I)E. H. O. FORBES'S XEW GUINEA BUBTACE.il 75 



Altliough the material includes but two finiits beside a portion of 

 the shoot, there is but little doubt that this species has not been 

 described before. It belongs to the section Gynopachys, and is allied 

 to R. anisoplnjUu Jack. The most distinctive characters are the 

 almost sessile leaves, 2U-30 cm. long and 10-14 cm. wide; considerably 

 above the middle, in most cases; also the shape of the fruit, which is 

 attenuate at the base, 3-5 cm. high and 2"5 cm. in diameter. The 

 whole fruiting branch (exclusive of the fruit itself) does not exceed 

 2*6 cm. The stipules are shortly slieathing at the base, 1 cm. long 

 and 7 mm. wide. 



B audi a, sp. 



No. 40 ! collected, in fruit, in the middle of October at 2500 feet, 

 is apparently allied to the preceding, but the material is inadequate 

 for certain description. 



Gardenia GjeUerupii Val. in Xov. Guin. viii. 758. 

 Sogere. No. 4u7 ! 



Gardenia tropidocarpa, sp. nov. 



Arbor inter majores, omnino nisi corolla novitatibus ipsis glaber- 

 rimus, glutinaceo-nitens, ramulis validis, juniorib.us coinplanatis obtuse 

 angulatis sulcati.s, in siccitate nigi'escentibus. Folia majuscula firme 

 pergaraacea. supra nitentia. elliptica brevissime obtuse acuminata 

 basi acuta, petiolo angulato-complanato longiusculo ; venai primaria? 

 utrinque prominulie, laterales utrinque ca. 12, reticulatione inter- 

 veniente pra?sertim subtus notabili : stipiil<£ ^Qvawra. alte in vaginam 

 subscarioso-membranaceam connatte parte inferiori longiuscule per- 

 sistente, insuper oblongo-triangulares subito late truncatse necnon 

 brevissime sinuato-2-8-dentatae;. Flores terminales solitarii majus- 

 culi, ovario anguste infundibulai-i, basin in pedicellum brevem 

 insensim desinente, validissime necnon acutissime carinis 5-6 pro- 

 minentissimis onusto, insuper calyce coronato fere ad basin in lobis 

 magnis foliaceis ovato-lanceolatis diviso longe acurainatis apice 

 obtusis, ])ersistente. Corollce tubus rectissime angustus insuper brevis- 

 sime sub lobos latissime subito dilatatus, extus minute subcrystallino- 

 jmbescens, canaliculatus, parum calycera longitudine excedens, intus 

 infra staminum pubeseens, lobi ± 8 obovato-lanceolati, tubum fere 

 aequantes basin versus tubo in junctionem latum leniter acuminati, 

 apice rotundati minute apiculati. >Sfai>iiua in ore inserta antheris 

 linearibus })arte superlore (vix longitudinis quarto) exserta cum 

 styli apice valide obconice incrassato, obtuse + 8 breviter partito 

 stigmatifero. Fritcti/s (n. 738) 5-valvatus late ovoideus ovarii 

 carinis jam alis brevibus formantibus tamen conspicuis, endocarpio 

 crustiiceo-lignoso. Semiiia nuraerosissima valde complanata elliptica 

 testii minute necnon manifeste foveolata. 



Mt. Woriwori, about 5000 feet. Fr. Feb., no. 738! FL, 

 no. 02(5 ! 



A large tree, evidently abounding in mucilaginous matter, with 

 yellowish-green fruit. Leaves 11-20x6-10 cm. ; petiole 1 5-2"5 cm. 

 Stipule just below a terminal flower, 7 mm. long, 6-7 mm. broad 

 above the base ; the obh)ng sheath i*cupies nearly 3 mm, of this 



