106 MR. H. N. EIDLET OX PLANTS 



longjB. BractecB parvulfe, 1 mm. longge ; pedicelli gracillimi, 2*5-3 mm. longi. 

 Cali/x 0*5 mm. longus, usque ad i divisus ; segmenta oblata, obtusa vel acuta, 

 margine microscopice creuulata, sequaliter nigro-puuctata. Fetala 4, ovato- 

 oblonga, obtusissima, puuctis paucis obsita, glabra, 2-5 mm. longa. Stamina ad 

 1 mm. sujira basin petalis iaserta; filamenta antberis oblongo-ovoideis plus quam 

 duplo loBgiora, lib mm. longa. Ovarium flovis mascu.li solummodo cogniti 

 minutiim. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Leaves drying brownish green, slightly paler below; lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, more 

 prominent below ; petioles 5-10 mm. long. Peduncle sbort (sometimes barely present) 

 with a few small subulate scales. 



This very distinct species should find a place in tbe genus near U. ejfusa, Mez, bvit in 

 foliage and inflorescence it is very unlike that and allied species. 



Embelia (§EirEMBELiA) PAPUANA, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Hamuli validi, circa 6 mm. diam., sub apice foliati, glabri. Folia approximata, sub- 

 sessilia, oblongo-obovata, prope apicem cuspidato-attenuata, apice obtusa, basin 

 versus gradatim attenuata, basi late obtusa, pergamacea, supra glabra, subtus 

 sjoarsim ferrugineo-furfuraceo-papillosa, 15-18 X 5-6 cm. Flores in paniculam 

 terminalem brevem angustam deusifloram punctis glandulosis immersis onustam 

 3 cm. longam 2" 5 cm. latam dispositi. BractecB jDarvulae, 1 mm. longse, subulatae, 

 pedicellis flores subsequantibus breviores. Calyx 1 mm. longus; segmenta cu'ca 

 ad ^ coalita, ovata, obtusissima, margine microscopice crenulata, punctis glandu- 

 losis dorso eminentibus prsedita. Fetala 4, imbricata, obovato-oblonga, obtusissima, 

 sparsissime punctata, glabra, 2-25 mm. longa. Stamina prope basin petalis inserta 

 iisque breviora ; filamenta 1 mm. longa, quam antherse quadratse duplo lougiora. 

 Ocarium floris masculi subevanidum, floris foeminei ignotum. 

 Camp YI b, 3900 ft. 



Leaves drying grey-green above and brow^n below ; lateral nerves about 15 pairs, 

 scarcely visible on tbe upper, inconspicuous on the lower surface ; midrib broad, pro- 

 minent below; petioles very broad aud thick, about 5 mm. long. Fanicle together 

 with the flowers light brown in colour ; branches stoutish, ascending ; branchlets 

 ascending or patent. The position of this is near FJ.fulva, Mez, from which it differs 

 in too many features to reader details necessary. 



The genus, which extends from West Africa to the Sandwich Islands, includmg in its 

 range South and Central China, is well represented in the Malay Archipelago, aud has 

 one Australian representative ; hence its presence iu New Guinea is only what would 

 have been expected. 



Rapanea Meziana, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Flanta dioica. Hamuli sat robusti, superne foliosi, foliorum delapsorum cicatricibus 

 crebro ouusti, glabri. Folia petiolis manifestis fulta, symmetrica, oblougo-oblan- 

 ceolata lanceolatavCj obtusa, basin versus augustata, margine Integra, pluricostata, 



