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nervi laterales utrinque 4-6 oblique-patuli, ante marginem arcuato-conjuncti. 

 Capitula parva, breviter pedunculata, vulgo 4 in apice rainuli umbellata. Flares 

 parvi. Calyx truncatus, discus globosus, corolla? lobi crassi apice valde incrassati 

 incurvi et uncinati in alabastra apice gibbosi. Corolla aperta, 4 mm. longa, infundi- 

 bularis ; antherae et villi generis. Fructus ignoti. 



Hab. Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, twining on edge of forest by ? lake, 

 7000'. Fl, (white). Dec. 5580. 



MYCETIA JAVANICA var. ANTHOTRICHA Val. Icones, Pars iii. (1908) tab. 270 ; 

 Nova Guinea, viii. (1911) 463. 



Arfak Mts., Angi lakes, creeping in open marsh by ? lake, 7000'. 

 Fl., Fr. Dec. 5910. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., KambuTira, Wichmann ; N.E.). Malaya. 

 (Type in Java.) 



PSYCHOTRIA VACCINI01DES Val., sp. 11OV. 



Frit t ex parvus, squarrosus. Stipules minute, rotunda to-ovataj, caducse, cicatrices 

 Iseves annulati. Ramuli subteretes, ignosi denudati, ultimi densa foliosi. Folia 

 parva elliptica, brevi-petiolata vel subobovata, apice acuta, basi attenuata, crasse 

 coriacea, cuticula supera in sicco valde rugulosa, marginibus incurvis, subuninervia. 

 Corymbi parvi brevi-pedunculati, bracbiati, internodiis brevibus articulatis, densiflori. 

 Flores in ramulis ultimis vulgo terni, brevi-pedicellati, bracteis minutis ovatis 

 glanduliferis. Flos nunc brevistylis. Calyx cum ovario turbinatus, glaber, limbo 

 patellifonni dentato. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, papilloso-tomentella, limbus tubo 

 2-3-plo brevior. Antlierae nunc exserti, tilamentis brevibus, faucis ostiuin glabrum, 

 tubus intus ad et infra medium parce hirsutus. Stylus brevis, glaber; stigma 

 breviter bilobum. Drupa oblongo-globosa. Pyrenee dorso profunde sub 5-sulcatae, 

 costis rotundatis, ventre planse, leviter costulatae. Semen transsectu 4-loba, lobis 

 anterioribus exsculptis. Albumen sublajve tegmine crasso hie inde leviter intruso. 



Hab. Arl'uk Mts., Angi lakes, Koebre Mt., shrubby and small tree, very 

 compact, in forest and on open summit, 8500-9000'. FL, Fr. Dec. 5622. 

 Shrub, compact. 5717. 



Leaves 10-20 mm. long, petiole 1-3 mm. long. Corymbs, with peduncle 

 5-10 mm. long, 20 mm. long and broad. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Arfak Mts., 2500 m., Gjellerup (1202 in 

 Herb. Bogor.)). 



Species rather near to P. densi/iora Stapf (Kinabalu, 2200 in.) and 

 P. Lorentzi Val. (S.W. New Guinea, Hellwig Mts., 2600-3000 m.). 

 Easily distinguished by the very small leaves and ericaceous habit. 



[TiMONius FILIPES Wernhjun in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ix. (1916) 73. 

 Arfak Mts., on S.W. ridge, running up to Angi lakes, 8000', and edge of 

 forest by ? lake, 7000'. Fl. (). Dec. 5546. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss). 



