130 



very pretty 

 colourless : 



Solution wood : 



quarter grain, 

 no precipitate. Cuts soft and woolly. 

 23 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Kumusi, near Onitatandi. 

 Date.— Julv, 1022. 

 Native name. — Gongofo (Onitatandi). 



Remarks. — A very soft, open, porous wood. The 



rays show up prettily on the quarter. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Schefflera, No. 172. 



Small tree, 1 foot in girth and 30 feet overall. 

 Undergrowth in rain forests. 



Leaves. — Alternate in a bunch at top of stem; 



digitate petiole up to 26 inches; leaflets 9 to 



10; petioles 2 inches; blade up to 12^ x 5^; 



lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, coriaceous. 

 Flowers. — Spikes 18 inches long, bearing umbels 



of 5 to 8 flowers on a pedicel | inch long and 



peduncles 3-20th inch long. 

 Bark. — Mottled grey and brown. 

 Locality.— All through rain forests up to 2,500 



feet. 



Date. — Flowers in Northern Division in July. 

 Native name. — Tikina (Binandele and Buna). 

 Remarks. — Probably the most common under- 

 growth of this size. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Affinities Schefflera setulosa Harms, No. 516. 



A Liane, but sometimes grows as a lank sapling 

 tree. 



Leaves. — Digitate. Midribs on under surface are 



covered with long hairs. 

 Flowers. — White terminal heavy spikes. 



Locality. — Sarawaket 9,000 feet. 



Remarks.— A wide range; as it is to be found 100 

 feet above sea level on Pometia pinnata and at 

 10,000 on a Phyttocladus. Leaves in demand 

 as cigarette papers. 



Material collected. — Leaves. 



546. 



Digitate. 



ifflera sp. 



A Liane. 

 Leaves. 



Flowers. — White in terminal spikes. 

 Locality. — Nomi River, 5,000 feet. 

 Date.— November, 1923. 



Native name. — Gombera (Ogeramnagn). 

 Remarki. — Kelated to No. 516, but much slighter 



all over. 



M 



L 



eaves 



fl 



owers. 



Umbelliferae. 



Tnrlt., No. r>42; Oenanthe Schlechteri, Wolff., No. 562. 

 Indt., No. 542. 



A hemlock, 2 feet 6 inches high. 

 FloAvers. — "White. 



Locality. — Nomi 

 Date. — November 



Hi 



ner, 

 1923. 



5,000 feet. 



Material collected. — Leaves, flowers. 

 Oenanthe Scldechtrri "Wolff, No. 562. 



dodendron Carringtoniae, No. 527; Khododen 

 dron Hausemanni, No. 531; Rhododendron 

 Warianum, No. 532. 



Agapetes Moorhousiana, Nos. 222, 575. 



A Liane growing to a height of 40 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole i; blade 3^ to 



6i by 



3 

 4 



to 2| inches; lanceolate, acuminate, 



glabrous, coriaceous; a pair of prominent veins 

 arise near base of midribs and give appearance 

 of tri-nerved leaf. 

 Flowers. — Single in groups on old wood. Here 

 and there they are so thickly placed as to com- 

 pletely surround the stem. A fine rose colour. 



Locality. — Over 2,500 feet, Hydrographer's, and 



feet ion the western slopes of the 



and widely distributed 



over 

 Owen 



3,000 



Stanley 



Range 



over the midmountain region of New Guinea. 



Date. — Flowers in August. 



Native name. — Biliki (Pernambata). 



Remarks. — A most conspicuous and 



creeper. Very florabundant. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



gorgeous 



Dlplycosia mundula (F. v. M.) Schltr., No. 504. 



A shrub up to 7 feet high, grows socially with 



Styphelia sp. 

 Flowers. — Small white. 

 Locality. — Salawaket grass lands and on edge of 



Libocedrus forest 6,000 to 12,000 feet. 



Date.— 20th November, 1923. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



» 



Rhododendron communae Fortser, No. 502. 



A shrub up to 20 feet. 



Handsome crimson trumpets. 

 -Sarawaket, grass lands and edge of 



Flowers — 

 Locality- 



Libocedrus forest 6,000 to 9,000 feet. 

 Date.— 20th November, 1923. 

 Material collected.- — Leaves and flowers. 



Rhododendron Warianum Schlecter, No. 532. 



A creeper. 



Flowers. — Pale pink trumpets. 



Locality.- — Edge 



of limestone precipice above 



Nomi River; 7,000 feet. 

 Date.— November, 1923. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Rhododendron Hausemanni Warbg., No. 531. 



A scrambling shrub. 

 Flowers. — Yellow conspicuous. 



Locality. 



Edge 



of limestone precipice above 



Nomi River, 7,000 feet. 

 Date.— November, 1923. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Rhododendron Carringtoniae F. v. M., No. 527. 



A shrub to small tree. 

 Flowers. — White fragrant very showy. ■ 

 Locality. — Divide between Nomi and Ake. 

 waket 7,000. 



_ / 



Date. — November, 1923. 



Sara- 



Material 



Leaves, flowers. 



Large cordate leaves with characteristic venation. Vaccinium blepharocahjx Schlecter, No. 521. 



Flowers. — Lilac to pink in long terminal panicles. 



Local ity. — Kulentufu-Ioangey. 



Date.— November, 1923. 



Material collected. — Leaves, flowers. ; 



Ekicaceae. 



Agapetes Moorhousiana, Nos. 222, 575; Khododendron 



communae, No. 502; Vaccinium blepharocalyx, 

 No. 521; Diplycosia mundula, No. 504; Rho- 



A small tree up to 25 feet high. 



Locality. — Sarawaket; on edge of grass land and 



forest of Mongi valley; 8,000 feet. 

 Date.— November, 1923. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Myrcixaceae. 



Aegiceras majus, No. 233; Ardisia Poolei, No. 393; 



Ardisia sp., No. 358. 



