COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 79 
9 X 6:5 mm., supra glabra, subtus minute asperulo-papillosa, in costa media basin 
versus velut in petiolo brevissimo basi tumido pilis articulatis hirtella, venis 
secundariis utrinque 2-3 ; stipulz lanceolate, membranace:, dorso sparse irregu- 
lariter pilose, integre, subobtuse, apice setacesz. Flores solitarii albi, ramulos 
brevissimos terminantes, sessiles vel pedicellis pro rata validis ca. 1'5 mm. longis 
suffulti; bracteole 2 stipularum forma, ovarium arcte amplectentes. Calyx 
pedicello subzquilongus, glaber, 4-dentatus, dentibus triangularibus obtusis. 
Corolle glaberrim: tubus insuper parum ampliatus, 6 mm. longus; lobi 4, 
oblongi, obtusi, patentes, 3:4 mm. longi. Stamina 4, antherze exserte. 
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 
Resembles A. cuneifolius, Val., but the corolla is differently shaped, and the stipules 
are entire; the latter character is anomalous for this genus. 
Coprosma WoLLAsTONII, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Herba parva, tamen dura; ramuli glaberrimi, striato-suleati, siccitate nigricantes. 
Folia crassiuscula, elliptico-lanceolata, ca. 3'5 x L[:2 cm., apicem versus angus- 
tata, basi in petiolum manifestum vix vero 5 mm. longum attenuata, acuta, 
supra aspera, subtus prseter costam centralem hic inde pilis brevibus rigidis 
hirtellam glabra, subnitentia, margine serrato-aspero-hirtella, venis secundariis 
obscuris, utrinque ca. 4; stipula breviter oblongee, albide, 6-7 longs, in vaginam 
insuper serrato-fimbriatam coherentes. Flores 9 et 4 subsessiles, glabri, 1-2-ni in 
axillis. Calyx minutus, irregulariter subobtuse 5-dentatus, Corolle infundibularis 
tubus 4 mm. longus; lobi anguste et acuminate triangulares, ca. 4°5 mm. longi. 
Anthere longe exsertz, versatiles, 5 mm. longs. Styli rami 1'5 cm. exserti. 
Drupa calyce persistente coronata. 
Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 
Distinct in its appearance, like that of one of the tougher, broad-leaved Hedyotis. 
'The whole plant blackens in drying, except the conspicuous yellowish stipules. 
GALIUM PAPUANUM, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Caulis sat debilis, pilis albidis patentibus sparse irregulariterque pubescens. Folia 
3-4-natim verticillata, elliptica, breviter acuminata, apice obtusa, sessilia, 
+ 8 mm. x 4 mm., triplinervia, in nervis patule cano-hirtella. Flores in cymas 
dichotomas laxas paucifloras vel subcorymbosas dispositi. Fructus dense canis 
j pilis uncinulatis indutus. Corolla vix ultra dimidium in lobos 4 obtusissimos 
| ovatos divisa. | 
Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 
Allied to G. rotundifolium, Linn., but the relatively much narrower leaves and the 
long corolla-tube are distinctive. 
