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1 mm. altus. Ovarium velut fructus nitens, sulcatum, 10-loculare. Drupa ca. 
4 mm. x 3 mm. 
Camp VI o, 5500 ft. 
Allied to T. vaccinioides just described, but the branches are less conspicuously and 
differently hairy, and the leaves considerably larger and opposite. 
IXORA ARGENTEA, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Frutex preter inflorescentiam glaberrimus; rami validi complanati. Folia magna, 
firme chartacea, utrinque fusco-argentea, subnitentia, oblonga, ad 45x11: 5 cm., 
basi acuta, obliqua, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 17, velut retieulum interveniens 
supra prominulis subtus magis prominentibus ; petiolus validus, supra canaliculatus, 
vix 1 em. longus; stipule plus minus coalitze, acutissimee, insuper fere subulate, 
a basi triangulari ca. 4 mm. longs. Inflorescentia umbellata, 5-brachiata, minute 
puberula; pedunculi gracillimi, striati, 11-12 cm. longi, basi bracteis in vaginam 
4-5 mm. longam coherentibus onusti; bractea cratere minime, lanceolate ; 
umbellæ radii primarii fere 3 cm. longi; pedicelli 6-7 mm. longi, tenues; bracteol 2, 
minute. Calycis lobi 4, lati, rotundati. Corolle tubus extus minute pubescens, 
gracillimus, 1*5 em. vel ultra longus; lobi extus glaberrimi, oblongi, apice rotundati, 
ca. 8 mm. longi. Ovarium cum calyce ca. 2 mm. longum, alte 4-sulcatum. 
Camp I, 500 ft. 
Related to I. Versteegii, Val, but the leaves are broader and the peduncles erect 
and much longer. The dark silvery grey of the leaves is distinctive. 
PsrcHoTRIA BeccARII, K. Schum. Fl. Kais. MER, 135. 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 
Distrib. North-east New Guinea. 
PSYCHOTRIA CARSTENSENSIS, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Rami insuper complanato-angulati, desuper teretes, striato-leves, fistulosi. Folia 
obovata, ca. 8 x 47 cm., basi cuneata, brevissime late et subacute acuminata, 
utrinque glabra, supra nitentia ; petiolus glaber, 9 mm. longus, venis utrinque 
prominulis, secundariis utrinque ca. 7-9, debilioribus intercalatis; stipule cadu- 
cissime, glabre, lanceolate, acuminate, membranacee, ca. 2:8 cm. x 8 mm. 
Inflorescentia glabra, ramis primariis 3, centrali longissimo 3 cm. longo, deinde 
trichotoma, tota ca. 8 em. longa, 10 em. lata, permultiflora. Flores sessiles, sepius 
in capitula 5-flora congesti, pedunculis 5-7 mm. longis. Calyx minutus, obtuse 
triangulariter dentatus, cum ovario glaberrimus. Corolle extus glabre tubus 
gracilis, 8-9 mm. longus, intus infra fauces cano-pilosus; lobi 5, anguste oblongi, 
reflexi, obtusissimi, 29:5 mm. longi. Anthere exserte. 
unn VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 
Distinct in the ovate, rather small leaves with close venation, the very dense 
inflorescence with spreading lower branches, and the slender glabrous flowers. 
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