84 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
VITTADINIA DISTICHA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Planta humilis. Caulis lignosus, juxta solum ramos complures densissime foliosos 
emittens. Folia sessilia, bifariatim arcte imbricata, lineari-teretia, obtusa, margine 
maxime involuta, ut rami tela argyrea deinde fusca induta, 8-10 mm. longa, in 
sicco 1 mm. lata. Capitula mediocria, ramos solitatim terminantia, breviter 
pedunculata, 21-floseulosa, circa 6 x 7 mm. Involucrum hemispheericum, 
3-4-seriale; phylla lineari-lanceolata, obtusa vel obtuse acuta, extus argyrea, 
exteriora 3:5-5 mm., csetera 6-6:5 mm. longa. Radii flosculi 15, horum ligule 
abbreviate, ex pappo haud vel vix eminentes, lineares vel lineari-oblonge, apice 
integre, 1:5 mm. longs. Disci flosculi 6, fertiles; corolle 5-fidze, inferne anguste 
cylindricæ, superne campanulate, 4:5 mm. longæ. Anthere incluse, angustissimze, 
1 mm. longs; loculi basi obtusi. Stylus inclusus, hujus rami exserti, appendicibus 
subulatis onusti, 1 mm. longi. Achenia compressa, oblongo-turbinata, dense 
sericea, 2:5-3:5 mm. longa. Pappus 5 mm. longus; sets 2-seriales, pauce 
exteriores plus minus abbreviate, scabride, fulve. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
Whole plant often only 6 cm. high or less, though sometimes reaching 10 em. Stems 
branching from near the ground, woody, ascending or apparently sometimes procumbent, 
thickly covered with the remains of dead foliage.  Pedwncles at the flowering stage 
very short, never exceeding 3 mm. in length, but elongating afterwards to 10 mm., like 
the leaves silky. Anthers with short lanceolate, acuminate appendages. 
A very distinct species easily recognised by its narrow close-set, distichous silky leaves. 
COMPOSITA: INULOIDEA. 
BrvMEA BALFOURII, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1894, 213, var. PAPUANA, S. Moore, var. nov. 
A typo discrepat ramis angulatis fere alatis, foliis subtus puberulis, superioribus 
longioribus basin versus longiuscule extenuatis, inflorescentia sparsiore. 
Canoe Camp, 500 ft. 
Distrib. Type a native of the Solomon Islands. 
BLUMEA PAPUANA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Rami foliosi, teretes, puberuli. Folia breviter petiolata, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, 
obtusa vel obtuse acuta, basi obtusa, margine glanduloso-denticulata, coriacea, 
pagina inferiore presertim in nervis puberula, usque ad 7x35 cm., sepissime 
t 4x2 cm. Capitula pro rata mediocria (circa 1x1 cm.), multiflosculosa, in 
paniculam bracteatam satis densam foliis seepissime longiorem (+ 10 em. longam) 
disposita. Bracte@ vetustiores foliis diminutis similes, 2-3 x 1:9—1:5 cm., juniores 
minores, lanceolate; bractee inflorescentiarum partialium parvule, lineares, ut 
axes sparsim pubescentes. Involucrum hemisphericum; phylla circa 6-serialia, 
interiora gradatim longiora, lanceolata, acuminata, apice piloso-ciliato exempto 
| glabra, exteriora fusca, 2-3 mm. longa, interiora dilutius brunnea, 4-8 mm. longa. | 
Receptaculum nudum. Flosculi hermaphroditi 6, vix exserti. Anthere ex corolla | 
