COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. : 227 
MARANTACEZ. 
(By H. N. RrprEY.) 
DONAX CANNAFORMIS, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xv. (1892) 440. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Flowers white, fruit whitish yellow. 
Distrib. Eastern Malaya to Polynesia. 
Cominsia GupPyI, Hemsl. in Ann. Bot. v. (1891) 508, t. 1. Phrynium giganteum, 
Scheff. in Ann. Gard. Buitenz. i. 58. P. heliconioides, Lauterb & K. Schum. FI. 
Deutsch. Schutzg. Südsee, 238. Cominsia gigantea, K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzen- 
reich, H. 11 (1902) p. 58. 
Camp I, 500 ft. 
Flowers white, fruit dull waxy green. 
| Distrib. Halmahera, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, and Solomon Islands. 
PHRYNIUM sp. 
Camp VIa, 3100 ft. 
This is possibly P. pedunculatum, Warb. in Engl. Pflanzenreich, l. c. p. 55. Unfortu- 
nately there are no flowers in the specimen. The inflorescence is a simple raceme, 
with thin-textured bracts. 
MUSACEA. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
HeLIcONIA MicnoLrrzi, Ridl. in Agric. Bull. Straits Settl. xii. (1908) 132. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
^ Distrib. Recorded originally from New Ireland. 
HYPOXIDACEZ. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
CURCULIGO LATIFOLIA, Dryand. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, ii. 253. 
Canoe Camp, about 150 ft., and Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 
Distrib. Burmah and Malaya. 
DIOSCOREACE. 
(By H. N. RIDLEY.) 
DIOSCOREA PAPUANA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caules tenues, teretes. Folia anguste lanceolata, acuminata, cordata, lobis rotundatis 
vel basi rotundata, in utraque pagina lucida, 6-9 cm. longa, 1-2 em. lata, petiolis 
gracilibus 2-21 cm. longis. Spice graciles, 5-6 5 cm. longee, 4 in pedunculo 1 mm. 
longo. Flores remoti, 1 mm. longi, alabastris oblongis. Bractee ovate, cuspidat:e. 
Sepala late oblonga. Petala minora, lanceolata, obtusa. Stamina 6, brevissima, 
antheris oblongis. Pistillodia minuta. Capsula oblonga, 2 cm. longa, 1:5 cm. 
lata, alis e qualibus rotundatis. 
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