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of the efforts of the Townsville gentleman for 'New Guinean scientific 

 research. Leaves, flowers and perfect seeds I have not yet seen ; the 

 nut varies from slightly to half exserted. 



In the collection formed by Mr. Edelfelt in his late journey from 

 Port Moresbye to the Astrolabe-Ranges occur also as not yet recorded 

 from New Guinea : Sinapis Timoriana, Desmodium jndchellum, 

 Dolichondrone Rheedei, Opliioglossum pendulum, Marattia praxinea, 

 Angiopteris evecta, Pteris geranifolia, Acrostichum repandum ; also 

 solitary or additional representatives of the genera Sterculia, Breynia, 

 Atylosia, Grevillea (named after the collector, but generically as yet 

 doubtful, as only leaves were obtained), Alyxia, Spatoglottis, Com- 

 melyna. 



During the very recent voyage of H.M. Ship " Dart," when the 

 British protectorate became proclaimed over some additional portions 

 of Eastern New Guinea, Capt. Cyprian Bridge aided by the Rev. 

 James Chalmers gathered at Dixon's Bay of Bessel-Island various 

 plants, from which the occurrence of the genera Gucumis, Bikkia, 

 and Imperata {I. arundinacea) in New Guinea is demonstrated. The 

 Bikkia, obtained there, belongs to the series of B. Bancheri] but it 

 is distinct from that species in broader almost orbicular leaves, 

 shorter calyx-teeth, somewhat smaller corolla with more slender tube 

 and anthers reaching to the summit of the corolla-lobes or beyond 

 them. This highly ornamental species seems altogether new, and is 

 to be recorded as B. Bridqeana. A Bikkia, collected by Dr. Guppy 

 during the survey-voyage of H.M. Ship " Lark" in 1884 on Short- 

 land-Island and also Treasury-Harbour of the Solomon-Group, 

 approaches as regards leaves and flowers closely to B. Pancheri, but 

 I have seen no fruit. Among Capt. Bridge's plants from the Cloudy 

 Mountains are as uni'ecorded for New Guinea a Hypolythrum and 

 a Spiridens. The Rev. W. G. Lawes brought recently among other 

 plants from the vicinity of Port Moresbye : Vittadinia hraohyco- 

 moides, Setaria glauca, a G-raptophylliim, a Buechnera and a 

 Dianella, thus adding as many genera to the records of the Papuan 

 Flora. 



The distinguished naturalist Mildulio-Maclay secured on the north 

 coast of JS'ew Guinea among plants with edible fruit : Pangium 

 edule, Bassia Jlaclayana and a Ga/iarium, the latter perhaps 

 distinct from those recorded before as Papuan. 



Mr. Will. E. Armit, as emissary of the "Argus" for itinerations 

 in New Guinea, gathered on the S.E. coast, particularly at the 

 Aroa-River, Gyrocarpus Americanus, Physalis minima, Buddleia 

 Asiatica, Fuirena umbellata. Paspalum minutifloribm, Pennisetum 

 macrostachyum, Polypodium Dipteris, also single species of Spondias, 

 Alysioarpus, Uraria, Smilax, Scirpodendron and a second Triumfetta. 



