89 



spikes to 1*7 cm, long, I'l cm. in diameter ; peduncle to 2*5 cm. long, 

 3-5 mm. thick. Carpels 3 mm. long, about 1 mm. thick. 



Recalls the Philippine species F. rnsifolia Merrill in its foliage and female 

 spikes, but the dwarf fertile branches with the large spathe-bracts are 

 distinctive. 



PANDANUS sp. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, isolated or gregarious, general in forest by ? 

 lake, 7000'. Fl. 3 . Dec. 5969. 



"About 30 m. in height, with branched and unbranched crowns. Leaf 

 3'75 m. long. Pedicel of the $ inflorescence 4 dm. long. $ flowers 

 yellow ; ? not seen or fruit." Possibly a new species, but the material is 

 too incomplete for determination. 



G R A M i N E &. (A. B. RENDLE.) 



ISCH.EMUM ARISTATUM L., var. ARFAKENSE Rendle, var. nov. 



Planfa circa 1 metralis, nodis et foliovum (superiorum) vaginis glabris. Spices 

 approximate, 7-9*5 cm. long*. Callus et pedicellus spicularum pilis albis instructi, 

 spicul* glabrse. Spiculce sessiles, gluma prima nodulis marginalibus saepius 3 

 obsoletis uno latere notata, 7 mm. longa. Spiculce pedicellate, gl. prima aequilonga, 

 glaberrima, gl. quarta aristam imperfectam ipsa breviorem gerens. 



Hab. Artak Mts., Angi lakes, open marsh by ? lake, 7000'. Fl. Dec. 

 5564, 5719. 



ISACHNE MILIACEA Roth, Nov. PI. Sp. 58. 



Arlak Mts., Angi lakes, in open by ? lake, 7000'. Fr. Dec. 5916. 

 Distrib. East India. 



SETARIA GLAUCA Beauv. Agrost. 51 ; Schum. & Laut. 180 ; Ridl. in 



Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ix. (191(5) 248. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, open marsh by ? lake, 7000'. Fr. Dec. 5560. 

 Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss; N.E.). Cosmopolitan. 



TRISKTUM LATIFOLIUM Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, But. ix. (1916) 250. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, in open marsh by ? lake, 7000'. Fl. Dec. 

 5900. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss). 



CYPERACE^. (A. B. RENDLE.) 



*BULBOSTYLIS CAPiLLARis Kth., var. TRIFIDA V. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. India, 652. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, common in open marsh by ? lake, 7000'. Fl. 

 Dec. 5565. 



Distrib. Wide in tropical and subtropical regions. 



