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longs. Bractee parvule, 1 mm. longs; pedicelli gracillimi, 2:5-3 mm. longi. 
Calyx 0°5 mm. longus, usque ad 4 divisus; segmenta oblata, obtusa vel acuta, 
margine microscopice - crenulata, auditor nigro-punctata. Petala 4, ovato- 
oblonga, obtusissima, punctis paucis obsita, glabra, 2-5 mm. longa. Stamina ad 
1 mm. supra basin petalis inserta; filamenta antheris oblongo-ovoideis plus quam 
duplo longiora, 1:75 mm. longa. Ovarium floris masculi solummodo cogniti 
minutum. 
Camp VIa, 3100 ft. 
Leaves drying brownish green, slightly paler below; lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, more 
prominent below; petioles 5-10 mm. long. .Peduncle short (sometimes barely present) 
with a few small subulate scales. | 
This very distinct species should find a place in the genus near £. effusa, Mez, but in 
foliage and inflorescence it is very unlike that and allied species. 
EMBELIA (§EUEMBELIA) PAPUANA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Romuli validi, circa 6 mm. diam., sub apice foliati, glabri. Folia approximata, sub- 
sessilia, oblongo-obovata, prope apicem cuspidato-attenuata, apice obtusa, basin 
versus gradatim attenuata, basi late obtusa, pergamacea, supra glabra, subtus 
sparsim ferrugineo-furfuraceo-papillosa, 15-18x5-6 em. Flores in panieulam 
terminalem brevem angustam densifloram punctis glandulosis immersis onustam 
3 cm. longam 2:5 cm. latam dispositi. Bractee parvule, 1 mm. long, subulate, 
pedicellis flores subsequantibus breviores. Calyx 1 mm. longus; segmenta circa 
ad 3 coalita, ovata, obtusissima, margine microscopice crenulata, punctis glandu- 
losis dorso eminentibus predita. Petala 4, imbricata, obovato-oblonga, obtusissima, 
sparsissime punctata, glabra, 2:25 mm. longa. Stamina prope basin petalis inserta 
iisque breviora ; filamenta 1 mm. longa, quam anthere quadrate duplo longiora. 
Ovarium floris masculi subevanidum, floris feminei ignotum. 
Camp VIb, 3900 ft. 
Leaves drying grey-green above and brown below; lateral nerves about 15 pairs, 
scarcely visible on the upper, ineonspieuous on the lower surface; midrib broad, pro- 
minent below; petioles very broad aud thick, about 5 mm. long. Panicle together 
with the flowers light brown in colour; branches stoutish, ascending; branchlets 
ascending or patent. The position of this is near Æ. fulva, Mez, from which it differs 
in too many features to render details necessary. 
The genus, which extends from West Africa to the Sandwich Islands, including in ita 
range South and Central China, is well represented in the Malay Archipelago, and has 
one Australian representative; hence its presence in New Guinea is only what would 
have been expected. 
RAPANEA MEZIANA, S. Moore, sp. nov. | 
Planta dioica. Ramuli sat robusti, superne foliosi, foliorum delapsorum cicatricibus — 
crebro onusti, glabri. Folia petiolis manifestis fulta, symmetrica, oblongo-oblan- — 
ceolata lanceolatave, obtusa, basin versus angustata, margine integra, pluricostata, 
