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ad nodos articulatse, mox caducse vaginam chartaceara relinquentes 

 la tarn brevissimam, margine pilis brevissimis superiore fimbriato. 

 Flores 5 sessiles in cyma bis diehotoraa secundi dispositi pauciflora, 

 pedunculo foliis multo breviore. Calycis dentes breves crassi acu- 

 tissimi anguste triangulares brevissimi tardius patentes. Fnictus 

 multilocularis, loculis radiatim dispositis, globosus, caljce persistente 

 coronatus brevissinie 5-6-dentato, kevis necnon minute primo dense 

 tandem sparsiuscule appresse pulverulento-pubescens. 



In the forest, Island of Jobie, Barclay 3594 ! 



A sbrub 8 feet higb, readily distinguished by the shape of the 

 leaves, 9-16 cm. X 5-11 em., which recall those of Guettarda 

 speciosa, and the smooth surface of the multilocular fruit. Stipiilcs 

 6 mm. X 3 mm. Peduncle of inflorescence rarely exceeding 3 mm. 

 Fruit 8 to 9 mm. in diameter. 



PsTCHOTRiA is by far the most widely and abundantly (in number 

 of species) represented genus of Rubiaceas in the tropics. Most of 

 the species are shrubs, occurring in the undergrowth of the dense 

 tropical forest. In most cases only two seeds are produced in the 

 berry ; these are relatively large, and lacking in any special mechanism 

 for dispersal ; as a consequence, the area of distribution of each 

 species is in most cases very limited. Nearly 50 species have been 

 described already for New Guinea. 



P. beccarioides, sp. nov. 



Arbor minusculus nisi floribus ipsis in novitatibus glaberrimus 

 ramis Irevibvis minute striatis teretibus, ramulis valde sulcato- 

 complanatis. Folia magna firme pergamacea elliptico-oblonga apice 

 vix acuminata potius late subacute mucronata, supra nitentia utrinque 

 glaberrima, vense cum rete prassertim subtus conspicuie, primarily 

 laterales utrinque ca. 9 intramarginaliter curvatim anastomosantes ; 

 fetiolus longus gracilis ; siipulcd subcoriaceai longiuscule oblongaj 

 acuminatse mox caducaj. Flores inter minores in cyma ebracteaia 

 abbreviata sessili dispositi laxa, ramulis validiusculis, pedicellis con- 

 spicuis nee gracilibus. Calyx depresse infundibularis limbo truncato ; 

 corollcB tubus pinguiuscvde cylindricus brevis, lobi ovati breves valde 

 reflexi. Stamina 5 antheris vix ad medium exsertis ; stiymata 2 

 folioso-complanata exserta. 



Sogere, 3000 feet. Fl. 30 October. No. 316 ! 



A small tree, with pale flesh-coloured corolla's and light red calyces. 

 Lrares about 23 cm. x 9 cm., with stalks as much as 4 cm. in length ; 

 sti^niles nearly 1*5 cm. long. Cyme roughlj' globular, 4 cm. in 

 diametei'. Calyx, with ovary, 2 mm. long ; coroUa-iwhe 3 nmi. long 

 and over 2 mm. broad, lobes 1 mm. 



Neaily allied to P. Seccarii K. Sch., but distinguished by the 

 much shorter and relatively stouter corolla, the stout inflorescence- 

 branches and pedicels, and the exserted leafy stigmas. 



P. Beccarii K. Schum. Hi/dnojiliytiim Beccarii K. Schum. in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. ix. (1887) 22i. Nn. 176, 199, of the present col- 

 lection correspond Avith the description of this species, and also with 

 Lauterhacli 114! distributed from the Berlin herbarium under the 



