DR. IT. O. FORBES'S NEW GUINEA. RITBIACE^ 69 



formes longe pedicellati siiblieves minute appresse griseo-pubescentes, 

 a cali/cis lobis conspicuis oblongis coroiiati apice rotundatis pro rata 

 longiusculis, albovirides. 



Mt. Meroka, 2300 ft. Fr. April. No. 906 ! 



"A climber. Fruit whitish green." A flowering branch 24 cm. 

 long is barely 3 mm. Leaves 9 cm. X 4'5 cm. ; petiole l"o cm. long. 

 Peduncles articulated to short axillary branches about the same 

 length, that become later grappling-hooks, 1"5 cm. long; pedicels 

 5 Jiim. or even longer ; fruit about 1'5 cm. long, 2'5 mm. in the 

 thickest part. Cali/x 2 mm. long, the lobes occupying about two- 

 thirds of this length. 



Distinct in the rather striking colouring of the leaf and veins, 

 differing from U. attenuata Korth., its nearest ally, in the glabrous 

 leaf-surface, the shape of the calj^x-lobes, and the un-ribbed, smooth 

 ^^ruLts. 

 ""T JJ. pediceUata Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 520. 



A climbing shrub, with greenish-gamboge flowers. Sogere hills, 

 _200(Ifeet, 20 October. No.l04! 



U.ferrea DC. Pro'd. iv. 348. No. 863 ! 



Dolicholobium Forbesii, sp. nov, 



Frutex magnus, ramis foliorum deciduorum cicati'icibus densissime 

 obovatis ad ellipticis notatis, crassis, fere ad apicem cortice rugose 

 lignoso indutis, novissimis obscure ferrugineo-pilosis. Folia papy- 

 racea utrinque in maturitate glaberrima, subtus discoloria, utrinque 

 subtus praesertim venis primariis (lateralibus 9) conspicuis reticula- 

 tione transversa subtus notabili, plerumque in ramulorum apicibus 

 dense aggregata, petiolata, oblanceolata, brevissime acuminata basin 

 versus in petiolum modestum leviter angustata ; stipulce magnse 

 coriacese longe oblongo-lanceolatse dorso densissime aureo-sericeae. 

 Flores albi in umbellis axillis in superioribus ±4-floris dispositi 

 pedunculatis, bracteis caducissimis, pedunculis stipulis suba?quantibus 

 graciliusculis, qua pedicelli rufo-hirtellis tenues laterales a^quilongi. 

 Cahfx tubularis truncatus extus aureo-sericeus limbi margine ciliato- 

 piloso, vix ovarii in anthesin dimidium a;quans longe cylindrici basi 

 turbinati. Corollce tubus breviter e ealyce exsertus validiusculus 

 extus appresse griseo-pubescens, lobis patentibus oblongis apice obtu- 

 sissiinis, intus hevibus glaberrimis fuscis, extus argenteo-sericeo-pilosis. 

 Fructus longissimus teres lineari-cylindricus angustissimus, minutis- 

 sime obsolete papilloso-pubescens, in siccitate ferrugineus, a calycis 

 parte basali persistente ciliato coronatus, basi leniter angustatus. 

 Semina planata elliptica, alis longis angustis onusta duobus sub- 



Mt. Gawada, 3000 feet. No. 853 ! 



Distinguished from its most nearly allied species, D. oxylohum 

 K. Sch. and Laut., especially in the sharply truncate calyx. Leaves 

 14-21 cm. X 5-7 cm. broad above the middle ; petiole 1-1-5 cm. long ; 

 stipules nearly 3 cm. long and 7 mm. broad. Peduncle up to 3 era. 

 long ; pedicels of the middle flowers very short, of the lateral flowers 

 2-2'7 cm. Calj/x 5 mm. deep, 3 mm. wide at the mouth ; ovari/ 

 1-4 cm. long. 25 mm. in diameter of the cross-section. C'oro//«-tube 



