50 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



MELASTOMACE^. 

 (By Edmund G. Baker.) 



Otanthera novoguineensis, Bak. fil., sp. nov. (Plate 2. figs. 34-39.) 



Mami satis graciles, obscure tetragoni, juniores strigosi. Folia oblonga vel oblongo- 

 lanceolata, apice acuta, 7-ll"5 cm. longa, l'8-3'5 cm. lata, 5-nema, utiinque pilis 

 plus minus strigosa, subtus nervis transversalibus tenuibus, petiolis pilis strigosis 

 12-15 mm. longis suffulta. Mores ad apices ramorum in paniculas dispositi. 

 Bractece latse, virides, margine ciliatge. Calyx parviusculus, setulis subpatulis 

 obtectus, tubo ovoideo, lobis angustis. JPetala margine ciliata, 6-7 mm. longa. 

 Stamina sequalia. Anthene oblongo-lineares, 2-3 mm. longse, connective antice 

 bituberculato. Ovarium 5-loculare, stylo filiformi. Baccce pro genere parviusculae, 

 3'5-4 mm. longae et latse. 

 Camps I to III, 700 ft. In flower and fruit, Nov. 22nd, 1912. 

 This species differs from O. cycmoides, Triana, by its smaller fruits, and from 0. parvi- 



flora, Merrill, by the entirely different bracts. Leaves at the base cuneate or rounded. 



Bracts obovate, semiamplexicaul. Elowers pink (Kloss), smaller than in O. cyanoides, 



Triana. This latter species and also O. bracteata, Korth., have been recorded for New 



Guinea. 



Melastoma malabathicum, Linn. Sp, PI. 390. 

 Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft. 



Bistrib. India, Malaya, North Australia, Eiji, Admiralty Islands, New Caledonia. 

 Eorbes, Nos. 217 & 825, from the Sogeri Region, New Guinea, belong here. 



Melastoma barbeyanum, Cogn., in DC. Monogr. Phan. vii. 347. 

 Camp VIII, 3482 ft. 

 Bistrib. Java. 



Medinilla. 

 Speciertim Papuanarum clavis. 



A. Frutices glabri vel glabriusculi. 

 ■X- Folia vcrticillata. 



§ Calycis limbus integer vel subinteger vel obscure 4-uudulatus. 

 o Rami obscure pentagoni. Folia trinervia. 



1. M. Muelleri, Cogn. 



oo Rami breviter multialati. Folia septupliuervia. 



2. M. subalata, Bak. fil. 

 000 Rami teretes vel angulati. 



— Flores cymosi. 

 t Folia anguste obovata, 3-5-plinervia. 



3. M. crassiiiervis, Blume. 

 tt Folia oblonga, 5-plinervia. 



4. M. quintuplinervia, Cogn. 



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