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secured. Acorns of Q. Dalbertisii were brought by Mr. Ar mit also 

 from the vicinity of the Aroa-River of the Kabadi-District. 



From the Astrolabe-Mountains were likewise brought byMr. Edel- 

 felt the acorns of another Oak, differing from those of Q. Dalbertisii 

 in larger size , proportionately greater depression and much thicker 

 almost bony pericarp, approaching thus in form the fruit of Q. pallida, 

 which however has a more prickly involucre , a larger nut and thin 

 pericarp. The acorns of this second Oak of Astrolabe-Range exhibit 

 much resemblance to those of Q. Cornea; but the involucral scales are 

 less distinct and towards the base of the cup by confluence much ob- 

 literated. The species seems well marked, and I have named it Quercus 

 Gulliveri in acknowledgment of the efforts of the Townsville gentleman 

 for New Guinean scientific research. Leaves, flowers and perfect seeds 

 I have not yet seen ; the nut varies from slightly to half exserted. 



In the collection formed by Mr. Edel feit in his late journey from 

 Port Moresbye to the Astrolabe-Ranges occur also as not yet recorded 

 from New Guinea : Sinapis Timoriana , Desmodium pulchellum, 

 Dolichondrone Rheedei, Ophioglossum pendulum , Marattia praxinea, 

 Angiopteris evecta , Pteris geranifolia , Acrostichum repandum ; also 

 solitary or additional representatives of the gener a Stercalia, Breynia, 

 Atylosia, Grevillea (named after the collector, but generically as yet 

 doubtful , as only leaves were obtained) , Alyxia , Spatoglottis , Com- 

 melyna. 



During the very recent voyage of H. M. Ship „Darf, when the 

 British protectorate became proclaimed over some additional portions 

 of Eastern New Guinea, Capt. Cyprian Bridge aided by the Rev. 

 James Chalmers gathered at Dixon's Bay of Bessel-Island various 

 plants, from which the occurrence of the genera Cucumis, Bikkia and 

 Imperata (I. arundinacea) in New Guinea is demonstrated. The Bikkia, 

 obtained there, belongs to the series of B. Pancheri; but it is distinct 

 from that species in broader almost orbicular leaves , shorter calyx- 

 teeth, somewhat sm aller corolla with more slender tube and anthers 

 reaching to the summit of the corolla - lobes or beyond them. This 

 highly ornamental species seems altogether new, and is to be recorded 

 as B. Bridgeana. A Bikkia, collected by Dr. Guppy during the 

 survey-voyage of H. M. Ship „Lark" in 1884 on Shortland - Island and 

 also Treasury-Harbour of the Solomon-Group , approaches as regards 

 leaves and flowers closely to B. Pancheri, but I have seen no fruit. 

 Among Capt. B r i d g e 's plants from the Cloudy Mountains are as 

 unrecorded for New Guinea a Hypolythrum and a Spiridens. The Rev. 

 W. G. Lawes brought recently among other plants from the vicinity 

 of Port Moresbye : Vittadinia brachycomoides , Setaria glauca , a 

 Dianella, thus adding as many genera to the records of the Papuan 

 Flora. 



The distinguished naturalist Mikluko-Maclay secured on the north 

 coast of New Guinea among plants with edible fruit: Pangium edule, 

 Bassia Maclayana and a Canarium, the latter perhaps distinct from 

 those recorded before as Papuan. 



Mr. Will. E. Ar mit, as emissary of the „Argus" for itinerations 

 in Neu Guinea, gathered on the S. E. coast, particularly at the Aroa- 

 River, Gyrocarpus Ameficanus , Physalis minima, Buddleia Asiatica, 

 Fuirena umbellata, Paspalum minutiflorum, Pennisetum macrostachyum, 

 Polypodium Dipteris, also Single species of Spondias, Alysioarpus, 

 Uraria, Smilax, Scirpodendron and a second Triumfetta.J 



Niel, Eugene, Catalogue des plantes rares decouvertes dans Tarrondissement 

 de Bernay depuis 1864. (Extr. de l'Annuaire normand. 1884.) 8«. 19 pp. 

 Caen 1885. 

 Reiclieubach , H. (i. iil., Aerides Ortgieaianum n. sp. (The Gardeners' 

 Chronicle. New Series. Vol. XXIII. 1885. No. 590. p. 501.) 



[Affine A. quinquevulnero Lindl., gracilis folio angusto; racemis 

 brevioribus ; hibelli lamina mediana integerrima apice biloba calcari 

 antrorso, callo corniformiinpariete antico,callo triangulo in pariete postico.J 



