| Breonia ($PETERMANNIA) VANDEWATERI, Ridl., sp. nov. 
[n "Herba. alta, ramosa, internodiis longis. 
i. — breviter dentata, tenuia, glabra, basi ro 
58 _ MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
Var. ALPESTRE, Ridl., var. nov. 
Caules erassiores, breviores, glabri. Folia magis approximata, magis coriacea, 5 mm. 
longa, 2 mm. lata, petiolis 1 mm. longis. Pedicellus 1-2 cm. longus. Flos 
major, atro-roseus. Sepala 4-6 mm. longa. Petala 9-10 mm. longa. Ovarium 
0:5 mm. longum. 
Camps XII to XIV, 10,500 ft. Flowers magenta. 
Another specimen is much taller, 20 cm., with rather distant leaves 1 em. long and 
0*5 mm. across. This came from Camp XIII. The same species occurs on the Owen 
Stanley Range at 17,000 ft., collected by MacGregor, and on Wharton Range by 
Giulianetti, and was referred by F. von Mueller to E. pedunculare, A. Cunn., a very 
different plant. Warburg's E. prostratum, from the Finisterre Mountains, New Guinea, 
is also distinct. 
CUCURBITACE X. 
(By H. N. RipLEr.) 
TRICHOSANTHES PAPUANA, Pulle, in Nova Guinea, viii. IT. p. 406. 
Camp I, 500 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
MELOTERIA INDICA, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 35. 
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft. 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
BEGONIACEEX. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
BEGONIA ($ PETERMANNIA) RHODANTHA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis elatus, ultra 45 cm. longus, hirtus. Folia lanceolata vel ovata, obliqua, 
acuminata, serrato-dentata, versus basin angustata, superne glabra, subtus in nervis 
hirta, 11 em. longa, 6 em. lata, petiolis 0-5 em. longis. Stipule lanceolate, 
caudate, hirte. Panicula erecta, terminalis, gracilis, 8 em. longa. Bractee an- 
gustissime, lineares, hirte, acute. Pedicelli 5-8 mm. longi, hirti. Flores masculi 
plures. Sepala 2, ovata, rotundata, obtusa, rosea, 5mm. longa et lata, in dorso 
sparse hirta. Anthere in capitulo subsessili globoso, circiter 60, lineari-oblongæ, 
obtusæ, haud apiculate, ad basin angustæ, brunneæ. Flores Jæminei 2, ad basin 
panicule. Capsula obtriangularis, basi angustata, apice truncata, angulis supe- 
rioribus acutis, 17 cm. longa, 1°5 cm. lata, alis equalibus, loculis 4 mm. latis. 
Canoe Camp, 500 ft.; Camps I to III, 2500 ft. « Deep pink; hairs carmine.” 
Allied to B. torricellensis, Schlecht, but more hairy, with smaller flowers and the - 
fruit narrowed towards the base. : x 
Folia elliptica, ovata, acuminata, parce et - 
tundata et valde inzqualiter lobata, 14 em. — 
