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Family ANONACE^. 



[Uvaria purpurea (Bl.) var. neoguineensis (Engl.) Diels. 

 {U. neoguineensis Engl.) Boku, Mrs. H. P. Schlencker.] 



Eupomatia laurina R. Br. F. Muell. Pap. PL, ii (vii), 26. 

 Astrolabe Range. 



Several other Anonacefe were collected, but as thej- are in finiit only 

 it is impossible to trace the species do\vn; there are also several other 

 Papuan Anonacese in the Qvieensland Herbarium in like condition. 



Family MYRISTICACE^. 



Myristica subalulata Miq. Warb. Monogr. Myristic, 486. 

 'Sogeri District ; Mafulu. 



Family LAURACE^. 

 Litsea calophyllantha K. Sch. Dilava. 



My specimens are in fruit only but the leaves agree well with 

 •specimens collected by Dr. Karl Weinland. The frviits (not previously 

 described) are — Elliptic, about 1 in. {2"5 cm.) long and 1 in. (1-2 cm.) 

 long, seated on the slightly enlarged calyx. 



Cryptocarya triplinervis R. Br. Yule Island. 



Differs from the typical Australian C. triplinervis in the under 

 surface of the leaves only being thinly pubescent with tufts of hairs 

 in the axils of the primary veins. Some Xorth Queensland specimens 

 are inclined to be glabrescent but not to so marked a degree as the 

 Papuan plant. My specimens are in fruit only and when better known the 

 Papuan plant may be found worthy of varietal or even specific distinction. 



Cassytha pubescens R. Br. Port Moresby. 



My specimens are more or less densely pubescent, even on the older 

 stems. 



[C. filiformis. British NeAV Guinea — without precise 

 locality, Sir Wm. Macgregor.] 



In addition to the above my Lauracese material includes three species 

 of Cinnamomum in leaf only ; one of these — a large tree from Sogeri — 

 possesses a bark with a very strong cinnamon-like odour. 



Family CAPPARIDACEiE. 



Polanisia viscosa DC. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iv), 52 ; Bail. 

 Rep. Visit B.N.G., 27. Port Moresby. 



Capparis umbellata R. Br. Port Moresby ; Yule Island. 



C. quiniflora DC. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (i), 5 ; Lauterbach 

 Beitr. Fl. Pap., iv, 112. Port Moresby. 



