150 



The terete and slender stems are 2 mm. thick, with very sharply serrate- 

 dentate leaves, the largest being 6'5 cm. by 3 cm. ; the acute, reddish, 

 membranous stipules 1 cm. long and 4 mm. broad at the base. The inflor- 

 escence, + 2 mm. long, is branched at the base and consists o several pairs 

 of bracts in the axils of which the <$ flowers arise. The J 1 perianth is 

 longly pilose, later glabrous, + '8 mm. across at the base of the segments, 

 and about the same in length. The fruit is 1 cm. long and 1'6 2 cm. 

 broad, the wings being *5 mm. in the middle and '6-'9 mm. at the apex ; 

 they may be unequally developed, and in one case four wings were seen. 

 The capsules are generally binate, on pedicels '6-1 m. long, and peduncles 

 7-8 mm. long, pubescent. 



This species is very near S. bracteosa Warb., but is easily distinguished 

 by the white bracts, the thinner column and fewer stamens of the <$ flowers, 

 and the different shape of the wings of the capsule. 



SYMBEGONIA PARVIFOLIA Gibbs, sp. nov. 



Herba, caule erecto, in sicco striato, rufo-pubescente, deraum glabro. Folia 

 minima, fere sessilia, anguste lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi obliqua, distanter et 

 irregulariter dentata, supra sparse glanduloso-pilosa, subtus in nervis rufo-pubescentia. 

 Inflorescentia sanguinea, terminalis, flores c? 1 vel 2 in axillis bractearum superiorum 

 dispositi. Perianthio florum c? 2-segmentato, staminibus paucis in columnam 

 tenuissimam ordinatis, antheris parvis, stipitatis. Fructus 3-alatus, alis erectis, 

 protractis, falcatis, mucronulatis ut pedunculus glabris. 



Hab. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, Koebre" Mt., in small high forest, 7000'. 

 Fl. <?, Fr. Dec. 5644. 



This little plant is 3'2 cm. high, branching towards the apex, with 

 stem, leaves, and indumentum red ; the stem is terete, 3 mm. thick at the 

 base. Stipules are transparent, brown, + 5 mm. by 2 mm., with midrib 

 produced as mucro + 1 mm. long. Largest leaf is + 3 cm. by 8'7 mm. 

 The inflorescence is + 2 cm. long by '9 mm. with 2-5 pairs of red, ovate- 

 lanceolate, petaloid bracts ; the lower or lowest pairs may be sterile. The 

 flowers are pink, on pubescent pedicels 1 mm. long. Perianth $ glabrous, 

 conspicuotisly net-veined, 7 mm. long and 5 mm. across at the base of the 

 segments, which enclose the + 4 cm. long column, of which the stamens 

 are 5 mm. long. The fruit is 1'2 cm. by 7 mm., with wings 2 mm. broad 

 halfway up and 4 mm. at the apex of the capsule. 



This plant in its small stature and leaves is very distinct from all 

 Symbegonias so far described. 



MYRTACE.E. 



MYRTUS FLAVIDA Stapf in Hook. Tc. PI. t. 2290, var. GLABRESCENS Gibbs, 



var. nov. 



A typo differt habitu glabrescente, foliis majoribus, intcrnodiis longioribus, 

 nervis lateralibus minus conspicuis. 



