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glandula '35 mm. long. Folliculi 16 cm. long., juxta medium 

 5-6 mm. lat., superne gradatim angustati, puberuli. 



This is perhaps near H. montana Schlechter, but the foliage 

 and flowers are different in several respects. 



Hoya (§ Eu-Hoya) pachypus, sp. nov. Caule scandenti 

 crasso distanter folioso glabro, foliis petiolatis late ovato-oblongis 

 interdum fere subquadratis utrinque rotundatis apice ssepe mucro- 

 natis crasse coriaceis pag. utraque glabris, umbellis circiter 20-floris, 

 pedunculis incrassatis glabris foliis multo brevioribus, pedicellis 

 teneris puberulis pedunculis subaequilongis.floribus submediocribus, 

 calyce quam corolla plane breviori segmentis ovato-lanceolatis 

 obtusis extus puberulis, corolla rotata ultra medium lobata lobis 

 deltoideo-ovatis acutis marginem versus pag. sup. papillosis alibi 

 glabris, corona parva a gynostegio facile superata phyllis horizon- 

 talibus apice (interne) erectis obtusiusculisque superne ovatis 

 necnon planis postice (externe) obtusis lateribus reflexis angustis, 

 polliniis oblongis obtusis glandulse parvae anguste oblongge 

 conjunctis. 



British New Guinea, Sogers Eegion ; H. 0. Forbes, sine no. 



Caules 5 mm. diam., in sicco subquadrangulares, dilute brunnei. 

 Folia 6'5-8 x 4-5 cm., siccitate brunnescentia ; costa media subtus 

 prominens ; nervatio baud perspicua ; petioli validi, superne 

 canaliculati, puberuli, circa 1"5 cm, long., 2 mm. crass. Pedunculi 

 1-2 cm. long., usque ad 2 mm. diam. ; inflorescentise axis incras- 

 satus 4-12 mm. long. Pedicelli 1-1*5 cm. long. Calyx 2 mm. 

 long. Corolla pansa 8 mm. diam. ; pars indivisa 1-5 mm. long., 

 lobi 2 mm. Corona (sensu radiato) summum modo 1 mm. long. 

 Pollinia '65 mm., glandula '3 mm. long. 



The relatively short and broad leaves with the small flowers 

 and reduced corona shorter than the gynostegium are the chief 

 points of the species. 



ACANTHACE^. 



Ruellia (Leptosiphonium) Forbesii, sp. nov. Caule herbaceo 

 erecto tetragono puberulo dein glabrescente, foliis amplis petiolatis 

 oblongo-ovatis prope apicem angustatis apice obtusis basi rotun- 

 datis nisi obtusis margine undulatis firme membranaceis supra 

 glabris leviterque nitentibus subtus opacis necnon subobsolete 

 puberulis, floribus magnis in axillis summis solitariis vel cymam 

 brevem terminalem perpaucifloram efformantibus, bracteis bracteo- 

 lisque lineari-subulatis ut pedicelli quam calyx plane brevioribus, 

 calycis alte partiti segmentis linearibus acuminatis puberulis, 

 corolloe tubo maxime elongato attenuato extus pubescente limbo 

 tubo multo breviore hujus lobis suborbicularibus, ovario oblongo 

 ut stylus glabro, ovulis quove in loculo 16. 



British New Guinea, Mt. Sogere, at 2000 ft. ; H. 0. Forbes, 

 839 a. 



Folia summum 12 x 5-5 cm., sa^pius vero minora, sc. + 8 x 

 3"5 cm., in sicco griseo-viridia, pagina utravis cystolithis copiose 

 inspersa. Pedicelli + 5 mm. long., validi. Bracteoe ± 5 mm., 

 bracteolae circiter 3 mm. long. Calyx 18 mm. long. ; segmenta 

 16 mm. long., sub lente minute puberula. Corolla dilute flava ; 



