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BOUCHARDATIA CYANOSPERMA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex ramis tenuibus patentibus partibus juvenilibus hirtis. Folia tenuia, sub- 
herbacea, lanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, 12 cm. longa, 2:5 em. lata, glabra, 
nervis 14 paribus intra margines anastomosantibus, petiolis angulatis 1 cm. longis 
hirtis. Racemi in axillis superioribus 1:5 em. longi, floribus parvis paucis albis 4 mm. 
longis. Sepala parva, 4, ovata, lanceolata, acuta, pubescentia. Petala 4, oblonga, 
obtusa, quam sepala multo longiora apicibus incurvis. Stamina 8, quam petala 
breviora, filamentis latis planis, antheris basifixis parvis ellipticis. Torus cylin- 
dricus, angulatus. Ovarium 4-lobum, in apice tori. Stylus brevis, crassus. Stigma 
parvum, globosum, rubrum. Cocci 2, endocarpio soluto cartilagineo albo, 7 mm. 
longi, acuti. Semina globosa, 5 mm. longa, atrocyanea, nitida. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
The genus Bouchardatia was founded by Miquel for Melicope neurococea, F. Muell., 
a native of Australia. This species differs from that in the narrow lanceolate 
leaves. 
ACRONYCHIA MURINA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Arbor. Folia coriacea, obovata, obtusa vel retusa basi in petiolos decurrentia, 4 cm. 
longa, 2 cm. lata, marginibus incrassatis, nervis 9 paribus tenuibus et vix con- 
spicuis, petiolis gracilibus 1:2 cm. longis. Flores 2-3 in pedunculo rigido erecto 
1:5 em. longo, pedicellis 8 mm. longis. Sepala parva, 4, orbicularia. Petala 4, 
linearia, oblonga, obtusa, recurva, apicibus incurvis, intus carinata, in margine 
pubescentia, 6 mm. longa. Stamina 8, pubescentia, filamentis linearibus compla- 
natis acuminatis marginibus pubescentibus, antheris ellipsoideis parvis. Ovarium 
lageniforme, glabrum, stylo crassiusculo staminibus breviore. Torus cylindricus, 
costatus. Fructus pyriformis, acutus, 4-angulatus, 4-locularis (vix maturus). 
Camps XIII to XI, 8300 ft. 
The flowers of this plant when boiled exhale a most powerful odour of mice, whence 
the scientific name. 
BURSERACE. 
SANTIRIA ACUMINATA, Schum. Fl. Kais. Wilhelmsl. 64. 
Camp I, 700 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
MELIACE.E. 
DYSOXYLON CAULOSTACHYUM, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bat.-Lugd. iv. (1868) 12. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. | 
| Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
| The calyx-tube is rather longer than usual in a specimens, „and indeed the whole 
flower is larger, but I suppose it to be only a form of this species. 
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