144 ME. H. N. EIDLEY OxV PLANTS 



Myristica subaltjLATA, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 47. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



" Elowers yellowish white. Pruit blood-red or brownish yellow." 

 Distrib. British and Dutch New Guinea. 



MONIMIACE^. 



Anthobembix hospitans, Perk, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 567. 

 Camps III, 2500 ft., and VI a to VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Palmekia paniculata, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Scandens ? caule hirto. Folia opposita, paribus 8 cm. distautibus, ellij)tica, acumi- 

 nata, basi rotundata, 12 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, glabra, costa superne depressa hirta 

 inferne cum nervis hirta, nervis 5-paribus remote a marginibus anastomosantibus, 

 petiolis 5 mm. longis hirtis. PaniculcB axillares, 32 cm. longse, laxge, ramis paucis 

 6 cm. longis patentibus, ramulis brevibus undique hirtis. Bractece lineares, 2 mm. 

 longse, hirtse. Fiores mascnli 4 mm. lati, lobis 4 ovatis apice acuminatis incurvis 

 undique hirtis. Heceptacuhim nullum. Stamina circiter 20 in tubo dissita, fila- 

 mentis nullis, antheris minutis. 

 Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 



I have seen no female flowers of this species, which diflfers from the others described 

 from New Guinea and Australia in the elongate panicle, the larger flowers, and the 

 hairiness of the stems, nerves, petioles, and inflorescences. It seems most nearly allied 

 to P. scaudens, P, von Muell. 



Tbimenia papuana, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Arbor ? ramis quadrangulatis brunneis. Folia opposita, coriacea, lanceolata, acixmi- 

 nata, obtusa, basi cuneata, in marginibus obscure serrata, 5 cm. longa, 2 cm. 

 lata, costa prominula, nervis 17-18-jugis gracilibus, petiolis 1 cm. longis. Ftacemi 

 axillares, 1 cm. longi, et terminales, ramosi, 4 cm. longi, rhachi quadrangulata. 

 Fedicelli crassi, 1 mm. longi. BacemuU conici, obtusi, 4 mm. longi, receptaculo 

 cylindrico, bracteis cartilagineis brunneis 10 ovatis rotundatis marginibus minute 

 ciliatis, inferioribus 2 mm. longis, superioribus 5 spathulatis cucullatis angustioribus. 

 Fiores hermaphroditi. Stamina 15, filamentis brevibus Unearibus, apiculo longius- 

 culo. Fistillum crassum, cylindricum, stigmate cum costis 8 ex apice decur- 

 rentibus. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



The only other species of this genus, Trimenia vitiensis, is a native of the Fiji 

 Islands. It resembles this species in many respects, but the flowers are unisexual. In 

 T. papuana the flowers are apparently all bisexual, and the filaments and the appendage 

 of the stamens are longer than in T. vitiensis. There are 15 stamens, and the stigma 

 consists of eight radiating ridges or keels running downwards from the apex of the pistil. 

 This is a very interesting addition to the flora of New Guinea. 



