150 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



FiCTis Decaisnei, Steud. Mon. Ed. ii. 163. 

 Canoe Camp witli the last. 

 Distrib. Timor. 



Antiabopsis decipiens, K. Sclium. Flora von Kaiser "Willielmsland, 40. 

 Camp I, 700 ft., also Camp III, 2500 ft., and Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



Conocephaltjs nobilis, Kidl., sp. nov. 



Frutex (?) scandens. Folia magna, oLlanceolata, versus apicem latissima, breviter 

 cuspidata, basi angustata, obtusa, glabra, coriacea, subtus pallida, 70 cm. longa, 

 25 cm. lata, nervis 19 paribus jorope marginem anastomosantibus, nervulis trans- 

 versis parallelis, petiolis 4-20 cm. longis. Fanicula mascula subglobosa, compacta, 

 5 cm. longa, 9 cm. lata, pedunculo 4'5 cm. longo hirto pubescente, ramis liirte 

 pubescentibus ; bracteae ovatae, oblongse, 1-5 cm. longse, 1 cm. latae. Flores copiosi, 

 albi. Sepala 4, oblonga, obtusa. Stamina 4, filamentis latis complanatis carinatis, 

 antberis ellipticis. Fistillodium complanatum, apice dilatatum. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft., Camp I, 500 ft. 



" Flowers white on a pale crimson base." 



Allied to C. suaveolens, Blume, but the leaves are oblong and white beneath and 

 the inflorescence is much bigger and more branched. 



Lapoetea glabra, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Folia subherbacea, glabra, subpeltata, oblanceolata vel obovata, cuspidata, basi 

 angustata obtusaque, undulata, 22-28 cm. longa, 11 cm. lata, nervis 9 paribus, 

 cystolithis nuUis, petiolis 3' 5 cm. longis. Fanicula feminea infra folia orta, laxa, 

 ramis gracilibus 3 cm. longis, 9 cm. longa, glabra, floribus parvis viridibus glome- 

 ratis; pedicelli breves, crassi. Ferianthimn cupnliforme, glabrum, aj^ice in uno 

 latere trilobo, lobis brevibus subacutis medio longiore. Ocarium comjilanatum, 

 x)voideum. Stylus breviusculus, cui'vus. Flores masculi non visi. 

 Canoe Camp. " Flowers green." 



This species belongs to the section in which the sepals are connate into a one-seeded 

 cup. This covers half of the achsenium, and bears two short teeth on the longer side. 

 I can see no trace of a fourth tooth. 



Lapoetea crenulata. Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. 498. 

 Canoe Camp. 

 F)istrib. Indo-Malaya. 



PiLEA EUBIACEA, Ridl., sp. nOV. 



Suffrutex ascendens, ramosa, virgata, internodiis 3 mm. longis. Folia linearia, 

 acuta, ad apices lobata vel integra, carnosa, glabra, 1 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, 

 cystolithis paucis linearibus, costa valida, nervis obscuris, petiolis crassis brevibus. 



