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N E P E N T H A C E JR. (J. M. MACFARLANE.) 



NEPENTHES MAXIMA Reinw. in Ann. Sc. Nat. iii. (1824) 369, t. xx. f. 2. 

 Var. MINOR Macfarlane, var. nov. Omnibus partibus minor. 



Arfak Mia., in open marsh by ? lake, 7000', abundant. FJ., Fr. Dec. 

 5502. 



Distrib. (of type). New Guinea (D.N.W., Hatam, Mt. Arfak, Beccari ; 

 D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss ; S.E. (Sogeri region), Forbes). Amboina, 

 Celebes, N. Borneo. 



" Also common in small mossy and moss-grown forest on the S.AV. ridge, 

 running up to Angi lakes, from 8000-9000'. Both in the small forest of 

 the ridges and in the open marsh this plant was uniformly seen of the small 

 dimensions of the specimens collected." The great interest attaching to this 

 material is that it is a truly dwarf or nanoid form, whicli in every particular 

 is smaller than the typical species this peculiarity being true alike of stem, 

 leaves, pedicel, and inflorescence. 



NEPENTHES AMPFLLARIA Jack, in Comp. Bot. Mag. i. (1835) 271 ; F. 

 Muell. Pap. PI. 52 ; Nova Guinea, viii. (19 JO) 339. 



Arfak Mts., Monswoon Been, ? lake, 7000', coll. by A. E. Pratt. <J ? 

 Fl. Dec. (O.Stapf.) 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., Noord River, Versteeg ; S.E.). Malay 

 Peninsula, N. Borneo, Sumatra. 



SAXIFRAGACE.E. 



Pl'LLEA PAPUANA Gibbs, sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, rainosa ; ramuli teretes, bene foliati, glabri ; cortice brunneo- 

 cinerascente. Folia opposita, petiolata, crasse coriacea, lanceolato-ovata, basi 

 cuneata, in petiolum angustata, apice obtusa vel emarginata, penninervia, venis 

 ramulisque copiosis reticulata, utrinque glabra, obscure repanda. Panicula folia 

 excedentibus e capitulis parvis pluribus subdistantibus, nunnunquam bifloris vel 

 etiam unifloris persistentibus. Calyce 5-lobato ; lobi mernbranacei, toruentosuli. 

 Petala 0. Stamina 10, libera, calycem excedentia ; antherse dorsifixae. Glandules 

 5-10, apice incrassato-foveolatae. Styli 2, liberi. Ovarium infermn, tubo calycis 

 adnatum, biloculare ; ovula 4, ab apice septi pendula. 



Hab. Arfak Mts., edge of forest by ? lake, 7000'. Fl. Dec. 5576. 



On the specimens collected the largest leaves are + 5*4 by -3 cm., with 

 the median vein reddish in colour on the upper and prominent on the lower 

 surface, the 5-6 lateral veins enclosing raised reticulate areas, the ultimate 

 nerve-endings being reduced to fine hair-lines. The petioles are red-brown, 

 glabrous, flattened above. Stipules 1 cm. long, very caducous, subulate and 

 pubescent. Inflorescence + 8 by 2 cm., with peduncle 3-4'5 cm. long, 

 faintly pubescent, scented ; secondary peduncles in 1-2 superposed whorls, 



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