86 ME. H, N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



COMPOSITE : Anthemide^. 

 Abuotanella papuana, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Serha pumila, scaposa, vix 2 cm. alta. Folia pauca, imbricata, linearia, obtusa, Integra, 

 ob margines involutos plus minus subteretia, petiolis latis vaginantibus piloso- 

 ciliatis 5 mm. longis fulta, crassiusculo-coriacea, glabra, plerumque 12-15 mm. 

 longa, 1 mm. lata. Scapus erectus, foliis pauUulum brevior, sparsim bracteatus, 

 1-cepbalus, circa 10 mm. altus. Capitula pansa 4x5 mm. Livolncriim campanu- 

 latvmi, 2-seriale, 3 mm. longuui ; phylla 12, inter se paullo insequimagna, oblonga 

 vel ovato-oblonga, dorso carinulata, crassiuscula, glabra, 1-1*25 mm. lata. 

 Flosculi breviter exserti ; exteriores circa 15, $ , coroUis tubulosis 4-fidis lobis tube 

 plane brevioribus 2 mm. longis, interiores perpauci (speciminis a nobis scrutati 2), 

 $ , corollis 2-2'5 mm. longis, quam eae caeterorum paullo latioribus limboque brevi 

 irregulariter 4-lobo prseditis. Autherce inclusae, oblongte, basi subevanide 

 auriculatse, 1 mm. longse. Sti/U rami truncati, 0"3 mm. longi. AchcBiiia omnia' 

 verisimiliter fertilia, oblongo-ovoidea, compressa, apice rotundato-truncata, facie 

 utravis costis 3 onusta omnino epapposa, adhuc cruda 1'5 mm. longa, superne fere 

 1 mm. lata. 

 Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



Scape stoutish, bearing about two bracts like tbe foliage leaves, only smaller. 

 From a distributional point of view, this is a plant of great interest. Exclusive of 

 the species just described, the genus Abrotanella comprises 13 species, of which 7 are 

 endemic in New Zealand and the neighbouring islands ; the mountain summits of 

 Tasmania and Victoria claim three more, while two are Fijian and one is a native of the 

 Falkland Islands *. It will thus be seen that, Abrotanella being an Antarctic genus, 

 the occurrence of a species so near the Equator as New Guinea is a fact of considerable 

 importance. 



COMPOSITE : Senecionide^. 



, Erecthites NOvoauiNEENsis, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Serha verisimiliter perennis. Caulis ascendens, ramosus, foli<jsus, cito glaber. Folia 

 sat elongata, oblanceolata, acuminata, apice ipso obtusa, basin versus in petiolum 

 brevem latumque gradatim extenuata, margine dentata, membranacea, glabra. 

 Capitula parva, 10-flosculosa, in paniculam terminalem densam pleistocephalam 

 bracteatam puberulam foliis circiter oequilongam 16 cm. longam 11 cm. latam 

 digesta. Bractece parvulse, filiformes, 1 mm. longa?, pedunculis propriis breviores. 

 Involucrtmi anguste campanulatum, 6 mm. longum ; phylla 8, anguste lineari- 

 lanceolata, acuta, dorso carinulata, margine membranacea, phyllis additis interdum 

 paucis parvulis bracteis similibus calyculum efificientibus. Flosculi exteriores 8-10, 

 $ ; horum corolla filiformis, stylo brevior, 5 mm. longa. Flosculi interiores 2, $ ; 

 corolla tubulosa, 5-5 mm. longa, lobis 5 tubo multo brevioribus. Styli rami 



* A. rJiynchocarpai'Ba.U. fi]., a native of Rodriguez, doea not belong to tlie genus. See Journ. Bot. 1914, p. 146. 



