COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 119 



sericeos divisa. Stamimim 5 filamenta tenuia, 1 mm. longa ; antherre conoideae, 

 4-pter8e, apiculatte. Ovarium subglobosum. Stigma conoideum, 5-costatum. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Allied to E. Helhoigii, Prain, but tbe leaves are much larger aud differently shaped. 

 Flowers pale yellow {Kloss). 



SOLANACE^. 

 (By H. r. Wernham.) 



SoLANLM AvicuLARE, Forst. f. Prod. 18. 

 Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 

 Distrib. Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia. 



SOLANUM INDICUM, Linn. Sp. PI. 187. 

 Camps IX to X, 5500 to G700 ft. 

 Listrib. Throughout the tropics of the Old World. 



SoLANUM NODiFLORUM, Jacq. Ic. PL Rar. ii. 288, t. 326. 

 Camp VI h, 3900 ft. 

 Disfrlb. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



SoLANUM TORVTJM, Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 47. 

 Camps III to VI, 2100 to 2500 ft. 

 Distrib. Cosmopolitan iu the tropics. 



SoLANUM PERANOMALrM, Wernham, sp. nov. 

 Frutex ramis florentibus validiusculis teretibus novellis complanatis glabris. Folia 

 glabia, chartacea, integerrima, per paria approximata, opposita valde inaequalia ; 

 majora oblonga, breviter acuminata, acuta, basi ssepius ohliqua, 11-13 cm. X 4-5- 

 5'3 cm., petiolo lignoso 1 cm. longo, venis suhtus prominentibus secundariis 

 utrinque 8-9 ; minora suborbicularia, 9 mm. diam. basi cordata, subsessilia. 

 Flores numerosi, e jiulvillo ad foliorum basi sito orti ; pedicelli tenues, ut calyces 

 sparse rufo-hirtelli +8 mm. longi. Calyx cupularis, limbo integerrimo, 2-5 mm. 

 longus. Corolla vix 4 mm. longa, fere ad basin in lacinias oblougo-lanceolatas 

 divisa, glabra. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



The very woody habit, sessile caulifiorous inflorescences, and blunt ellipsoidal buds 

 make this plant have little resemblance to a Solanum ; it recalls rather Brachistus. 

 The nearest allied species is S. Kaernbachii, Laut. & K. Schutn., Avhich is readily dis- 

 tinguished by the indumentum. Our species is practically glabrous. 



Solanum Ridleyanum, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Frutex prseter ramulos novellos graciles minute pubescentes glaber. Folia coriacea, 

 per paria plerumque ajiproximata ; majora oblonga, bi'eviter subacute acuminata, 

 7'5-15 cm. X 2"5-4 cm., basi obtusa, petiolo lignoso ad 1 cm. longo, venis subtus 



