COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 11 
2 mm. longa. Stamina circa 15. Carpella 9-11, stipitata, rostrata. Achenia 
circiter 9-11, curva, falcata, costata, stylo coronato, 3 mm. longa, stipite 1 mm. 
longo. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
This resembles a very depauperate form of 7. javanicum, Janghuhn, but the carpels 
have a distinct and rather long stipes, like those of T, philippinense, from which it 
differs in the flowers. 
This is a genus new to Papua. 
MAGNOLIACE E. 
DRIMYS GRANDIFLORA, 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 tenuibus in utraque facie conspicuis. Flores 
singuli, axillares, pedicellis 5 cm. longis. Sepala 2, coriacea, ovata, obtusa, 6 mm. 
longa. Petala 8-9, inequalia, oblonga, obtusa, 1 cm. longa. Stamina plurima, 
filamentis brevibus latis complanatis basi incrassatis, antheris basifixis. 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 petals, some being wider than others. 
Drimys RosEA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex internodiis 3-5 em. longis. | Zola 3-5-na verticillata, coriacea, subtus 
albescentia, sessilia, oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, basi late rotundata, 4°5-6°5 cm. 
longa, 3-4 cm. lata, nervis circiter 6 paribus, utrinque reticulationibus elevatis. 
Flores plures in pedunculis erectis unifloris 6-7 cm. longis. Sepala 2, lata, orbicularia, 
coriacea, rotundata, 8 mm. longa, 10 mm. lata. Petala 8, oblonga, oblanceolata, 
obtusa, unguiculata, inzequalia, 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 species in its whorled coriaceous leaves with an elevated network of. | 
nerves above, and its large long-pedicelled rose-pink flowers with clawed p The | 
leaves are described as grey-green. Ne 
DRIMYS UMBELLATA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia elongata, oblanceolata, breviter acuminata, basi longe si cuneata, 
coriacea, sicca, superne griseo-viridia, lucida, subtus glauca, 17-20 em. longa, 
4:5-5:5 em. lata quo latissima, nervis 22 paribus intra margines anastomosantibus, 
costa crassa elevata superne depressa, petiolis. crassis suleatis 5 mm. longis. - 
Panicule 5-6, terminalis 3:5-5:5 em. longa, pedunculis 2-3 em. longis gracilibus, - 
ramis 1-3-floris 1 em. longis umbellatis. Bractea brevissime, caducæ. Sepala 
