COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 103 



usque ad lGx6 cm., ssepe circa 14x4'5 cm. Mores longipeclicellati, in paniculas 

 (reductione forsau racemos) axillares plus ^ainus laxas maxime anfractuosas crebro 

 bracteatas rufo-liirsuias 4o-7 cm. lougas dispositi. Bractece lineares, i*ufo-hii"suti£, 

 saepissime 2-3 mm. longse. Calyx 2 mm. longus; segiuenta lanceolata vel ovata, 

 acuta, dorso rufo-hirsuta. Coi^olla campanulato-urceolata, 5-mera, usque ad medium 

 divisa, fere 3 mm. diam. ; lobi late rotundati, nigro-lineati, margine fere integri vel 

 leviter erosuli, tandem patentes. Stamina ex corolla liaud emergentia ; fllamenta 

 brevissima ; antherse ovoideo-oblongge, obtusissimae, 1 mm. longse, florum femineorum 

 iraminutye filamentisque longioribus insidentes. Ooarium vix 2 mm. longum, 

 semisuperum, floris masculi fere omnino superum ; pars superior ovoidea, in stylum 

 sequilongum desinens, 

 Camp I, 500 ft. 



Leaves drying greyish green, slightly paler below ; lateral nerves in 8-9 pairs, not 

 very conspicuous ; petioles 1-2 cm. long or rather longer, rufous-hirsute. Fedicels of 

 ? iiovrers up to 12 mm. in length, average about 8 mm. ; of d flowers up to 8 mm., but 

 usually shorter. 



The affinity of this is with 31. rubig'mosa, Bl., which, with a somewhat different indu- 

 mentum, has smaller leaves with slightly crenate margins, inflorescences shorter than 

 the petioles, flowers on pedicels only 3-4 mm. long, and stamens reaching clear of the 

 corolla-tube. M. rufo-villosa, Mez, from New Guinea, is different in several points, e. y. 

 in the leaves and flowers, which are borne on pedicels 1 mm. in length. 



The male plant has somewhat larger and longer stalked leaves than the female, with 

 deeper toothing of the margiijs, more frequently branched inflorescences, shorter pedicels, 

 large anthers, and scarcely any ovarial thickening under the calyx. 



Maesa cotinoides, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Bamuli graciles, bene foliati, glabri. Folia pro rata parva, 5*5-7"5x27-3"5 era., 

 brevipetiolata, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, breviter cuspidato-attenuata, apice ipso 

 obtusa, basi obtusa, tenuiter coriacea, pagina utrinque glabra. Flares parvi, in 

 paniculam terminalem pyramidalem patule ramosam permultifloram puberulam 

 digesti. Bractece ovatse, acutse, nigro-punctatee, circa 1 mm. longae ; pcdicelli 

 subnulli. Calycis segmenta 0-75 mm. longa, ovata, obtusa, margine ciliolata, 

 sparsissime punctulata. Corolla 5-mera, pauUo ultra medium gamopetala, 1 mm. 

 longa; segmenta obovata, obtusissima, calyce paullo longiora, maculis parvis per- 

 paucis inspersa. Antherce subsessiles, ovoideo-oblongEe, ex corolla baud eminentes, 

 O'o mm. longge. Ovarium (ut stylus) subevanidum. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Leaves drying brownish, paler below ; midrib flat or somewhat impressed above, very 

 prominent below (togetlier with the lateral nerves and the moderately close reticulum) ; 

 petiole usually about 8 mm. long, broadly channelled above, glabrous. Panicle with 

 very patent side branches, of which the lower reach 4 or 5 cm. in length ; the whole 

 inflorescence sometimes 10 cm. long, but often shorter, the pedicel (varying in length) 

 at most 2 cm. long. Flowers rather more than 1 mm. in diameter. 



