358 ON THE MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA. 
Dracena sp. ?-—Erect shrub. Fruit green to bright red. Sogere, 
1800 ft., No. 258. This seems to be a different species, the leaves 
being much narrower, and the whole plant smaller. It was not 
obtained in flower, so cannot be identified. 
D. Draco L, (introduced ?) is also recorded from the island. 
Cordyline terminalis Kunth. — Fruit bright scarlet. Sogere, 
1000 ft., No. 18. 
Dianella ensifolia Red. — Flowers dark purple-blue. Sogere, at 
2000 ft., No. 827. 
Smilax leucophylla Blume. — Fruit green. Sogere, at 2500 ft., 
Nos. 178, 189. There are also two other indeterminable species in 
fruit in the collection. 
CoMMELINACER. 
Cyanotis capitata C. B. Clarke. — South Cape, No. 919. The 
flowers appear, from the dried specimen, to have been blue and 
yellow. 
FLAGELLARIACER. 
Flagellaria indica L.—Flowers white or greenish white. River- 
side, Sogere, at 1750 ft., No. 688. Fruits yellowish white, Sogere, 
at 2000 ft., No. 19. 
PaLMm. 
chosperma caryotoides, n. sp. — Palma humilis. Folia 
circiter bipedales rachis triquetra validula fusco-furfuracea, segmenta 
i. Flores ma 
plures arcti. Sepala minima ovata. Petala 8 duplo longiora ovata 
elliptica obtusa striata. Stamina 13, erecti, filamentis brevibus. 
istilli rudimentum tenue elongatum stylo clavato.. Flores 
feminei, magis dissiti. Petala et sepala brevia obtusa lata ovata 
imbricata. -uncia longa aurantiaco-coccinea, elliptica 
gr ‘ 
P. litigiosa Beccari. -— A small palm, with light red drupes with 
lake cheeks. Sogere, at 2500 ft., No. 72. I have not seen the 
flowers of this plant, but in other respects it tallies very well with 
ix Forbesii, n. sp.—Caulis erectus, 4-uncia crassus. 
Folia citeiter pedales, rachis acute angulata, brunneo-furfuracea, 
ta linearia acuminata acuta carinata, 6-9 
uncias longa, } uncia lata, vagina in fibris fissa. Spathe non 
vise, Spadices gracillimi pedales, rachide brunneo-velutino. Flores 
-uncia longi, 1-2 ue 
ovata haud imbricata, parva. Petala lanceolata subobtusa obliqua 
] Stamina 6 brevia dorsifixa. 
lindricum. Flores feminei; drupa 
. Minimun 
- See 
elliptica rostro. brevi, g-uncia longa in capsula parva. 
