155 



This plant is very near M. ramiftora Laut. from S.W. New Guinea, 

 ex descr., but is distinct in the small leaves. In this character it approaches 

 M. Regelii F. Muell. from Mt. Musgrave in S.E. New Guinea, differing, 

 however, in the fascicled flowers on the old wood. 



FIG. 13. 



D*4 



Metrosideros arfakensis Gibbs. A. Brand) , reduced ; B. Flower; C. Longitudinal 

 section of flower ; D. Transverse section of ovary. 



FRUTESCENS L. Sp. PL ed. 1 (1753) 358 ; Nova Guinea, viii. 

 (1910) 323. 



Arfak Mts., in open spaces on ridge running up to the Angi lakes, and 

 gregarious round spinneys by ? lake, 7000-8000'. Fl. Dec. 5514. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Geelvink Bay, Beccari ; Angi lakes 

 Pratt (Herb. Kew.) ; D.S.W., Gelieb, Branilenhorst ; S.E.). Jndo-Chinn, 

 Malay Peninsula. Sumatra, Java, N. Borneo, Japan. 



