A. T. GAGE. EUI'HORBIACEAE. 
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Dutch New Guinea: Mount Hubrecht, 3100 m. [Pulle n. 2409, leg. G. M. Versteeg, Feb. 1913]. 
The large maie flowers with the very small bracts and minute bractglands make this 
a quite distinct species. 
Homalanthus vernicosus Gage n. sp. 
Tab. CLXXXV. 
Frutex circa 4 m. altus. Ramuli teretes, fusci, glabri, lenticellati. Folia moderate 
petiolata, caduciter stipulata; lamina late triangularis lanceolata, coriacea, 6.5 — 10 cm. longa, 
3 — 5.5 cm. lata, apice acuminato, margine undulato, basi truncata; pagina superior in sicco 
brunneo-olivacea, vernicosa, glabra, pustulata; pagina inferior in sicco dilute brunnea, sub- 
nitida, + pustulata, parce flavo-pulverulenta, cum glandulis basilaribus 2, parvis ovatis ; costa 
média et costae latérales utrinque prominentes ; costae latérales in utraque parte costae mediae 
12 — 16, leviter excurvatae et intra marginem anastomosantes; nervuli irregulares, reticulationem 
apertam et prominentem formantes; petiolus tenuis, glaber vel + pulverulentus, subteres, 
1.5- — 3 cm. longus, supra canaliculatus et glandula apicale obsitus ; stipulae late lanceolatae 
acuminatae, integrae, membranaceae, circa 1.5 cm. longae. Spicae androgynae, subteretes, 
circa 5 cm. longae ± pulverulentae ; bracteae patenter spathulatae truncatae, circa i mm. 
longae, membranaceae glabrae extus cum glandulis basilaribus 2 minutis — 0.5 mm. in dia- 
metro — ■ ovatis. Flores cf pedicellati per spicae totam longitudinem dispositi, numerosi, in 
bractearum axillis 2 — 3 fasciculati ; pedicelli brevissimi validi, teretes, glabri, ad basin articu- 
lati, circa i mm. longi ; sepala 2, opposita, late reniformia, intégra, membranacea, glabra, 
circa i mm. in diametro; stamina 6, biserialia opposita; filamenta brevissima; antherae ovatae. 
Flores 9 prope spicae basin pauci ex bractearum axillis solitarii ; pedicelli validi, teretes, 
glabri vel leviter flavo-pulverulenti, circa 5 mm. longi; sepala 2, transverse ovata, circa 3 mm. 
lata et 1.5 mm. longa, glabra, membranacea, intégra vel obscure dentata; capsula immatura 
ovoidea, compressa, glabra vel parce flavo-pulverulenta, circa 4 mm. longa; stylus validus, 
circa 1.5 mm. longus ; stigmata 2, 3.5 mm. longa, apice recurvato. 
Dutch New Guinea: Mount Hellwig, 1700 — 2600 m. [Pulle, n. 711, December 1912 and 
n. 957, January 1913]. 
Homalanthus elegans Gage n. sp. ^ 
Tab. CLXXXVI. 
Frutex circa 3 m. altus. Ramuli brunnei, teretes, glabri, 2 — 5 mm. crassi. Folia longe 
petiolata, caduciter stipulata; lamina late ovata, subequilateralis, 4 — 12 cm. longa, 3 — 10 cm. 
lata, tenue coriacea; apice subacuminato, margine leviter undulato, basi truncata ad subcor- 
data, pagina superior glabra, in sicco fulvo-olivacea, costa média et costis lateralibus tenuibus; 
pagina inferior fulva, glauca, glandula minuta ovata costae mediae utraque parte sub nervo 
latérale imo et ab costa média ± distante obsita ; costa média paulum lata, in pagina superiore 
complanata; nervi latérales costae mediae utraque parte circa 15, excurvati, subparalleli, intra 
marginem anastomosantes; nervuli numerosi, transversi, subparalleli; petiolus subteres, tenuis, 
glaber, 3 — 8 cm. longus, cum glandula apicale ovata subpeltata epiphylla; stipulae late 
lanceolatae, acutae. membranaceae, glabrae, i — 2 cm. longae. Spicae terminales, androgynae; 
