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secundariis rectis patulis subtus prominentibus utrinque cireiter 20, pani- 
eula ut videlur folio equilonga ramosa, drupa obovata. 
In Nova Guinea meridionali-orientali (H. O. Forbes in h. Cand.). 
Ramuli glabri in sicco fuscescentes. Folia circiter 45 cm. longa in 
sicco fuscescentia. Folicla in sieco coriacea opaca epunetata 18 cm. longa 
6 ‘/2 em. lata Petiolus 11 cm. longus rhachisque tereies. Drupa matura ? 
i cm. longa. 
Species Myrislicaceas, M. Surinamensem Roland. exempli causa, quoad 
foliolorum formam referens. 
Yavæa Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2, p. 212. 
_ Vavæa Chalmersi sp. nov. foliis simplicibus modice petiolatis lanceolatis 
basi æquilatera cuneatis apice obtusiuscule acuminatis utrinque glabris, 
panicula terminali quam folia pluries breviore a basi 3-fida ramis pube- 
rulis apice densifloris, floribus pedicellalis, calice acute 4-5-dentato extus 
adpresse et haud dense hirtello, petalis 4 oblongis apice obtusis extus 
adpresse hirlellis intus minute puberulis, tubo cylindrico extus glabro 
basi carnoso intus pilosulo superne fere ex "'/s longiludinis suæ lacinialo 
laciniis apice antheriferis intus et apice utrinque villosis, antheris 10 gla- 
bris, ovario globoso adpresse hirsuto inferne cum tubo concrescente 
2-loculari, loculis 2-ovulatis. 
In Nova Guinea (J. Chalmers in h. Cand.). 
Bamuli glabri in sicco pallide brunnei, 3 mm. crassi. Folia usque 
ad 20 cm. longa et ad 8 cm. lata, in sicco firma pellucido-punctulata, 
nervis secundariis patule subadscendentibus alternis utrinque 7-8, fas- 
eienlis intramedullaribus in nervo centrali 2. Petioli glabri vix 15 mm. 
longi. Paniculæ rami circiter 18 mm. longi. Cymulæ 1-floræ bracteis 
aculis fulta, Pedicelli fere 1 mm. longi. Petala fere 5 mm. longa. Tubus 
>» mm. longus. Antheræ in apice laciniarum sessiles ellipticæ fere 4 mm. 
longæ. Stilus ovario multo longior inferne pilosulus superne glaber. 
Stigma capitatum glabrum paullo exsertum. Ovula in loculo collateralia. 
Species antheris glabris a V. amicorum Benth., foliis glabris a V. Har- 
weyi Seem. discrepans. 
V. Papuana Bail, Contrib. fl. Queensl. and New-Guinea, in Queensl. 
Agr. Journ. Ill, %, p. 283, L 53. — In Small Bay, ad pedem mont 
Trafalgar. 
An polius generis Quivisia ? 
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