148 ME. H. N. EIDLET ON PLANTS 



nudse, ramis 1 cm. longis patentibus. Flores dense eongesti in spicis 6 mm. longis ; 

 bractese lanceolatse vel bidentatae vel tridentatae, pubescentes, 2 mm. longse. Flores 

 masculi breYissime pedicellati. Sepala'4!, pubescentia, oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 4, 

 sequilonga, lilamentis crassiusculis loculis 4. Macemi feminei gracUes, 9-11 cm. 

 longi, piibescentes, pauciflori. BractecB ovatee, dentatse, 4 mm. longge et latse, 

 dense flavo-glandulosae. Ovarium snbglobosum, dense glandnlosum. Styli oblongi 

 in unam massam dense bracteis tectam eongesti. Capsula globosa, atra. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. " Flowers greenish yellow." Also in Kaiser Wilbelmsland 



(HoUrung, 330 & 600, in Herb. Kew.). 

 This was apparently identified erroneously by Schumann as Ilallotus acuminatus, 



Miq. Warburg perceived it was a Ilacaranga and wrote it up on a ticket Ilacaranga 



acuminata, but he does not seem to have described it. 



Macaranga ovalifolia, Eidl., sp. nov. 



'Rami validi, glabri. Folia ovata, cuspidata, basi cordata vel rotundata, margine 

 undulata, 16-18 cm. longa, 13-14 cm. lata, superne glabra, polita, subtus glauces- 

 centia, copiose glandulosa, nervis 8 paribus asceudentibus, nervulis parallelis 

 pubescentibus, margiuibus ad basin prope petiolum incrassatis et sursum curvis, 

 petiolis 7-8 cm. longis teretibus glabris. Sjjicce masculte graciles, 11-14 cm. longae, 

 simplices vel ramis 1-2 pubescentibus. Flores in glomerulos parvos dissitos 3 mm. 

 longos dispositi ; bractese oblongse, lanceolatse, papyracese, rufescentes, 1 cm. longee, 

 caducye, superiores breviores, ovatte ; bracteolae breves, late ovatae, hirtse. Flores 

 brevissime pedicellati. Sepala 4, oblonga, obtusa, glabra. Stamina 3, fiiamentis 

 paullo longioribus, antheris 4-locularibus. 

 Camps I to III, 700 to 2500 ft. 



This is certainly allied to M. bifoveata, J. J. Sm., but the leaves are larger and less hairy, 

 and it has 4 (not 3) sepals, and 3 (not 7) stamens which are much shorter. The base of 

 the leaf close to the petiole and on each side of it is curled up on the front side — as 

 it were, pinched up, bvit it does not form the remarkable pubescent pockets which are 

 characteristic of Smith's species. The bud-sheath, 4 cm. long, is glandular and hairy. 



URTICACE^. 



GiRONNiERA BHAMNiFOLiA, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 74. 

 Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Ficus OCHEOCHLOEA, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Frutex. Folia ovata, acuta, cuspidata, versus apicem et basin paullo angustata, 

 15 cm. longa, 8 cm. lata, superne glabra, subtus in nervis 8 paribus et nervulis 

 appresse hirta, petiolis 1-5 cm. longis. Stipidce lanceolatse, acumiuatte, hii-tse. 

 Meceptacula in axillis sessilia, bracteis ovatis mucronatis glabris sufiiQta, globosa, 



