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[Musssenda sp no v. ? Village of Tina, St Joseph River ; 

 Coll. ignot. Not identified : expanded corollas required for 

 precise naming.] 



Taxenna sp. Mekeo District (789). Specimen incomplete. 



Gardenia ? sp. no v. Fofofofo. Quite unlike any Papuan 

 species hitherto described. In absence of flowers, not desirable 

 to describe. Seeds not immersed in pulp a peculiarity. (Almost 

 certainly a Gardenia.) 



Guettarda speciosa Linn. Port Moresby. 



Timonius Rumphii DC. Port Moresby, and common on 

 Astrolabe Range and Yule Island (17, 737). (Det. H. F. 

 Wemham, D.Sc.) 



T. cryptophlebus S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Arbuscula, ramulis compressis subdistanter foliosis 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis deinde glabrescentibus ; foliis brevi- 

 petiolatis oblongo-oblanceolatis obtusis basi breriter cuneatis 

 chartaceis pag. sup. minute puberulis sublenteque striatulis 

 ssepe confluentibus plus minus aspectabilibus copiose prseditis 

 pag. inf. prsesertim in costa media hirsutulo-pubescentibus 

 costis lateralibus uti reticulum pag. utriusque omnino vel fere 



omnino invisibUibus ; stipulis ; floribus pedicellis 



brevibus compressis ferrugineis insidentibus ; ovario quam 

 calyx breviter cupularLs glaber longiore cylindrico paucisulcato 

 fere glabro oo-loculari ; corollce o-merse tube late cylindrico 

 extus sordide albo-tomentoso lobis crassiusculis tubo brevioribus 

 ovato-lanceolatis apice integris bifidisv^e vel etiam bipartitis ; 

 antheris 5 inclusis prope medium tubuni insertis ; stylo robusto 

 glabro striis obviis percurso ramis 6 onustLs. 



Dilava (No. 428). 



Folia in sicco bnmnea, pleraque 7-10 X 3-4 cm., summa 

 vero minora ; petioli 1-15 cm. long., ferruginei. Pedicelli 

 verisimiliter 5 mm. long. Ovarium 2-3 X 4 mm. Calyx 1-15 

 mm. long. Corolla alba, humectata in toto 11 nun. long. ; lobi 

 soli 4 mm. ; tubus 3 mm. lat. Antherse sessiles, 3 mm. long. 

 Stylus 45 mm., hujus rami 4 mm. long. Drupa (fortasse vix 

 matura) eximie sulcata, fusca, 7 mm. diam. 



The specimen is not wholly satisfactory, the few flowers 

 and fruits being unattached, and stipules absent. Nevertheless 

 without doubt it differs in several points from all described 

 Papuan species. The striation of the leaves' upperside is a 

 good deal like that of T. avenis Valet., as figured in Nova 

 Guinea viii, t. Ixxii. 



