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RHYNCHOSPORA GLAUCA Vahl, Enum. ii. 233. 



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

 5563. Edge of beach by ? lake. Fl. Dec. 5899. 



Distrib. Tropics of: both hemispheres. 



*GAHNIA PSITTACORUM Labill. Nov. Holl. PI. i. 89, t. 115. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, Koebre ridge, undergrowth in summit forest, 

 9000'. Fr. (red). Dec. 5635. Edge of forest and stunted on open burnt 

 summit, '50-3 m., 9000'. Fl. 5615. Edge of forest and spinneys by 

 ? lake, 7000'. Fl. Fr. (red & yellow). 5585. Open edge of sandy 

 beach by ? lake. Fr. (yg.). 5914. S.W. ridge, running up to Angi 

 lakes, in moss-grown forest, 8500'. Fl., Fr. (yg.). 6007. 



Distrib. Australia, Tasmania. 



*CAREX GAUDICHAUDIANA Kth. Enum. PI. ii. 417. 



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

 5898. 



Distrib. Alpine regions of Australasia. 



PALM.E. (0. BECCABI.) 



KENTIA GIBBSIANA Becc., sp. nov. 



Caudice procero ; frondium vagina dense tomentosa ; seginentis concinne pecti- 

 natis sequidistantibus, rigide chartaceis, 1-costulatis, inferioribus angustissimis in 

 acumen filiforme terminatis ; intermediis linearibus, 50-55 cm. longis, 2'5 cm. ktis, 

 apice inaequali et bifidis ; superioribus sensim minoribus, apice truncatis et prsemorso- 

 dentatis ; spadicibus duplicato-ramosis, ramis floriferis glabris, alterne inter glomerulos 

 compressiusculis ; floribus usque ad apicein glomerulato-3nis, glomerulis oppositis et 

 decussatis ; floribus masculis 12-15 mm. longis ; calyce parvo acute tridentato ; 

 petalis lanceoktis et acuminato-subfalcatis ; staminibus 6-8; antheris sinuose 

 lanceolato-acuininatis, acutis vel subaristatis, filamento brevissimo suffultis ; ovarii 

 rudimento brevi, 3-corne ; floris feminei calyce subtruncato, sepalis rotundatis 

 brevibus, petalis e basi late imbricata abrupte in acumen trigonum crassum valvatum 

 contractis ; fructibus ovatis, parvis, vertice minute mammillato. 



A fine Palm with a relatively slender trunk, up to 30 m. high, and with 

 the crown rising above the level of the primeval forest. Leaves about 

 two metres long. Leaf-sheaths about 60 cm. long, coriaceous^ thicker on 

 their backs, strongly striate longitudinally internally and outside (in the dry 

 condition^, but internally glabrous, and externally clothed with a thick, soft, 

 rusty tomentum. Petiole flat above at its base, rounded beneath, and with 

 acute margins ; rhachis acutely trigonous in the intermediate and apical 

 parts, scabrid-furfuraceous. Leaflets numerous, equidistant, neatly bifarious, 

 alternate, 4-5 cm. apart on each side of the rhachis, rather stiff, thinly 

 coriaceous, of the same colour on boih surfaces, linear-ensiform, slightly 

 narrowing in thoir lower parts, with the margins reduplicate at the rather 



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