230 ME. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 



antlierse multo breviores, acutse, angustiores. Sii/lus validulus, cylindricus, stignia- 

 tilms brevibus recurvis ; ovarium oblongum. Bacca subglobosa, laevis, 4 mm. 

 longa. Semina 6, atra, polita, 3 mm. loiiga, angulata, dorso convexa. 



Canoe Camp and Camps I to III, 150 to 2500 ft. 



This bas the habit of C. Haageana, C. Koch, but the flowers are larger, the pedicels 

 shorter, and the stamens thin and flat, the filament rounded at the top. 



CORDYLINE MINUTIFLORA, Ridl., sp. EOV. 



Rami graciles, 3 mm. crassi. Folia linearia, acuminata, versus basin paullo angustata, 

 20 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, costa elevata. Panicula grticilis, 15 cm. longa, ramis 

 ad 6 remotis 2"5 ad 3 cm. longis. Bractece. ramorum lanceolatae, longe acuminatae, 

 intima 2 cm. longa, pallida. Flores pauci, remoti, minuti, 2 mm. lougi, in 

 pedicellis brevissimis 1 mm. longis. Bractece florales lanceolatse, oblongse, obtusse, 

 5 mm. longse, pallidse, persistentes. Sepala et petala subs-qualia, lineari-oblonga, 

 carinata, carnosa, lata, fere ad basin libera. Slamlna brevia, antheris latis, 

 filamentis subulatis longiora. Ovarium conicum, ujulti-ovulatuni. Stylus 

 crassiusculus, breviter obtuse trifidus. 

 Camp I, 700 ft. 



Also obtained at Schumann River (Schlechter, No. 13829). 



Very distinct from any species in the remarkably small flowers, but perhaps nearest 

 to C. neocaledonica, Liudeu {Cohnia neocaledonica. Baker). The plant collected by 

 Schlechter (No. 13829) is clearly this, though it is only in bud, but tiie locality and 

 number quoted are given by Lauterbach, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1. (1913) p. 297, under 

 DraccBtia angustifolia, Roxb. 



DiANELLA. CCERULEA, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 50G. 



Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. ; VI b, 3900 ft. ; and VI c, 6500 ft. 

 Distrib. Australia. 



AsTELiA ALPINA, R. Br. Prodr. 291. 



Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 

 Dist?'ib. Australia. 



COMMELYNACE.E. 



(By H. N. Ridley.) 



POLLIA THYRSIFLORA, EluU. Gcu. 1029. 



Canoe Camp and Camp I, 150 to 500 ft. 



Flowers white, stamens yellow, fruit steely jjurple-black and pale pinkish-white. 



Distrib. Andaman Islands, Malay Peninsula and Islands. 



POLLIA PAPUANA, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Plauta valida, habitu P. sorzogonensis. Folia plura, lanceolata, acuminata, apice 

 subabrupte longe acuminata, basi gequilonge acuminata, glabra, 15 cm. longa, 

 5 cm. lata, nervis 7, petiolis 1 cm. longis, vagiuis glabris costatis 2 cm. longis. 



