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The leaves are very stiff and sliiny, and resemble somewhat those of a Calophyllum' 

 At the base of the umbel of cymes there is in one specimen a pair of thick oblanceolate 

 sessile leaf-like bracts with a broad base and a strongly developed midrib ; they are 

 2 cm. long and 5 mm. wide. The stamens are remarkably short and few, and the calyx 

 is distinctly prolonged beyond the ovary. 



Eugenia (§ Stzygium) monetakia, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Frutex multiramosus. Folia sessilia, rigide coriacea, sicca pallida (juvenilia rubra), 

 puncticulata, costa subtus ad basin crassa superne depressa, nervis plurimis 

 tenuissimis inconspicuis. Flores 3, in cymam terminalem dispositi, pedunculo 

 quadrangulari 8 mm. longo. Calycis tubus infundibuliformis, laevis, 5 mm. longus, 

 lobis brevissimis rotundatis. Petala ovata, vis ultra 1 mm. longa, lactea. Stamina 

 fere 3 mm. longa alba. 



Camp III, 2500 ft. 



Nearest to E. kinahaluensis, Stapf, but the leaves are more distinctly rounded, as long 

 as broad, and the calyx is not cylindric. 



Eugenia scolopacina, K.idl., sp. nov. 



Frutex virgatus, ramis tenuibus pustulatis brunneis. Folia coriacea, ovata, longe 



cuspidata, 2-7 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, cuspide obtuso 1'5 cm. longo, sicca grisea, 



superne IsBvia, subtixs flavescentia, punctata, nervis obscuris, costa superne distincta, 



subtus obscura. Flores parvi, axillares, 1-4 in pcdicellis pustulosis 1-2 mm. longis, 



vel plures in pedunculo 1 mm. longo. Calycis tubus obtuse obconicus, basi latus, 



2 mm. longus, pustulatus, glandulosus, lobis 4 ovatis coriaceis acutis fere 



sequilongis glandulosis apice pubescentibus. Fetala ovata, subabrupte ungui- 



culata, 1 mm. longa. Stamina 16-20, 3 mm. longa, erecta, rubra, uniseriata, 



antheris subglobosis. Stylus validus, apice subulatus. Ovarium biloculare. Driipa 



oblonga, succulenta, rubra, 5 mm. longa. 



Camps III to VIII, also V b, VI c, and IX to XI, 2500 to 8300 ft. I 



A very singular species with the axillary inflorescence and red pulpy fruit of 



Pseudoeugenia ; but it has more than eight stamens. The leaves are red when young, 



and when adult resemble those of FJ. caudata. King, having an ovate blade with a long 



narrow blunt point suggesting the outline of a woodcock's head. The nerves are quite 



invisible, as is the midrib except on the underside at tbe base. The flowers are closely 



glandular. 



Barringtonia papuana, Laut. in Nova Guinea, viii. ii. 314. 

 Camp I, 500 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



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