COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 63 
OREOMYRRHIS PUMILA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba csspitosa, 4 cm. alta, caulibus hirtis. Folia 1 em. longa, vaginis dilatatis 
lanceolatis acuminatis costatis, petiolis validulis hirtis, lamina pinnata, laciniis 7 
fere ad costam fissis oblongis vel lanceolatis acutis hirtis 2 mm. longis. Pedunculus 
1:5-2 cm. longus, gracilis, hirtus. Bractee lanceolate, acute, hirtz, carinate, 
costatze, 1 mm. longs. Umbella simplex, triflora, pedicellis bracteis vequilongis. 
Flores minimi. Fructus ellipticus, basi angustatus, 3 mm. longus, complanatus, 
glaber; juga eequalia, lateralia haud multo prominula. Stylopodia subconica. 
Camps XIII to X1V, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
A very small species, with a rather narrow fruit, lanceolate in outline and somewhat 
compressed. 
"This genus is spread over South America, Australia, and New Zealand, and another 
much larger species has been collected in New Guinea. 
(ENANTHE STOLONIFERA, Wall. Cat. n. 585. 
Camps VII to IX, 3600 to 5500 ft. 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya and China. 
ARALIACE X. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
ANOMOPANAX SCHLECHTERI, Schum. und Laut. Nachtr. 332, pl. 13. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp VIb, 3900 ft., and Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
EscHWEILERIA ELEGANS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis pallidus, fistulosus, 5 mm. crassus. Stipule lanceolate, acuminate, 3:5 cm. 
long. Folia palmata, segmentis 7-8 lanceolatis acuminatis basi connatis vel ad 
basin liberis fere ad costam pinnatifidis 16 em. longis, lobis 4 lanceolatis acuminatis 
lateralibus decurrentibus, lobis ad 5 cm. longis 1 cm. latis, nervis prominulis ; 
petiolus gracilis, 16 cm. longus.  Umbella terminalis, foliis brevior, pedunculo 3 cm. 
longo, ramis 6 em. longis. Bractee persistentes, lanceolate, acuminate, 1 cm. 
longe. Radii umbelle 3 cm. longe, centralis fructus steriles oblongos pedicellatos 
3 mm. longos gerens. Bractee secondarie lanceolate, acuminate, juveniles ad 
margines hirtze. lores sessiles, 2 mm. longi, aurantiaci et kermesini. Calyx 
integer, rotundatus, patelliformis. Corolla brevis, crassiuscula, lobis inflexis ad 
apicem connatis. Stamina 15. Stylus brevissimus, vix distinctus. Bacca vix 
matura, sessilis, 4 mm. longa, oblonga, basi angustata, paullo lateraliter complanata, 
viridis, 8-locularis. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Allied to £sehwesleria helleborina, Boerl., of Borneo, but differing in the leaflets being - 
piunatifid with four lateral acuminate lobes, fifteen stamens, and no distinct style. 
One specimen, however, has simple leaves, lanceolate and toothed as in E. Aelleborina. 
Harms, in Pflanzenfamilien, T. iii. Abt. 8. p. 31 (1894), has changed the name of this 
genus to Boerlagiodendron on the ground that the name Eschweilera was formerly used 
