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aeveral other congeuervS — thus a tranait is offercd fco Dubouzetia, which. 

 indeecl , may well bc regarded as a subgenus of Elaeocarpiis, the val- 

 vulär dehiscense of the endocarp being complete in Dubouzetia, accor- 

 ding to the observations of Brongniart and Gris, while a close 

 approach to its infloi'escence is shown by Elaeocarpus Bancroftii ; the 

 flowers of the latter however, resemble externally those of E. Guillainii 

 (Vieillard) from New Caledonia, though the normally tetramerous calyx 

 and corolla are quite exceptional in the genus Elaeocarpus, nor are 

 they occurring in Dubouzetia, and remind one of Sloanea, with which 

 our new Elaeocarpus agrees also in inflorescence. 



Incidentally it may be here observed, that the discovery of a vexy 



particular Sloanea in New Guinea (S. paradisearum, F. v. M., Papuan 



plants, L, 84) has strengthened the view, expressed by the writer of 



these lines already in 1864, that Echinocarpus should be subjugated to 



Sloanea. This opinion is also shared by Dr. von Szyszylowicz, 



who in a recent study of Tiliaceae (Engler's Botanische Jahrbücher. 



VI. 454) likewise unites Echinocarpus with Sloanea, but. who, on the 



same occasion. feit inclined to refer Aristotelia Braithwaitii , F. v.M. 



(Wing's Southern Science Record, Aug., 1881) to Elaeocarpus, not having 



seen specimens which would have demonstrated to this excellent in- 



vestigator the intenability of that opinion.] 



Miieller, Baron Ferd. von, Description of a new Papuan Vacciniaeeous Plant. 



(From Wing's Southern Science Record. Vol. II. [New Series.] February. 



1886.) 



[Agapetes Moorhousiana. 

 (Dimorphanthera Moorhousiana.) 



Branchlets beset with dark short spreading hairs ; leaves on short 

 stalks, ovate lanceolar, entire, acuminate, flat, glabrous except at the 

 base, pal er beneath, two of the longitudinal nerves on each side of the 

 midrib more prominent beneath, main-areoles of veins large; pedicels 

 about as long as the flowers, thinly filiform, glabrous, bearing two 

 minute bracteoles above the base ; calyx small , its tube hemispheric, 

 not angular; limb entire, expanding; corolla red, rather membranous, 

 almost bell-shaped, outsicle slightly downy ; lobes nearly deltoid, niuch 

 shorter than the tube; stamens about three times shorter than the 

 corolla. five larger, alternating with as many smaller, all in one row ; 

 filaments closely approximated, but disconnected, flat, pubescent ; anthers 

 hardly longer than the filaments, the larger bifid to the middle and 

 two-celled, the smaller undivided and one-celled, the cells turgid, acute 

 at the base and summit, each opening at its upper part anteriorly by 

 a large pore ; style glabrous , about as long as the corolla ; stigma 

 truncated; epigenous disk annular, velvety; ovary five-celled, with very 

 numerous ovules in each cell. 



South-eastern New Guinea; Rev. James Chalmers. 



Probably an epiphyte. Leaves (two only seen) about 3 inches long 

 and nearly one inch broad, of cliartaceous consistence when dry, the 

 longitudinal nerves starting from the lower portion of the midrib. 

 Flowers probably in fascicles, unless solitary. Stalklets of flowers about 

 one inch long, jointed with the calyx. Bracteoles ovate - lanceolar. 

 Flowering calyx not fully i/* inch wide. Corolla about 3,4 inch long, 

 glabrous inside. Filaments of the larger stamens considerably broader 

 than the other. Anthers towards their base dorsifixed. yellowish, hardly 

 1/8 inch long, the larger almost obcordate-sagittate ; the connective not 

 extending beyond the sinus ; the cells of all nearly four times longer 

 than broad , without any appennages ; the single cells of the smaller 

 anthers interjacent to those of the larger on each side , the whole 

 closely fitting (while the stamens are in bud) into one continuous mass, 

 the pores of the larger anthers mutually contiguous , and the single 

 pore of the small anther also in immediate approach beneath. Style 

 very slender, sometimes twisted at the base. Placentas and ovules 

 normal. Kipe fruit unknown. 



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