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pellucida. Petala 2 linearia, apicem versus dilatata. Stamina », valde inzequalia, 
filamentis ligulatis. Flos Q sepala 2. Petala 2. Stamina 0. Ovaria 2-5, 
stipitata, oblique ovata, paululum compressa; stigma decurrens ; ovula 12-16. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., Koebré Mt., 9000’, edge of shrubberies, where burnt 
on summit. Fl., ¢ @. Dee. 5651. 
This shrub showed the reddish stems and petioles with greenish-white 
flowers so general in the genus, and was fairly abundant in the above | 
locality. In the dried specimens the ? plant has a smooth reddish cortex, 
whereas in the ¢ plant it is rugulose and flecked with yellow. Leaves 
+ 65cm. by 2 cm.; neither leaves nor cortex are pungent or aromatic. 
Fic. 9. 
Drimys Beccariana Gibbs.—A. 9 flower; B. Longitudinal section of carpel ; 
C. ¢ flower: magnified. 
Flowers spreading in the axils of the upper leaves on the old wood, on thin 
pedicels, 18-2 cm. long. Sepals g 4 mm. long by 35mm. Petals 7 mm. 
by 1:5 mm. Stamens 2-4 mm. long. Sepals 2 3:°5 mm. by 3mm. Petals 
4mm. by 15 mm. Ovaries 2 mm. by over 1 mm. 
This species is so near D. hatamensis Bece. ex descrip. that I concluded 
it to be that plant. However, on sending the material to Dr. Beccari 
for verification, he most kindly returned me, not only the accompanying 
drawings of my species, but also a small piece of D. hatamensis for 
comparison ; from this the new species differs in the almost obtuse, 
coriaceous and quasi-sessile leaves, only shortly attenuated into the petiole, 
the longer thinner pedicels, and the smaller flowers. It is a great pleasure 
to dedicate this plant to Dr. Beccari, coming as it does from a region into 
which he was the first botanist to penetrate, which will always be associated 
with his name through his splendid zoological and botanical work. 
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