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Drimys (TASMANNIA) ARFAKENSIS Gibbs, sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, utrinque glaberrima, dioica; rami et ramuli bene foliati ; 
cortex fere nigrescente, striati. Folia leviter obovato-lanceolata, basi sensim in 
petiolum subalatum satis longum angustata, apice acutiuscula, margine revoluta, 
integra, coriacea, supra nitentia, utrinque reticulosa-venosa. Flores parvi, graci- 
liter pedicellati e basi innovationum fasciculatim oriundi. Flos 3 sepala 2, 
petaloidea. Petala 12-14, ligulata. Ovaria 2-4. . Stigma carnosum, cristatum, 
apice introrsum decurrens. Ovula +15. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., on S.W. ridge, running up to Angi lakes, 7000-8000’. 
Pica e< DOC. Ube. 
This tree, with symmetrical dense crown of dark leaves and pendent 
white flowers, turning pink later, was abundant in the forest and in a 
few open spaces along the crest of the ridge. Largest leaves + 5:5-6 cm. 
by 2°3 cm., the midrib conspicuous, with lateral veins anastomosing on the 
margin of the leaf. Petiole dark-coloured, 5 mm. long. Pedicels slender, 
+ 12ecm.long. Sepals 6 mm.by 2mm. Petals unequal, up to 6 mm. long 
and not 1 mm. broad. (The specimens show only expanded flowers: what 
I have described as a sepal is still in position on one of the flowers, and as 
there is apparently a scar opposite, it points to there being two members, 
very caducous, in the outside whorl of the perianth.) Ovaries 4 mm. long. 
Leaves, sepals, and ovaries are densely gland-dotted, but neither cortex nor 
leaves are pungent to the taste and only very slightly aromatic. This plant 
is nearest to D. piperita Hook. f., of N. Borneo, Philippines, and 8.W. New 
Guinea. It differs in habit, in the shape and texture of the leaves, and the 
much smaller flowers with more numerous and narrower petals. 
MoNIMIACES, 
PALMERIA ARFAKIANA Bece. Malesia, i. 186. 
Arfak Mts., twining in forest, 7000’. Fl, g. Dec. 5676. 
Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Hatam, Mt. Arfak, 5500’, Beccari). 
As the ¢ plant only was previously collected, a i rae of the 
3 flowers is appended :— 
Panicule & opposite +8 cm. longe, quam folia breviores, aliter ut in fl. 
femineis. Flores albidi. Receptaculum 4mm. diam., patelliforme, intus hine inde 
pilis obtectum, extus dense flavescente-pilosum. Tepala 5, 15 mm. longa, obtuso- 
acuminata. Stamina cirea 1-4, eglandulosa. Anthere sessiles } mm. longe. 
TRIMENIACES. 
Trimenee Perk. & Gilg. 
Trib. MonrMTACEARUM emend. : 
Flores actinomorphi, “ hermaphroditi, polygami vel dioici. Receptaculum 
parvum. TZepala 4-20, parva. Stamina 6-15, biseriata, raro uniseriata, libera, 
‘omnia fertilia, filamentis brevissimis, anther rimis longitudinalibus dehiscentes, 
