COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 31 



Pekuottetia caudata, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Frutex vii'gntus. Folia alterna, coriacea, elliptica, abrupte caudata, obtusa, basi 

 cuneata, 7 cm. longa (cauda 2 cm.), 2 cm. lata, nervis utrinque prominulis paribus 

 ad 17, petiolis I'o em. lougis. Racenii (vel paniculse) graciles, laxi, parviflori 

 et pauciflori, 2-35 cm. lougi, basi louge nudi. Bractece miimtae, lanceolatae, 

 obtusse. Flores remoti, pauci, 2 mm. lati, pedicellis 1 mm. latis. Sepala 5, 

 minuta, ovata, obtusa. Pelala 5, paullo longiora, oblouga, obtusa. Stamina 5, 

 filamentis brevibus ci'assiusculis apicibus attenuatis, antheris ovatis acutis. Discus 

 com|)lanatus, angustatus, tenuis. Fistillum couicum, stylo brevi. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Veiy different in foliage from most species of tlie genus, but closely resembling 

 P. alpedris, Blume, in the form of the flower. 



AMPELIDE^. 



Cissus (§ Tetrastigma) vikidescens, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Caiilis gracilis, baud lignosus, nee lenticulatus. Folia trifoliata, glabra (sicca 

 brunnea), berbacea, lanceolata, elliptica, basi vis angustata, obtusa, in marginibus 

 sparse denticulata, 9 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, nervis 8 paribus, peliolulis 4-5 cm. 

 longis, petiolo 4 cm. longo. CymoB parVfB, axillares, pedunculis gracilibus 1*5 cm. 

 longis, ramis paucis brevibus pubescentibus. Flores perparvi, 1 mm. longi, in 

 pedicellis pubescentibus 1 mm. lougis. Sepala brevia, rotundata, pubescentia. 

 Petala 4, multo longiora, lanceolata, acuta, pabescentia. Stamina minuta. Pistil- 

 litm breve, conicum. 

 Canoe Camp, 500 ft. "Flowers greenish white." 



Allied to C. paptiana, Miq. and C. pergamacea, Blume, but with thinner lanceolate 

 leaflets and very small flowers. 



Cissus grandifolia, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jalu-b. xviii. (1893) 199. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. " Elowers yellowish white." 

 Distrih. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Cissus conchigeka, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caidis rufo-liirtus. Folia simplicia, alterna, ovata, cuspidata, cordata, marginibus 

 sinuutis cum processubus aculeiformibus in apicibus nervorum, 8 cm. longa, 5'5 cm. 

 lata, supra glabra costa depressa hirta excepta, subtus in nervis et nervulis rufo- 

 hirta, nervis 8 paribus, petiolis 2 cm. longis rufo-hirtis. Stipuloi orbiculari- 

 oblongee, hiitae, planne, 3 mm. longse et sequilatse. Cynice compositae, axillares et 

 terminales, pedunculis 1-2 cm. longis hirtis. Peclicelli 2 mm. longi, graciles. 

 Calyx cupuliformis, ore integro, pubescens. Petala 4, libera, oblonga, obtusa. 

 Discus rotundatus, lobatus. Pistillum conicum, protrusum. Stylus filiformis, 

 longiiisculus. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



