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crassus, teres, | parte superiore contractus, apice truncatus, basi obconicus, glaber, 

 c. 0'5 em. longus, 0'13 era. diam. Discus pulviniformis, seiniglobosus, niedio exca- 

 vatus, circumferentia 10-lobulatus, vertice a parte inferiors bene distinctus et parcius 

 erecto-pilosus, ceterum glaber, c. 0'23 cm. diam. 



Ilab. Arfak Mts., ridge running up to Angi lakes, terrestrial or epiphytic 

 in forest, 8000'. Fl. Dec. 6013. 



Amongst the species with one-flowered inflorescences this one is 

 characterized by its acuminate leaves and very shortly peduncled hairy 

 Howers. 



A shrub with rose-pink flowers. 



VACCINIUM ROSEIFLORUM J. J. S., sp. nov. 



Frutex, ramulis tenuibus, minutissime puberulis. Folia alterna, breviter petio- 

 lata, elliptica, obtuse acuminata, basi acute acuminata, integerrima, margine in sicco 

 recurva, gkndulis marginalibus nullis, supra glabra, subtus pa tenter minutissime 

 rubiginoso-glanduloso-muriculata, pilis apice leviter incrassatis, glabrescentia, 

 3-5-plinervia, costa media supra insculpta subtus prominente, nervis basilaribus 

 adscendentibus curvatis superioribus fere ad apicem productis in foliis adultis interdum 

 tenuiter insculptis, coriacea, c. 2'4-3'9 cm. longa, 1'3-2'15 cm. lata ; petiolus subsemi- 

 teres, supra sulcatus, c. 0-15-0-3 cm. longus. Inflorescentice axillares, racemosse, 

 secunda3, laxe c. 7-9-florae, pedunculo brevissimo, cum rhachide puberulo et minute 

 muriculato 3'5-3'8 cm. longo. Bractese caducae, foliaceae, oblongae, obtusze, basi 

 breviter petiolato-contractae, supra glabrae, subtus puberulae et minute muriculata?, 

 c. 0'75-0'98 cm. longae. Pedicellus tenuis, sub ovario articulatus, puberulus et 

 minute clavato-muriculatus, c. 0-5-0-65 cm. longus. Calyx adpressus, 5-partitus, 

 dentibus triangulis, subacutis vel obtusis, concavulis, puberulis et minute muriculatis, 

 c. 0*125 cm. longis, 0'15 cm. latis. Corolla cylindrica, vix urceolata, 5-loba, utrinque 

 gkbra, carnosula, explanata, subquadrata, bene 0'7 cm. longa, O77 cin. lata, lobis 

 subsemiorbicularibus, rotundatis, intus papillosis, ciliolatis, c. 0-075 cm. longis, 

 0'125-0'13 cm. latis. Stamina 10, c. 0*3 cm. longa ; filamentum lineare, apicem 

 versus leviter angustatum, supra basin villosum sujjerne parce pilosum, c. 0*16 cm. 

 longum ; anthera supra basin dorsifixa, curvula, oblonga, bifida, basi oblique 4-lobu- 

 Lita, parte inferiore echinulato-papillosa, ecalcarata, c. O'lo cm. longa, theeis jwrallelis 

 antice sulco separatis, sulco longitudinali laterali instructis, tubulis erectis, panillelis, 

 poro teiminali hiantibus, margine recurvis et dentes 2-3 triangulos ad subulatos 

 gerentibus. Ovarium semigloboso-turbinatum, patenter puberulum et minute muri- 

 culatum, c. 0'17o cm. alturn, 0*275 cm. diam. ; stylus inclusus, teres, truncatus, glaber, 

 c. 0-475 cm. longus. Discus pulvinifonnis, medio excavatus, exterius leviter 10 lobu- 

 latus, gkber, c. 0'175 cm. diam. 



Hah. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, edge of forest-patch by ? lake, 7000'. 

 Fl. Dec. 5586. 



Near V. muriculatum J. J. S., but differing in the indumentum, the more 

 elliptic leaves without marginal glands, the form of the calyx and corolla, the 

 non-muriculate anther-tubes, and the enclosed style. 



A small tree with pretty pink flowers- 



