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peduneulo ¢. 0-1 em. longo, pluribus squamis densissimis imbricatis superne accre- 
scentibus triangulis ad oblongis concavis ciliatis donato. Pedicellus sub ovario 
articulatus, villosus, c. 0°25-0°3 em. longus. Calya# 5-partitus, dentibus late trian- 
gulis, obtusis vel vix acuminatis, extus villosis, intus glabris, c. 0°125 cm. longis, 
0-25 em. latis. Corolla urceolata, 5-loba, extus margine loborum excepto villosula, 
intus basi et lobis exceptis pubescens, carnosa, explanata c. 0°95 cm. longa, 1°45 cm. 
lata, lobis semiellipticis, obtusis, c. 0°13 em. longis, 0-15-0-17 em. latis. Stamina 10, 
c. 0°65 em. longa; filamentum lineare, supra basin dilatatum et villosum, superne 
parcissime pilosum vel nudum, margine obsolete denticulatum, antice convexum, 
ce. 0:43-0:47 em. longum; anthera in bene } supra basin dorsifixa, oblonga, ad } infra 
apicem bifida, basi obtusa bilobula, 2 partibus inferioribus echinulato-papillosa, 
ecalearata, c. 0:46-0-47 cm. longa, thecis parallelis, suleco separatis, sulco laterali 
longitudinali instructis, tubulis erectis, brevibus, poro introrso hiantibus. Pist¢llwm 
totum c. 0°76 cm. longum; ovarium semiglobosum, villosum, c. 0°15 em. altum, 
0-25 cm. diam. ; stylus crassus, teres, basi breviter contracta in excavationem disci 
insertus, apice truncatus, glaber, c. 0°55 em. longus. Descus pps thtniae medio 
excavatus, erecto-hirsutulus, c. 0°25 em. diam. 
Hab. Arfak Mts., Koebré ridge, between ¢ and @ lakes, in moss-grown 
forest by open plaiaan; 8500-9000’. Fl. Dec. 5629. 
The indumentum of the flowers recalls that of V. Versteegiu Kds., which 
otherwise, however, is a totally different species. 
The plant is a compact shrub to tree, with pink flowers. 
Vaccinium PILosirLorum J.J. S., sp. nov. 2 
Frutex, ramulis initio strigoso-villosulis, deinde verruculosis. Folia parva, 
alterna, breviter petiolata, ovata, obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, 
convexa, margine in sicco plerumque recurva, integerrima, glandula marginali parva 
orbiculari sicco impressa utrinque supra basin, supra presertim prope marginem et 
costam mediam parce pilosa plus minusve glabrescentia, subtus sparse villosula et 
sparse breviter erecto-patenter muriculata, muricibus apice leviter glanduloso-incras- 
satis fuscis, crasse coriacea, rigida, c. 1:2-2-25 cm. longa, 0-7-1-1-1:375 em. lata; 
petiolus villosulus, ¢. 0:17-0:27 em. longus. Inflorescentie axillares, brevissime, 
uniflore, pedunculo abbreviato, e. 0°05 cm. longo, pluribus squamis approximatis 
erecto-patentibus imbricantibus ovato- triangulis ad oblongis valde concavis ciliatis 
superne accrescentibus ad ce. 0-1 cm. longis donato. Pedicellus brevis, teres, apice 
incrassatis et sub ovario articulatus, villosus, c. 0°17 em. longus. Calyx 5-partitus, 
extus villosus, fere 0°5 cm. diam., dentibus sinu lato separatis, triangulis, acutis, 
ce. OL em. longis, 0°17-0°2 em. latis. Corolla urceolata, ovoidea, 5-loba, extus 
villosa, intus parce pilosa, carnosula, explanata ec. 0-7 em. longa, fauce 0-74 em. lata, 
lobis recurvis, ovatis, rotundatis, basi latis, bene 0:1 em. longis, 0-15 cm. latis. 
Stamina 10, ¢. 0°5 em. longa; filamentum lineare, supra basin paulo dilatatum et 
parcius pilosum, c. 0°34 em. longum; anthera in 2 partibus supra basin dorsifixa, 
curvula, oblonga, 2-fida, basi oblique 4-lobulata, 2 sarebos inferioribus echinulato- 
papillosa, ecalcarata, c. 0-2 em. longa, thecis parallelis, antice sulco separatis, sulco 
laterali instructis, tubulis contiguis, inappendiculatis, poro obliquo hiantibus. 
Ovarium breve, vix semiglobosum, villosum, fere 0:3 em. diam.: ; stylus inclusus, 
