5G PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OP QUEENSLAND. 



Knoxia coryml)osa Willd. F. MueJl. Pap. PI. i. (iii) 43. 

 Sapphire Creek. 



Ixora Whitei S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Arbuscula ? glabra ; ramulis ultimis aliquante com- 

 pressis distanter folios is ; foliis brevipetiolatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis superne gradatim longiuscule acuminatis apice 

 obtusis basi subrotundatis pcrgamaceis pallide nitidis glandulis 

 translucentibus permultis microscopicis prseditis costis laterali- 

 bus utrinqiie 18-22 angulis variis costse centrali insertis pag. 

 sup. vix pag. inf. (uti reticulum valde laxum) sat aspectabilibus ; 

 stipulis parvis inferne ovatis in acumen brevem subito exeunti- 

 bus ; panicula terminali foliis circiter sequilonga angusta 

 pedunculo elongato compresso insidente e cymulis paucis 

 breviter pedunculatis paucifloris sLstente hujus ramis primariis 

 suboppositis ultimis alternis uti pedicelli abbreviati validi 

 minute puberulis ; bracteis parvulis subulatis ovario pyriformi 

 quam calyx cyathiformis minutissime 4-dcnticu!atis longiore ; 

 alabastris obtusis ; coroUce tubo angustj intus in faucibus 

 glabro lobis 4 oblongis obtusis tubo sequilongLs ; antheris sub- 

 sessilibus acuminatis ; stylo pilosiusculo ramis linearibus 

 onusto . 



Mekeo District (798). 



Folia 21-25 X 6- 5-8- 5 cm., in sicco grisea ; petioli validi, 

 levissime torti, late canaliculati, 8-12 mm. long. Stipulse 

 pars lata 4 mm., acumen vix 2 mm. long. Panicula unica scru- 

 tata circa 20 X 4 cm. ; pedunculus segre 13 cm. long. ; rami 

 primarii 5-10 mm., bractese ± 2 mm. long. Pedicelli ±15 mm. 

 long. Ovarium 2 mm., calyx '5 mm. long. Corollse in sicco 

 atrse tubus 8x1 mm. ; lobi 8 mm. long. Filamenta 2-5 

 mm., antherae 7 mm. long. Stylus 11 mm., hujus rami 3 mm. 

 long. 



This is evidently close to /. timorensis Decne., its chief 

 distinctive points being the lengthily acuminate leaves, the 

 narrow inflorescence, and short thick pedicels to the flowers, 

 together with the obtuse buds and broad corolla-lobes. 



Morinda citrifolia Linn. Port Moresby (very common). 



Psychotria decorifolia S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber ; ramis compressis (deinde verisimiliter 

 subtetragonis striatulatis crebro foliosis ; foliis brevipetiolatis 

 elongatis lineari-lanceolatis longe gradatim acuminatis apice 

 acutis basin versus leviter attenuatis basi obtusis punctis 

 translucentibus minutis prseditis pergamaceis costis lateralibus 

 utrinque 16 pag. utravis inconspicuis ; stipulis majusculis 



