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A small symmetrical tree, fastigiate in habit, with red stems and whitish- 
green flowers, recalling Drimys sp. in habit and colouring. Leaves + 5 by 
1:5 cm. with petiole + 1:5 mm. included ; the leaves show conical marginal 
glandular teeth, dark red in colour, and a thick midrib produced at the 
extreme apex of the leaf, impressed on the upper, dull red and prominent on 
the lower surface, where it shows 2-4 transverse lateral veins, anastomosing 
Fig. 11. 
2.23. 
Idenburgia arfakensis Gibbs.—A. Branch, nat. size; B. Flower, tepals shed ; 
C. Ovary; D. Longitudinal section of ovary; E. Stamen; F, Stamen, after dehiscence. 
on the margins. Inflorescence + 6 by 1-6 em. Flowers with sepals 6 mm. 
long and about the same in breadth. The longest pedicels are 8 mm. long 
by ‘5-1 mm. thick, spreading at the apex into a small bilateral receptacle 
2 mm. across. Stamens 6 mm. long. Anthers 5 mm. long, with the cells 
