PHTLLA^^THUS EYLESII 79 



4. PlITLLAXTHI EX RHODESIA SPECIES NOVA. 



Phyllanthus Eylesii, sp. nov. Herha monoica, pro rata elata, 

 glabra ; ramis ramidis que aliquanto angularibus his bene foliosis ; 

 foliis brevipetiolatis late oblongis vel anguste oblongo-obovatis 

 obtusissimis apice ipso brevissime apiculatis raembranaceis opacis ; 

 stipulis petiolos excedentibus setaceis decoloribus ; florihus 6 sub- 

 sessilibus sepalis G ovato-oblongis obtusissimis glandulis minutissimis 

 inter se liberis antheris 3 filamentis perbrevibus connatis insidentibus; 

 Jioribus 5 quam S majoribus necnon longius pedicellatis sepalis 

 ovato-oblongis obtusis costa j^rominente percursis glandulis 6 in 

 cupulani lobatam brevem plus minus connatis ovario globoso glabro 

 stylis 3 superne divergentibus bicruris. 



Rhodesia, Victoria Falls, rain forest ; Eyles, 1296. 



Folia usque 20x8 mm., pleraque ±15x7 mm., supra in sicco 

 viridia, subtus glaucescentia ; petioli modo 1 mm. long. Stipulse 

 plera^que circa 2 mm. long. FU. masc. pedicelli '3 mm., sepala 

 •6 mm., anther?e '5 mm. long. FU. fem. pedicelli 1-1 '15 mm. long. ; 

 sepala cito 1*5 mm. long. ; ovarium -5 mm. diam. Capsula fere 

 3 mm. diam. Semina 1*2 mm. long., brunnea, dorso eleganter 

 striatula. 



Near P. leiicantlius Pax, which, besides lanceolate stipules, has 

 larger flowers, the males with anthers on a distinct column among 

 other features. 



5. Acajsthace^ Papuat^^ a cl H. 0. Forbes lect^. 



In the course of some work upon the AcanthacecB of New Guinea 

 advantage was taken of the opportunity to name the undetermined 

 specimens belonging to that group forming part of Mr. H. 0. Forbes's 

 collection from that island. The full list of species here given 

 contains none new to science, but two (^JRuellia Forhesii and Apor- 

 ■uellia versicolor) were described in this Journal for 1914, 294-5. 



Ruellia Forbesii S. Moore. Mt. Sogere at 2000 ft. No. 839 «. 



RuELLiA bracteata R. Br. Fort of Astrolable Range, 1200 ft. 

 Sine no. 



The leaves of the specimens are somewhat smaller than those of 

 tropical Australian ones, and the plant is more hairy with rather 

 coarse hisjDidulous hairs : also the flowers are white, not blue as 

 Bentham says of the Australian. But with the rather unsatisfactory 

 material before one, it is difficult to find any points to justify the 

 suspicion of a new, and in any event certainly very closely allied 

 species. This has not hitherto been reported from New Guinea. 



Aporuellia versicolor S. Moore. Mt. Sogere 1750-2500 ft. 

 Nos. 73, 781. 



Flowers cream-coloured or bright orange. 



Hemigraphis reptaxs T. And. Mt. Sogere, 2000 ft. No. 841. 



German writers give Engler in Bot. Jahrb. vii. 474 (1886) as 

 the authority for this name, but it should be assigned to T. Anderson 

 ex Hemsley in Bot. Voy. Challenger^ i. iii. 173 (1885). It is the 

 Muellia reptans of Forster. 



