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Var. ALPESTRE, PJdl., var. nov. 



Herba minor compactior, foliis 7*4 mm. longis 7 mm. latis. 



Camps XIII to XI, 8300 to 10,500 ft. 



Closely allied to this is a smaller-flowered plant, with broader papery stipules, from 

 Wharton Range, New Guinea, collected by Giulianetti (Herb. Kew.). It seems also 

 intermediate between this and the next species. 



Geranium monticola., Eidl., sp. nov. 



Herba pusilla, perennis, 3-14 cm. alta. Folia petiolis gracilibus 5-7 cm. longis 

 sericeis, lamina 5-palmata G mm. louga 12 mm. lata subtus sericea supernc 

 hirtula, lobis trilobulatis obcuneatis, lobulis obtusis vel minvite muci'onulatis. 

 Slipulce ovatse, acutse, pubescentes, latos, ferruginese, 2 mm. longse. Flores singnli, 

 pedunculis 5 mm. longis sericeis. Bvaclece 2, ovataj, acutte, ferruginese, pubescentes, 

 2 mm. longai. Pedicelli 5 mm. longi, sericei. Sepala laiiceolata, acuta, cuspidata, 

 tricostata, sericea, basi sericeo-hirta, 8 mm. longa. Petala paullo longiora, obovata, 

 cuneata, obtusa. Stamina glabra, sepalis breviora. Carpella hirta, stylis brevibus 

 glabris. 

 Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. 



This differs from the preceding species in the silky-white backs to tlie leaves, the 

 broad ovate paj)ery stipules and bracts, the smaller and narrower petals which appear 

 to have been white, and the shorter thicker styles. 



OxALis CORNICULATA, Linn. Sp. PI. 435. 

 Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 

 Dislrib. All over the world. A weed. 



Impatiens Hawkert, Bull, in Gard. Chron. n. s. xxv. (1886) 761, fig. 168. 



Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camps VI b, Vll to VIII, 3600 ft. to 4000i ft. 



These latter sf)ecimens have the petals nearly entire instead of distinctly lobed. 

 Specimens from Camps IX to XI, 5500 to 8300 ft., are more hairy than usual. 



I cannot distinguisli these specimens from specimens of I. Hawkeri, Bull, in Herb. 

 Kew., but the colour of the flowers as given by Mr. Kloss in his field-notes is " mauve- 

 pink," whereas the ordinary well-known plant is generally nearly scarlet. 



The species is endemic, and appears to be widely spread in New Guinea. 



Impatiens Klossii, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Herba caule glabro, innovationibus hirtis. Folia 2-4-na verticillata, lanceolata, 

 acuminata, basi cuneata, in marginibus crenata, crenis piligeris, 7 cm. longa, 

 1"5 cm. lata, superne glabra, subtus nervis elatis 5-paribus cum costa hirtis, petiolis 

 hirtis 5 mm. longis. Pedimciiliis hirtus, 5 cm. longus. Flores 3 cm. lati, albi vel 

 rosei. Sepaluiii ovatum, cuspidatum, glabrum, 5 mm. longum. Fetala obovata, 

 obtusa, Integra, alis retusis e medio denticulatis, labello ovato cuspidate. 



