70 ME. H. N. EIDLET OX PLAjS'TS 



Mtjss^nda ctlindeocaepa, Burck, in Ann. Buitenz. iii. (1883), 118, t. 17. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 Distrih. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Mtjss^nda Bodenii, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramulis sparse ferrugineo-pubescentibus. Folia papyracea, elliptica, ea. 

 6'5 X 3 cm., utrinque angustata, supra sparsim minute pilosa, subtus in venis 

 puberula, venis seciindariis utrinque ea. 6 ; petiolus sparsiuscule ferrugineo- 

 pubescens, tenuis, ad 7 mm. longus ; stipulse triangulares, ad ca. 5 mm. longae, 

 apice setaceo-bifidse. Injlorescentia tricbotome corymbosa ; pedunculi priraarii 

 arcuati, 5-6 cm. longi, insuper complanati. Calycis lobi lineari-lanceolati, sparse 

 appresse pilosi, 5 mm. longi, unus nonnunquam in laminam subglabram amj)lam 

 breviter stipitatam dilatatus. CorollcB tubus gracillimus, 5'5-6 cm. longus, extus 

 insviper sericeus, aliter sparse minute pubescens ; lobi ovati, ca. 6 X 4"5 mm. 

 longi, acutissime apiculati. Ovarium subcampanulatum, ajipresse pilosum. 



Camp I, 700 ft. 



Allied to M, macrantha, Val., but tbe corolla bas a longer tube and sborter lobes, and 

 tbe leaves are less acuminate. 



MussJENDA OREADUM, Wcrnbam, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramulis dense breviter fusco-tomentosis. Folia crassiuscula, elliptica vel 

 oblouga, ad ca. 7"5x3'4i cm., basi rotundata, apice subacuta, supra in costa 

 media densiuscule aliter sparsiuscule pubescentia, rugosula, subtus praesertim in, 

 venis conspicuis asperulo-pubescentia, venis secundariis utrinque ca. 8 ; petiolus 

 tomentosus, ca. 6 mm. longus ; stipuloe triangulares, apice bifidae, 5 mm. longte. 

 Injlorescentia pauciflora, corymbosa, foliosa; pediinculi inferiores 2'7 cm. longi. 

 Calijcis lobi decidui, subulati, 5-6 mm. longi, nisi unus in laminam f oliaceam ovatarn 

 utrinque pubescentem 3"5 cm. longam 2'2 cm. latam stipite 5 mm. longo suffultam 

 dilatatus. Corolla; extus pubescentis tubus ca. 3-7 cm. longus, insuper paruni 

 ampliatus ; lobi ovales, ca. 8 mm. longi. Ovarium subcylindricum, pubescens, ca. 

 1 cm. longum. 



Camps X and XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 



Distinct in tbe rugose leaves, tbe tbick pubescence, and the small foliaceous calyx- 

 lobes with short stalks. 



Muss^NDA BiDLETANA, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Frutex subglaber; ramuli striati, lenticellosi. Folia chartacea, elliptica, utrinque 

 augustata, G-9 X 2-3-5 cm., bine inde prsesertim subtus in venis pilis conspersis 

 strigilloso-puberula, venis secundariis utrinque 6-8, supra leviter impressis subtus 

 prominulis; petiolus tenuis, supra minute puberulus, subtus glabratus, 8 mm. 

 longus; stipulai subglabrse, rigidse, lanceolatse, subulato-acuminatse, integrae, ad 

 7 mm. longse. Infiorescentia tricbotome corymbosa, multiflora. Calycis lobi 

 lanceolati, fortiter involuti, rigidi, ca. 3 mm, longi, unus nonnunquam in laminam 



