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1 mm. altils. Ovarium velut fructus nitens, sulcatum, 10-loculare. Brupa ca. 

 4 mm. X 3 mm. 

 Camp VI c, 5500 ft. 



Allied to T. vaccinioides just described, but the branches are less conspicuously and 

 differently hairy, and the leaves considerably larger and opposite. 



IxoRA ARGENTEA, "Wernham, sp. nov. 



Ftmtex prseter. inflorescentiam glaberrimus; rami validi complanati. Folia magna, 

 firme chartacea, utrinque fusco-argentea, subnitentia, oblonga, ad 45xll'5 cm., 

 basi acuta, obliqua, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 17, velut reticulum interveniens 

 supra prominulis subtus magis prominentibus ; petiolus validus, supra canaliculatus, 

 vix 1 cm. longus ; stipulse plus minus coalitse, acutissimcC, insuper fere subulatee, 

 a basi triangular! ca. 4 mm. longae. Injlorescentia umbellata, 5-brachiata, minute 

 puberula ; pedunculi gracillimi, striati, 31-12 cm. longi, basi bracteis in vaginam 

 4-5 mm. longam coheerentibus onusti ; bractese caeterae minimse, lanceolatae ; 

 umbellaj radii primarii fere 3cm. longi; pedicelli 6-7 mm. longi, tenues; bracteolce2, 

 minuta3. Calycis lobi 4, lati, rotundati. Corollcc tvibus extus minute pubescens, 

 gracillimus, l*5cm. vel ultra longus; lobi extus glaberrimi, oblongi, apice rotundati, 

 ca. 8 mm. longi. Ovarium cum calyce ca. 2 mm. longum, alte 4-sulcatum. 



Camp I, 500 ft. 



Related to I. Versteegii, Vai., but the leaves are broader and the peduncles erect 

 and much longer. The dark silvery grey of the leaves is distinctive. 



PsYCHOTRiA Beccarii, K. Schum. Fl. Kais. Wilhelmsl. 135. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 

 Distrih. North-east New Guinea. 



PsTcnoTRiA CARSTENSENSis, "VVernbam, sp. nov. 



Rami insuper complanato-angulati, desuper teretes, stn'ato-lseves, flstulosi. Folia 

 obovata, ca. 8 X 4"7 cm., basi cuneata, brevissime late et subacute acuminata, 

 utrinque glabra, supra nitentia ; petiolus glaber, 9 mm. longus, venis utrinque 

 prominulis, secundariis utrinque ca. 7-9, debilioribus intercalatis ; stipulae cadu- 

 cissimae, glabrae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, memliranacea?, ca. 2"3 cm. X 8 mm. 

 Inflorescentia glabra, ramis primariis 3, centrali longissimo 3 cm. longo, delude 

 trichotoma, tota ca. 8 cm. longa, 10 cm. lata, permultiflora. Flores sessiles, saepius 

 in capitula 5-flora congest], pedunculis 5-7 mm. longis. Calyx minutus, obtuse 

 triangulariter dentatus, cum ovai-io glaberrimus. Corolloi extus glabrae tubus 

 gracilis, 8-9 mm. longus, intus infra fauces cano-pilosus ; lobi 5, anguste oblongi, 

 reflexi, obtusissimi, 2'5 mm. longi. Antherce exsertae. 



Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 



Distinct in the ovate, rather small leaves with close venation, the very dense 

 inflorescence with spreading lower branches, and the slender glabrous flowers. 



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