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antheris minutis, aristatis. Ovarium sessile, disco sub 5-lobo impositum, puberulum, 

 3-loculare, loculis 4-ovulatis ; ovula parva, pendula. 



Hob. Arfak Mts., Koebre ridge, edge of forest and burnt open summit, 

 9000'. Fl. Dec. 5737. 



A densely branching shrub or small tree, with crowded leaves and white 

 flowers with brownish calyx. Largest leaves + 5 cm. by 2*5 cm. with im- 

 pressed midrib, and 3-6 lateral veins, with prominent reticulation on the upper 

 surface ; on the lower both midrib and lateral veins are conspicuously raised. 

 Racemes 4-10 cm. long, single in the axils of the upper leaves, in two cases 

 showing proliferation of the rhachis at the apex. Peduncle 1-1*5 cm. long. 

 Flowers *5 cm. long. Pedicels 1 cm. long, with bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 5 mm. by 1'5 mm. Sepals 3 mm. by 1*5 mm. Petals 5 mm. long, 

 laciniate + | of length, contracted into a thickened keel at the base. 

 Stamens with filaments 1 mm. long and anthers 3'2 mm. long, dehiscing at 

 the apex. Ovary 1*5 mm. long with subulate style 2 mm. long. 



The nearest affinity to this plant is E. corlaceus Hook. f. from the moun- 

 tains of Ceylon, at 6000'. It differs in the tawny pubescence of the young 

 shoots, under surface of leaves and inflorescence, and in the smaller flowers. 



SERICOLEA NOVO-GUINEENSIS Gibbs, sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor; ramuli teretiusculi, bene foliati, innovationes sericei, deinum 

 glabrati. Folia opposita, breve petiolata, oblongo-ovata, obtusa vel apiculata, basi 

 rotundata, minute dentata, coriacea, superne glabra, subtus pilis aureo-fulvis dense 

 sericea. Bacemi axilla-res, pedunculati, 2-4-flori, foliis sequalongis, pedicellis 

 filiformibus, sericeis. Flores parvuli, nutantes, 5-meri. Sepala oblongo-lanceolata, 

 obtusiuscula, extus sericea, carinata. Petala cuneato-obovata, apice truncata vel 

 brevissime trilobata, basin versus puberula. Stamina 15, biseriata, puberula ; 

 filamentis filiformibus, antheris oblongis, apice transverse breviter dehiscentibus. 

 Discus obtuse 5-lobatus, lobis patentibus minutis, glabris. Ovarium glabrum, 

 biloculare, loculis 2-ovulatis. Stylus glaber, subuktus, apice bilobatus. Fructus 

 baccatus, glaber. 



Hab. Arfak Mts., in upper forest and on the open plateau summit of 

 Koebre ridge, 8500-9000'. FL, Fr. Dec. 5613. 



A much branched shrub to small tree, with stiff erect branches. Largest 

 leaves 2 by 1 cm. with petioles + 2 mm. long, the median vein impressed 

 above and very prominent below, with many transverse lateral veins, inter- 

 connected by fine reticulations. Racemes + 2-2*5 cm. long, including 

 peduncles + 8 mm. long. Sepals 3 mm. long. Petals 4 by I'd mm. across. 

 Stamens 2*5 mm. including anthers 1 mm. long. Ovary 1 mm. long. 

 Style 1 mm. long ; in one case a 3-locular ovary with 3 ovules in each 

 loculus and 3-lobed stigma was seen, and in another 3 ovules were present 

 in one loculus of a bilocular ovary. Fruit 6 mm. long with crustaceous 

 endocarp and fleshy exocarp. 



This plant is very near S. Gaultheria (F. Muell.) Schltr. from Mt. Yule 



