154 ME. H. N, EIDLET ON PLANTS 



Elatostema novo-gtjineense, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jabrb, xiii. (1891) 290. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



v/ Elatostema blechnoides, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Caulis asceudens, gracilis, flexuosus, pubescens. Folia sessilia, lanceolata, serrata, 

 acuminata, basi inaequaliter cordata, 5-5 cm. longa, 9 mm. lata, superne glabra, 

 nervis 15 paribus subtus appresse hirtis. Florum glomeruli sessiles, axillares, 

 3 mm. lati ; bractese lanceolatse, margine longe birtse, involucrales lineari-lanceolatae, 

 birtse. i^Zores/emme? minuti, pedicellati. *S'e/;aZa brevia, linearia, obtusa. Achcenia 

 ellipsoidea, laevia, utrinque paullo angustata, pallide brunnea, ferme 1 mm. longa. 

 Flores masculi desunt. 



Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. 



Allied perbaps to tbe last, but tbe leaves are much more deeply serrate and not 

 inaequilateral, except at tbe extreme base. 



v^ Elatostema filicinum, Ridl., sp. nor. 



Serba ascendens, ramosa, caulibus gracilibus glabris. Folia opposita, insequaba, 

 majora lanceolata, acuta, baud obliqua, basi lata, rotundata, inaequaliter cordata, 

 1-5 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, nervis 6 paribus ; minora ovata, 5 mm. longa. Flores 

 masculi glabri, pauci in capitulo 3 mm. lato, subumbeUati, breviter pedicellati, 

 2 mm. longi ; pedunculi filiformes, 5 cm. longi, axillares ; bractese lanceolatge, 

 acutse, parvse. Sejxda 5, ovata, orbicularia, apice rotundata. Stamina 5, 

 filamentis inflexis. Sepala staminibus multo lougiora, antberis cordatis, loculis ad 

 basin divaricatis. Flores feminei non visi. 



Camp I, 700 ft. 



Allied to E. surculosum, Wight, var. pedunculosum of India. 



Elatostema poltpodioides, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Sei'ba asceudens, simplex, 8-10 cm. longa, caule gracili hirto, pilis appressis. Folia 

 disticha, alterna, lineari-oblonga, subacuta, falcata, valde insequilateia, 7 mm. longa, 

 2 mm. lata, sessilia, saepe 1 vel 2 dentibus versus apicem instructa, herbacea, superne 

 atro-\'iridia, conico-bullata, pilis singulis in apicibus bullarum, subtus pallida, depres- 

 sionibus profundis. Flores masculi singuli, axillares, 1 mm. longi; bractese 2, 

 lanceolatse, acuta?, virides, carinatse, glabra?, i-ubro-punctata? ; pedicellus minutus. 

 Sepala 4, ovata, mucronulata, rosea. Stamina 4, alba, antberis ovatis. Flores 

 feminei desunt. 

 Camp IV 6, 3900 ft. 



The habit of this plant is exactly that of an Elatostema. It has oblique distichous 

 leaves, the base iuajquilateral, bilobed, witli one large rounded lobe. The underside of 

 tbe leaf bears conspicuous rounded depressions, which correspond to elevations on the 



