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minata, basibus valde inaequilateris, marginibus irregulariter 

 dentatis, superne glabra, subtus nervis 5-8 paribus, furcatis, et 

 costa birtulis, 12-20 cm. longis, 4-9 cm. latis ; petiolis 1- 

 3-5 cm. longis hirtulis. Stipulae lanceolatae acutae 5 mm. longaj. 

 Panicula terminalis, ad 9 cm. longa, laxa, glabra, ramis 3 cm. 

 longis. Bractege latae, oblongge, obtusae, 3 mm. longae. Flores 

 masculi parvi, albi, pedicellis glabris vel hirtulis 3 mm. longis. 

 Sepala 2, cordata, obtusa, 6 mm. longa, 7 mm. lata. Petala nulla. 

 Antherae sessiles, oblanceolatte, obtusae, baud appendiculatae, cir- 

 citer 50. Flos femineus 1-2, in axilla folii summi. Capsula 

 oblonga, obovata, basi lato alis tribus aequalibus latis oblongis 

 obtusis, 2 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata (alis in medio 5 mm. latis), 

 pedicello 2 mm. longo. 



British New Guinea, Mt. Sogere, at 2500 ft. ; H. 0. Forbes, 

 157, 261, 444. 



Flowers white or greenish white. 



Allied to B. oblong if olia, Stapf, but the leaves have larger and 

 more irregular teeth ; the bracts are larger and oblong, sepals 

 cordate, fruit larger, and not narrowed to the base. The lower 

 part of the stem is almost or quite glabrous, often with small 

 elevations where the scanty trichomes have fallen away. 



Aealiace^. 



Scheffiera Forbesii Eidl., sp. nov. Arbor medius, caule 

 ad apicem 2 cm. crasso. Folia 9-11-foliolata, petiolis 18 cm. 

 longis, petiolulis 2-5-3'5 cm., furfuraceis, pilis pallidis ad basin 

 verticillatis, foliolis oblongis, lanceolatis, cuspidatis, obtusis, 

 basibus cuneatis, coriaceis, glabris, 13 cm. longis, 4-5 cm. latis 

 vel minoribus, marginibus incrassatis, nervis 6 paribus. Stipulae 

 lanceolataB, acuminatae, 2-5 cm. longae, pilis magnis ad bases. 

 Panicula magna, 24 cm. vel ultra longa, ramis pluribus, remotis 

 45 cm. longis. Pedunculi umbellarum 1-1-5 cm. longi. Pedicelli 

 5 mm. longi. Ovarium semi-ovoideum, 1 mm. longum. Discus 

 rugulosus, undulatus, coriaceus. Petala 5, transverse oblonga, 

 truncata, latiora quam longiora, pallida, 1 mm. longa. Stamina 5, 

 flava, antheris latis oblongis, filamentis brevissimis antheris 

 sequilongis. Bacca 5 mm. longa, oblonga, apice convexa, 5-loba, 

 5-locularis, stigmatibus brevissimis. Semen semilunars, basi lato, 

 superne acuminatum. 



British New Guinea, Mt. Sogere ; H. 0. Forbes, 297, 651. 



Fruit purplish pink. 



Allied to S. Junghuhnii Miq., but the stamens are much 

 shorter and the disc is flatter. 



Schefilera bractescens Eidl., sp. nov. Caulis palhdus, 1 cm. 

 crassus. Foha 10-foliolata, petiolis validuHs, petiolulis 6-8 cm. 

 longis, foliolis tenuibus, papyraceis, lanceolatis, apicibus cuspi- 

 datis, basibus cuneatis, glabris, nervis 5-6 paribus, tenuibus, 

 16-18 cm. longis, 7-8 cm. latis. Panicula 30 cm. longa, ramis 

 dissitis, gracilibus, 15-20 cm. longis. Bracteao ad bases ramorum 

 lanceolatse, obtusas, albo-hirsutae, 1*5 cm. longae, 3 mm. latae. 

 Pedunculi 1cm. longi, dissiti. Umbellse circiter 6-florie, pedicellis 



