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Family LABIATE. 



Anisomeles salvifolia R. Br. Por: Moresby. A very robust 

 form common on the hills about the town. Mueller (Pap. PI., 

 i (iii), 45) records this from Damley Island, which is, however, 

 in Queensland temtory. 



*Hyptis sauveolens Poit. C. T. White, Queens. Agric. 

 Journ., xii, n.s. 141, pi. 16 (1919). Port Moresby. A very 

 common weed. 



Coleus scutellarioides Benth. F. Muell. Pap. PI, ii (vi), 15. 

 Sogeri. 



Ocimum basilicum Linn. 0. sanctum Bail. Ann. Rep. 

 B.N.G. 1900-01, 143 {non Linn.). Port Moresby; [Cape 

 Nelson, G. R. Le Hunte]. A strongly scented herb ; a common 

 weed in native gardens, etc. ; Avorn b}^ men in armlets, especially 

 at native dances. 



0. sanctum Linn. F. Muell. Pap. PL, i (v), 90 ; Bail. 

 Rep. Visit B.N.G. , 27, 28 ; {Moschosma poly stazhy urn Bail, in 

 Queens. Agric. Journ., xxiii, 148, and xxiv, 120 non. Benth). 

 Yule Island ; [Port Moresby, E. Cowley ; Boku, Mrs. H. P. 

 Schlencker]. 



Orthosiphon stamineus Benth. F. Muell. Pap. PI., i (iii), 

 45 ; Bail. Rep. Visit B.N.G., 27, 28. Sogeri. 



Family SOLANACE^. 



Solanum viride R. Br. F. MueU. Pap. PI., ii (viii), 49. 

 tSogeri. 



S. verbascifolium Ait. F. Muell. Pap. PI., i (iii), 44 ; Bail. 

 Queens. Agric. Journ., xxiii, 220. Port Moresby. 



[S. torvum Sw. Hemsley Kew Bull. 1899, 107 ; S. stelli- 

 gerum Bail, in Ann. Rep. B.N.G. 1900-01, 143 {non. Sm.). 

 Trobriand Islands, G. R. Le Hunte. 



These specimens, referred by Bailey I.e. to S. stelligerum, represent 

 to my mind typical S. toi-vmn.] 



S. torvum Sw. Sogeri. A common Solanum in secondary 

 growth, height about 10 ft., flowers white, berries about 

 4 lines (9 mm.) in diameter, but only seen green. 



This possibly represents a new species ; it approximates closely 

 a densely t-omentose form growing in the Philippines. I wrote Mr. 

 Merrill, Director, Bureau of Science, Manila, P.I., about these Papuan 

 specimens, and he replied : "I note your query in reference to S. torvum. 

 The specimens certainly very strongly resemble Philippine material which 

 I have referred to this species fcr want of a better disposition of such 

 material. We have typical S- torvum in the Philippines growing in 

 waste places and ab.Dit town?. It is erect, branched, suffrute scent. 



