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nude, ramis 1 em. longis patentibus. Flores dense congesti in spicis 6 mm. longis; 
bracte lanceolate vel bidentatze vel tridentate, pubescentes, 2 mm. longsze. Flores 
masculi brevissime pedicellati. Sepala 4, pubescentia, oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 4, 
zequilonga, filamentis crassiusculis loculis 4. Racemi feminei graciles, 9-11 cm. 
longi, pubescentes, pauciflori. Bractee ovate, dentate, 4 mm. longe et late, 
dense flavo-glandulose. Ovarium subglobosum, dense glandulosum. Styli oblongi 
in unam massam dense bracteis tectam congesti. Capsula globosa, atra. 
Camp VIa, 3100 ft. “Flowers greenish yellow." Also in Kaiser Wilhelmsland 
(Hollrung, 330 & 600, in Herb. Kew.). | 
This was apparently identified erroneously by Schumann as Mallotus acuminatus, 
Mig. Warburg perceived it was a Macaranga and wrote it up on a ticket Macaranga 
acuminata, but he does not seem to have described it. 
- MACARANGA OVALIFOLIA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Rami validi, glabri. Folia ovata, cuspidata, basi cordata vel rotundata, margine 
undulata, 16-18 cm. longa, 13-14 em. lata, superne glabra, polita, subtus glauces- 
centia, copiose glandulosa, nervis 8 paribus ascendentibus, nervulis parallelis 
pubescentibus, marginibus ad basin prope petiolum incrassatis et sursum curvis, 
petiolis 7-8 em. longis teretibus glabris. Spice mascule graciles, 11-14 cm. longa, 
simplices vel ramis 1-2 pubescentibus. lores in glomerulos parvos dissitos 3 mm. 
longos dispositi; bracteze oblonge, lanceolate, papyracez, rufescentes, 1 cm. longa, 
caduc:e, superiores breviores, ovate; bracteole breves, late ovate, hirte. Flores 
brevissime pedicellati. Sepala 4, oblonga, obtusa, glabra. Stamina 3, filamentis 
paullo longioribus, antheris 4-locularibus. 
Camps I to III, 700 to 2500 ft. 
This is certainly allied to M. bifoveata, J. J. Sm., but the leaves are larger and less hairy, 
and it has 4 (not 3) sepals, and 3 (not 7) stamens which are much shorter. The base of 
the leaf close to the petiole and on each side of it is curled up on the front side—as 
it were, pinched up, but it does not form the remarkable pubescent pockets which are 
characteristic of Smith’s species. The bud-sheath, 4 cm. long, is glandular and hairy. 
URTICACEZE. 
GIRONNIERA RHAMNIFOLIA, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 74. 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
Ficus OCHROCHLORA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex. Folia ovata, acuta, cuspidata, versus apicem et basin paullo angustata, 
15 em. longa, 8 em. lata, superne glabra, subtus in nervis 8 paribus et nervulis 
appresse hirta, petiolis 1:5 cm. longis. Stipule lanceolate, acuminate, hirte. 
Receptacula in axillis sessilia, bracteis ovatis mucronatis glabris suffulta, globosa, 
