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lanceolatis integris breviter petiolatis, petiolis incrassatis ; 

 racemis laxifloris, floribus pedicellatis, pedicellis ferrugineo- 

 pubescentibus ; perianthii segmentis 9 mm. longis fere glabris ; 

 pLstillo glabro. 



A tree, branchlets lenticellate. Leaves shortly petiolate, 

 petiole stout, 1-3 lines (2-6 mm.) long ; blade broadly lanceolate, 

 glabrous on both sides, vems and reticulations fairly prominent, 

 upper surface rather glossy, apex bluntly acuminate, 5-8 in. 

 (13-10'7 cm.) long, 2^-4} in. (6'5-ll cm.) broad, margins entire. 

 Racemes about as long as or longer than the leaves ; rhachis 

 clothed with a few ferruginous hairs. Flowers in pairs but 

 pedicels distinct to the base, pedicels li-2 lines (3-4 mm.) long, 

 thinly ferruginous-pubescent. Perianth 4 Imes (9 mm.) long, 

 glabrous except for a few bro^^"n hairs on the outer surface. 

 Ovary and style glabrous. 



Deva Deva. 



Amongst previously recorded Papuan species Hellcia laiifolia 

 approaches most closely to H. 7noluccana, which differs in its qui to 

 glabrous inflores 'ence and narrower leaves. 



Banksia dentata Linn. f. F. Muell. Pap. PI. (ii). 28; 

 Beccari in D'Albertis' '" New Guinea," 2, 398 ; Lauterbach in 

 " Beitrage zur Flora von Papuasien," iii, 334. Astrolabe 

 Range (very common). 



Family LORAXTHACE.F. 



(By W. F. Blakely, Botanical Assistant, National 

 Herbarium, Sydney.) 



LORANTHUS L. 



Subgenus I. — Euloranthus Engl. 

 Section I. — Dactyliophora van Tiegh. 

 Series I. — Euamyema Engl. — B. Cymulati. 

 Loranthus barbellatus Blakely n. sp. 



Glaber ; ramis robustis nodis subtumidis ; foliis 

 oppositis late spathulatis ; vel ellipticis, petiolatis, coriaceis. 

 5-7 nerviis, 3-9 cm. longis, 2-5 cm. latis ; cymis interaxillaribus, 

 foliis brevioribus, 3-6 ramis ; floribus in triadibus, intermediis 

 sessilibus ; pedunculo communi tenue, 15 mm. longo ; pedicellis 

 5-7 mm. longis ; calyce lato cupulare irregulariter denticulato ; 



