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- tequalia, filamentis crassis, antheris basifixis, loculis ad basin divaricatis. Pistillum 
unicum, cylindricum, uniloculare, stigmate laterali, stylo nullo. 
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft. ; Camps VIb and VIc, 3900 to 5500 ft. 
A very distinct species in its long slender branches and long-pedicelled flowers, which 
appear to have been rose-pink. 
DRIMYS BUXIFOLIA, Kidl., sp. nov. 
Caules validuli, dense foliati. Folia oblanceolata, obtusa, basi angustata, rigida, 
coriacea, 1:5—1:8 cm. longa, 0:5—1:2 cm. lata, nervis 3 paribus, petiolis crassis 2 mm. 
longis. Flores axillares, singuli, parvi, pedunculis 1 mm. longis. Alabastra 
globosa. Sepala 4 mm. longa, ovata. Petala 4, oblongo-ovata, basi angustata, 
3 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Stamina 20, subsqualia, filamentis latis, antheris 
ovatis loculis basi divaricatis. Pistilla 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 box-tree. 
DRIMYS VACCINIOIDES, 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 vix distinctis, petiolis 
l mm. longis. Flores singuli, axillares, 2 mm. lati, pedicellis gracilibus 6 mm. 
longis. Sepala 2, ovata, obtusa, glabra. Petala 2, oblanceolata, obtusa. Stamina 8, 
subzequilonga, filamentis: crassis, antherarum loculis ad basin divergentibus. Car- 
 pellum unicum, ovoideum, obtusum, complanatum, staminibus fere equilongum. 
Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. 
A most remarkable little species with slender branches and somewhat distant small 
rounded leaves, resembling a Vaccinium of the P. Oxycoccos type. It must be much 
the smallest species of the order Magnoliacez. Lgs 
New Guinea seems to be the headquarters of the genus Drimys. Besides the species 
here described, there are recorded from the island D. hatamensis, Bece., and D. piperita, 
Hook. fil.; the latter also occurs in Borneo and the Philippines. _ 
DILLENIACE X. 
WoRMIA HIRTA, Ridl., sp. nov. i 
Arbor ramis pilis brevibus rigidis tectis. Folia elliptica vel enipiisbvinnsoolatasve versus 
basin angustata et bravia in petiolis decurrentia, apice angustata, cuspidata, 
coriacea, glabra, marginibus breviter denticulatis, 14-18 em. longa, 7: 5-8 em. lata, 
nervis 17 paribus superne depressis subtus elevatis, nervulis sub-parallelis plurimis 
.. tenuibus inconspicuis, petiolis gracilibus canaliculatis haud alatis hirtis. Racemus 
. . 2-8-florus, 35 em. longus, pedunculo 7-9 em. , longo, pedicellis crassiusculis 8 mm. — — 
longis, omnibus hirtis. Sepala 5, oblongo-ovata, exteriora 2 subacuta, interiora 
_ apice rotundata, extus nac + A em. rg o j> cm. lata. Petala citrina, 
