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ErPpacripaces, (J.J. Smiru.) 
StypHE.ia Nurans J. J. S. in Nova Guinea, viii. (1912) 800, t. exlv. 
Var. ARFAKENSIS J. J. S., var, nov. 
Frutex ramosus, ramulis tenuibus, sicco angulatis, pubescentibus, dense foliatis. 
Folia pulvinis inserta, alterna, patentissima, brevissime petiolata, lanceolata, plerumque 
_leviter acuminata, acuta, minutissime erecto-ciliolato-serrulata, c. 5—-7-nervia, nervo 
intermedio et interdum nonnullis sequentibus supra impressis, coriacea, supra nitidula, 
subtus pallidiora, c. 0°75-1:2 em. longa, 0°125-0:225 ecm. lata; petiolus a dorso com- 
pressus, puberulus, c. 0:075-0°1 em. longus. Inflorescentie terminales, brevissime, 
breviter pedunculate, dense 5—6-flore, pedunculo squamis imbricantibus adpressis 
tecto, cum rhachide puberula ec. 0°3-0-4 cm. longo. Bractee persistentes, flori 
adpresse, late ovato-triangule, obtusze, concave, ciliolate, intus puberulz, dorso 
prominenter nervosw, pergamacew, bene 0'1 cm. longw, O'l em. late. Flores 
sessiles, toti c. 0°5 cm. longi. Bracteole adpressx, orbiculari-ovate, obtusiuscule, 
concave, ciliolate, intus puberule, dorso prominenter nervose, pergamacee, 
ce. 0-15 em. longe et late. Calyx alte 5-partitus, laciniis adpressis, imbricatis, 
ovatis, obtusis, concavis, ciliolatis, intus puberulis, dorso prominenter nervosis 
pergamaceis, c. 0°18—0°2 cm. longis, 0°13-0'16 cm. latis. Corolla ample tubulosa, 
ad c. 2 partes infra apicem 5-fida, extus glabra, intus ? partibus superioribus apice 
laciniarum excepto laxius villosa, explanata c. 0°36 cm. longa, fere 0°5 em. lata, 
laciniis erectis (semper ?), triangulis, obtusis vel subacutis, dorso elevato 5-nervosis, 
c. 0125 em. longis, fere 0-1 em. latis. Stamina 10; filamentum adnatum, quam 
anthera latius, apice tantum liberum ; anthera deflexa, parva, laciniis corolla multo 
brevior, oblonga, curvata, c. 0°05 em. longa. Péstillum e basi depresso-globosa 
angulata conicum, in stylum attenuatum, glabrum, c. 0°225 cm. longum, 0-12 cm. 
diam. Discus cupuliformis, 5-lobus, extus longitudinaliter 5-sulcatus, glaber, vix 
0:05 cm. altus, bene 0°1 cm. diam., lobis angulato-rotundatis, repandis, concavis. 
Fructus globosus, 10-locularis, loculis 1-spermis. 
Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, ridge between g and ? lakes, undergrowth in 
open forest, 7500’. Fl. Dec. 5631. 
Distrib. (of type). New Guinea (D.S8.W., Hellwig Mts., von Roemer, 
van Nouhuys). 
Provisionally, I have described this plant as a variety of S. nutans J.J.S. 
‘The branchlet 1 have seen is more tender than the type-specimen, with thinner, 
distinctly angled twigs, and smaller leaves with a densely downy petiole. 
The flowers hardly show differences. Better material, perhaps, would show 
that the plant ought to get specific rank. 
The flowers are said to be white. 
SryPHEeLiA GsELLervpi J. J. 8. in Nova Guinea, xii. (1915) 540, t. cexx. 
Arfak Mts., Koebré ridge, between ¢ and ? lakes, on open barnt summit 
plateau, 9000’. FI., Fr. Dec. 5604. 
Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, Gjellerup). 
Shrub, flowers white, berries pink, 
