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I — 4.5 cm. longus, glandulis apicalibus supra 2 minutis ovatis ; stipulae lanceolatac, acuminatae, 

 membranaceae, glabiae, ad 4 cm. longac. Spicae terminales ad 10 cm. longae, laxc floriferae ; 

 rachis tenuis, sulcata, glabra, minute bracteata ; flores cf pcr totam rachidis longitudinem 

 dispositi, flores 9 prope basin rachidis pauci ; bracteae vix i mm. in diametro, membranaceae, 

 glabrae, transverse ovatae, subspathulatae truncatac, extus glandulis basilaribus 2 ovatis 

 foveolatis unitis instructae. Flores cf pedicellati, ex bractearum axillis solitarii ; pedicelli 

 2 — 2.5 mm. longi, subteretes, glabri ; scpala 2, opposita, reniformia, membranacea, glabra, 

 intégra, circa 2 mm. in diametro; stamina 10, biserialia, opposita, filamentis validis brevis- 

 simis, antheribus ovatis vix i mm. longis; flores O solitarii ex bractearum imarum axillis ; 

 pedicelli teretes, glabri, circa i cm. longi; sepala 2, inaequalia, transverse ovata, 2.5 — 3 mm. 

 longa, 4 mm. lata; ovarium ovoideum, compressum, circa 3 mm. longum plus minusvc pul- 

 verulentum; stjlus brevis, validus, leviter compressus, i — 1.5 mm. longus; stigmata valida 

 6 mm. longa, intus glandulose papillosa ; capsula 2-locularis globose ovoidea, circa 7 mm. in 

 diametro. Semen ovoideum compressum, circa 5 mm. longum, fusco-brunneum, irregulariter 

 rugosum. 



Dutch Xew Guinea : summit of Mount Wichmann, 3000 m., [Pullf. n. 1013, February 1913]. 



Homalanthus sp. 



Dutch New Guinea: Oro Ri\er valley, 1400 m., [Pulle n. 1161, February 1913]. 

 Too immature for description. Maie flowers only. 



Pimeleodendron Hassk. 



J Pimeleodendron ? papuanum Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVIIl (1893), 198; L.auterb. et K. Schu.m.wx, 

 FI. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Siidsee (1901) 408. 



Dutch Xew Guinea: North River near Bivak Island. [Pulle n. 14, September 1912]. 



Plant with maie flowers in bud only. 



Omphalea L. 

 ~ Omphalea papuana Gage n. .sp. 



Tab. CLXXXVII. 



Ramuli teretes, glabri, flavo-brunnci, 0.4 — i cm. crassi. Folia — in novellis solum visa — 

 alterna vel subopposita, moderate petiolata, minute stipulata; lamina late oblonga vel oblongo- 

 ovata, membranacea, 7 — 10 cm. longa, 4.5 — 8 cm. lata, utrinque glabra et albo-viridis, apice 

 rotundato vel subacuto, margine leviter undulato et leviter revoluto, basi rotundata ad sub- 

 cordata; costa média et costae latérales utrinque prominentes; nervi latérales costae mediae 

 utraque parte 4 — 6, saepe geniculati, leviter excurvati et intra marginem anastomosantes; 

 nervii secondarii numéros!, subparalleli ; nervuli numerosi quasi venae capillares ramulosi ; 

 petiolus subtcres, leveviridis, glaber, ad 3 cm. longus, glandulis apicalibus epiphyilis ovatis, 

 2 mm. longis, flavo-brunneis, approximatis ; stipulae minutae, triangulares. Inflorescentiae 

 latérales et terminales paniculatae, cymose ramulosae et foliose bracteatae; paniculae ad 12 

 cm. longae, parce pubescentes; ramuli floriferi ex bractearum axillis alterni ; bracteae lineare- 

 oblongae, petiolatae, ad paniculae apicem angustiores; petioli quam foliorum petiolis breviores 



