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*ASYSTASIA INTRUSA Bl. Bijdr. 79G. 



Sorong Island, under trees by beach. Fl. Jan. 6286. 



Distrib. Aru Islands, Little Kei Islands, Timor Laut, Java, and Malay 

 Peninsula. 



'25-'50 m. high, with reddish-brown pink flowers. 



*PERISTROPHE JALAPP.EFOLIA Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 494. 



Manokoeari, near Genbela, common undergrowth in secondary strand 

 forest. Fl., Fr. Jan. 6216. Manokoeari, in high forest, common under- 

 growth on " korang," 200-500'. 6161. 



Distrib. Java. 



Herbaceous plant, "50 m. high, with white flowers. Also seen on the 

 foot-hills of the Arfak range. 



RUBIACE.E. (Tn. VALETON.) 



BIKKIA GRANDIFLORA Reinw., var. TENUIFLORA Val., var. nov. 



Folia petiolata, elliptica, obtusa, basi acuta vel cuneata, tenuiter coriacea, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque circa 5 tenuibus baud prominentibus. Pedunculi medio cupu- 

 latim bracteolati. Calycis lobi ensiformes acuti, calycem cylindricum sequantes. 

 Corollae tubus elongatus strictus, tenuis, versus limbum sensim ampliatus. CoroHce 

 lobi trigoni, basi dilatati, longiores quam lati. Capsula cylindrica, lineis elevatis 

 8 pertensa, calycis lobis accrescentibus coronata. 



Leaves 135 mm. long, 60 mm. broad. Petiole 15-20 mm. long. Calyx- 

 lobes 15 mm. long, 3 mm. broad. Corolla-tube 17 mm. long, base 3 mm., 

 apex 7 mm. broad. Corolla 105 mm. long ; lobes 20 mm. long, base 14 mm. 

 broad. 



Island of Wakde, shrub, 8 m. high, growing in masses behind the coral 

 rocks of seashore. Fl. (white, sweet-scented). Jan. 6245. 



Distrib. (of the species). Moluccas (type-specimen of Reinw. in Herb. 

 Lugd.-Bat.), Kei Islands, Aru Islands, S.W. New Guinea, Palau Islands, 

 Tahiti. 



The species is characterized by the large, sword-like, curved calyx-lobes 

 and the triangular acute corolla-lobes, which are longer than broad. The 

 variety differs from the type in the very narrow corolla-tube. 



OPHIORRHIZA INSULARIS Val., sp. nov. 



Herha sublignosa, tomentosa puberula, in sicco fusca, caules incano-puberuli, 

 glabrescentes. Stipules abortivse vel califormis et puberse seca tricula nulla. Folia 

 petiolata, vulgo aequalia, summa interdum valde disparia, elliptica vel obovata vel 

 ovato-elliptica, apice obtusa vel obtusissima vel rotundata, basi cuneato-acuminata 

 ad longe in petiolum producta, membranacea, in sicco visca, supra dense punctulato- 

 scabrida, subtus parce tomentosa, nervi laterales utrinque 9-12, vene laxe obscure 

 reticulatse. Inflorescentia pedunculata folius multo brevior, incano-puberula semel 

 vel bis dichotoma vel subtrichotoma, ramis elongatis multifloris secundifloris. 



