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antheris minutis, aristatis. Ovariwm sessile, disco sub 5-lobo impositum, puberulum, 
3-loculare, loculis 4-ovulatis; ovula parva, pendula. 
Hab, Arfak Mts., Koebré ridge, edge of forest and burnt open summit, 
9000’. Fl. Dec. 5737. 
A densely branching shrub or small tree, with crowded leaves and white 
flowers with brownish calyx. Largest leaves + 5 cm. by 2°5 em, with im- 
pressed midrib, and 3-6 lateral veins, with prominent reticulation on the upper 
surface ; on the lower both midrib and lateral veins are conspicuously raised. 
Racemes 4-10 cm. long, single in the axils of the upper leaves, in two cases 
showing proliferation of the rhachis at the apex. Peduncle 1-1°5 em. long. 
Flowers *5 cm. long. Pedicels 1 cm. long, with bracts linear-lanceolate, 
5 mm. by 15 mm. Sepals 3 mm. by 15 mm. Petals 5 mm. long, 
laciniate + 4 of length, contracted into a thickened keel at the base. 
Stamens with filaments 1 mm. long and anthers 3°2 mm. long, dehiscing at 
the apex. Ovary 1°5 mm. long with subulate style 2 mm. long. 
The nearest affinity to this plant is Z. coriaceus Hook. f. from the moun- 
tains of Ceylon, at 6000’. It differs in the tawny pubescence of the young 
shoots, under surface of leaves and inflorescence, and in the smaller flowers. 
SERICOLEA NOVO-GUINEENSIS Gibbs, sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor; ramuli teretiusculi, bene foliati, innovationes sericei, demum 
glabrati. Folia opposita, breve petiolata, oblongo-ovata, obtusa vel apiculata, basi 
rotundata, minute dentata, coriacea, superne glabra, subtus pilis aureo-fulvis dense 
sericea. Racemi axillares, pedunculati, 2—4-flori, foliis qualongis, pedicellis 
filiformibus, sericeis. lores parvuli, nutantes, 5-meri. Sepala oblongo-lanceolata, 
obtusiuscula, extus sericea, carinata. Petala cuneato-obovata, apice truncata vel — 
brevissime trilobata, basin versus puberula. Stamina 15, biseriata, puberula ; 
filamentis filiformibus, antheris oblongis, apice transverse breviter dehiscentibus. 
Discus obtuse 5-lobatus, lobis patentibus minutis, glabris. Ovariwm glabrum, 
biloculare, loculis 2-ovulatis. Stylus glaber, subulatus, apice bilobatus. Fructus 
baccatus, glaber. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., in upper forest and on the open plateau summit of 
Koebré ridge, 8500-9000’. FI., Fr. Dec. 5613. 
A much branched shrub to small tree, with stiff erect branches. Largest 
leaves 2 by 1 cm. with petioles + 2 mm. long, the median vein impressed 
above and very prominent below, with many transverse lateral veins, inter- 
connected by fine reticulations. Racemes + 2-2°5 cm. long, including 
peduncles + 8mm. long. Sepals 3 mm. long. Petals 4 by 1°5 mm. across. 
Stamens 2°5 mm. including anthers 1 mm. long. Ovary 1 mm. long. 
Style 1 mm. long ; in one case a 3-locular ovary with 3 ovules in each 
loculus and 3-lobed stigma was seen, and in another 3 ovules were present 
in one loculus of a bilocular ovary. Fruit 6 mm. long with crustaceous 
endocarp and fleshy exocarp. 
This plant is very near S, Gaultheria (F. Muell.) Schltr. from Mt. Yule 
