108 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS 



impressed above, prominent below ; petioles stout, broadly channelled above, finely 

 puberulous on the back, 1-2 cm. long. Petals apparently yellow. 



To be inserted in the genus near S. Stawelii, F. Muell. The large leaves taken 

 together with the very small flowers afford an easy means of distinguishing the species. 



Symplocos (§ Bobua) Klossii, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Sitffrutex circiter spithameus, omnimodo glaber. Ccmlis erectus, simplex vel rari- 

 ramosus, inferne nudus et cicatricibus crebris foliorum mortuorum prseditus, superne 

 foliis laxe imbricatis. Folia, parvula, +10x7 mm., subsessilia, oblongo-obovata, 

 obtusa, basi angustata, margine apicem versus paucidenticulata, alibi Integra, 

 coriacea, nervis paucis in pagina sujoeriore impressis in pagina inferiore eminen- 

 tibus. Flares in axillis solitarii, pedicellis circa 0'5 mm. lougis fulti. Bractece 

 ut bracteolse ambitu ovato-oblongse, obtusse, cymbiformes, ovarium amplectentes, 

 2 mm. longae. Calycis lobi suborbiculares, subtilissime serrulati, 2 mm. longi. 

 JPetala calycis lobos paullulum excedentia, basi breviter connata, ovata vel oblongo- 

 obovata, obtusissima, 3 mm. longa. Stamina circa 16, obscure pentadelphia, 

 petalis baud longiora; filamenta basi connata, glabra, longiora 2 mm., breviora 

 1 mm. longa. Antherce ovoidese, 0'75 mm. longte. Ocai'ium aliquanto compressum, 

 3-loculare, lxl'5 mm.; stylus 1 mm. longus. 

 Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 

 Leaves drying yellow-green, as usual with the genus ; lateral nerves 2 or sometimes 



3 on each side of the midrib. Petals yellow, longitudinally nerved. Filaments fleshy, 



especially towards the base. 



Leaves almost exactly like those of S. Englishii, Hemsl., but flowers different in 



several respects, especially the corolla. 



APOCYNACE.E. 

 (By H. F. Wernham.) 



w WiLLUGHBEiA Novo-GUINEENSIS, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber. Folia elliptico-oblonga, subcoriacea, 6-8 cm. X 2'5-3'5 cm., supra 

 nitentia, breviter acuminata, acuta, brevissime petiolata; venae secuudariae 

 numerosoe, approximatse, rectse, angulo 75°-80° e costa centrali emergentes. 

 Flares in cymulas trichotomas ssepius 3-floras alares dispositi; pedunculi ad 

 6-8 mm. longi, glabri, pedicellos nee semper sequantes. Calyx vix 2 mm. longus, 

 rh ad medium in lobos oblongo-rotundatos divisus. Corollas tubus extus glaber, 

 subcylindricus, 6 mm. longus, ore constrictus ; limbus tortus, diametro 1-5 mm. 



Camps VIII to IX, 4989 to 5875 ft. 



Characterised especially by the very slender, almost filamentous branches of the 

 few-flowered inflorescence. 



Alyxia Hidleyana, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Jiamuli teretes, striati, novelli minute pulvcrulento-puberuli. Folia coriacea, 3-4-natim 

 verticillata, elliptica, glabra, brevissime obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata, brevissime 



