217 



filamentis brevibus. Discus planus. Styli 2 distinct!, elongati. Ovarium bilocukre. 

 Fructus ignotus. 



Hal). Island of Sorong, under strand trees. Fl. Feb. 6287. 



A small shrub +2 m. high. The petioles of the leaves are 1'2 dm. in 

 lengthj with adnate stipules 1*7 cm. long. The dried leaves are light green 

 in colour, the largest being 4'8 dm. by 3'1 dm. ; the largest foliole is 1*7 dm. 

 by 5 cm. ; the margins can hardly be described as serrate, but show subulate 

 teeth, +1 mm. long and 1*2 cm. apart; petiolules +1'3 cm. long. The 

 inflorescence is umbellate-racemose, +5'1 dm. by 4 dm., including peduncle 

 2'5 dm. long, which is subtended by 2 bracts; the secondary peduncles arise 

 in the axils of 2 bracts, and bear pairs of bracts up the axis, which bear single 

 flowers or small lateral umbels, or may dichotomise, bearing 2-4 umbels; 

 the umbels show an involucre of minute bracts and are +1 cm. across. The 

 flowers are green, on pedicels 2 mm. long ; petals broad at the base and 

 thickened at the apex, 2'5 mm. long ; anthers oblong, almost sessile, 2 mm. 

 long ; styles 1/2 mm. long ; ovary 1/5 mm. long. 



MYRSINACE.E. 



M.ESA RACEMOSA (K. Sch.) ; Mez in Pflanzenreich, iv. 236, Myrsin. (1902) 



43 ; Schum. & Laut. 492. 



Island of Wakde, on beach. FL, Fr. Jan. 6243. 

 Distrib. N.E. New Guinea. 

 Shrub or epiphyte, with white flowers and berries. 



FLORIDUM Roem. et Schult. Syst. iv. (1819) 512 ; A. Rich. Toy. 

 Astrol. ii. 57, t. 21 ; Scheffer in Ann. Jard. Buit. i. (1876) 33. 

 Manokoeari, Langgen, mangrove association, on sea-edge. Fl., Fr. 

 Jan. 6228. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Jobi Island, Barclay ; Gede Island, Dore 

 Bay, Teyftnann). Kei Islands, Amboina, Sumbawa, Philippines. 

 Small compact shrub with white flowers. 



ASCLEPIADACEJ:. 



SARCOLOBUS RETUSUS K. Sch. Fl. Kais. Willielmsl. 109 ; Schum. & Laut. 

 509 ; Valeton in Bull. Dep. Agric. Indes Neerl. no. x. (1907) 49. 



Manokoeari, Langgen, twiner in mangrove association. Fl. Jan. 

 6220. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Humboldt Bay, Wichmann ; N.E.). 

 Ternate, Timor. 



Creeper on trees and on ground. Yellow-green flowers with ciliate 

 petals. Schumann notes that this plant is very poisonous. 



