COLLECTED IX DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 99 



subcylindricus, insuper vix ampliatiis, in ore ca. 8 mm. latus; lobi late elliptici, 



1-8 cm. X 1'3 cm. Filmnenta clesuper sparsiuscule minute argenteo-pubesceutia. 



Ovarium dense subappresse flavo-pubesceus, ca. 1 cm. longam. Stylus insuper 



glabrescens, ca. 4 cm. longus. 

 Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft. 



Comparable with B. Rellicigii, Warb., from wMcli it differs in the shape of the leaves 

 and flowers. 



Rhobodendron ultimum, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Fruticuhis. Folia conferta, alteruantia, coriacea, margine revoluta, late elliptica vel 

 suborbicularia, ad 2'7 cm. X 19 cm., apice rotundata, basi in petiolum brevissimum 

 angustata, utrinque glabra, subtus saepe crebre lepidoto-punctata. Flores rosei, 

 ca. 2-3 in pedicellis 1'2-1"4 cm. longis lepidotis. Calyx valde obliquus. Coi'ollce 

 extus glabi'se tubus 2*5 cm. longus, basi ca. 6 mm., in ore ad ca. 1'4 cm. latus ; lobi 

 rotundati, 1"6 cm. X 1'75 cm. Ovarium glabrum. 



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



lielated to R. comjjtiim, C. H. "Wright, but differing in the size and shape of the 

 corolla. 



Rhododendron Wollastonii, Wernham, sp. nov, 



Fnitex glaber ; ramuli graciles, complanati. Folia pseud-opposita, chartacea, ovalia, 

 ad ca. 10 cm. x 4-5 cm., acuminata, subacuta, margine stepius plana nee revoluta, 

 utrinque glabra ; venae utrinque prominuliB, nisi centralis supra impressa ; petiolus 

 vix 1 cm. longus. Flores rosei, minusculi; pedicelli sparse rufo-lepidoti, ca. 25 cm, 

 longi, valde compressi, Corollce campanulatae extus glabra tubus 1*4 cm. longus, 

 in ore ca. 1 cm. latus ; lobi obovati, apice rotundati, inaequales, maximi 2'2 cm. x 

 13 cm., minores 1'7 cm. X 1 cm. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



Apparently related to R. Kansemanni, Warb., differing in the shape and venation of 

 the leaves, &c. 



MlscHOPLEURA, Wernham, Ericacearum e tribu Rhodorearum novum genus. 



Calyx 5-partitus ; segmenta lanceolata. Petala soluta, oblonga, obtusa, truncata vel 

 retusa. StaminalO; filamenta longiuscula, plus minus flexuosa; antherse filamentis 

 breviores, dorso muticse, apice bilobs, pubescentes, poris apicalibus dehiscentes. 

 Discus crassus, carnose 5-lobus. Ovarium subglobosum, subsulcatum, biloculare ; 

 stylus brevis, validus, subconicus, persistens; stigma truncatum ; ovula in loculo 

 utroque 2 pendula. Bacca globosa, stylo persistente coronata. — Eruticuli A^accini- 

 oidei vel epacrideoidei. Folia Integra, crassa, subtus discoloria, reticulatione notabili, 

 costa centrali pervalida in petiolum crassum brevem decurrente. Flores (niargo 

 ssepius revolutus) inter minimos in cymas umbellatas 2-3-floras in axillis superioribus 

 disposlti ; pedicelli ssepe tenuissimi, flexuosi. 



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