis, Willd., var.
squamulosa, Ridl.*, 255.
procera, Hool:, 255.
sfjiiamiilosa, Desv., 255.

Lophatherum, Rroni/n., mentioned,
7.

graoile, Bronr/n., 250.
Loranthacese, 146.
Loranthus diversiflolius, Ridl.*. 146.
hastifolius, Ridl.*, 146.
Lauterbachii, K. ScJium., men-
tioned, 146.
longiflorus, Jjesr., 146.
Loxogramme avenia, Baker, 263.
Luciniea Klossii, Wernhara*, 71.
novoguineensis, T^mZ., men-
tioned. 71.
Lycopodiacese of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. N. Eidley, 264-265.
L5'copodium carolinianum, Linn.,
265.

casuarinoides, Sj^iriiKj, 265.
cernuum, Linn., 264.
coralium, Sprimj, 264.
filiforme, Roxb., 264.
pinifolium, Blvmc, 264.
Lyousia mollissima, IWryiJiam*, 109.
sanguinea, Wernlnan *, 109.
Wollastonii, Wendiam*, l(i9-
110.
Lysimachia, L., mentioned, 7.
japonica, Thunb., 102.

Thunb., var. papuana,

/S. Moore*, 102.

Macaranga acuminata, Ridl.*, 147-
148.

bifoveata, J. J. Hm., mentioned,

148.
novo-guineensis, J. ,/. >S'»i., 147.
ovalifolia, Ridl.*, 148.
riparia. Engl., 147.
Maesa, I'orsl-., mentioned, 7.

cotinoides, S. Moore*, 103-liM.
Klossii, /S'. Moore *, 102.
macrothyrsa, Miq., mentioned,

104.
pachyphylla, Merr., mentioned.

104.
ramentacea, Wall., mentioned.

102.
rubiginosa, Blvme, mentioned.

103.
ruficaulis*, S. Moore, 102-l(i3.
rufo-villosa. Me:, mentioned,
103.
Magnoliaoes, 11-13.
Mallotus acuminatus, Miq., men-
tioned, 148.

INDEX.

279

Maoutia laiiceolata, Ridl.*, 138.
Mapania, Aubl., mentioned, 246.

macrocephala, K. Schum., 245.

pandanacea, liirll.*, 246.

papuana, liidL*, 246.

radiilosa, Eidl.*, 245-246.
Mappia, Jacq., inentioued, 29.
Marantacefe of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. N. Ridley, 227.
Marattia fraxinea, Sm., 264.
Mariscus cyperinus, Vahl, 242.
Marsdenia, R. Br., mentioned, 112.

Klossii, (S. JUoore*, 112.
iledinilla, GaudicJi., 50-57.

alata, Bak.f.*, 51, 54-55.

anomala, Coijn., 52.

auriculata, Laut., .52, 56.

chiouantha, SUqif, 5.5.

coccinea, Bal-.f.*, 51, 56.

crassinervis, BJume, 50.

fasciculata, Cogn. {non Baker),
51 ; mentioned, 53.

Forbesii, Bale f. *, 51, 55.

hexamera, Bak.f.*, 51, 53-54.

hirsuta, 3Ier>\, mentioned, 56.

laurifolia, BInme, 53, 54, 55.

longif'olia, Cogn., 52, 56.

macroearpa, Blume, 51 ; men-
tioned, 53.

Maidenii, /•'. MueU., 52, 55.

megacalyx, Men-., mentioned,
53, 54.

raoutatia, Cogn., .51.

Mnelleri, Cogn., 50.

^rnsofo. Laid. 6) K. Schimi., 51.

niyrtiformis, Triana, var. papu-
ana, Bnl-.f.*. 51, 52-53.

nervulosa, Bak.f. *, 51, 54.

novoguineensis, Bak. f. *, 51,
55, 56.

papuana, Scheffler, 51, 55.

pterocaula, Blume, mentioned,
52.

quintuplinervia, Cogn., 50 ;
mentioned, 53.

raraiflora, Merrill, 51, .53.

rubiginosa, Cogn., 52.

rubrovenia, Bak. f. *, 54 ;
(clavis), 51.

sogeriensis, Bak. f. *, 52, 56-
57.

speciosa, Blume, 52, 56.

subalata, Bak. f. », 50, 52.

tenuipedicellata, Bak. /,, 51,
53.

Teysmanui, 31iq., 52.

Medinilla triuervia, Cogn.. 51 .
triplinervia, Cogn., 51.
Whitfordii. Jlerr., mentioned,
53.
Mediocalcar longipes, Rhll.*, 200-
201.

montanum, Bidl.*, 201.
monticola, Schhchier, 201.
Melastoma, L., mentioned, 38, 39.
Barbeyanura, Cogn., 50.
malabathricum, Linn., 50.
MelastomaceK of Dutch New
Guinea, by E. G. Baker, 50-57 ;
mentioned, 2, 7, 38.
Meliaceae, 25-27.
Melicope neurococca, F. Muell.,

mentioned, 25.
Melothria indica. Lour., 58.
Memccylon edule, Roxh., ol .

gitingense, Elmer, mentioned,

57.
lanceolatum, Cogn., mentioned,

57.
noToguineense, Bak. f. *, 57.
MenispermacesB, 16.
Mesoohlfena [jolycarpa, Bedd., 257.
Microstylis acuminata, Ridl.*, 159.
atro-brachiata, Ridl.*, 160.
calophylla. Reichh. f., men-
tioned, 1 60.
C'lTQiBa,, Ridl.*, 160-161.
hydrophila, J. J. ,Sni., men-
tioned, 159.
laxa, Ridl.*, 159.
raicrantha, Hook, f, mentioned,

160.
rluibdophylla, Ridl.*, 160.
tubulosa, J. J. Sm., mentioned,

160.
Warapussae, Schlechter, men-
tioned, 160.
Microtatorchis alata, Ridl.*, 205.
multiflora, Ridl.*, 205.
papuana, Schlechter, mentioned,

205.
perpusilla, ScJdecJiter, men-
tioned, 205. •
Mikania scandens, Willd., 81.
Mischopleura, Wernham*, 99-100.
ovalifolia, Weryiham*, 100.
Ridleyana, Wn-nham*, 100.
MonimiacesB, 144.

Monophylkea brevipes, S. Moore*,
127.

papuana, Laut., mentioned,
127.

Muehlenbergia, Schreh., mentioned,
265.

arundinella, Ridl., 249 ; men-
tioned, 265.
MusacesB of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. N. Ridley, 227.
Musssenda Bodenii, Wernham*, 70.
cylindrocarpa, Burck, 70.
longituba, Val., mentioned, 71.
macrantha, Val., mentioned,

70.
oreadum, Tf'ernham. *, 70.
Ridleyana, WernJmin *, 70-71.
Utakwse, Wernham*, 71.
Myriactis, Less., mentioned, 6, 8.
WoUastonii, >S'. Moore *, 81.
Myristica fatua, Houtt., 143.

subalulata, Miq., 144.
Myristicacea?, 143, 144 ; mentioned,

7.
Myrsinaceffi of Dutch New Guinea,

by S. Moore, 102-107.
MyrtacesB, 42.

Myrtus compacta, Ridl.*, 42.
Klossii, Ridl.*, 42.
nivalis, Ridl.*, 42-43.
pcduneulata, Hook. /'., men-
tioned, 42.

DC.

16;

SECOND SERIES. — BOTANY, VOL. IX.

Nasturtium indicum,

mentioned, 7.
Nauclea, L., mentioned, 7.
Nelitris polymorpha var. longifolia,

Blume, 42.
Neottieee, 207-208.
Neowollastonia, Wernham*, 110.
tabernaemontanoides, Wern-
ham *, 110.
Nepenthaceae, 139-141.
Nepenthes ampullaria. Jack, 139.
Klossii, Ridl.*, 140-141.
maxima, Reinwardt, 14(1 ;

mentioned, 141.
neo-guineensis, Macfarlane,

139-140.
oblanceolata, Ridl.*, 140.
Phyllamphora, Willd., 139.
Raiflesiana, Jack, mentioned,
141.

Nephrodium arbuscula, Desv., 258.
Beccariannm, Ces., 257.
braohyodon, Hook., 258.
cucullatum, Baker, 257.
ferox, T. Moore, 258.
glandulosum. Hook., 257.

2p

280

INDEX.

JTephiodium Macr/rer/ori, Baker, 257.

ijeunigerum, Presl, 257.

simulans. Baker, 257.
Nephrolepis acuta. Presl, 258.

cordifollia, Presl, 258.

davalloides, Kunze, 258.
Nicoliana Tabacum, L., 120.
Nyctaginea.^, 138.

Oberonia, LiiidL. mentioned. 7.
Klossii, Bid'..'', ltil-162.
raarginata, Bid).*, 161.
pleistophjlla, J. J. Sm., men-
tioned, 162.
spatliipetala, J. ./. Sm., 161.
Ocimum, Linn., mentioned, 7.

sanctum. Linn., 137.
Oclarrhena, Tlnv., mentioned, l!i4.

Lorentzii, J. J. Sm., 193.
Odontosoria chinensis, J. ./. Sm..
254.

retusa. Hook., 254.
tenera, Ridl.^, 254-255.
CEnanthe, /i., mentioned, 7.

stolonifera, ITrt//., 63.
Olaoines, 27 ; mentioned, 7.
Oldenlandia Kochii, Val.. mentioned.

69.
Oleandra cuspidata, Baker, 258.
musifolia, Presl, 258.
Werneri, Bosensl., 258.
Olearia, Moench, mentioned, 8.

ciliata, F. MtielJ., mentioned,

83.
exilis, S. Moore *, 81-82.
monticola. Bail., mentioned.
82.
Onagraceae of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. N. Ridley, 57-58.
Ophioglossum pendulum, Linn.,

264.
Ophiorrhiza brevipes, Wernham *,
67.

carsteusensis, Wemliain *, 68.
rliodedictyon, Wernham *, 68 ;

mentioned, 69,
trichocarpa, Bhtme. mentioned,

65.
utakwensis, Wernham *, (ill.
venosum, Merr., mentioned, 67.
Wcllastonii, Wernham *, 68.
OphrydeK, 208-209.
Orcbidere of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. N. Ridley, 159-209.
Orcomyrrhis pumihi, Bidl.*, 6.3.

Orophea setigera, Bidl.*, 16.

setosa, Kincf, mentioned, 16.
Otanthera bracteata, Korth., men-
tioned, 50.

cyanoides, Triana, mentioned,
" 50,

noTOguineeusis, Bak. f. *, 50.
parviflora, J/crcj/?, mentioned,
50.
Oxalis coruiculata, Linn., 23: men-
tioned, 7.
Oxymitra biglandulo.sa, Scheff., 16.

Paltearctic flora, mentioned. 7. 9.
Palmse of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. n! Ridley, 232-235.
Palmeria, F. Jihiell., mentioned, 7.
panicuhita, Bidl.*, 144.
scandens, F. Mtiell., mentioned,
144.
PandanaceiB of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. X. Ridley, 235-237.
Pandanus, L., mentioned, 8, 246,
papuanus. Ridl.*, 237.
parvus. Bidl., mentioned. 24(i.
setistylus, ]Varb.. 237.
Panicum Crus-galli, Linn., 248.
indicum, Linn., var. gracile.

Book., 248.
interruptum. Willd., 248.
jiatens, Linn., 248.
plicatum. Lam., 248,
Papuzilla, Bidl.*, 17.

minutiflora, Bidl.*, 17.
Paspalum, L., mentioned, 7.
sanguinale, Lam., 247.
PedUochilus ciliolata, Schlechter,
mentioned, 190.

montana, Bidl.*, 190.
papuana, J. J. Sm., 190.
pumilio, Bidl.*, 190-191.
Pellionia fruticosa, Bidl.'*, 152-153.
nigrescens, Warb., 153.
peltata, Bidl.*, 153.
Peltigera canina, Willd., 266.
Penuisetum macrostachyum, ?'/•(».,

248.
Pentajiterygium. Jilotzsch, men-
tioned, S2.
Pentastira, Bidl.*, 27.

rtava, Bidl.*, 27-28; men-
tioned, 28.
nitida, Bidl.*, iii^.
Peperomia dindygulensis, jiliq.,
mentioned. 142.

Peperomia hedyotidea, Bidl.*, 142.

muscieola, Ridl.*, 141.

obliqua. Bidl.*, 142.

purpurea, Bidl.*, 141 .

reftexa, Dietr., mentioned, 141.
Perrottetia alpestris, Bhirne, men-
tioned, 30, 32.

caudata, Bidl.*, 31.

grandiflora, Bidl.*, 30.

nervosa, Bidl.*, 30.
Phaius, Lour., mentioned, 7.

Blumei. Lindl., 202.
Phaleria papuana, Warb., 145.
Phaseolus calcaratus, Bo.vb., men-
tioned. 34.

novoguineensis, Bak.f.*, 34.

papuanus, Pulle, mentioned, 34,
Phegopteris erubescens, J. Sm., 258.
Phlebocalymna, Griff., mentioned,

29.
Phreatia. Lindl., mentioned, 8.

angraecoides, Schlechter, 194.

brachystachys, Schlechter, men-
tioned, 196.

coiiciniia, Bidl.*, 197.

deusispicu, Bidl.*, 196.

falcata, Bidl.*, 195 ; men-
tioned,. 196.

flaccida, Bidl.*, 196.

globulosa, Bidl.*, 197-198.

Klossii, Bidl.*, 195.

laxa, Schltchter, mentioned,
197.

linearitolia, Schlechter, 195.

longicaulis, J. J. Sm., men-
tioned, 194.

Lorentzii, Krdnzl., 193-194.
195, 197.

modesta, Bidl.*, 195-196.

montana, Bidl.*, 194-1 95.

nana, Book., mentioned, 194.

platyclinoides, Bidl.*, 196-
197,

procera, Bidl.*. 194,

pulcheUa, Ridl.*, 197.

vitellina, Bidl.*, 194.
Phrynitiin fjitjanteum, Scheft'., 227.

heliconioides, Laut. & K. Schum.,
227.

pednncnlaium, Warb., 227.

sp., 227.
Physarum leucopus, Rost., 266.
Physcia leucomela, Alich.v., 266.
Picea, Jjtnk, mentioned, 92.
Pilea, Lindl., mentioned, 8, 152,
155. '

IN DEX.

281

Pilea al[jestris, Hull*, mentioned,
152.
helxinoides, Ridl.*, 151 ; men-
tioned, 152.
Johniaua, Shipf, mentioned, ,

151, 152.
lubiacea, Ridl.*, 150-151.
smilacit'olia, Wedd., 151.
trinervia, Midi.*, 151.
thymifolia, Bidl.*, 152.
Piuanga disticha. Griff., mentioned,

233.
Piper Betle, Linn., mentioned, 143.
excelsa, Forst., mentioned, 143.
fragile, Bhtme, mentioned, 143.
grande, i^w??. ^ 142.
malaeocarpura, A'. I'^chnni. i|'

Laut., 142.
miniatum, Blume, 142.
montivagum, Ridl.*, 143.
plagiophyllum, K. iScJmm. i^-

Lciiit., 143.
puncticulatura, Ridl.*, 143.
qiiinquenervium, Wttrh.. 142.
torricelleiisis, Laut., mentioned,
142.
Piperaeeae, 141-143.
Piptuius, Wedd., mentioned, 150.
argenteus, Wedd., 156.
cinnamomeus, Ridl.*, 150.
grandit'olius, Ridl.*, 156.
incanus, Wedd., 150.
melastomatit'olius, K. Schvni..
150.
Pisonin, L., mentioned, 7.

longiiostris, Teysm. iSf- Binn.,

138.
Mnelleriana, Warb., 13S.
PittosporeiE, 18-19.
Pittosporum, Banks, mentioned, 8.
nubigenum, Ridl.*, 18-19.
sinuatum, Blume, 19.
Plagiostachys, Ridl., ineationed, 212.
Platyclinis longifolia, forma papuana,

Hemsl, 202.
PlatylopLus, D. Don, mentioned, 40.
Plectranthus Klossii, S. Moore *,
137-138.

var. major, S. Moore*.

138.
parvitiorus, Willd., mentioned,
138.
Pleogibberella calamia, Berl. <J-
Vogel, 205 ; mentioned, 235.
Pleopeltis atlinis, T. Moore, 263.
pliymatoides, T. Moore, 203.

Pleopeltis renifera, Ridl.'', 263.

stenopteris. Baler, mentioned,
263.
Plocoglottis, Blume, mentioned, 7.

moluccana, Bl'one, 204.
Plumerieae, mentioned, 110.
Poa, Linn., mentioned, 8.

alpina, Linn., mentioned,

251.
luzoniensis, Merrill, 251.
minimitiora, Stapf, 251.
nivicola, Ridl.*, 251.
papuana, Staj)f, 250.
Poscphyllum, Ridl., 191-192 ; men-
tioned, 7.

fuscum, Ridl.*, 191-192.
parvitiorum, Ridl., 192.
pauciflorum, Ridl., 192.
podochiloides, Ridl.*, 192.
PociUaria, Ridl.*, 28.

pubescens, Ridl.*, 28-29.
Podocarpus cupressina, 11. Br., 158,
159.

imbrieata, Blume, 158.
papnauus, Ridl.*, 158-159 ;
mentioned, 8.
Podochilus appendiculatus, J. J. ISiu.,
206.

dendrobioides, J. J. ISm.. men-
tioned, 206.
densiflorus, Blume, 206.
flaccidus, ,Schlechter, 200.
palustris, Ridl.*, 200.
pendulus, iScldechter, var.
Chalmersi, J. J. Sm., 206.'
sciuroides, Reichh. /., 200.
Pollia, Thunh., mentioned, 7.
papuana, Ridl.*, 230-231.
sorzogonensis, Endl., 231 ;

mentioned, 230.
thyrsiflora, Endl., 230.
Pollinia ciliata, Trin., 249.

fulva, Benth.. var. hirta, Ridl.*,

249.
grata. Unci., 249.
Polygalaceaj, 19.
Polygonaceie, 139.
Polygonum, L., mentioned, 8.
alatum, Bncii., 139.
muricatum, Meissn., 139.
Polynesian plants, mentioned, 9.
Polyosma loetevirens. Griff., men-
tioned, 38.

pubescens, Ridl.*, 38.
Polypetalae of Dutch New Guinea,
by H. N. Eidley, 10-65.

Polypodium alcicorne, Ridl.*, 261.
argyropus, Ridl.*, 202-263.
Bakeri, Luerss., mentioned,

203.
biseriale, Ridl.*, 260-261.
carstenszense, Ridl.*, 260.
celebicum, Bhtme, 261 : men-
tioned, 262.
elavifer, Hook., 261.
oucullatum, Nees, 201.
fasciatum, Presl, 259.
frigidum. Ridl.*, 259.
hirtellura, Blume, 259.
inconspicuum, Blume, 259.
obliqnatum, Blume, 201.
oleandroides, Baker, men-
tioned, 201.
pa|)uanum, Ridl.*, 200.
pensile, Ridl.*, 202.
petiolatum, Ridl.*, 200.
pleiosoroides, Copeland, men-
tioned, 201.
repandulum, Melt., 201.
secundum, Ridl.*, 202.
Stanleyanum, Baker, 260.
streiitophyllum, Baker, 261.
subdichotomum, Rac, 201.
subselligueum. Baker, 259.
sumatratnim. Baker, mentioned,

200.
tenuisectum, Bhtme, 262.
universe. Baker, mentioned,

200.
Wollastonii, Ridl.*, 262.
Polystiotus affinis, Nees, 205.
Pometia, Forst., mentioned, 37.

pinnata, Forst., 32.
Popowia piacocarpa, Enderl., 16.
Potentilla, L., mentioned, 8.
parvula, Slapf, 36-37.
Potlios brevispatha, Ridl.*, 240.
clavatus, Engl., 240.
Cumingianus, Schott, men-
tioned, 240.
Pratia, Oaudicli., mentioned, 8.

angulata. Hook., mentioned,

89.
papuana, S. Moore *, 88-89.
torricelleiisis, Laut., 88.
Wollastonii, /b'. Moore *, 89.
Premna papuana, Wernham*, 136.
PrimulacesB of Dutch New Guinea,

by S. Moore, 102.
Prosaptia contigua, Sw., 254.
Sohlechteri, Christ, 254.
Proteacece, 145.

282

INDEX.

Pseuderia,/Sc/!?«'A^t')% mentioned, 178.

foliosa, Schlechter, ITS.

nigricans, liidl.*, 178.
Pseudoeugenia, Scoriecli., mentioned,

49.
Psilotum complanatum, Sw., 265.
Ps3'chanthus, liidl.*, 21.5.

compla. Rid!.*, 215.

inaequalis, liidl.*, 215-216.

papilionacea, Hidl.*, 215.

platynem.i, Bidl.*, 215.

sojplionema, Bid/.*, 215.

spp.?, 215.
Psychotria andaiensis, Vid., men-
tioi'.ed, 77.

Beccarii, A". Srlnnn., 75.

car8tensei:.si.s, Wernhwn *, 75.

cauliflora, Laut. tj- K. Schuut.,
mentioned, 77.

oclinidiophora, Wernhum *, 76.

ruliiginosissima, Weritliam *, 76.

utakwensis, Wendtam *, 76-77.

Wichmanni, V<d., mentioned,
76.

WoUastonii, Wernliam *, 77.
Pteridosip]ion§, Wernhdin *, 89.
Pterostylis, R. Br., mentioned, 8.

Baptisti, Fitzg., mentioned, 208.

novo-guineensis. Hid!.*, 208.
Ptjchantbus (err. see Rhynchanthus).
Pueraria novogidneensis, Warb., 34.

phaseoloides, Benth., 34.

pilosissima, Balc.f., .33-34.

sericans, K. Schum., 34.

textilis, Lavt. ^' K. ScJium.,
mentioned, 34.

Thuiibergiana, Benih., men-
tioned, 34.
Pyrsonota, Ridl.*, 40 ; mentioned, 9.

calophylla, Bid!..*, 40.

Quercus imperialis, Seemen, 158.
Quintinia, A. DC, mentioned, 8, 9.

MatGregorii, F. Muell., men-
tioned, 38.

rigida, Eidl.*, 38.

Randia Versteegii, Va!., mentioned,

72.
Ranunculaceae, mentioned, 10.
RiuuiMCulus, L., mentioned, 7, 8.
amerophyllus, F. Mud!., 10.
lappaceus, Sm., 10.

var. scapigerns, Hoolc, 10.

— sniivar. papuanus.

Bid!.*, 10.

Ranunculus tridens, Bid!.*, 10.
Rapanea, Aub!., mentioned, 107.

densiflora, Mez, mentioned, 107.

Meziana, ,§. Moore*, 106-107.

papuana, Me:, mentioned, 107.
Raphidophora minor, UooL., men-
tioned, 239.

nutans. Bid!.*. 239.

Peepla, SeJiott, 240.

Versteegii, Eih/l. ^ Krauss, 240.
Rhodamnia glauca, B!ume, men-
tioned, 44.

parvifolia, Rid!.*, 43-44.
Rhodorese, mentioned, 100.
Rhododendron anagalliflorum,
Wernham *, 94.

angulatum, J. J. Smith, men-
tioned, 95.

arfakianura, Becc, mentioned,
97.

Armitii, F. M. Bailey, men-
tioned, 96.

asparagoides, Wernham *, 94.

Bodenii, Wernham* , 94-95.

oaleeolarioides, Wernham *. 95.

callichilioides, Wern!iam *, 95.

var. minor, Wernham*,

96.

candidapioulatum *. Wernliam,
90 ; mentioned, 97.

CarringtoniiB, F. Muell., men-
tioned, 9.V.

earstensense, Wernham *, 96.

ccelorum, Wernham*, 96-97.

comptum, C. H. Wrvjht, men-
tioned, 99.

coniferum, WernJiam *, 97.

culminieolum, F. Muell., 98.

crytophyllum, Wemhaiii *, 97.

Devriesianum, Koorders, men-
tioned, 94.

Englerianum, Koorders. men-
tioned, 94.

filamentosum, Wernham *, 97.

glalirifilum, ./. J. Smith, men-
tioned, 95.

Guilianettii, Laut., mentioned,
98.

hameliiflorum, Wernham*, 98.

Hansemanni, War!>., mentioned,
99.

Helhvigii, Warh., mentioned, 99.

microphyllum, J. .J. S)i)ith, men-
tioned, 96.

minimifoliuiti, ^\^ernham*, 98;
mentioned, 94.

Rhododendron nnbicola, Wernham *,
98.

oreadnm, Wernham *, 98-99.
Pulleanum, Koorders. men-
tioned, 94, 96, 97, 98.
retusum, Benu., 94.
spondylophyllum, F. Muell., 97.
ultimiim, Wernham *, 99.
Vonromeri, Koorders, men-
tioned. 95.
Wentianum, Koorders, men-
tioned, 95.
WoUastonii, Wernham*, 99.
Rhyncbanthus. Hooh. f., mentioned

(as Ptycbantbus), 9.
Ricasolia Schaereri, -iVyZ., 266.
Ridley, Henry N. Report on the
Botany of the Wollaston Expe-
dition to Dutch New Guinea,
1912-13, assisted by E. G. Baker,
8. Moore, H. E. Wernham, C. H.
Wright, and others ; introduction
by C. B. Klosa : 1-266.
llidleyella, Schlecliter, mentioned, 7.

panieulata, Schlechter, 206.
Hiedelia, OHver, mentioned, 9.
Albertisii, K. Schum., 226.
aurantiaca. Rid!.*, 224-225.
bicuspis. Bid!.*, 224.
curvifiora, OHver, mentioned,

225.
ferruginea. Bid!.*, 225.
hirtella. Bid!.*, 222-223.
Klossii, Rid!.*, 223.
ligulata, Rid!.*, 223.
longisepala, Ridl.*, 226.
macrantha, K. Solium., 225.
maeranthoides, Val., 226.
panieulata, Val., mentioned, 226.
pulcherrima, Ridl.*, 225-226.
purpurata, Ridl.*, 222 ; men-
tioned, 223.
trieiliata, Ridl.*, 224.
WoUastonii, Ridl.*, 226.
Rosaceas of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. N. Ridley, 35-37.
Rubiaccce of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. E. Wernham, 66-79.
Rubus, L., mentioned, 8.

Eernandi-Muelleri, Focke, 36.
glomeratus, Blume, 35.

var. grandiflorus, Ridl.*,

35.
integrifolius, Bidl.*, 35-36.
paradoxus, Ridl.*, 36.
rossefolius, Sm., 36.

INDEX.

283

Rubus rugosus, Bucli.-IIam.. men-
tioned, 36.

Euellia, L., spp., mentioned, l.'-)3.

Eungia Klossii, S. Moore *, 1;55-
136.

latior, Nees, mentioned, 136.

Rutaceae, 21-25.

Sacoharum, L., mentioned, 7.

arundinac'cum, Retz., 219.
Saccolabium, Blume, mentioned, 7.

puniilum, RIdl.*, 204.
Sagina, L., mentioned, 8.
Salomonia cylindrica, Knrz, 19.
Santalacese, 116.

Santiria acuminata, K. Schum., 25.
Sapindacese, 32 ; mentioned, 7.
Sarcantheae, 201-206.
Saurauia conferta, ^Varh., men-
tioned, 15.

eximia, Ridl.*, 11.
Hystrix, Ridl.*, 15.
molli^sima, Ridl.*, 15.
monadelpha, ScJieff'., 15.
oblanceolata, Ridl.*, 14.
papuana, K. ScJmm., mentioned.

15.
pendula, Blume, mentioned, 14.
iinitiora, Ridl.*, 15.
Versteegii, K. Schum., men-
tioned, 15.
SaxifragaceiB, 37-40 ; mentioned, 9.
Scaevola novoguineenensis,

K. Schum., 88.

WoUastonii, WernluDu *, 88.
Schefftera brassaiella, Ridl.*, 65.
Junghubnii, Miq., mentioned,
" 64.
moiiticola, Ridl.*, 64.

var. laneeolata, Ridl.*,

64.
octandra, Ridl.*, 65.
papuana, Ridl.*, 65.
])orphYranthera, Ridl.*, 64.
stylosa [Ridl.*'?], mentioned,

65.
triste, Ridl.*, mentioned, 64.
Schismatoglottis celeliiea, Eui/l.. men-
tioned, 239.

Klossii, Ridl.*, 239.
Schoenus apogon, Roem. c^ Schult...

243.
Schuurmansia Henningsiana,
K. Schum., mentioned, 18.
parviflora, Ridl.*, 18.

Scirpodendron, Zipp., mentioned,

245.
Scirpus chinensis, Munro, 242 ;

mentioned, 7.
ScitaminesB, mentioned, 9.

of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. N. Ridley, 209-226.
ScrophulariacesB of Dutch jVew
Guinea, by H. F. Wernhani, 120-
122.
Scutellaria luzonica, Rolfe, 138.
Selaginella atroviridis, Spring, 265.
canaliculata. Baker, 265.
Wallichii, Spring, 265.
Selliguea, Bory, mentioned, 263.
Semeearpus Cassuvinm, Ro.vh., men-
tioned, 33.

hirtiflora, Ridl.*, 33.
rostrata, Val., 33.
Seneeionidese, 86-87.
Setaria glauca, Beaiiv., 248.
Sloanea coriacea, Ridl.*, 22.

Forbesii, F. Muell., mentioned,
22.
Srailax, L., mentioned, 7.
australis, R. Br., 229.
leucophylla, Blume, 229.
megacarpa, A. DC, mentioned,

229.
melanocarpa, Ridl.*, 229.
Solanaceas of Dutch New Guinea, by

H. F. Wernham, 119-120.
Solanum, L., mentioned, 119, 120.
aviculare, Forst., 119.
indicum, Linn., 119.
Kaernbachii, Laui. i|' A'. Schun,.,

mentioned, 119.
nodiflorum, Jacq., 119.
peranomalum, Wernham*, 119.
Ridleyannm, Wernhum*, 119-

120.
torvum, Sw., 119.
WoUastonii, Wemham*, 120.
Sommiera elegans, Becc, 2.32.
Spathoglottis, Blumr, mentioned, 8.
oreophila, Ridl.*, 203-204.
plicata, Blume, mentioned,

203.
Vieillai-dii, Reichh. f., 203.
Spiraeopsis, Miq., mentioned, 9.
canariifolia, Ridl.*, 37.
celebiea, Miq., mentioned, 37.
pometiiformis, Ridl.*, .37.
Spiraiithes, Rich., mentioned, 8.

australis, Lindl., 207.
Stephania Zippeliana, Miq., 16.

Stephanotis, Thou., 112.
Stachyphrynium, K. Schum., men-
tioned, 9.
Styphelia carstensensis, Wcrnh((ni *,
100-101.

culminis, Wernham*, 101.
nubicola, Wernham*, 101.
obtusifolia, J. J. Smith, 100 ;

mentioned, 102.
Vandewateri, Wernham*. 101-

102.
Vannouhuysii, J. J. Smith, 101.
Sugar-cane, mentioned, 7.
Susum, Blume, mentioned. 7.
malayanum, Hool-., 232.
Symbegonia, Warh., mentioned, 62.
braoteosa, Warb., mentioned, 62.
fulvovillosa, Bot. ifag. t. 8409,

non Warb., 61.
geraniifolia, AVrf/.*, 61-62.
hirta, Ridl.*, 61.
Mooreana, Irmscher, (>1.
pulcbra, Ridl.*, 62.
SymplocaceiB of Dutch New Guinea,

by S. Moore, 107-108.
Symplocos, Jacq., mentioned, 8.

Englishii, Bemsl., mentioned,

108.
Klossii, ,S. Moore *, 108.
pusilliflora, S. Moore*, 107-

108.
Stawelii, F. MtulL, mentioned,
108.
Syzygium, Gaerln., mentioned, 47.

Tabernanthe, Baill., mentioned,

110.
Taberncemontanea?, mentioned, ] 10.
TsBniopbyllum, Blume, mentioned,
7, 204.

erinaceum, Ridl.*, 204-205.
grandiflorum, Schlechter, 205.
platyrrhizum, Schlechter, men-
tioned, 204.
torricellense, Schlechter, men-
tioned, 204.
Tapeinocheilus, Aliq., mentioned, 9,
266.

Beccarii, A'. Schum., 209.
recurvatum, A'. Schtim., 209.
Tapeinosperma, C. A. Meg., men-
tioned, 7.

papuanum, ;S. Moore.*, 105.
sorobiculatum. Me:, mentioned,
105.

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INDEX.

Tapeinosperma wogapense, Me:,

mentioned, 105.
Taraxacum, L., mentioned, 8.
Terminthodia, i?i(//., mentioned, 24.

oppositifolia, llidl.*, 'l-i.
Teysmanuia, Reichb. f. 6f Zoll., men-
tioned, 233.
Thalictrum, L., mentioned, 8.

javanicum, Juiighvhn, men-
tioned, 11.
papiianum, Midi.*, 10.
philippineuse, C. B. liobinson,
mentioned, 11.
Thelasis capitata, Blume, 200.
Thoracostachyum simplex *, Ridl.,

244.
Thylacophora, liidl.*, 209-210;
mentioned, 9.

pogonocheiia, Ridl.*, 210.
Thymelajaceae, 145.
Thysanolsna, ]Vees, mentioned, 7.

Agroatis, Nees, 248.
Tiliacese, 21 -22.

Timonius, Rumph., mentioned, 8.
avenis, Yah, mentioned, 74.
carstensensis, Wernham *, 73.
filipes, Wernhain *, 73.

var. acuminatissima,

Wernliam *, 73.
heptamenis, Wernham *, 73-

74.
Klossii, Wernham '*, 74.
sericeiis. A". Schum., 73.
vaccinioides, Wernhaii) *, 74;

mentioned, 75.
"VVollastonii, Wernhain *, 74-
75.
Tobacco, mentioned, 7.
Tidore, island, plants from, 1 71 .
Torenia peduncularis, Benih., 120.
Tourncfortia sarmentosa, //««),, 118.
Triehomancs auricnlatum, Blume,
253.

foeniculaceum, Bori/, 2.53.
meifolium, Bory, 25.3.
pallidum, Blume, 254.
Pluma, Uool:, 254.
Trichosauthos papuana, PtdJe, 58.

TricJiosporuni immmularium, S.

Moore, 12.3.
Trichofosia j)odoeliiloides, Schlechter,

192.
Trimcnia, Seem., mentioned, 9.

papuana, Ridl.*, 144.

vitiensis, Seem., mentioned, 144.
Trisetnra, Fers., mentioned, 8.

latifolium, i?«7Z.*, 250.

subspicatum, Beauv., 250.

UmbelliferaB of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. N. Hidley, 02-63.
Uragoga bicolorieeps, Lnnt. ^'

K. Schum., mentioned, 78.
Urophyllum, Wall., mentioned, 7.
Wichmanni, V(d., mentioned,

72.
Wollastonii, Wernliam *, 72.
Urticaccce, 148-158.
Ustilago montaniensis, EU. i^- Everh.,

265.
TJtricularia striatula, Sm., 122.

var. minor, Ridl.*, 122.

Vacciniaceae of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. r. Wernham, 89-93.
Vaccinium, L.. mentioned, 8, 13.

ambyandrum, F. Muell., 91.

ardisioides, Wernham* , 90-91.

liodenii, WerrJiam*, 91.

coelorum, Wernham *, 91.

culminicolum, W^ernliam *, 91.

cyclopense, J. J. Smith, men-
tioned, 91.

hispidulissimum, Wernliavi *,
92 ; mentioned, 93.

nycteroides, Wernham *, 92.

Ox3-coceos, L., mentioned. 13.

philippinense, Warh., men-
tioned, 93.

piceifolium, Wernham *, 92.

profusum, J. J. Sinilli, men-
tioned, 9?.

thibaudifolium, Wernham *, 93.

timonioides, Wernham*, 93.

Vaccinium Wollastonii, Wernham *,

93. .
Vandeae, mentioned, 9.
Yandellia Crustacea, Benih., 120.
Vavasa, Benth., mentioned, 9.

pauciflora, Ridl.*, 26-27.

vitiensis. Seem., mentioned, 27.
Verbenacese, of Dutch New Guinea,

by H. F. Wernham, 136.
Vernonia cinerea. Less., 80.

Klossii, S. Moore*, 80.

papuana, Laut., mentioned, 80.

polyantha, Warb., mentioned,
80.

secundifolia, Baj., mentioned,
SO.
Vernoniaceoe, 80.
Veronica, L., mentioned, 8.

carstensensis, Wernham*, 121.

Vandewateri, Wernham*, 121.
Vigna luteola, Benth., mentioned,
35.

papuana, Bal: f. *, 34-35.
Villarezia, Ruiz cj' Pav., mentioned,

28.
Viola, L., mentioned, 7, 8.

arcuata, Blume, mentioned, 18.

Klossii, Ridl.*, 18.

lunata, Kidl., 17-18.

Patrinii, Ging., mentioned, 18.
Violaeece, 17-18.
Vittadiuia, A. Rich., mentioned, 8.

AliniB, F. Muell, 83.

disticha, S. Moore *, 84.

macra, F. Muell., 83.

Webera. Sclireh., mentioned, 7.
Willnghbeia novo guineensis,

Wernham *, 108.
Wormia hirta *, Ridl., 13-14.

Macdonaldi, F. Muell., men-
tioned, 14.

Zilla, Forslc, mentioned, 17.
Zingiber, Adans., mentioned, 9.
ZingiberacesB, 209-226.

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