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latus ; lobi postici ceteris plane breviores. Stamina exserta ; antlierarum loculi 

 basi breviter divergentes. Ovarium stipite 8 mm. longo iusidens, glabrum, 15 mm. 

 longum, stylo brevi incluso crasso itaque glabro 4 mm. longo coronatum. Ca^sulce 

 25-35 cm. longse, 1*5 mm. latte, brunnese, glabrae. 

 Camp VI b (fruit), Camps VIII to IX (flower), 3900 to 5500 ft. 



Leaves grey when dry, and almost tbe same sbade on either side ; petioles about 

 2 cm. in length, pilose-villous. Longer filaments 18 mm., shorter 15 mm. long ; anthers 

 2"5 mm. long. 



A very distinct species', the like of which I have neither seen nor know of from 

 description. The small leaves and flowers, the latter with a narrow tube especially 

 when dry, together with the indumentum, are the plant's chief external features. 



The specimens taken to be the fruiting ones of this species were gathered, it will be 

 observed, at a lower elevation than the flowering ones, which is only Avhat one would 

 expect. The calyces of the fruiting and flowering specimens agree exactly, but the 

 flowers of the former seem to have been somewhat larger, unless, indeed, they have 

 slightly increased during fruiting. 



MONOPHYLL^A BREVIPES, S. MoorC, sp. nOV. 



Caulis crassiusculus, prtesertim prope folium albo-furfuraceus. Folium late ovato- 

 oblongum, apice verisimiliter obtusum vel obtusissimvim, basi cordatum vel 

 latissime rotundatum, margine levitcr uudvilatum, membranaceum, 12-15 cm. 

 longum, usque ad 6-9 cm. latum, supra fere glabrum, subtus praesertim in nervis 

 minute albo-furfuraceum. Fedunculi sub floribus pro rata breves, tenues, his- 

 pidule pubcruli, tandem glabri, 5-15 mm. longi, postremo 50 mm. attingentes. 

 Eacemi abbreviati, pauciflori ; pedicelli calyce breviores, 3-4 mm. longi, hispide 

 pubescentes. Calyx ultra medium divisus, furfure albo pilis paucis intermixto 

 praeditus, 6 mm. longus ; lobi lanceolati, acuminati, 3-5 mm. longi, posticus ceteris 

 plane longior, 6 mm. longus. Corolla calyci aequilonga, extus glabra, intus in 

 dimidio superiore papillosa ; tubus 4x2 mm. ; labium posticum 3 mm., anticum 

 2 mm. longum, lobis suborbicularibus circa 2 mm. diam. Filamenla edentula; 

 antheroe omnes cohyerentes. Ocanum ovoideum, 1 mm, longum, ut stylus 2 mm. 

 longus puberulum. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. 

 Stem of the specimens to hand 8 cm. long, when dry 2-2"5 mm. wide. Leaves 



somewhat glaucous above, whitish below, with about 16 pairs of nerves, of which the 



proximal G pairs are, as is the rule in the genus, closer together than the arcuate distal 



ones. Racemes at most of about 10 flowers, tiiough usually fewer, not more than 5 mm. 



long. Corolla white. Filaments, shorter 1 mm. long, about half tlie length of the 



longer. 



M. papuana, Lauterb., has, according to the description, larger leaves, longer peduncles, 



racemes and pedicels, a smaller calyx divided almost to tlie base into elliptical, subacute 



segments, and a corolla only 4 mm. long. 



This is the second known species from New Guinea. 



