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obscure serrata, coriacea. Bacemi axillarcs, solitarii vel a basi trifurcati, petiole 

 duplo vel triple longiores. Flores sessiles, bracteis 3 subgequalibus, squamiformibus, 

 ciliatis. Calyx 5-lobus, lobi rotundati, incisi, ciliati. Corolla patelliformis, ad basin 

 fere partita, calyce duplo longior, 5-lobata, lobi ciliati. Stamina oo insequilonga, 

 indistincte pentadelphia. Stylus fere glaber. Ovarium hirsutum, 3-loculare, loculis 

 2-ovulatis. 



Hal. Arfak Mts., edge of forest by ? lake, 7000'. FJ. Dec. 5574, 

 5741 bis. 



Largest leaves 8'5 cm. by 4 cm., midrib prominent below, the lateral 

 veins 5-8, forming tertiary reticulations. Petioles 1-2 cm., channelled above. 

 Leaves and petioles yellow-green (dried). Racemes +3 cm. long, the two 

 lateral branches 2 cm. Flowers 6 mm. across. Calyx 2 mm. long, lobes 

 spreading. Corolla 3 mm. long, tube 1 mm. long. Longest stamens +2 mm. 

 long, the filaments broadening towards the base, with minute anthers. Style 

 with stigma 3 mm. long ; stigma | mm. broad. 



This plant is near S. spicata Roxb., but is distinguished by the less acute 

 leaves, fewer flowering racemes, ciliate bracts and calyx-lobes, smaller flowers 

 with narrower and more spreading corolla-lobes, and stamens much shorter 

 than the corolla. 



SYMPLOCOS (CORDYLOBLASTE) NOVO-GUINEENSIS Gibbs, sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramuli teretes, cortice strigoso-fuscescente cincti. Folia petiolata, 

 oblongo-elliptica, acutiuscula vel obtusa, basi cuneata, integerrima, chartacea, glabra, 

 costa media supra impressa subtus prominula. Racemi simplices, axillares, pauci- 

 flores, subumbellato-racemosi, rhachis griseo-pubescens, pedunculi petiolo breviores. 

 Bractece sub calyce 2, minima?. Calyx lobis 5, rotundatis, campanulatis. Corolla 

 extus pilosa, calyce 4-plo longior usque medium divisa, lobis 5, ciliatis. Stamina 

 4-serialia, apice libera, basi in tubum coalita. Stylus hirsutus, stigmate parvo. 

 Ovarium 3-loculare. 



I fab. Arfak Mts., edge of forest by ? lake, 7000 7 . Fl. Dec. 5578. 



Leaves 6 cm. long by 3 cm., midrib reddish in colour (dried), lateral veins 

 4-6, irregularly pinnate; with reticulations arcuate and anastomosing on the 

 margins. Petiole 1 cm. long, dark red in colour, channelled on the upper 

 surface. Inflorescence 2 cm. long, common peduncle, also pedicels +5 mm. 

 long. Flower +1*5 cm. long. Calyx 5 mm. long. Corolla white, 1cm. 

 long. Staminal tube 3 mm. long, adnate to and produced above the corolla- 

 tube. Anthers 5 mm. long, filaments flat, 1 mm. broad, free at the apex. 

 Style mm. long. 



This plant is very near S. Scortecldnii King & Gamble. It differs in the 

 smaller leaves less conspicuously veined, in the almost glabrous pedicels, 

 calyx, and corolla, with the calyx more deeply lobed and the style less pilose. 

 With S. Scortecldnii and S. Maingayi Benth. this species shows a 3-celled 

 ovary which Brand gives as unknown to him in Cordyloblaste, but these 

 plants seem to fit into no other section. 



