144 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
MyRISTICA SUBALULATA, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 47. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
“Flowers yellowish white. Fruit blood-red or brownish yellow." 
Distrib. British and Dutch New Guinea. 
MONIMIACEZX. 
ANTHOBEMBIX HOSPITANS, Perk. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 567. 
Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI a to VI 5, 3100 to 3900 ft. 
Distrib. Endemie in New Guinea. 
PALMERIA PANICULATA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Scandens ? caule hirto. Folia opposita, paribus 8 cm. distantibus, elliptica, acumi- 
nata, basi rotundata, 12 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, glabra, costa superne depressa hirta 
inferne cum nervis hirta, nervis 5-paribus remote a marginibus anastomosantibus, 
petiolis 5 mm. longis hirtis. Panicule axillares, 32 em. long, laxæ, ramis paucis 
6 cm. longis patentibus, ramulis brevibus undique hirtis. .Bracfec lineares, 2 mm. 
longs, hirte. Flores masculi 4 mm. lati, lobis 4 ovatis apice acuminatis incurvis 
undique hirtis. Receptaculum nullum. Stamina circiter 20 in tubo dissita, fila- 
mentis nullis, antheris minutis. 
Camp VIc, 5500 ft. 
I have seen no female flowers of this species, which differs from the others described 
from New Guinea and Australia in the elongate panicle, the larger flowers, and the 
hairiness of the stems, nerves, petioles, and inflorescences. It seems most nearly allied 
to P. scandens, F. von Muell. 
TRIMENIA PAPUANA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Arbor? ramis quadrangulatis brunneis. Foliæ opposita, coriacea, lanceolata, acumi- 
nata, obtusa, basi cuneata, in marginibus obscure serrata, 5 cm. longa, 2 cm. 
lata, costa prominula, nervis 17-18-jugis gracilibus, petiolis 1 cm. longis. Racemi 
axillares, 1 cm. longi, et terminales, ramosi, 4 cm. longi, rhachi quadrangulata. 
Pedicelli crassi, 1 mm. longi. Racemuli conici, obtusi, 4 mm. longi, receptaculo 
cylindrieo, bracteis cartilagineis brunneis 10 ovatis rotundatis marginibus minute 
ciliatis, inferioribus 2 mm. longis, superioribus 5 spathulatis cucullatis angustioribus. 
Flores hermaphroditi. Stamina 15, filamentis brevibus linearibus, apiculo longius- 
culo. Pistillum crassum, cylindricum, stigmate cum costis 8 ex apice decur- 
rentibus. 
Camp VIb, 3900 ft. 
The only other species of this genus, Trimenia vitiensis, is a native of the Fiji 
Islands. It resembles this species in many respects, but the flowers are unisexual. In 
T. papuana the flowers are apparently all bisexual, and the filaments and the appendage 
of the stamens are longer than in T. viliensis. There are 15 stamens, and the stigma 
consists of eight radiating ridges or keels running downwards from the apex of the pistil. 
This is a very interesting addition to the flora of New Guinea. 
