422 ON A SMALL COLLECTION OP PLANTS FROM THK AIRD RIVER. 



manner of fruit-dehiscence ; the dried leaves are tender-mem- 

 branous and not much paler beneath. 



This seems an apt opportunity to record some other plants, 

 previously unknown from New Guinea, though not oVjtained 

 thx'ough Mr. Bevan's Expedition : — Triumfetta rhomboidea, N. 

 Jacquin ; Tristania suaveolens, Smith ; Notothixos subaureus, 

 Oliver; Panax fruticosa, Linne fil. ; Alsomitra Muelleri, 

 Cogniaux ; Scaevola oi^positifolia, Miquel ; Ipomoea chryseides, 

 Ker. ; Uria Kingii, F. v. M. ; Gyperus digitatus, Roxburgh ; Mono- 

 granwia dareocarpa, Hooker ; Lejndozia Wallichiana, Gottsche ; 

 Phragmicoma Novo- Ouineensis, Stephani ; Marasmius crinis-equi, 

 F. V. M. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 

 (Plate vi.) 



MUSSAENDA BeVANI. 



Fig. 1. — Expanded flower. 



Fig. 2. — Portion of corolla-tube laid open. 



Fig. 3. — Calyx with style and stigmas. 



(Somewhat magnified). 



(Plate vii.) 



Begonia Sharpeana. 

 Fig. L — Front-, side-, and back view of stamens. 

 Fig. 2. — Styles and stigmas. 

 Fig. 3. — Transverse section of fruit. 

 Fig. 4. — Seed. 



(All magnified, but not to the same extent). 



