COLLECTED IN DUTCH KEW GUINEA. 147 



A curious little dwarfed species drying black, perhaps most nearly allied to H. Rein- 

 wardtiana, Blume. 



BALANOPHORACE^. 



BAiiANOPHORA OosTERZEEANA, Val. in Nova Guinea, viii. 919, flg. 161. 



Eemale specimens, rather young, but apparently belonging to this species, are in the 

 collection. 



EUPHORBIACEiE. 



Antidesma contractdm, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. ii. 229, fig. 56. 

 Canoe Camp, 500 ft. ; Camp III, 2500 ft. "Fruit dull crimson." 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



CoDi^TJM Stellingianum, Warb. in Engl. Jahrb, xiii. (1891) 353. 



A male specimen only, but the description of this species agrees very well with it. 

 I have seen no type. 



Locality not recorded. 



Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



HoMALANTHUS Leschenatjltianus, Juss. Tent. Euph. 50, t. 16. 

 Camps VI a and VI b, 3100 to 3900 ft. 

 Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 



HoMAXANTHUS NOVO-GUiNEENSis, K. Schum. El. Deutsch. Schutzg. Siidsee, 407. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Macaranga nova-guineensis, J. J. Sm. in Nova Guinea, viii. iv. 789, t. 138. 

 Canoe Camp, 170 ft. 



Fruiting specimens only, but apparently this plant. The bristles of the fruit are pink. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Macaranga riparia, Engl, in Bot. Jahrb. vii. (1886) 463. 



Canoe Camp, 500 ft., and at Camp I, 700 ft. " Pale olive-green leaves, purplish 

 beneath." 



Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Macaranga acuminata, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Arbor ramis gracilibus pubescentibus. Folia membranacea, subpeltata, lanceolata, 

 longe acuminata, basi cuneata obtusa, 9-12 cm. ionga, 4-4-5 cm. lata, superne 

 (sicca) grisea costa excepta glabra, subtus copiose glandulosa, nervorum paribus 

 ad 8 elevatis intra margines anastomosantibus, cum costa et reticulationibus 

 hirtis, depressionibus 2 ad basin folii sitis subtus gibbosis, petiolo 4 cm. longo 

 pubescente. Faniculce axillares, pubescentes, masculi 7 cm. longi, basi per 3 cm. 



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