230 Faradaya. 



petioles, often twisted, 3—4 cM.; flowers large, white; 

 calyx 2-lobed almost down to the base; lobes 2—5 cM., 

 very acutely acuminate; corolla glabrous; tube cylindrical, 

 upper part funnel-shaped, folded, SVa— 4 cM.; lobes very 

 large, 5 cM. long, each 2-lobed down to the middle; 

 filaments very long, 14 cM. or more, hairy at the base; 

 anthers 0.4—0.5 cM., the cells free at the base; ovary 

 sparsely hairy. 



Distribution: Dutch New-Guinea. 



2. F. squamata H. J. Lam, prob. nov. spec. — Frutex 

 scandens; ramuli glabri vel glabrescentes; folia ternato- 

 verticillata, coriacea, oblongo-elliptica, basi leviter vel 

 modice cordata, apice acuminata, supra glabra, nitida, 

 subtus glabra, glanduloso-punctata, multis squamis stellatis 

 vestita; nervis valde prominentibus utrinque 8, tomentellis; 

 24 cM. longa, 10 cM. lata, petiolo iVa cM. longo, trans- 

 versaliter pliato-alato, 0.4 cM. diametro; cymi pedunculati, 

 ramulorum apicem versus condensati, tomentelli, inflores- 

 centiam terminalem , compositam subumbelliformem for- 

 mantes; calyx novellus longe subulate acuminatus, tomen- 

 tellus, 1^ — 1.3 cM. longus, alabastri acumine 0.2 — 0.4 cM. 

 longo, pedicelhs 0.5 cM. longis; stamina 4, alba, fauce 

 inserta; flores albi; alabastra tantum videmus. 



New-GuineA: Ledermann no. 13117, Felsspitze, near 

 Kais.-Augusta-river, with buds on Sept. 24,th, 1913. 



Although the specimen was an incomplete one, we think to 

 be allowed to base upon its a new species being characterised 

 by its ternate leaves, the stellate scales on their lower side, and 

 its dense inflorescence. 



3. F. Albertisii F. v. Mueller, Descr. notes on pap. 

 pi.. VIII, 46 (188'6); Pulle in Lorentz, Nova Guinea, VIII, 

 2, 402 and VIII, 4, 686. — A climbing shrub, sometimes a 

 little tree?; young parts sparsely hairy, glabrescent; leaves 

 oblong or ovately oblong, base slightly cordate, apex 

 shortly subabruptly acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous on 



