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V BOUCHARDATIA CTANOSPERMA, E,idl., sp. nov. 



Friitex ramis tenuibus pateDtibus partibus juvenilibus birtis. Folia tenuia, sub- 

 berbacea, lanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, 12 cm. longa, 2*5 cm. lata, glabra, 

 nervis 14 paribus intra niargines anastomosantibus, petiolis angulatis 1 cm. longis 

 hirtis. Racemi in asillis superioribus 1'5 cm. longi, floribus parvis paucis albis 4 mm. 

 longis. Sepala parva, 4, ovata, lanceolata, acuta, pubescentia. Petala 4, oblonga, 

 obtusa, quam sepala mu^lto longiora apicibus incurvis. Stamina 8, quam petala 

 breviora, filamentis latis planis, antberis basifixis parvis ellipticis. Torus cylin- 

 dricus, angulatus. Ovarium 4-lobum, in apice tori. Sii/lus brevis, crassus. Stigma 

 parvum, globosum, rubrum. Cocci 2, endocarpio soluto cartilagineo albo, 7 mm. 

 longi, acuti. Semina globosa, 5 mm. longa, atrocyanea, nitida. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Tbe genus Bouchai'datia was founded by Miquel for Ilelieope neurococca, P. MuelL, 

 a native of Australia. Tbis species differs from tbat in the narrow lanceolate 

 loaves. 



ACRONYCHIA. MURINA, Ridl., Sp. nOV. 



Arbor. Folia coriacea, obovata, obtusa vel retusa basi in jietiolos decurrentia, 4 cm. 

 longa, 2 cm. lata, margiuibus inci-assatis, nervis 9 paribus tenuibus et vix con- 

 spicuis, petiolis gracilibus 1'2 cm. longis. Flores 2-3 in pedunculo rigido crecto 

 1*5 cm. longo, pedicellis 8 mm. longis. Sepala parva, 4, orbicularia. Petala 4, 

 linearia, oblonga, obtusa, recurva, apicibus incurvis, intus carinata, in margine 

 pubescentia, 6 mm. longa. Stamina 8, pubescentia, filamentis linearibus compla- 

 natis acuminatis margiuibus pubescentibus, antheris ellipsoideis parvis. Ovarium 

 lagenlforme, glabrum, stylo crassiusculo staminibus breviore. Torus cylindricus, 

 costatus. Fructus pyriformis, acutus, 4-angulatus, 4-locularis (vix maturus). 



Camps XIII to XI, 8300 ft. 



The flowers of this plant when boiled exhale a most powerful odour of mice, whence 

 the scientific name. 



BUESERACE/E. 



Santiria acuminata, Solium. Fj. Kais. Wilhelmsl. 64. 

 Camp I, 700 ft. 

 Distrih. Endemic in New Guinea. 



MELIACE^. 



Dysoxylon caulostachyum, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bat.-Lugd. iv. (1868) 12. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



The calyx-tube is rather longer than iisual in these specimens, and indeed the whole 

 flower is larger, but I suppose it to be only a form of this species. 



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