58 MR. H. N. EIDLEY 0^ PLANTS 



^ Var. ALPESTiiE, Ridl., var. nov. 



Caules crassiores, breviores, glabri. Folia magis approximata, magis coriacea, 5 mm. 

 longa, 2 mm. lata, petiolis 1 ram. longis. Fedicellus 1-2 cm. lougus. Flos 

 major, atro-roseus. Sepala 4-6 mm. longa. Fetala 9-10 mm. longa. Ovarium 

 0"5 mm. longum. 

 Camps XI I to XIV, 10,500 ft. Flowers magenta. 



Another specimen is much taller, 20 cm., with rather distant leaves 1 cm. long and 

 0-5 mm. across. This came from Camp XIII. The same species occurs on the Owen 

 Stanley Range at 17,000 ft., collected by MacGregor, and on Wharton Range by 

 Giulianetti, and was referred by F. von Mueller to F. ijedunculare, A. Cuun., a vei-y 

 different plant. Warburg's F. prostratum, from the Finisterre Mountains, New Guinea, 

 is also distinct. 



CUCURBITACE^. 



(By H. N. Ridley.) 

 Trichosanthes papuana, Pulle, in Nova Guinea, viii. ii. p. 106. 

 Camp I, 500 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Melothria indica. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 35. 

 Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft. 

 Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 



BEG0NIACEJ3. 

 (By H. N. Ridley.) 



^ Begonia (^ Petermannia) rhodantha, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Caulis elatus, ultra 45 cm. longus, hirtus. Folia lanceolata vel ovata, obliqua, 

 acuminata, serrato-dentata, versus basin angustata, superne glabra, subtus in nervis 

 hirta, 11 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, petiolis 0"5 cm. longis. Stipulce lanceolattB, 

 caudatae, hirtse. Panicula erecta, terminalis, gracilis, 8 cm. longa. Bractece an- 

 gustissimae, lineares, hirtae, acutae. PeclicelU 5-8 mm. longi, hirti. Flores masculi 

 plures. Sepala 2, ovata, rotundata, obtusa, rosea, 5 mm. longa et lata, in dorso 

 sparse hirta. Antherce in capitulo subsessili globoso, circiter 60, lineari-oblongae, 

 obtusae, baud apiculatse, ad basin angustae, brunneae. Flores foeminei 2, ad basin 

 panieulae. Capsula obtriangularis, basi angustata, apice truncata, angulis supe- 

 rioribus acutis, 1-7 cm. longa, 1"5 cm. lata, alis aequalibus, loculis 4 mm. latis. 

 Canoe Camp, 500 ft. ; Camps I to III, 2500 ft. " Deep pink ; hairs carmine." 

 Allied to B. toi'ricellensis, Schlecht., but more hairy, with smaller flowers and the 

 fruit narrowed towards the base. 



^- Begonia (§Petermannia) Vandewateri, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Herba alta, ramosa, internodiis longis. Folia elliptica, ovata, acuminata, parce et 

 breviter deutata, tenuia, glabra, basi rotundata et valde inaei.j[ualiter lobata, 14 cm. 



