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subtus elevata, petiolis brevissimis. Flores singuli, axillares, 5 mm. in diametro, 
pedicellis brevissimis. Bractee lanceolate, foliaceze, binze. Calyx tubo obconico, 
lobis 5 lanceolatis obtusis glandulosis. Petala 5, lanceolata, oblonga, obtusa, hand 
unguiculata, glandulosa, 15 mm. longa. Stamina 15, breviora. Stylus longior, 
crassiusculus. Stigma capitatum, subtrilobum. Bacca succulenta, rubra, globosa. 
Semina reniformia, pustulata, brunnea. : 
Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 
Apparently a creeping or prostrate plant, with the bark detaching itself in red flakes. 
The leaves and flowers are much smaller than in the last two species, the petals 
lanceolate, not distinctly clawed, and the seeds pustulate and reniform. 
BACKHOUSIA AUREA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex (?) ramis parce ramosis pubescentibus, partibus juvenilibus rufo-hirtis. Folia 
opposita, tenuiter coriacea, superne appresse hirta, subtus densius cupreo-rufo hirta, 
45 em. longa, 1:5 em. lata, nervis vix conspicuis, petiolis 2-3 mm. longis. Flores in 
cymas terminales 5 cm. longas dispositi, pedunculis cum ramis hirtis 2 cm. longis. 
Alabastra conica, acuta. Pedicelli 2 mm. longi, apice bracteis 2 minimis lanceo- 
latis muniti. Calyx brevis, campanulatus, glaber, lobis 5 ovatis rotundatis 
coriaceis 0'5 mm. longis. Petala 5, lanceolata, obtusa, basi angustata, 4 mm. 
longa. Stamina plurima, 7 mm. longa, in annulum perianthio adnatum disposita. 
Ovarium apice depresso-rotundatum, a calyce liberum, biloculare. Ovula plurima. 
Stylus erassiusculus, quam stamina longior. 
Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. “ Flowers golden.” 
A new genus for New Guinea, the other known species being Australian. It is very 
distinct from these in its hairiness. 
The ovary is, in the dried specimens at least, quite free from the calyx-tube and only 
attached at the base. 
RHODAMNIA PARVIFOLIA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Arbor ramis tenuibus parce sericeis, partibus juvenilibus undique sericeis. Folia 
parva, coriacea, glabra, ovata, basi rotundata, apice acuta, 2 em. longa, 12 mm. lata, 
utrinque punetata, nervis circiter 4 paribus vix conspicuis, nervis lateralibus 2 e 
costa ortis a basi 2 mm. remotis inconspicuis, petiolis 1 mm. longis sericeis. 
Pedunculi filiformes, sericei, axillares, 2 cm. longi, uniflori vel cymose triflori, 
ramis 5 mm. longis. Bractea juxta ovarium orta, lanceolato-linearis, 2 mm. longa. 
Calycis tubus globosus, sericeus, 1-2 mm. longus, lobis 5 ovatis acutis sericeis 
2 mm. longis. Petala parva, ovata, obtusa, alba. Stamina brevia. Stylus 
cylindricus, stigmate capitato. 
Camp VI 8, 3900 ft. 
Distinet from all other species by the small stata glabrous leaves, with Gidnat 
entirely invisible nerves. The two lateral nerves, which are so characteristic in this 
genus, are almost equally invisible; they rise from the midrib about 2 mm. from its 
base. The flowers are few and very small on long slender peduncles, some one-flowered 
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