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MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
Stamina filamentis gracilibus glabris 5 mm. longis, antheris linearibus fasciculo 
pilorum ad apicem munitis. Ovarium globosum, hirsutum. Stylus quam petala 
brevior, in dimidio inferiore hirtus, superne glaber. Torus parvus. 
Camp III, 2500 ft. * Flowers ochre.” 
Allied to E. edulis, Teysm., in the form of the flower and the opposite leaves, but 
whilst the leaves are small and lanceolate in that species, they are very large in this, 
and the whole plant is much more hairy. Forbes’s nos. 295 and 580, from British New 
Guinea, seem to be the same species. 
GREWIA LAURIFOLIA, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 392. 
Camp III, 2500 ft. ‘ Flowers pale lemon." 
Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. . 
SLOANEA CORIACEA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia opposita, juvenilia subtus fugaciter ferrugineo-furfuracea, deinde, glabra, coriacea, 
elliptica, acuminata, basi cuneata, obtusa, 16 cm. longa, 7:5 cm. lata, nervis 
8 paribus, nervulis reticulatis in utraque pagina conspicuis tenuibus, petiolis 12 mm. 
longis. Flores singuli, axillares, in pedicello pubescente 1 cm. longo. Sepala 5, 
ovata, acuta, 1 em. longa, 0:5 cm. lata, utrinque pubescentia. Petala 5, oblonga, 
14 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata, dentibus 6-7 latis brevibus obtusis. Stamina numerosa, 
9 mm. longa, pubescentia, filamentis brevibus 1 mm. longis, antheris linearibus 
ad apices lateraliter dehiscentibus, arista longa acuminata. Discus 5 mm. latus, 
velutinus, cancellatus. 
Camp VIa, 3100 ft. | 
Allied to S. Forbesiz, F. von Muell., from which it differs in its glabrous leaves and 
longer stamens and the considerably longer awns. 
GERANIACEZ. 
GERANIUM PAPUANUM, Ridl., sp. nov. 
-Rhizoma repens, vaginis foliorum delapsorum ferrugineis costatis tectum. Caulis 
erectus, 30 cm. vel ultra longus, glabrescens, internodiis 5-6 cm. longis. Folia 
basalia caulinis conformia, sed longius petiolata, caulina petiolis 5-10 mm. longis 
pubescentibus, lamina ambitu flabellata, sinu basali vix distincta, lobis 5 oblongis 
apice 2-3-lobis, superne pilis paucissimis subtus in nervis pilis pluribus induta, | 
7-9 mm. longa, 15 mm. lata.  Stipule lanceolate vel lineares, acuminate, pub- 
escentes, 2 mm. longs. Pedunculi graciles, 4-4-5 cm. longi, pubescentes unifiori. 
Bractee lanceolate, acute, cuspidate, basi late, 4 mm. longs, basi et marginibus 
| sericeo-hirte. Petala lete rosea, 1 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, obovata, rotundata, i 
| unguiculata, glabra. Stamina quam sepala breviora, filamentis glabris, antheris. 
a brevibus oblongis, apicibus rotundatis. pode pilosum, styli glabri. - : 
ae Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. : 
