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subtus elevata, petiolis brevissirais. Floi^es singuli, axillares, 5 mm. in diametro, 

 pedicellis brevissimis. Bractece lauceolatse, foiiaceae, binse. Calyx tubo obconico, 

 lobis 5 lanceolatis obtusis glandiilosis. Petala 5, lanceolata, oblonga, obtusa, band 

 unguiculata, glandulosa, 15 mm. longa. Stamina 15, breviora. StyUis longior, 

 crassiusculus. Stigma capitatum, subtrilobum. Baccn succulenta, rubra, globosa. 

 Semina reniformia, pustulata, brunnea. 

 Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 



Apparently a creeping or prostrate plant, with tlie bark detacbing itself in red flakes. 

 The leaves and flowers are much smaller than in the last tAvo species, the petals 

 lanceolate, not distinctly clawed, and the seeds pustulate and reniform. 



Backhousia aurea, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Fndex (?) ramis parce ramosis pubescentibus, partibus juvenilibus rufo-hirtis. Folia 

 opposita, tenuiter coriacea, superne appresse hirta, subtus densius cupreo-rufo hirta, 

 4'5 cm. longa, 15 cm. lata, nervis vix conspicuis, petiolis 2-3 mm. longis. Flores in 

 cymas termiuales 5 cm. longas dispositi, pedunculis cum ramis hirtis 2 cm. longis. 

 Alahastra conica, acuta. Fedicelli 2 mm. lougi, apice bracteis 2 minimis lanceo- 

 latis muniti. Calyx brevis, campanuiatus, glaber, lobis 5 ovatis rotundatis 

 coriaceis 0-5 mm. longis. Petala 5, lanceolata, obtusa, basi angustata, 4 mm. 

 longa. Stamina plurima, 7 mm. longa, in annulum perianthio adnatum disposita. 

 Ovarium apice depresso-rotundatum, a calyce liberura, biloculare. Ovula plurima. 

 Stylus crassiusculus, quam stamina longiur. 



Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. " Flowers golden." 



A new genus for New Guinea, the other known species being Australian. It is very 

 distinct from these in its hairiness. 



The ovary is, in the dried specimens at least, quite free from the calyx-tube and only 

 attached at the base. 



Rhodamnia pauvifolia, Ptidl., sp. nov. 

 Arbor ramis tenuibus parce sericeis, partibus juvenilibus undique sericeis. Folia 

 parva, coriacea, glabra, ovata, basi rotundata, apice acuta, 2 cm. longa, 12 mm. lata, 

 ntrinque punctata, nervis circiter 4 paribus vix conspicuis, nervis lateralibus 2 e 

 costa ortis a basi 2 mm. remotis inconspicuis, petiolis 1 mm. longis sericeis. 

 Pedimculi fliiformes, sericei, axillares, 2 cm. longi, uniflori vel cymose triflori, 

 ramis 5 mm. longis. Bractea ]\ix.Vd ovarium orta, lanceolato-linearis, 2 mm. longa. 

 Calycis tubus giobosus, sericeus, 1-2 mm. longus, lobis 5 ovatis acutis sericeis 

 2 mm. longis. Petala parva, ovata, obtusa, alba. Stamina brevia. Stylus 

 cylindricus, stigmate capitato. 

 Camp VI h, 3900 ft. 



Distinct from all other species by the small ovate glabrous leaves, with almost 

 entirely invisible nerves. The two lateral nerves, which are so characteristic in this 

 genus, are almost equally invisible ; they rise from the midrib about 2 mm. from its 

 base. The flowers are few and very small on long slender peduncles, some one-flowered 



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