1896.] from New Britain {Neu Pommern). 95 



Ipomcea Turpethum R. Br. 

 Physalis minima Don. (recorded ill.). 

 Solarium tetrandum R. Br. 

 Hemigraphis reptans Engl. 



Eranthemum Huegelii mihi n. sp. Caulis fulvide scaber. 

 Folia lanceolata, in petiolos sensim contracta, supra minute sca- 

 brida, subtus nervis exceptis glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 10 — 12 arcuatim ascendentibus. Inflorescentia foliis longior, 

 floribus in cymulis, infimis 2 — 3-floris, supernis 1-floris, dispositis, 

 pedicellis quam bracteis subulatis longioribus, calyci sequilongis. 

 Calyx, apicibus glabrescentibus exceptis, glaber, laciniis anguste 

 linearilanceolatis quam tubo 3 — 4-plo longioribus. Corollas tubus 

 longus, lobis oblongis 3 — 4-plo longior. Antherse ultra fauces 

 exsertse. 



The leaves have the lamina about 15 cm. in length by 4 cm. 

 in breadth, and resemble considerably those of Eranthemum malac- 

 cense Clarke : the petiole is less than 2 cm. long : the flower is 

 most conspicuous, having a tube 3*5 to 4 cm. long and lobes up- 

 wards of 15 mm. long: the ovary is about 2 cm. long when ripe, 

 and carries 4 seeds : the anthers are exserted to the distance of 

 3 mm. 



Of two inflorescences, in one the lower part carries no deve- 

 loped flowers, and in the other the lowermost flowers appear to 

 be cleistogamic, while the upper ones are chasmogamic. Cleisto- 

 gamy is known in the Indian members of the genus from the re- 

 searches of Kurz 1 and Scott 2 . 



E. affine Warbg. (xviii.) connects E. Huegelii with E. paci- 

 ficum Engl, (in.), but is quite distinct. E. Huegelii is a more 

 robust plant than E. malaccense. E. affine and E. pacificum are 

 known from the neighbourhood of New Britain, and E. malaccense 

 only from the Western Malayan region. E. Huegelii belongs, like 

 all these species here mentioned, to Lindau's genus Pseuderan- 

 themum 3 . 



Eranthemum sp. near E. lacciflorum A. Gray. 



Tournefortia argentea Forst. 



Leucas flaccida R. Br. 



Orthosiphon stamineus Benth. 



Callicarpa pedunculata R. Br. 



Callicarpa eriochlona Schauer. This plant, first described 

 from the Philippine Isles and since found in New Guinea, is by 

 no means identical with G. cana L. to which it has been united. 



1 Dimorphism in Eranthemum. Journ. of Bot. x. (1872), p. 46. 



2 Dimorphism in Eranthemum. Journ. of Bot. x. (1872), p. 161. 



3 Xantheranthemum und Pseuderanthemum, zwei neue Gattungsnamen d. Acan- 

 thaceen. Gartenfiora, 1893, p. 612. 



