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pellucida. Petala 2 linearia, apicem versus dilatata. Stamina oo , valde insequalia, 

 fikmentis ligulatis. Flos $ sepak 2. Petala 2. Stamina 0. Ovaria 2-5, 

 stipitata, oblique ovata, paululum compressa ; stigma decurrens ; ovula 12-16. 



Hab. Arfak Mts., Koebre Mt., 9000', edge of shrubberies, where burnt 

 on summit. Fl., <J ? . Dec. 5651. 



This shrub showed the reddish stems and petioles with greenish-white 

 flowers so general in the genus, and was fairly abundant in the above 

 locality. In the dried specimens the ? plant has a smooth reddish cortex, 

 whereas in the $ plant it is rugulose and flecked with yellow. Leaves 

 + 6*5 cm. by 2 cm. ; neither leaves nor cortex are pungent or aromatic. 



c $ 



Drimys Beccariana Gibbs. A. $ flower ; B. Longitudinal section of carpel ; 

 C. <5 flower: magnified. 



Flowers spreading in the axils of the upper leaves on the old wood, on thin 

 pedicels, 1/8-2 cm. long. Sepals $ 4 mm. long by 3 5 mm. Petals 7 ram. 

 by 1-5 mm. Stamens 2'4 mm. long. Sepals $ 3'5 mm. by 3 mm. Petals 

 4 mm. by 1*5 mm. Ovaries 2 mm. by over 1 mm. 



This species is so near D. hatamensis Becc. ex descrip. that I concluded 

 it to be that plant. However, on sending the material to Dr. Beccari 

 for verification, he most kindly returned me, not only the accompanying 

 drawings of my species, but also a small piece of D. liatamensis for 

 comparison ; from this the new species differs in the almost obtuse, 

 coriaceous and quasi-sessile leaves, only shortly attenuated into the petiole, 

 the longer thinner pedicels, and the smaller flowers. It is a great pleasure 

 to dedicate this plant to Dr. Beccari, coming as it does from a region into 

 which he was the first botanist to penetrate, which will always be associated 

 with his name through his splendid zoological and botanical work. 



