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aequalia, filamentis cvassis, antheris basifixis, loculis ad basin cli^aricatis. Pistillum 

 unicura, cylindricuin, uniloculare, stigmate lateral!, stylo nullo. 

 Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft. ; Camps VI 6 and Vic, 3900 to 5500 ft. 

 A very distinct species in its long slender branches and loug-pedicelled flowers, which 

 appear to have been rose-pink. 



Dkimts buxifolia, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caules validuli, dense foliati. Folia oblanceolata, obtusa, basi angustata, rigida, 

 coriacea, 1-5-1-8 cm. longa, 0'5-l"2 cm. lata, nervis 3 paribus, petiolis crassis 2 mm. 

 longis. Mores axillares, siuguJi, parvi, pedunculis 1 mm. longis. Alabastra 

 globosa. Sepala 4 mm. longa, ovata. Fetala 4, oblongo-ovata, basi angustata, 

 8 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. Stamina 20, suba^qualia, filamentis latis, antheris 

 ovatis loculis basi divaricatis. Fistilla parva, 3, staminibus breviora. Torus vix 

 elevatus. 



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



Allied apparently to D. Traversi, T. Kirk, of New Zealand, which it resembles in the 

 small stiff foliage, recalling that of the bos-tree. 



DuiMYS YACCixVioiDES, Ridl., sp. nov. (Plate 1. figs. 1-6.) 



Fruticulus ramis gracillimis. Folia obovata, obtusa, rotundata, basi angustata, 5 mm. 

 longa, coriacea, glabra, costa prominula, nervis 2 paribus vis distinctis, petiolis 

 1 mm. longis. Flares singuli, asillares, 2 mm. lati, pedicellis gracilibus 6 mm. 

 longis. Seiiala 2, ovata, obtusa, glabra. Tetala 2, oblanceolata, obtusa. Stamina 8, 

 subaequilonga, filamentis crassis, antherarum loculis ad basin divergentibus. Car- 

 pelluni unicum, ovoideum, obtusum, complanatum, staminibus fere sequilongum. 

 Camp XIII, 10,500 ft. 



A most remarkable little species with slender branches and somewhat distant small 

 rounded leaves, resembling a Vaccinium of the V. Oxycoccos type. It must be much 

 the smallest species of the order Magnoliacea?. 



New Guinea seems to be the headquarters of the genus Drimys. Besides the species 

 here described, there are recorded from the island 1). hatamensis, Becc, and U. pi^ierita. 

 Hook. fil. ; the latter also occurs in Borneo and the Philippines. 



DILLENIACE^E. 

 •^ WoRMiA HiRTA, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Arbor ramis pilis brevibus rigidis tectis. Folia eUiptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, versus 

 basin angustata et breviter in petiolis decurrentia, apice angustata, cuspidata, 

 coriacea, glabra, marginibus breviter denticulatis, 14-18 era. longa, 7'5-8 cm. lata, 

 nervis 17 paribus superne depressis subtus elevatis, nervulis sub-parallelis plurimis 

 tenuibus iuconspicuis, petiolis gracilibus canaliculatis baud alatis hirtis. Bacemus 

 2-3-florus, 3'5 cm. longus, pedunculo 7-9 cm. longo, pedicellis crassiusculis 8 mm. 

 longis, omnibus hirtis. Sepala 5, oblongo-ovata, exteriora 2 subacuta, interiora 

 obtusa, apice rotundata, extus hirta, 1-5 cm. longa, 0-7 cm. lata. Petala citrina, 



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