COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 151 



Stipules minimae, lineares, basi latre integrae. Flores masculi non visi. Flores 



feminei singuli in pedicellis gracilibus 1 mm. longis. Sepala 3, oblonga, obtusa. 



Staminodia 3, opposita, longiora, oblonga, obtusa. Achceuia orbicularia, ovata, 



apiculata, pustulata, flavescentia, stylo parvo pustulato. 

 Camps IX to XI, between 5500 and «300 ft. 

 A very curious plant, with the general appearance of a Hedyotis. 



PiLEA SMILACIFOLIA, Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, i. (1854) 186, var. sereata, Wedd. 

 Monogr. des TJrticees, 181. 

 Camps VI b, 3900 ft. ; VI c, 5500 ft. ; VIII to XI, 4900 to 8300 ft. 

 Distrib. India and Malaya. 



PiLEA TKINERVIA, Ridl., Sp. nOV. 



Rerba parva, ramosa, 8 cm. alta vel altior. Folia opposita, lanceolata, oblanceolata 

 vel obovata, apice subacuta, basi inaequilateralia lobo uno rotundato, margine 

 crenulata, 1 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, superne atro-viridia, cystolitbis plurimis 

 irregulariter sparsa, subtus pallida, nervis e basi ortis 2 marginibus paraUelis, 

 e costa ascendentibus 3 paribus, petiolis 1 mm. longis sulcatis. SHptilce laciniata;, 

 laciniis pluribus lanceolatis subulatis rufescentibus. Flores masculi 3-4, pedunculo 

 axillari 2 mm. longo, pedicellis brevibus ; bractese lanceolatse. Sepala oblonga, 

 apice obtusa, incurva, atroviridia, 2 mm. longa. Stamina 4, filamentis crassis 

 rubris, sepala superantibus. Antherce oblongse, majusculse, albae. Flores feminei 

 desunt. 



Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 



Distin'niisbed by its 3-nerved leaves, two nerves running from the base parallel with 

 the margins, and nearly parallel with the midrib. The flowers are not solitary as they 

 are in most of the other species, but racemose on short peduncles. 



PiLEA HELXINOIDES, Ridl., sp. nOV. 



Herba ramosa, perennis, 6 cm. longa, glabra. Folia opposita, carnosa, approximata, 

 ovata, obtusa, basi angustata, subsessilia, 2 mm. longa, cystolitbis copiosis. Stipulce 

 rainutse, lineares. Flores masculi singuli vel bini, axillares ; bractere 2, minutse, 

 lanceolatse. Pedicelli pallidi, 5 mm. longi. Ferianthium campanulatum, lobis 

 ovatis ad basin connatis obtusis 1 mm. longis pallidis apice viridibus. Stamina 4, 

 filamentis linearibus complanatis. Sepala multo longiora. Antherce cordatae, 

 hastatge. Fistillodium minutum. 



Camp XIV, 12,500 ft. Plowers greenish white. 



Allied to Filea Johniana, Stapf, of Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo, differing in the always 

 4-partite pedicellate male flowers and the long stamens. The very slender stem is dotted 

 all over with longitudinal white lenticels. The leaves are also larger. 



