COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 65 



SCHEFFLEBA PAPTJANA, Ridl., Sp. nov. 



Caulis 4 mm. crassus. Foliorum petioli teretes, 14 cm. loogi, basi paulo dilatati, 

 villosi ; petioluli (basales) 1 cm., (centralis) 4 cm. longi; foliola 5-6, valde insequalia, 

 elliptica, cuspidata, tenuiter coriacea, 5-11 cm. louga, 2-5 cm. lata, nervis 6-paribus. 

 Fanic'ulcB 1-2, 6-10 cm. longse, simplices, racbi furfuracea, umbellis 9-11, pedun- 

 culis 1-1"2 cm. longis. Bracteos ad fasciculos pilorum reductaj. Flores 15-16 in 

 quaque umbella, pedicellis 2 mm. longis. Petala ovata, acuta, 1 mm. longa. 

 Stamina 4, filamentis ultra marginem undulatum ovarii productis. Ovarium 

 1*2 mm. longum, campanulatum, costatum. Stylus lougiusculus, cylindricus. 

 Camps III to VIII and VI c, 2500 to 5500 ft. 



Allied to S. stylosa, but witb elliptic leaves witb a blunt base and no lanceolate bracts 

 to tbe umbels, and a distinct undulate-margined disc. The styles are shorter. The 

 leaves are entire, but in one specimen show signs of toothing. Tlie floral bracts are 

 lanceolate and acuminate. 



ScHEFFLEEA (^ Brassaia) brassaiella, HidL, sp. nov. 



Foliorum petioli teretes, graciles, 18 cm. longi, basi dilatati, amplectentes ; petioli 

 graciles, 3'5 cm. longi ; foliola coriacea, oblonga vel ovata, acuminata, basi 

 rotundata, 9-11 cm. longa, 5 cm. lata, supra laevia nervis obscuris, subtus nervis 

 tenuibus inconspicuis 4 paribus. Fanicula 40 cm. longa ; axis 5-7 mm. crassus. 

 Capitula in pcdunculis validis 1'5 cm. longis, secunda, 1 cm. crassa. Calyptra 

 conica, acuta, la^vis, '5 mm. longa. Stamina 5, filamentis crassiusculis, antheris 

 oblongis. Discus conicus, sulcis pluribus. Ooarium 5-lociilare, 3 mm. longum. 

 Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 



This species is most closely allied to Brassaia actinophylla, H. Br., of Australia ; the' 

 leaves, however, are very much smaller ; the peduncles of the. capitula stouter ; the petal 

 cap connate, acute, smooth and not ribbed ; the filaments thicker, and like the ovary- 

 cells only 5 in number. 



SCHEFFLERA OCTANDRA, Bidl., sp. nOV. 



Caulis griseus. Foliortmi petioli teretes, 30 cm. longi, basi incrassati; petioluli graciles, 

 3-4'5 cm. longi; foliola 4, membranacea, lanceolata, basi acuminata, apice sub- 

 abrupte acuminata, Integra, glabra, 21 cm. longa, 65 cm. lata, nervis 6 paribus. 

 Fanicula debilis, ramis 5-6 remotis i'urfuraceis. Bractecc ad bases ramorum orta?, 

 crasste, lanceolatse, 1-1'5 cm. longse, squamis furfui'aceis lanceolatis tecta^, apice 

 setosse. TJmbellai sessiles vel brevissime pedicellatye, pauciflorse, 3-4-flora3. Flores 

 parvi, sessiles, albi vel virescenti-albi. Fetala 4, oblonga, truncata, apice iucur\ a, 



1 mm. longa. Stamina 8, filamentis brevissimis vix antheras ellipticas rotundatas 

 sulcatas superantibus. Ocarium obcuneatum, sessile, 4-5 loculare, 5-costatum, 



2 mm. longum. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. " Plowers white or greenish white." 



A very exceptional plant in having the stamens double in number to the petals, and 

 the curious small nearly sessile umbels and very short stamens. 



SECOND SERIES. — BOTANY, VOL. IX. K 



