COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 19 



circiter 6-paribus cum reticulationibus supra depressis, subtus paullo elevatis, 

 petiolis 2 mm. loogis pubescentibus. Uacemi axillares birti, 2-5 mm. lougi. 

 BractecB lanceolatte, 2 mm. longae, birtse. Fedicelli 5-6 mai. longi, birti. Sepala 

 5, coriacea, oblouga, obtusa, marginibus ciliatis. Fetala 5, linearia, oblono-a, 6 mm. 

 longa, 2 mm. lata, obtusa. Stamina 5, breviora. filamentis crassiusculis com- 

 planatis versus apices attenuatis glabris, antberis aurantiacis dorsifixis, loculis ad 

 basin divaricatis. Ovarium sessile, birtum, ovulis pluribus. Stylus validus, 

 cylindricus, glaber. Stigma latum, planum. Capsula globoso-oblonga, circiter 

 1 cm. longa, seminibus pluribus atris irregulariter angulatis 4 mm. longis. 

 Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. 

 A very distinct species in its stiff, almost spatbulate leaves and sbort yellowisli 



racemes ; the petals appear to bave been dark piak. The young parts of the plants aud 



the petioles of adult leaves are covered with dark coloured hairs. 



PiTTOSPORUM siXL'ATrM, Blume, in Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. i. 161. 

 Camp III, 2500 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



POLYGALACE^. 



Salomonia crLiXDRiCA, Kui-z, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xliii. ii. (1871;) 79. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 700 ft. ; Camp VI o, 3100 ft. 

 Distrib. Burma and Malaya. 



CAUYOPHYLLEJ^:. 



Drymaria cordata, Willd, in Eoem. & Scbult. Syst. v. 406. 



Camp VI c, 5500 ft., and Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 



Distrib. Southern India and Ceylon, Sumatra, Cliina. 



The form represented by tlie specimens quoted has 2 stamens only, the style is l)ifid 

 and the capsule 2-seeded. The species varies much in the number of stamens (2 to 5), 

 style arms (2 to 3), and seeds (1 to 3 or more). 



HYPERICINE.E. 



Hypericum paptjanum, Rial., sp. nov. 



Herba erecta, raraosa, cauls gracili glabro rufo 24 cm. alto. Folia opposita, sessiha, 

 ovata, apice et basi rotundata, glanduloso-punctata, 12 mm. longa, 7 mm. lata, 

 subtus glaucescentia. Flores singuli in apice ramorum, pedicello gracili 8 mm. 

 longo. Sepala lanceolata, obtusa, 3 mm. longa. Fetala obovata, obtusa, flava, 

 margine vino rubro, 8 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. Stamina breviora, circiter 5 mm. 

 longa. Styli 3. Capsula ovoidea, 5 mm. longa, stylis 2 mm. longis coronata. 

 Camps IX to XII, 5500 ft. to 11,000 ft. 



xMlied to E. pulogense, Merrill, of the Philippines, but with much narrower sepals, 

 larger petals, and shorter stamens. 



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