COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 17 



Cardamine niRSUTA, Linn. Sp. PL 255. 

 Camps III to VI, 2100 to 500 ft. 

 Distrib. All Temj)erate and Tropical Regions. 



Papuzilla, Ridl., gen. nov. 



Serha piisilla, hirta. Folia lanceolata vel ovata, Integra vel dentata. Macemi 

 axillares, rachi spina terminata nuda, floribus parvis 2. Sepala 4, oblonga. Petala 4, 

 breviora. Stamina 2, sepalis breviora. Pistillum ovoideum, stylo brevi crasso, 

 stigmate capitato lobato. Silicula ovoidea, bilocularis, 2-sperma, septo mem- 

 branaceo. Semen j^eiidulum, obovoideum, rugosum, funiculo longiusculo. 



Papuzilla minutiplora, Ridl., sp. nov. (Plate 1. figs. T-l-l.) 



Herha 5 cm. alta, ramosa, canle hirto. Folia lanceolata vel ovata, superiora ad 

 apicem tridentata, dentibus ovatis acutis, carnosa, costata, 5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. 

 Hacemus 9 ram. longus, pubescens, spiniformis, basi floribus 2 parvis 1 mm. longis, 

 pedicellis 3 mm. longis pubescentibus. Sepala oblonga, obtusa. Petala mox 

 caduca, linearia, obtusa, alba, basi angustata. Stamina 2, filamentis brevibus. 

 antlieris ellipticis majusculis. Pistillum ovoideum, stylo brevi. Silicula bivalvis, 

 cbartacea, 2 mm. longa, ovoidea, complanata. Semina 2, ovoidea, purpurea, rugosa, 

 2 mm, longa. 

 Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. 



I do not know the afiinity of tbis little plant, but it appears to be one of the Isatidese. 

 The arrangement of the inflorescence with the bare rachis only bearing two flowers at 

 the base, the upper part being converted into a spine, resembles that of the Egyptian 

 Zilla. 



The flowers are evidently much reduced, the petals very small and soon falling, and 

 the stamens reduced to two only. The leaves vary in form, the lower ones being ovate 

 to lanceolate, entire, the upper ones bearing three teeth at the top. In one specimen 

 the leaves are all elongate cuneate, dilated uj^wards from a narrow base Avith several 

 teeth at the apex. 



VIOLACE^. 



Viola ltjnata, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caules debiles, elongati, glabri, internodiis 6 cm. longis. Folia late hastata, ferr 

 lunata, obtusa vel rotundata, in marginibus undulata, glabra, 1 cm. longa (a sinu 

 ad apicem), 2'o cm. lata, lobis votundatis 1 cm. longis et sequilatis, nervis 5 paribus, 

 petiolis gracilibus 1"5 cm. longis. Stijmlce lanceolata?, oblougse vel ovata?, 

 acuminatge, 4-5 mm. longte. Pedunculus gracilis, 6-9 cm. longus, uniflorus. 

 Sepala ovata, lanceolata, acuta, viridia, glabra, 2 mm. longa, trinervia. Petala 

 5 mm. longa, 3 angusta, oblonga, obtusa, 2 latiora subacuta. Calcar brevissimum, 

 obtusum. Stamina calcarata. Stylus brevis, crassus, curvus, truncatus, stigmate 



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