DK. H. O. FORBES'S NEW GUINEA RUBIACEJl 71 



aurantiaci inter minores subsessiles, extus glaberrimi, cymis in multi- 

 floris subcorymbose laxiuscule dispositi, peduncellis primariis conspicue 

 elongatis quadrangularibus subterminalibus, basi subito contractis ; 

 hraxtecs setaeeas inferiores longiusculse. Calyx breviter spinuloso- 

 dentatus in ovarium angastum desinens basi leniter angustatus ; dentis 

 in loco saepe lamina anguste elliptica onustus petaloidea, basi in 

 petiolum gracilem longum attenuata, apice parmn acuminata, sub- 

 glabra tlava. GorolloB glaberrimas tubus gracilis, infra medium 

 staminum in regione dilatatus, insuper leniter nee tamen multo 

 oblonge limbum patentem versus inflatus, lobi breves triangulari-ovati 

 breviter apiculato-acuminati apicem versus praesertim flavo-barbellati. 



Sogere. No. 5 ! 



I have named this species in honour of General Sir Peter Scratchley, 

 the first governor of our possessions in New Guinea, whose keen 

 interest in this expedition led him to visit the locality in person, and 

 to promise a generous subsidy — a promise which, unfortunately, was 

 not ratified by his successor after Sir Peter's sudden death a few months 

 later. This species is remarkable for its almost completely glabrous 

 inflorescence, the nearly orbicular leaves and chaffy stipules, short 

 calyx-lobes, and small corolla. Leaves 12-15 cm. x 7-9 cm., with 

 stalks to 3 cm. or longer : stipules M mm. x4 mm. (at base). Tube 

 of calyx-Y\m\:)^ in mature flower, about 1 mm. long, the teeth about 

 the same length ; ovary 5 mm. long ; petaloid calyx-lobe, 4-5 cm. x 

 2-2'5 em., with stalk 1-1"5 cm. long, Co ro//f? -tube 2*2 cm. long ; 

 limb 8-10 mm. in diameter. A small shrub with orange flowers. 



Lucinsea Forbesii, sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, ramulis gracilibus striatis teretibus. Folia sub- 

 coriacea parva elliptica acuminata nonnunquam caudata apiee subacuta 

 basi acuta, petiolo longiuseulo gracillimo ; vena? primariee utrinque 

 prominulcB, lateralibus utrinque 5, reticulatione subtus priesertim inter- 

 veniente notabili ; stipulce late brevissirae vaginantes brevissime 

 necnon acuminatie apice acutaj, plus minus persistentes. Capitula 

 pedunculis in axillaribus brevissimis disposita rigidiusculis validiusculis 

 pubescentibus, ca. 14-flora ; \\\ fructu fusco-viridi nitentia, calyce 

 obscvire obtuse lobulato coi'onato persistente. 



Mount Woriwori, about 5000 feet. No. 712 ! ■ 



Although no flowers are present, the sole specimen being in fruit, 

 its characters differ fundamentally from those of any species described 

 previously. Notable features are the large fruiting heads, nearly 2 cm. 

 in diameter, on sbort peduncles only a few millimetres long at most, 

 and the shining leathery leaves, 0-S em. x 2'5-3'3 cm., with very 

 slender stalks, 1 em. or more in length. 



Urophyllt'm. This genus is represented by a large number of 

 species in the Peninsula and islands of Malaya, but only four have 

 been recorded for New Guinea — three from the Dutch (western) ter- 

 ritory, and one from the German, Kaiser Wilhelmsland, in the north- 

 east. Dr. Forbes collected the following large-leaved species upon 

 three of the mountains in the district ; it differs radically from any of 

 those previously described. 



