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AeschyuanOius dlscorensis Schltr., No. 413. 



A small creeper. 



Flowers. — Crimson trumpets. 



Locality. — Between Adai and Naro, 6,000 feet, but 



is to be found anywhere between 4,000 and 



10,000 feet on the Owen Stanley Range. 

 Date.— February, 1923. 

 Remarks. — The stem and leaves are inconspicuous, 



but the flowers strew the forest floor at this 



time of the year. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Aeschynanti'us num miliarias K. Sell., No. 396. 



A creeper. Clings tightly by roots on its stem to 



the bole of trees, while its leaves lie flat out. 

 Flowers. — Red. 



Locality. — Owen Stanley Range. 5,000 feet. 



Date.— February, 1923. 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Cyrtandra sp., Nos. 407, 569. 



Small tree or shrub, 15 feet. 

 Leaves. — Broadly serrate. 

 Flowers. — Yellow. 



Calycacanthus Magnusianus Linn., No. 637. 



Shrub, 15 feet high. 



Flowers. — Cerise, axillary and caulifloral. 



Locality. — Rain forest on hills of Upper Ramu to 



3,000 feet. 

 Date.— 29th February, 1924. 

 Remarks. — Common. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, flowers. 



Justicia sp., No. 271. 



A plant, 2 feet high. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite, exstipulate ; petiole, 

 ^ inch, pubescent; blade, 3x1^ inches; ellip- 

 tical, acuminate; midrib and veins pubescent 

 below; above slightly pubescent. 



Flowers. — Diachasial cymes, white flowers. 



Locality. — Soil covering in rain forest on the 

 western spurs of the Owen Stanley Range, be- 

 tween 3,000 and 4,200 feet. 



Dare. — Flowers in August. 



Remarks. — Quite common. 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



6,000 feet. Also above Joangey. 

 Remarks.- — Common. 



Material collected. — Flowers and leaves. 



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Cyrtandropsis monoica Lausb., No. 415, 



Ground cover; 2 feet high. 

 Leaves. — Serrate. 



Rubiaceae. 



Locality. — Between Adai and Naro, in ravines at Hedyotis galdiodes F. v. M., No. 412; lEydnophytum 



keiense, Becc. aflin., No. 173 ; Morinda citri- 

 folia (Linn.), Nos. 232-590; Mitregyna parvi- 

 folia Korth., No. 792; Mussaenda frondosa, No. 

 565; Pavetta platyclada, No. 175; Sareocephalus 

 cordatus (Miq.), Nos. 158, 19; Sarcocephalus 

 sp., No. 624; ? Timonius, No. 383; Uncaria sp., 

 No. 417; Indt., No. 137; Indt., No. 617; 

 Gaertnera sp., No. 634. 



Hedyotis galioides F. v.M., No. 412. 



A small ground cover. 

 Flowers.- — White. 



Locality. — Openings in forests where fires have oc- 

 curred, and graminse invaded the ground. Be- 

 tween Adai and Naro; 6,000 feet. 



Date.— February, 1923. 



Remarks. — The fires are followed by an invasion, 

 first, of a hard-leafed climbing fern — looks like 

 a gleichenia — and then by grasses and this little 



Flowers. — White, campanulate. 

 Locality. — In 



ravines between Adai and Naro; 



very handsome, 



5,500 feet. 

 - Date. — February, 1923. 

 Remarks. — Common. 



, Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Dichrotrichum Chalmersii F.v.M., No. 572. 



A creeper. 



Flowers. — Port wine coloured 



heavy trumpet flowers. 

 Locality. — Joangey and throughout from 3-5,000 



feet. 



Date.— December, 1923. 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Baea lanuginosa Laut et Schum, No. 640. 



A small plant, 12 inches high. 

 • Flowers. — Blue. 

 Locality. — Ilanep. 



Date.- — February, 1924. 



. Remarks. — A common plant in the grass hills of 



the Ramu up to 1,700 feet. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, flowers. 



ACAXTHACEAE. 



Acanthus ilicifolius, No. 258; Justicia sp., No. 271; 



Calycacanthus Magnusianus, No. 637. 



Acanthus ilicifolius Linn., No. 258. 



A clambering more or less prostrate plant. 

 Leaves. — Simple, opposite, four spines set at right 



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21 



: ; 



61 to 



plant. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



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Hydnophytitm Keieme Becc. — aflin., No. 173. 



A common epiphyte on the trunks and branches of 



many different species. 

 Leaves.- — Simple, opposite; petiole, 1 inch; blade, 



10^ x 4 inches; lanceolate, acuminate, glab- 

 rous, thin. 



Flowers. — Short axillary spikes of sessile flowers. 



Locality. — Buna District. 



Date. — Flowers in Buna District in July. 



Remarks. — At the point of connexion with the host 

 a large swelling occurs which finally forms an 

 hemispherical growth 8 inches wide by 4 inches 

 high. The interior of the growth is a series of 

 holes and channels. 

 \ Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Morinda citri folia Linn., Nos. 232, 596. 



A small tree, very common throughout the low- 



lands of the Territoi 



late, glabrous, more or less coriaceous. 



Flowers. — A good blue. Boys decorate themselves 

 with it. 



Locality. — Buna Swamp. 



Date- — Flowers in August. 



Native name. — Seseko (Binendele). 



Material collected — Loaves and flowers. 



•y. Unlike the negro of 

 West Africa, who attaches great medicinal pro- 

 perties to the leaves and fruits of this species, 

 the Papuan makes no use of it. 



Mitregyna parvifolia Korth., No. 792. 



A medium to large tree. 

 Leaves. — Alternate, cordate, thin. 

 Fruit. — On terminal panciles. 



