78 MR. H. N. RIDLEY OX PLANTS 



aliter ut ovarium glaberrimus. Corolla extus glaberrima; tubus 11 mm. lougus, 

 insuper parum. ampliatus ; lobi lanceolati, vix 5 mm. longi, apice cucullati. 



Canoe Camp and Camp I, 150 to 700 ft. 



Related to TIragoga bkoloriceps, Laut. & K. Sebum., differing obviously in tbe size of 

 the leaves and petioles, the deciduous stipules and the bracts. 



y Lasianthus multibracteatus, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Ramuli novelli prsesertim pube ferrugineo-liirtello deciduo induti, valde complanati. 

 Folia plerumque oblanceolata, lO-l-t X 2-5-3"5 cm., utrinque angustata, subacuta, 

 petiolo +1 era. longo, utrinque glabra nisi subtus in costa ceutrali saepe sparsiuscule 

 rufo-pubescentia, venis secandariis angulo recto cum costa ceutrali insertis 

 leniter insuper arcuatis ca. 12 ; stipulae deciduse, setaceo-lineares, dense rafo- 

 pubescentes, 1*5 cm. longce. Flore-s 4-meri, in axillis 2-3 suhsessiles, bracteis 

 foliaceis pluribus cincti, exterioribus ellipticis acuminatis acutis basi cuneatis 

 brcvissime petiolatis ad ca. 1 cm. longis, 4-5 mm. latis. Calycis lobi lineari- 

 lanceolatoe, 2'5 mm. longi, extus pilosi. Corollce 4-5 mm. loagoe; tubus extus 

 glaber ; limbi 3-5 mm. diam., lobi, puberuli, lanceolati, patentes. Ovarium 

 biloculare. 



Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 



Distinct in the conspicuous bracts and bilocular ovary. Flowers "pale pink 

 white." 



J Lasianthus papuanus, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Frutex ram alls virgatis dense appresse flavo-pubescentibus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 

 7-11 cm. longa, 2-3-2'8 cm. lata, acuminata, acuta, basi sulirotundata, supra in costa 

 ceutrali, subtus in venis appresse pilosa, aliter glabra, petiolo dense fiavo-sericeo 

 brevissimo (4-5 mm. longo) ; stipulai subulata?, ut ramuli indutse, +8 mm. longse, 

 deciduge. Flores in axillis solitarii v. biui, 5-meri; bractese inconspicuae. Calycis 

 lobi lanceolati, subacuti, 2'5 mm. longi, intus glabri, extus pilosi. CorollcB tubus 

 cylindi'icus, extus pra3ter lobos sparse birtellos glaberrimus, li'S mm. longus ; 

 lobi 5, obloQgi, subobtusi, intus dense barbati, 1'5 mm. longi. 



Camp I, 500 ft. 



Allied to L. appressus, Hook, fil., but the brancblets are more slender, the leaves longer 

 and narrower, and the venation different. 



Amaracarpus papuanus, Val. in Nov. Guin. viii. 501 (1911). 

 Camp I, 700 ft. ; Camp VI 6, 3900 ft. 

 Distrib. South-west New Guinea. 



^ Amaracarpus axomalus, "Wernham, sp. nov. 



Suffrutcx subrepens ; ramuli densiuscule subhirtello-pubescentes, novelli densissime 

 ferruginei. Folia crassiuscule pergamacea, cuneata, vix acuminata, obtusa, ad. ca. 



