PLANTS NOV^ PAPUANS 291 



2 mm. longis. Ovarium breve, turbinatum. Calycis margo vix 

 distincta, Integra. Corolla et stamina non visa. Bacca carnosa, 

 5-angularis, 5-locularis, apice convexo, stigmatibus brevibus. 



British New Guinea, Mt. Sogere, at 2500 ft.; H. 0. Forbes, 47. 



" Small tree." 



Allied to Sell, polybotrya Miq., but the leaves are thinner in 

 texture, and the large bracts at the base of the branches of the 

 panicle are not to be seen in that species. 



Myesinace^. 



Msesa rubens, sp. nov. Arbuscula, ramulis sat validis crebro 

 lenticelliferis, foliis ovato-oblongis sub apice cuspidato-attenuatis 

 margine obscure undulatis chartaceis utrinque glabris punctisque 

 prominulis destitutis, racemis in axillis foliorum vivorum nisi jam 

 delapsorum solitariis paucisve quam folia certe brevioribus laxifioris 

 gracilibus glabris, pedicellis floribus longioribus, bracteis parvulis 

 ovatis, calycis 5-meri alte partiti segmentis late ovatis obtusissimis 

 minute crenulatis subtiliter rubro-lineatis necnon juxta marginem 

 punctatis, corolla fere medium usque divisa lobis semi-orbiculari- 

 bus per anthesin refiexis rubro-lineatis, staminibus subinclusis 

 paullo infra fauces corollas insertis filamentis quam antheras 

 brevioribus medio dorsifixis, ovario h infero, stylo brevi, stigmate 

 obtuso. 



British New Guinea, Mt. Sogere, 3000 ft. ; H. 0. Forbes, 90. 



Arbuscula sec. cl. Forbes + 20 ped. alt. Folia usque ad 

 16 X 7 cm., saepe vero minora sc. 12 x 5 cm., supra in sicco 

 griseola, subtus rubiginosa, obscure imperfecteque reticulata, 

 costae laterales in toto 12 marginem versus arcuatae, ut costa 

 centralis pag. inf. eminentes ; petioli validi, superne excavati, 

 summum 1 cm. long. Eacemi 3-5 raro 6 cm. long. Pedicelli 

 modice 2 mm. long. Bracteae -5 mm. long. Calyx 1-25 mm. long. 

 Corolla dilute viridis, 1-75 mm. long. ; tubus 1 mm. ; lobi -75 mm. 

 long. ; basi 1 mm. lat. Antherge ovatte, obtusissimae, "5 mm. long. 

 Ovarium 1 mm. long., superne rugatum. Stylus incurvus, circa 

 •4 mm. long. 



Near M. protracta F. Muell., also from British New Guinea, 

 which has longer stalked lanceolate leaves and flowers different 

 in several respects. M. lavigata Scheff., with larger similar 

 foliage has, according to the description, more shortly pedicelled 

 flowers, acute sepals and acute anthers. 



Ardisia (Acrardisia) Forbesii, sp. nov. Fruticosa, ramosa, 

 ramis patentibus subteretibus basi dilatata cauli insidentibus 

 microscopice lepidotis, foliis petiolatis obovato-oblongis acumina- 

 tis apice obtusis basi obtusis margine crenulatis chartaceis utro- 

 bique glabris punctulis prominulis omnino destitutis (rarissime 

 perpaucis prope apicem sitis donatis), floribus pro rata parvis 

 in paniculas terminales foliis saepius breviores subtilissime ferru- 

 gineas ordinatis, inflorescentiis partialibus pluribus umbellatis 

 corymbosisve, pedicellis gracilibus calyces excedentibus, calycis 

 segmentis per anthesin apertis ultra medium sejunctis ovatis 



