190 TFTE JOUllN^AL OV 7?OTA]S*Y 



Evidently near L. madarjnscariensis Decne, which has, intfr alia, 

 differently shaped glabrous leaves, capitula on long peduncles, and 

 squamse half as long as the lobes of the calyx. 



2. ACANTHACE^ PaPUAX^. 



The AcanthacecB described below were sent for determination by 

 Mr. C. T. White, Botanist to the Queensland Government; most of 

 the specimens were collected by himself. 



Hygrophila saUcifoIia Nees. 



Yuie Island. Nos. 732. 771. 



EucUia Forhesii S. Moore, 



British New Guinea ; W. E. Armit. 



Hemic/rapliis repfans T. And. 



Boku'; Mrs. II. P. Sclilcuchrr. 



Hemigraphis suborbicularis, sp. nov. Herba fere spithamea ; 

 caule erecto subsimplici piloso-pubescente mox glabrescente ; foliis 

 petiolatis parvis suborbicularibus raro late ovatis utrinque rotundatis 

 margine crenulatis in pagina utraque (sed inf. densius) strigoso- 

 puberulis ; spicis brevibus pedunculatis paucilloris ; hracteis foliaceis 

 cal^'ci circiter a?quilongis lanceolato-spathulatis piloso-pu-berulis ; 

 hracteolis ; cali/cis segmentis inter sese aliquantulum inrequalibus 

 anguste lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis piloso-pnberulis ; corollce tubo 

 calycem excedente sursum gradatim ampliticatojobis inter se similibus ; 

 afylo vix omnino glabro ; capsula calyci Kquilonga apice puberula 

 0-sperma. 



Bismarck Archipelago, Duke of York's Island ; W. Bradtke, 271. 



Foliorum limbus tirme membranaceus, in sicco griseo-viridis, raro 

 3x2 cm., plerumque 1*5-2 X 1-1'5 cm.; hujus pili strigosi pag. sup. 

 basi bulbosi ; petioli summura 2 cm. long., plerumque vero 5-7 mm., 

 piloso-pubescentes. Spicse circa 1 cm. long. Bractea? usque 1 cm. 

 long., sed juniores breviores. Calycis segmenta 8-9 mm., corolla 

 12 mm., antherai 1*3 mm., stylus 4 mm., capsula 10 mm. long. 



The small usually suborbicular leaves serve to distinguish this 

 species, which is close to II. repians T. And. 



HemigrapMs Whitei, sp. nov. Canle repente gracili sparsim 

 folioso griseo-pubescente cito puberulo ; foliis parvulis breviter petio- 

 latis ovatis obtusis basi subrotundatis margine subtiliter crenatis 

 membra naceis utrobique sparsim a])presse piloso-pubescentibus;^y7or?Z'?/s 

 in spicas densas late oblongas foliis muito longiores digestis ; hracteis 

 amplis arete imbricatis ovatis obtusis vel obtusiusculis dorso sparsim 

 pilosis margine copiose piloso-ciliatis ; calycis segmentis angustissime 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis pilosis ; corollce tubo calyci circiter a?quilongo 

 supra medium gradatim ampliato ; capsula calycem lequante apice 

 puberula G-sperma. 



Yule Island; C. T. WJiifr, 714. 



Folia I"5-l"8 cm. long., 1 cm. lat., in sicco (uti bracteje) viridi- 

 grisea ; petioli circiter 2 mm. long. Spicic plerseque 3-4 cm. long., 

 fere 1*5 cm. lat. Bractete intermediae 14 x 7 mm., perpauca3 infinije 

 ovato-lanceolatae, usque 18 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 6-7 mm. 

 Corolla 10 mm., anthera? 1 nmi. long. Stylus pilosiusculus, 8 mm. 



