1 8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OP QUEENSLAND. 



Forrestia hispida Less, and A. Rich. Fofofofo. 



For the determination of this plant I am indebted to Mr. H. N. 

 Ridley, C.M.G., F.R.S. 



Cyanotic capitata C B. Clarke. Ridl. in Journ. Bot., xxiv. 

 358. Deva Deva. 



Family LILIACEiE. 



Rhipogonum papuanum sp. no v. 



Frutex alte scandens inermis glaberquc ; foliis breviter 

 petiolatis angusto-ellipticis ca. 13-17 cm. longis et 3'5-4"5 cm. 

 latis coriaceis longe et obtusiuscule acuminatis trinervis 

 transversis et valde reticulatis, racemis axillaribus et simplicibus 

 vel terminalibus et paniculatis ; floribus pedicellatis. 



A tall glabrous climber, branchlets unarmed. Leaves 

 opposite, sub -opposite, or alternate, narrowly elliptical, 

 tapering at the apex into a rather long blunt point, prominently 

 trinerved and reticulate on both faces ; petiole often twisted. 

 3-6 lines (•7-l'3 cm.) long ; lamina 4|-6| in. (12-17 cm.) long. 

 1J-1| in. (3-4"5 cm.) broad. Racemes in the upper axils, about 

 1^ in. (4 cm.) long, bearing 2-4 (mostly 4) flowers towards the 

 top; the upper racemes forming a terminal panicle 2|-6 in. 

 (6'5-15 cm.) long, branches often subtended by a narrow bract, 

 up to § in. (1'8 cm.) long ; flowers on slender pedicels of 2-5 

 lines ("S-l'l cm.) long. Perianth unknown. Ovary glabrous. 



Between Kubunah and Fofofofo. 



The specimens are in young fruit only. In many ways it approaches 

 the North Queensland R. alburn R. Br., var. leptostachya, from 

 which, however, it uiffers in its longer more strongly veineu leaves. 

 Juaging from the description it comes very near R. Danesii Domin, but 

 differs from that species in its larger leaves, pei acellatea flower.-., and in 

 the upper racemes forming a large terminal panicle. The genus has not 

 apparently been previously recorded irom New Guinea. There appear 

 to be several forms of jB. album, perhaps representing i istinct spe- ies, in 

 Queensland, but the mater. al at my liisposal is generally oi too Irag- 

 mentary a nature to base any critical work on. 



Dracaena angustiSolia Roxb. Becc. in D'Albertis' " Ncm 

 Guinea," ii, 399 ; F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iv), 73 ; Ridl. Journ. 

 Bot., xxiv, 357. Astrolabe Range and Sogeri. 



Cordyline terminalis Kunth. F. Muell Pap. PL, i (ii), 30 ; 

 Ridl. Journ. Bot., 24, 358; Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 28; 

 Draccena terminalis Linn. Becc. in D'Albertis' "New Guinea," 

 ii, 399. Mafulu. 



Dianella caerulea Sims. Mt. Warirata. 



