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a, Samoensis, A. Gray ! l. c. — Folia siccitate viridia ; inflorescen- 
tia ramulique juniores ferrugineo-puberuli. 
In ins. Samoa (Pickering). 
.B. Vitiensis, A. Gray! l. e. 578. — Folia in sicco flavescentia ; inflo- 
rescentia glabrior, pedicellis paulo brevioribus. 
In ins. Viti (Pickering, Seemann). : 
3. A. Hollrungii; ramis obtuse tetragonis; foliis obovato-lan- 
ceolatis, obtusiuscule abrupte breviterque acuminatis, basi cuneatis ; 
tloribus paniculatis; calyce 5-angulato, basi truncato, sub limbo satis 
constricto, breviter obtuseque 5-lobato. 
Rami graciles. Petiolus 1 '/,-2*/, em. longus. Folia submembrana- 
cea, 7-13 em. longa, 3-5 */, em. lata. Paniculæ late pyramidatæ, mul- 
tifloræ, 5-6 em. longs. Calyx furfuraceus, 2'/, mm. longus. Petala 
late obovata, concava, 2 '/, mm. longa. Ovarium 2-loculare. 
In Nova-Guinea (Hollrung in hb. Berol.). 
4. A. Papuanas; ramis obtuse tetragonis; foliis late lanceolatis, 
longe acuteque acuminatis, basi aeutis; paniculis corymbiformibus ; 
calyce teretiusculo, basi rotundato, sub limbo leviter constrieto, lobis 
5, elongatis, triangularibus, acutis. 
ami robusti, nodosi, superne dense foliosi. Petiolus 3-3 '/, em. 
longus. Folia submembranacea, 18-21 em. longa, 7-8 cm. lata, subtus 
sparse furfuracea. Paniculze multifloræ, 5-6 cm. longæ. Calyx fructi- 
fer dense furfuraceus, ferrugineus, tubo urceolato, 4 mm. lato, lobis 
2 mm. longis. Ovarium 2-loculare. 
In Terra Papuana ad mont. Arfak (Beccari n. 866 in hb. propr.). 
b. Folia 3-plinervia. 
9. A. calycina (Vidal, Revis. Pl. vasc. Filip. 136); ramis subte- 
retibus; foliis ellipticis, modice acuminatis, basi cuneatis vel subrotun- 
datis; floribus paniculatis; calycis dentibus 5, elongatis, subulatis. 
Arbor, ramulis rufo-furfuraceis. Petiolus 1-2 em. longus. Folia sub- 
tus nervuloso-reticulata, 10-15 em. longa, 4 '/,-6 */a cm. lata. Panicu- 
læ foliis breviores. Calycis rufo-furfuracei dentes 5 mm. longi, sæ- 
pius reeurvi. 
In ins. Luzonia (Vidal). 
6. A. Rolfei (Vidal! Phaner. Cuming. 174); ramis teretiusculis ; 
