COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 79 



9 X 6 5 mm., supra glabra, subtus minute asperulo-papillosa, in costa media basin 

 versus velut in petiolo brevissimo basi tumido pilis articulatis birtella, venis 

 secundariis utrinque 2-3 ; stipuL-B lanceolat^e, membrauaceas, dorso sparse irregu- 

 lariter pilosge, integrae, subobtusse, apiee setacea?. Flores solitarii albi, ramulos 

 brevissimos terminantes, sessiles vel pedicellis pro rata validis ca. 1-5 mm. longis 

 suffulti ; bracteolse 2 stipularum forma, ovarium arete amplectentes. Calyx 

 pedicello subsequilongus, glaber, 4-dentatus, dentibus triangularibus obtusis. 

 Corollm glaberrimse tubus insuper parum ampliatus, 6 mm. longus ; lobi 4, 

 oblongi, obtusi, patentes, 3"4 mm. longi. Stamina 4, antberse exsertse. 



Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 



Resembles A. cuneifolius, Val., but the corolla is diflferently shaped, and the stipules 

 are entire ; the latter character is anomalous for this genus. 



CoPROSMA WoLLASTONii, Wernliam, sp. nov. 



Herba parva, tamen dura ; ramuli glaberrimi, striato-sulcati, siccitate nigricantes. 

 Folia crassiuscula, elliptico-lanceolata, ca. 3'5 X 1'2 cm., apicem versus angus- 

 tata, basi in petiolum manifestum vix vero 5 mm. longum attenuata, acuta, 

 supra aspera, subtus prseter costam centralem hie inde pilis brevibus rigidis 

 hirtellam glabra, subnitentia, margine serrato-aspero-hirtella, venis secundariis 

 obscuris, utrinque ca. 4 ; stipulae breviter oblongae, albidae, 6-7 longse, in vaginam 

 insuper serrato-fimbriatam cohaerentes. Flores $ et c? subsessiles, glabri, 1-2-ni in 

 axillis. C«?_^j7 minutus, irregulariter subobtuse 5-dentatus. CoroZ/^e infundibularis 

 tubus 4 mm. longus ; lobi anguste et acuminate triangulares, ca. 4*5 mm. longi. 

 Antherce longe exsertse, versatiles, 5 mm. longae. Styli rami 1"5 cm. exserti, 

 Drupa calyce persistente coronata. 



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



Distinct in its appearance, like that of one of tbe tougher, broad-leaved Hedj/otis. 

 The whole plant blackens in drying, except the conspicuous yellowish stipules. 



Galium papuaxtjm, TVernham, sp. nov. 



Caulls sat debilis, pilis albidis patentibus sparse irregulariterque puboscens. Folia 

 3-4-natim verticillata, elliptica, breviter acuminata, apice oblusa, sessilia, 

 + 8 mm. X 4 mm., triplinervia, in nervis patule cano-hirtella. Flores in cymas 

 dichotomas laxas paucifloras vel subcorymbosas dispositi. Fructus dense canis 

 pilis uncinulatis indutus. Corolla vix ultra dimidium in lobos 4 obtusissimos 

 ovatos divisa. 



Camps IX to X, 5500 to 6700 ft. 



Allied to G. rotundifolium, Linn., but the relatively much narrower leaves and the 

 long corolla-tube are distinctive. 



