COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 15 
SAURAUIA UNIFLORA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex. Folia obovata, cuspidata, basi cuneata, in marginibus obscure crenulata et 
minute aciculata, 12 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, glabra (nisi juvenilia hirta), costa 
semper hirta, nervis 10 paribus, petiolis 0-5 mm. longis vel brevioribus hirtis. 
Flores singuli, pedicello erecto 3:5—4 cm. longo hirto. Sepala 5, ovata, 6 mm. 
longa, in dorso hirta. Petala 5, linearia, oblonga, 12 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, 
apicibus truncatis emarginatis. Stamina plurima, antheris linearibus appendicu- 
latis. Styli 5, glabri. 
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 
Allied to S. papuana, Schum., but with larger solitary flowers, 2'5 cm. across, and 
obovate leaves. 
SAURAUIA MONADELPHA, Scheff. in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. i. (1876) 8. 
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 io 5500 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
SAURAUIA MOLLISSIMA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex caule foliis floribusque undique pilis mollissimis flavescentibus tectis. Folia 
magna, late oblanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, in margine denticulata, 24 cm. 
longa, 10 em. lata, nervis 19 paribus, costa nervisque dense hirtis. lores sub- 
sessiles vel pedicellis 5 mm. longis hirtis suffulti, extra-axillares. Sepala 5, ovata, 
pilis longissimis extus tecta, 1 cm. longa. Petala 5, glabra, oblonga, obtusa. 
Stamina glabra, antheris breviter appendiculatis. Styli breves, 2, glabri. 
Camp VI b, 3900 ft. : 
All the specimens are in bud, so that I cannot give the dimensions of the petals. 
It is allied to S. Versteegii, Schum., but is more softly and closely villous and the 
leaves are widely oblanceolate. 
SAURAUIA HYSTRIX, Ridl., 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 em. lata, nervis 13 paribus, costa crassa, petiolis 1 em. longis 
crassis aculeatis. lores sessiles, in capitulum 3 cm. latum congesti, pedunculo 
14 em. longo rufo-furfuraceo et aculeato. Involucrum rigidum, orbiculare, in 
margine aculeatum, in dorso scabridum, setis brevibus. Sepala oblonga, coriacea, 
obtusa, extus dense setis longis rubris tecta, L:5 em. longa, 1 em. lata. Petala | 
tenuiora, obovata, basi angustata, extus setosa. 
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. : 
Allied to S. conferta, Warb., but distinct in its thick coriaceous ile which are red- 
. woolly on the back, its thorny peduncle, and its > a stiff. bristles on the 
sepals. The specimens were nearly past ee : 
