COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 15 



V Satjuatjia uniflora, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Frutex. Folia obovata, cuspidata, basi cuneata, in marginibiis obscure crenulata et 

 minute aciculata, 12 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, glabra (nisi juvenilia birta), costa 

 semper birta, nervis 10 paribus, petiolis 0-5 mm. longis vel brevioribus birtis. 

 Flores singuli, pedicello erecto o'S-'l cm. longo birto. Sepala 5, ovata, 6 mm. 

 longa, in dorso birta. Petala 5, linearia, oblonga, 12 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, 

 apicibus triincatis emarginatis. Stamina plurima, antberis linearibus appendicu- 

 latis. Styli 5, glabri. 



Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5.500 ft. 



Allied to S. papuuna. Sebum., but witb larger solitary flowers, 2"5 cm. across, and 

 obovate leaves. 



Saituatjia monadelpha, Scbeff. in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. i. (1S7G) 8. 

 Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 

 Distrlb. Endemic in New Gviinea. 



. Sattratjia M0LLISSI5IA, E.idl., sp. nov. 



Frutex caule foliis floribusque undique pilis mollissimis flavescentibus tectis. Folia 

 magna, late oblanceolata, acuminata, basi angustata, in margine denticulata, 21 cm. 

 longa, 10 cm. lata, nervis 19 paribus, costa nervisque dense birtis. Flores sub- 

 sessiles vel pedicellis 5 mm. longis birtis sutfulti, extra-axillares. Sepala 5, ovata, 

 pilis longissimis extus tecta, 1 cm. longa. Petala 5, glabra, oblonga, obtusa. 

 Stamina glabra, antberis breviter appendiculatis. Styli breves, 2, glabri. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



All tbe specimens are in bud, so tbat I cannot give tbc dimensions of tbe petals. 



It is allied to S. Versteegii, Sebum., but is more softly and closely villous and tbe 

 leaves are widely oblanceolate. 



Sauratjia hystrix, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Folia coriacea, superne glabra, subtus dense lanugine ferruginea tecta, oblonga, basi 

 cordata, apice obtusa, in marginibus aculeis brevibus atris basi incrassatis armata, 

 21 cm. longa, 15 cm. lata, nervis 13 paribus, costa crassa, petiolis 1 cm. longis 

 crassis aculeatis. Flores sessiles, in capitulum 3 cm. latum congesti, pedunculo 

 11 cm. longo rufo-furfuracco et aculeato. Involiicrum rigidum, orbiculare, in 

 margine aculeatum, in dorso scabridum, setis brevibus. Sepala oblonga, coriacea, 

 obtusa, extus dense setis longis rubris tecta, 1"5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata. Petala 

 teuuiora, obovata, basi angustata, extus setosa. 

 Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 



Allied to S. conferta, Warb., but distinct in its tbick coriaceous leaves, wbieb are red- 

 woolly on tbe back, its tborny peduncle, and its remarkably long stiff bristles on tbe 

 sepals. Tbe specimens were nearly past flowering. 



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