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pedunculo c. O'l cm. longo, pluribus squamis densissimis imbricatis superne accre- 

 scentibus triangulis ad oblongis concavis ciliatis donato. Pedicellus sub ovario 

 articulatus, villosus, c. 0-25-0-3 cm. longus. Calyx 5-partitus, dentibus late trian- 

 gulis, obtusis vel vix acuminatis, extus villosis, intus glabris, c. 0-125 cm. longis, 

 0'25 cm. latis. Corolla urceolata, 5-loba, extus margine loborum excepto villosula, 

 intus basi et lobis exceptis pubescens, carnosa, explanata c. O95 cm. longa, 1*45 cm. 

 lata, lobis semiellipticis, obtusis, c. O13cm. longis, Q-15-0'17 cm. latis. Stamina 10, 

 c. 0'65 cm. longa ; filamentum lineare, supra basin dilatatum et villosum, superne 

 parcissime pilosum vel nudum, margine obsolete denticulatum, antice convexum, 

 c. G-43-0'47 cm. longum ; anthera in bene ^ supra basin dorsifixa, oblonga, ad infra 

 apicem bifida, basi obtusa bilobula, f partibus inferioribus ecbinulato-papillosa, 

 ecalcarata, c. 0'46-0'47 cm. longa, thecis parallelis, sulco separatis, sulco laterali 

 longitudinal! instructis, tubulis erectis, brevibus, poro introrso hiantibus. Pistilhun 

 totum c. 0-76 cm. longum ; ovarium semiglobosum, villosum, c. 0'15 cm. altum, 

 0-25 cm. diam. ; stylus crassus, teres, basi breviter contracta in excavationem disci 

 insertus, apice truncatus, glaber, c. 0'55 cm. longus. Disciis semiglobosus, medio 

 excavatus, erecto-hirsutulus, c. 0-25 cm. diam. 



Hob. Arfak Mts., Koebre ridge, between $ and ? lakes, in moss-grown 

 forest by open plateau, 8500-9000'. Fl. Dec. 5629. 



The indumentum of the flowers recalls that of V. Versteegii Kds., which 

 otherwise, however, is a totally different species. 



The plant is a compact shrub to tree, with pink flowers. 



YACCINIUM PILOSIFLORUM J. J. S., sp. nov. 



Frutex, ramulis initio strigoso-villosulis. deinde verruculosis. Folia parva, 

 alterna, breviter petiolata, ovata, obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, 

 convexa, margine in sicco plerumque recurva, integerrima, glandula marginali parva 

 orbiculari sicco impressa utrinque supra basin, supra prsesertim prope marginem et 

 costam mediam parce pilosa plus minusve glabrescentia, subtus sparse villosula et 

 sparse breviter erecto -pa tenter muriculata, muricibus apice leviter glanduloso-incras- 

 satis fuscis, crasse coriacea, rigida, c. l'2-2'25 cm. longa, Q-7-1-1-1'375 cm. lata; 

 petiolus villosulus, c. 0-17-0-27 cm. longus. Infl ores cent ice axillares, brevissimse, 

 uniflorse, pedunculo abbreviate, c. 0'05 cm. longo, pluribus squamis approximates 

 erecto-patentibus imbricantibus ovato-triangulis ad oblongis valde concavis ciliatis 

 superne accrescentibus ad c. O'l cm. longis donato. Pedicellus brevis, teres, apice 

 incrassatis et sub ovario articulatus, villosus, c. 0'17 cm. longus. Calyx 5-partitus, 

 extus villosus, fere 0*5 cm. diam., dentibus sinu lato separatis, triangulis, acutis, 

 c. O'l cm. longis, 0*17- 0'2 cm. latis. Corolla urceolata, ovoidea, 5-loba, extus 

 villosa, intus parce pilosa, carnosula, explanata c. 0'7 cm. longa, fauce 0'74 cm. lata, 

 lobis recurvis, ovatis, rotundatis, basi latis, bene O'l cm. longis, 0-15 cm. latis. 

 Stamina 10, c. 0*5 cm. longa ; filamentum lineare, supra basin paulo dilatatum et 

 parcius pilosum, c. 0'34 cm. longum ; anthera in partibus supra basin dorsifixa, 

 curvula, oblonga, 2-fida, basi oblique 4-lobulata, f partibus inferioribus echihulato- 

 papillosa, ecalcarata, c. 0'2 cm. longa, thecis parallelis, antice sulco separatis, sulco 

 laterali instructis, tubulis contiguis, inappendiculatis, poro obliquo hiantibus. 

 Ovarium breve, vix semiglobosum, villosum, fere 0'3 cm. diarn. ; stylus inclusus, 



