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*AsysTASIA INTRUSA Bl. Bijdr. 796. 
Sorong Island, under trees by beach. FI. Jan. 6286. 
Distrib. Aru Islands, Little Kei Islands, Timor Laut, Java, and Malay 
Peninsula. 
25-50 m. high, with reddish-brown pink flowers. 
*PERISTROPHE JALAPPEFOLIA Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 494. 
Manokoeari, near Genbela, common undergrowth in secondary strand 
forest. FL, Fr. Jan. 6216.—Manokoeari, in high forest, common under- 
growth on “korang,” 200-500’. 6161. 
Distrib. Java. 
Herbaceous plant, °50 m. high, with white flowers. Also seen on the 
foot-hills of the Arfak range. 
RvuBiacesx. (TH. VALETON.) 
BIKKIA GRANDIFLORA Reinw., var. TENUIFLORA Val., var. nov. 
Folia petiolata, elliptica, obtusa, basi acuta vel cuneata, tenuiter coriacea, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque circa 5 tenuibus haud prominentibus. Peduneculi medio cupu- 
latim bracteolati. Calycis lobi ensiformes acuti, calycem cylindricum exquantes. 
Corolle tubus elongatus strictus, tenuis, versus limbum sensim ampliatus. Corolle 
lobi trigoni, basi dilatati, longiores:quam lati. Capsula cylindrica, lineis elevatis 
8 pertensa, calycis lobis accrescentibus coronata. 
Leaves 135 mm. long, 60 mm. broad. Petiole 15-20 mm. long. Calyx- 
lobes 15 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. Corolla-tube 17 mm. long, base 3 mm., 
apex 7 mm. broad. Corolla 105 mm. long ; lobes 20 mm. long, base 14 mm. 
broad. 
Island of Wakdé, shrub, 8 m. high, growing in masses behind the coral 
rocks of seashore. Fl. (white, sweet-scented). Jan. 6245. 
Distrib. (of the species). Moluccas (type-specimen of Reinw. in Herb. 
Lugd.-Bat.), Kei Islands, Aru Islands, 8.W. New Guinea, Palau Islands, 
Tahiti. ie 
The species is characterized by the large, sword-like, curved calyx-lobes 
and the triangular acute corolla-lobes, which are longer than broad. The 
variety differs from the type in the very narrow corolla-tube. 
OPHIORRHIZA INSULARIS Val., sp. nov. 
Herba sublignosa, tomentosa puberula, in sieco fusca, caules incano-puberuli, 
glabrescentes. Stipule abortive vel califormis et pubere seca tricula nulla. Folia 
petiolata, vulgo xqualia, summa interdum valde disparia, elliptica vel obovata vel 
ovato-elliptica, apice obtusa vel obtusissima vel rotundata, basi cuneato-acuminata 
ad longe in petiolum producta, membranacea, in sicco visca, supra dense punctulato- 
scabrida, subtus parce tomentosa, nervi laterales utrinque 9-12, vene laxe obscure 
reticulate. Inflorescentia pedunculata folius multo brevior, incano-puberula semel 
vel bis dichotoma vel subtrichotoma, ramis elongatis multifloris secundifloris. 
