230 ; MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
anthere multo breviores, acutze, angustiores. Stylus validulus, cylindrieus, stigma- 
tibus brevibus recurvis; ovarium oblongum. Bacca subglobosa, levis, 4 mm. 
longa. Semina 6, atra, polita, 3 mm. longa, angulata, dorso convexa. 
Canoe Camp and Camps I to III, 150 to 2500 ft. 
This has the habit of C. Haageana, C. Koch, but the flowers are larger, the pedicels 
shorter, and the stamens thin and flat, the filament rounded at the top. 
CORDYLINE MINUTIFLORA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Rami graciles, 8 mm. crassi. Folia linearia, acuminata, versus basin paullo angustata, 
20 em. longa, 1 em. lata, costa elevata. Panicula gracilis, 15 cm. longa, ramis 
ad 6 remotis 2:5 ad 3 em. longis. JBractee ramorum lanceolate, longe acuminate, 
infima 2 cm. longa, pallida. Flores pauci, remoti, minuti, 2 mm. longi, in 
pedicellis brevissimis 1 mm. longis. Bractee florales lanceolate, oblonge, obtuse, 
5 mm. long:e, pallide, persistentes. Sepala et petala subaqualia, lineari-oblonga, 
carinata, carnosa, lata, fere ad basin libera. Slamina brevia, antheris latis, | 
filamentis subulatis longiora. Ovarium conicum, multi-ovulatum. Stylus 
crassiusculus, breviter obtuse trifidus. 
Camp I, 700 ft. 
Also obtained at Schumann River (Schlechter, No. 13829). 
Very distinct from any species in the remarkably small flowers, but perhaps nearest 
to C. neocaledonica, Linden (Cohnia neocaledonica, Baker). The plant collected by 
Schlechter (No. 13829) is clearly this, though it is only in bud, but the locality and 
number quoted are given by Lauterbach, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1. (1913) p. 297, under 
Dracena angustifolia, Roxb. 
DIANELLA CERULEA, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 506. 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft.; VI, 3900 ft. ; and VIc, 5500 ft. 
Distrib. Australia. 
ASTELIA ALPINA, R. Br. Prodr. 291. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
Distrib. Australia. 
COMMELYNACEZE. 
(By H. N. RipLEY.) 
POLLIA THYRSIFLORA, Endl. Gen. 1029. 
Canoe Camp and Camp I, 150 to 500 ft. 
Flowers white, stamens yellow, fruit steely purple-black and pale pinkish-white. 
Distrib. Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula and Islands. 
POLLIA PAPUANA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Planta valida, habitu P. sorzogonensis. Folia plura, lanceolata, acuminata, apice 
subabrupte longe acuminata, basi sequilonge acuminata, glabra, 15 cm. longa,  — 
5 cm. lata, nervis 7, petiolis 1 cm. longis, vaginis glabris costatis 2 cm. longis. - 
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