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Family VITACE^E. 



Cissus trifolia (Linn.) K. Sch. Vitis trifolia Linn. ; F. 

 Muell. Pap. PL, i (v), 86. Port Moresby. 



C. pedata Lam. Vitis pedata Wall. Astrolabe Range. 



[C. discolor Lam. Vilis cordata Bail. Queens. Agric. Joum., 

 iii, 154, 1898 {non Wall.) Mambare River, F. M. Bailey. 



I have little hesitation in referring Bailey's plant to C. discolor. The 

 leaf in the dried cpecimens shows no white marking, but these are not 

 always present. Bailey I.e. describes the inflorescence as red, a character 

 of some forms of C. discolor.] 



Leea sambucina Willd. Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 27, 28. 

 Port Moresby ; Astrolabe Range. It is recorded for Damley 

 Island by Mueller in his '" Papuan Plants," i (iii), 36, but 

 this is in Queensland territory. 



L. aequata Linn. Sogeri. 



Family TILIACE^. 



Grewia orientalis Linn. F. Muell. Pap. PI., ii (viii), 41. 

 Port Moresby ; Yule Island. 



G. latifolia F. Muell. Port Moresby. 



Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. F. Muell. Pap. PL, ii (ix), 

 56 ; Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 27. Port Moresby ; Yule Island. 



T. pilosa Roth. F. Muell. Pap. PL, ii (ix), 56. Javararie ; 

 Mafulu. 



T. semitriloba Linn. Bail. Queens. Agric. Journ., xxiii, 

 220. 



Althoffia pleiostigma (F. Muell.) Warb. {Grewia pleio- 

 stigma F. Muell.) ; F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iv), 58. Sapphire 

 Creek. A very pretty tree with lavender-coloured flowers. 



A. tetrapyxis K. Sch. Astrolabe Range ; Mafulu. 



I veiy much doubt if these two species of Althoffia can be kept 

 distinct. My specimens of the former are in flower, of the latter in 

 fruit. We also have fruiting specimens of A. tetrapyxis from Mrs. 

 Schlencker, collected at Boku, with the remark, " Bears small white 

 flowers" ; so I have refrained from uniting them until more definite 

 information is to hand. 



Family MALVACEAE. 

 Abutilon auritum G. Don. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (iv), 55. 

 Port Moresby. Very common in the native gardens. 



