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MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
Ficus DECAISNEI, Steud. Mon. Ed. rr. 163. 
Canoe Camp with the last. 
Distrib. Timor. 
ANTIAROPSIS DECIPIENS, K. Schum. Flora von Kaiser Wilhelmsland, 40. 
Camp I, 700 ft., also Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
CoNOCEPHALUS NOBILIS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex (?) scandens. Folia magna, oblanceolata, versus apicem latissima, breviter 
cuspidata, basi angustata, obtusa, glabra, coriacea, subtus pallida, 70 cm. longa, 
25 em. lata, nervis 19 paribus prope marginem anastomosantibus, nervulis trans- 
versis parallelis, petiolis 4-20 cm. longis. Panicula mascula subglobosa, compacta, 
5 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, pedunculo 45 em. longo hirto pubescente, ramis hirte 
pubescentibus ; bracteze ovate, oblongse, 1:5 em. longe, 1 em. late. Flores copiosi, 
albi. Sepala 4, oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 4, filamentis latis complanatis carinatis, 
antheris ellipticis. Pistillodium complanatum, apice dilatatum. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft., Camp I, 500 ft. 
* Flowers white on a pale crimson base.” 
Allied to C. suaveolens, Blume, but the leaves are oblong and Wie beneath and 
the inflorescence is much bigger and more branched. 
LAPORTEA GLABRA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia subherbacea, glabra, subpeltata, oblanceolata vel obovata, cuspidata, basi 
angustata obtusaque, undulata, 22-28 cm. longa, 11 cm. lata, nervis 9 paribus, 
cystolithis nullis, petiolis 8:5 cm. longis. Panicula feminea infra folia orta, laxa, 
ramis gracilibus 3 em. longis, 9 cm. longa, glabra, floribus parvis viridibus glome- 
ratis; pedicelli breves, crassi. Perianthiwm cupuliforme, glabrum, apice in uno 
latere trilobo, lobis brevibus subacutis medio longiore. Ovarium complanatum, 
ovoideum. Stylus breviusculus, curvus. Flores masculi non visi. 
Canoe Camp. ‘“ Flowers green.” 
This species belongs to the section in which the sepals are connate into a one-seeded 
cup. This covers half of the acheenium, and bears two short teeth on the longer side. 
I can see no trace of a fourth tooth. 
LaPoRTEA CRENULATA, Gaud. Bot. Freye. Voy. 498. 
Canoe Camp. 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
PILEA RUBIACEA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Suffruter ascendens, ramosa, virgata, internodiis 3 mm. longis. Folia linearia, 
acuta, ad apices lobata vel integra, carnosa, glabra, 1 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, 
cystolithis paucis linearibus, costa valida, nervis obscuris, petiolis crassis brevibus. 
