124j me. h. n. eidlet on PLAIs^TS 



hairy branches and leaves, the latter organs being larger and thicker in consistence, the 

 shorter and broader corollas, etc. The attachment of the flowers to the stem cannot be 

 described, as they have all become detached. 



-SscHYNANTHTJS (§ Haplotrichtum) gesneriflortjs, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Caulis foliosus, raro radicans. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, ovato-oblonga, 

 apicem versus attennata, apice ut basi obtusa, margine repando-crenulata, carnosa, 

 glabra, 7-8 mm. longa, summum 2"7-3'4 cm. lata. Fedunculi brevissimi, biflori, 

 nt pedicelli calyce breviores, pubescentes. Calyx alte partitas, brunneo-piloso- 

 pubescens ; segmenta lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, trinervia, 14-15 mm. longa. 

 Corolla longiuscule tubulosa, extus piloso-pubescens, 4 cm. longa ; tubus inf undi- 

 bularis, etsi prope basin inflatus ibique 5"5 mm. latus, superne curvatus, medio 

 7 mm., faucibus 13 mm. latus ; labium posticum quam anticum minus ; labii antici 

 lobi verisimiliter erecti 9x10 mm. Staviina subinclusa. Ovarinm (stipite iucluso) 

 3 cm. longum, lineare, pubescens, stylo 2 mm. longo, basi curvato, stigmate peltato. 

 Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft. 



Stem 2 mm. thick, somewhat swoUen at the nodes, provided -with a light brown 

 cortex. Neither bracts nor bracteoles seen. Filaments flattened, glandular-puberulous, 

 about 15-20 mm. long ; anthers 35 mm. long. 



The aifiuity is with ^. longiflorns, DC, which, iufe)' alia, has larger, somewhat 

 differently shaped and thicker leaves, and nearly glabrous flowers with linear calyx- 

 segments and considerably longer corolla. 



DiCHUOTRiCHUM Chalmersii, F. Muell. in Melb. Chem. & Drug., June, 1884. 



Camp I, 500 ft. 



Distrib. Endemic in New Gviinea. 



A synonym of this is D. papuanum, S. Moore, in Journ. Bot. 1899, p. 174. This name 

 was published under the mistaken impression that Mueller had described the plant 

 under the MS. name accompanying the specimens sent to Kew. 



DiCHROTRiCHTiM AMABii.E, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Hami radicantes, sparsim foliosi, hirsuto-villosi. Folia dimorpha, altera manifeste 

 jDetiolata, ovato-oblonga, prope apicem attenuata, apice ipso obtusa, basi obtusa 

 rotnndatave, margine dupliciter serrata, summum 14x65 cm., ssepius 10-12 X 

 3-5-4o cm., altera parvula, subsessilia, ovata, obtusa, Integra, cito decidua, omnia 

 pergamacea, utrinque prsesertim in pagina inferiore dense appresseqne hirsuto- 

 villosa. Cymce umbellatse, 5-8-flor£E, pedunculis validis sat longis hirsuto-villosis 

 6-10 cm. longis insidentes; pedicelli calyce breviores, 8-12 mm. longi; bracteae 

 lineari-oblongse vel oblanceolatae, pedicellis paullo breviores. Calyx ultra medium 

 divisus, ut pedicelli dense appresse hirsutus, 22 mm. longus ; tubus 9x5 mm. ; 

 segmenta oblougo-lanceolata, obtusa, 13 mm. longa. CorolUe 4 cm. longae 

 extus dense scabriusculoe tubus calycem excedens, subrectus, superne gradatim 



