COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 147 
A curious little dwarfed species drying black, perhaps most nearly allied to H. Rein- 
wardtiana, Blume. 
BALANOPHORACES. 
BALANOPHORA OOSTERZEEANA, Val. in Nova Guinea, viii. 919, fig. 161. 
Female specimens, rather young, but apparently belonging to this species, are in the 
collection. 
EUPHORBIACEZ. 
ANTIDESMA CONTRACTUM, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. 11. 229, fig. 56. 
Canoe Camp, 500 ft. ; Camp III, 2500 ft. * Fruit dull crimson.” 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
CODLEUM STELLINGIANUM, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb. xiii. (1891) 353. 
A male specimen only, but the description of this species agrees very well with it. 
I have seen no type. 
Loeality not recorded. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
HOMALANTHUS LESCHENAULTIANUS, Juss. Tent. Euph. 50, t. 16. 
Camps VIo and VIb, 3100 to 3900 ft. 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
HOMALANTHUS NOVO-GUINEENSIS, K. Schum. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg. Südsee, 407. 
Camp VIa, 3100 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
MACARANGA NOVA-GUINEENSIS, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. rv. 789, t. 138. 
Canoe Camp, 170 ft. 
Fruiting specimens only, but apparently this plant. The bristles of the fruit are pink. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
MACARANGA RIPARIA, Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. vii. (1886) 463. 
Canoe Camp, 500 ft., and at Camp I, 700 ft. “ Pale olive-green leaves, purplish 
. beneath.” 
Distrib. Endemie in New Guinea. 
MACARANGA ACUMINATA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Arbor ramis gracilibus pubescentibus. Folia membranacea, subpeltata, lanceolata, 
longe acuminata, basi cuneata obtusa, 9-12 cm. longa, 4-45 cm. lata, superne 
(sicca) grisea costa excepta glabra, subtus copiose glandulosa, AOF TOUT paribus 
ad 8 elevatis intra margines anastomosantibus, cum costa et reticulationibus 
hirtis, depressionibus 2 ad basin folii sitis subtus gibbosis, petiolo 4 cm. longo 
pubescente. Panicule axillares, pubescentes, masculi 7 cm. longi, Mec a 3 em. 
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