302 THE JOrilXAL OF EOTAXY 



II. SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT. 



Pha>'Eeogams : BY Spencer Moore, F.L.S. 



Drimys oblonga, sp. no v. {JSLagnollacefP). Arbor parva, glabra; 

 ramidis sat validis foliosis anciiDitibus ; foliis brevipetiolatis oblongis 

 vl4 obloii<n)-ovatis obtusissimis basi obtusis coriaceis costis lateralibus 

 supra paruni cniiiieiitibus subtus imi^ressis ; florihus parvis axillaribus 

 vel pseudo-teriniiialibus solitariis vel 2-3-nis ; pediceUis gracilibus 

 Horibus circiter sequilongis ; sepalis 4 inter se ina^qualibus rotundatis 

 crassiusculis ; petalis 5 quam sepala longioribus suborbicularibus ; 

 ataminihiis paucis ; carpellis solitariis truncatis. 



Hah. Dense scrub on summit of Bellenden Kei*, 5000 ft. ; 

 n. 6319. 



Arbor sesquiorgyalis. Folia 5-Q em. long., 18-25 mm. lat., supra 

 in sicco f usco-grisea subtus dilute viridi-grisea ; costa centralis pag. ' 

 sup. eminens pag. inf. plana ; costse laterales utrinque 7-8 ; costa 

 intramarginalis parum visibile ; petioli crassiusculi, 3-4 ram. long. 

 Peduneuli 3-10 mm. long. ; pedicelli 2*5 mm. long. Flores rubri, 

 7 mm. diam. Bracteai parva?, ovatse, crassiusculie, summum 2 mm. 

 long. Sepala 1 •5-2-5 mm. long, et totidem lat. Petala 3-5-4 mm. 

 long, et lat. 



Tbe mature flowers seen are but two in number and I have been 

 able thoroughly to examine one only ; this with its few and incon- 

 spicuous stamens may be functional!}- female. Only one carpel was 

 discovered, but additional material may show this to be exceptional. 



Besides the two-edged branches the foliage affords an easy means 

 of distinguishing this species. 



Garcinia Gibbsise, sp. nov. {Guttiferce). Arbor glabra; ramvUs 

 ultiniis sat tenuibus in sicco longitrorsum sulcatis ; foliis oppositis 

 pctiolatis ellij^ticis sub apice ssepe breviter cuspidatis apice ipso mucro- 

 natis basin versus cuneatis costa media subtus optime prominente 

 costis lateralibus valde numerosis sat prominentibus fere omnibus 

 aeque aspectabilibus sub angulo fere recto costae medi-de conjunctis 

 chartaceis ; florihus 2-3-nis in fasciculas verisimiliter terminales 

 breves digestis ; calycis tetraraeri paullo ultra medium partiti seg- 

 mentis suborbicularibus ; petalis 4 calycem facile superantibus oblongo- 

 obovatis crassiusculis; staminihus permultis receptaculo convexo integro 

 basi ]>etalis adnato insertis antheris subsessilibus thecis 2 longitrorsum 

 dcliiscentibus prieditis ; florihus fem. ignotis. 



JIah. Bellenden Ker, forest on long ridge; n. 6306. 



Folia 11-14x4—5-5 cm., supra in sicco grisea, subtus griseo- 

 viridia, hoi-um glandulifi resin if ersetranslucentes sparsae ; costie laterales 

 utrin(|ue circa 100 ; petioli 10-12 mm. long., crassiusculi. Fasciculi 

 ])edunculus 4 mm. long. Calyx 7 mm. long. ; hujus lobi 4 X 5-5 mm. 

 Petala lactea dein brunnea, 12 mm. long., prope apicem 7 mm. lat. 

 Andro'cium 8 mm. diam. ; anthene 1 mm. long. 



Among Queensland species this is easily distinguished from 

 G. JVarrenii F. Muell., the only one at all resembling it, h\ the very 

 numerous lateral nerves of the leaves. 



