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C N V L V U L A C E J5. (A. B. RENDLE.) 



IPOMCEA DENTICULATA Choisy in Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, vi. (1833) 447. 



Island of Sorong, creeping under trees by beach, covering ground and 

 plants. Fl. (purple), Fr. Jan. 5740. 



Distrib. N.E. New Guinea and adjacent islands. Seychelles to Polynesia 

 and Australia. 



B O R AGIN AC E ;E. 



TOURNEFORTIA ARGENTEA L. . Suppl. 133 ; F. Muell. Pap. PI. 59 ; 

 Sebum. & Laut. 519. 



Wakde Island, a small tree along the sea-shore. FL, Fr. Jan. 6242. 



Distrib. New Guinea (N.B. ; S.E. and adjacent islands). Tropical 

 Australia, Polynesia, Malaya and India to Mascarene Islands. 



Small tree 10 m. high, leaves silvery from white pubescence, with white 

 flowers and green fruit. 



VERBENACE.E. 



CALLICARPA ERIOCLONA Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 643 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 ii. (1856) 889 ; Scheffer in Ann. Jard. Buit. i. (1876) 41. 



Manokoeari, track to Ambani, common on the edge of forest and in 

 clearings, 200'. FL, Fr. Jan. 6205. 



Distrib. New Guinea (D.N.W., Lesson ; Mansinam Island, Dore Bay, 

 Teyxmann). Philippines. 



This plant is distinguished from C. cana L. by the large, more lanceolate, 

 irregularly serrate leaves, with very white pubescence underneath, and white 

 flowers with longer exserted stamens. C. repanda K. Sch. & Warb. is 

 possibly a synonym of this plant. 



PREMNA NITIDA K. Sch. Fl. Kais. Wilhelmsl. 120 ; Schnm. & Laut. 523. 



Manokoeari, common in clearings and round foot-hills. FL, Fr. 6163. 



Distrib. N.E, New Guinea. 



A tree with white flowers and black fruit. Also seen along the beach to 

 Wariap. 



CLERODENDRON LINDAWIANUM Laut. in Schum. & Laut. Nachtr. Fl. d. 

 Schutzgeb. Siidsee, 372. 



Var. GLABRIOR Gibbs. Tota planta manifesto glabrior. 



Humboldt Bay, in high forest on range above river, 400', FL, Fr. 

 Jan. 6264. 



Distrib. (of type). New Guinea (D.S.W., Mt. Carstensz, Kloss ; N.E. ; 

 S.E. [Forbes, Sogeri region, Brit. Mus.]). 



A small tree with conspicuous white flowers and black fruit. 



I cannot separate this plant from Lauterbach's species, which is evidently 

 very widely distributed. In my specimen the leaves are glabrous, with the 



