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Gjellerup; D.S.W., Merauke, Versteeg ; Okaba, Brandenhorst ; N.E. ; S.E.). 

 India. Indo-China, Philippines and Formosa, Malay Archipelago and 

 N.E. Australia. 



Common, but not in flower about Manokoeari. 



DRAOENA NOVO-GUINEENSIS Gibbs, sp. nov. 



Caulis simplex, fmticosus. Folia petiolata, ascendentia, spiraliter arete imbri- 

 cata, lineari-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, acuta vel acuminata, membranacea, ^iridia, 

 oblique parallele costata. Panicula longe pedunculata, quam folia brevior. Flores 

 solitarii vel bini, pedicellis graciliter dispositis. Bractece membranacese, deltoideo- 

 acuminatae. Perianthium albo-viridulum, lobis ultra medium liberis, obtusis, apicem 

 incurvatis, tubo basin versus angustato. Stamina gracilia, filamentis complanatis, 

 antheris basi divaricatis. Ovarium sessile : stigma 3-lobatum. Bacca disperma. 



llab. Manokoeari, common undergrowth in high forest on " korang." 

 500'. Fl., Fr. Jan. 6195. 



A very characteristic little plant, '25--50 m. in height, well marked by 

 the spirally twisted leaves, like a screw pine in appearance. Leaves 3-4*6 dm. 

 in length, including linear petiole + 1 dm. long, slightly broader and sheathing 

 at the base, by 3-3'5 cm. broad, the shorter leaves being the broadest. In- 

 florescence l'3-2'7 dm. long, including peduncle 1-1*4 dm. long and 6 cm. 

 broad, generally branching three times, but in the single fruiting example 

 unbranched and epedunculate. Bracts +3 cm. long, those subtending 

 flowers 3 mm. long ; bracteoles 2 mm. Perianth 1'3 cm. long, with 

 segments 7 mm. long and 2 mm. broad. Stamens 5 mm. long ; anthers 

 3 mm. ; filaments 2'5 mm. by 1 mm. Style 1*1 cm. long, with minute stigma. 

 Ovary 2 mm. long Fruit 6 by 7 mm.. 



This species seems distinct from the Malayan Dracaenas, so far known, in 

 the lengthily petiolate spirally arranged leaves, with very straight linear 

 petioles, and the strap-shaped filaments to the anthers. This is the first 

 member of the genus to be described from New Guinea. 



R C H I D A C E JE. (J. J. SMITH.) 



VRYDAGZYNEA ELONGATA Bl. Fl. Jav. n. ser. 1, 61, t. 28, f. 1, etc. 



Island of Roon, ridge beyond Djende, terrestrial in forest. Fl. Jan. 

 6240. 



Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. 



HIPPEOPHYLLUM ALBOViEiDE J. J. S. in Fedde Rep. xi. (1912) 135 ; in 



Nova Guinea, xii. (1915) 217, t. Ixxi. 123. 



Schouten Islands, Island of Wiak, Bosnik, epiphytic on strand tree. 

 Fl. (white). Jan. 6283. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Tor River, Gjellerup). 



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