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beneath, slightly decurrent at the gralually narrowel base; antheri- 
ferous seales rather large, almost chartaceous, broadly cuneate, 
glabrous above, tomentose beneath, truncate or but slightly convex 
in front, without any acumen, not even distinctly apiculated, the 
antheriferous area extending nearly to the summit, the narrow space 
above it more tomentose and sometimes thickened there towards the 
middle. 
On Mount Bedford, Jala-River, Dedouri-Country ; W. Armit. 
This species of fern-pine, though well marked, can in its charac- 
teristics here only as yet be defined very partially, mere fragments of 
leaves and some detached staminate scales only being available for 
examination. In leaflets it comes much nearer to C. circinalis and 
C. Rumphii, than to C. media and C. Papuana ; the leaflets attain 
about half an inch in width, and are less rigid than those of most 
other congeners. The male scales are 14-2 inches long, and near 
the summit about one inch broad ; all the specimens gathered of 
these scales are destitute of any puvgent prolongation, the usual 
acumen being perhaps replaced by the short repressed but not free 
turgescence underneath. This characteristic of the androphylls is 
quite unique in the genus. 
It is with particular pleasure, that I dedicate this new form of a 
very stately class of plants to the distinguished first ruler of British 
New Guinea, his Excellency General Scratchley. 
Mr. Armit’s sendings contain also the following plants as hitherto 
unrecorded from New Guinea :— 
Pittosporum ferrugineum ; Astrolabe-Range. 
Erythrina Indica ; base of Astrolabe-Range. 
Pholidota imbricata ; on Cycas-stems, Mount Astrolabe. 
Habenaria sp.; Astrolabe-Range. 
Iphigenia Indica ; Astrolabe-Range. 
Panicum plicatum ; Laloki-River. 
Panicum semialatum ; Astrolabe-Range. 
Panicum brevifolium ; Mt. Bedford. 
Lygodium scandens ; Jala-River. 
Trichomanes Javanicum ; Mount Bedford, up to 3600 feet. 
Trichomanes pallidum ; Lochiyaga, Jala-River. 
Cyathea sp. and Alsophila 2 sp.; Jala-River ; these or allied species 
of fern-trees have with some others been also found by Mr. 
Kidelfelt on Astrolabe-Range. 
TLaenitis blechnoides ; Mount Bedford up to 3600 feet; with the 
normal state also a diminutive form ip fruit. 
Lindsaya concinna ; Mount Bedford. 
Polypodium adnascens ; Laloke. 
Hypolepis sp.; Jala-River. 
Acrostichum spicatum ; Mount Bedford, 3600 ft. 
Also a tall moss, resembling Dawsonia superba, but without fruit. 
