A. T. GAGE. EUPHORBIACEAE. 
485 
1 — 4.5 cm. longus, glandulis apicalibus supra 2 minutis ovatis ; stipulae lanceolatae, acuminatae, 
membranaceae, glabrae, ad 4 cm. longae. Spicae terminales ad 10 cm. longae, laxe florifcrae ; 
rachis tenuis, sulcata, glabra, minute bracteata ; flores pcr totam rachidis longitudinem 
dispositi, flores 9 piope basin rachidis pauci ; bracteae vix i mm. in diametro, membranaceae, 
glabrae, transverse ovatae, subspathulatae truncatac, extus glandulis basilaribus 2 ovatis 
foveolatis unitis instructae. Flores cf pedicellati, ex bractearum axillis solitarii ; pedicelli 
2 — 2.5 mm. longi, subteretes, glabri ; sepala 2, opposita, reniformia, membranacea, glabra, 
intégra, circa 2 mm. in diametro; stamina 10, biserialia, opposita, filamentis validis brevis- 
simis, antheribus ovatis vix i mm. longis; flores 9 solitarii ex bractearum imarum axillis; 
pedicelli teretes, glabri, circa i cm. longi; sepala 2, inaequalia, transverse ovata, 2.5 — 3 mm. 
longa, 4 mm. lata ; ovarium ovoideum, compressum, circa 3 mm. longum plus minusve pul- 
verulentum; stylus brevis, validus, leviter compressus, i — 1.5 mm. longus; stigmata valida 
6 mm. longa, intus glandulose papillosa ; capsula 2-locularis globose ovoidea, circa 7 mm. in 
diametro. Semen ovoideum compressum, circa 5 mm. longum, fusco-brunneum, irregulariter 
rugosum. 
Dutch New Guinea: summit of Mount VVichmann, 3000 m., [Pulle n. 1013, P'ebruary 1913]. 
Homalantbus sp. 
Dutch Néw Guinea: Oro River valley, 1400 m., [Pulle n. 1161, February 1913]. 
Too immature for description. Maie flowers only. 
Pimeleodendron Hassk. 
Pimeleodendron ? papuanum Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVIII (1893), 198; Lautere. et K. Schu.manx, 
Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Siidsee (1901) 408. 
Dutch New Guinea: North River near Bivak Island. [Pulle n. 14, September 191 2]. 
Plant with maie flowers in bud only. 
Omphalea L. 
Omphalea papuana Gage n. sp. 
Tab. CLXXXVII. 
Ramuli teretes, glabri, flavo-brunnei, 0.4 — i cm. crassi. Folia — in novellis solum visa — 
alterna vel subopposita, moderate petiolata, minute stipulata; lamina late oblonga vel oblongo- 
ovata, membranacea, 7 — 10 cm. longa, 4.5 — 8 cm. lata, utrinque glabra et albo-viridis, apice 
rotundato vel subacuto, margine leviter undulato et leviter revoluto, basi rotundata ad sub- 
cordata; costa média et costae latérales utrinque prominentes; nervi latérales costae mediae 
utraque parte 4 — 6, saepe geniculati, leviter excurvati et intra marginem anastomosantes ; 
nervii secondarii numerosi, subparalleli ; nervuli numerosi quasi venae capillares ramulosi ; 
petiolus subteres, leveviridis, glaber, ad 3 cm. longus, glandulis apicalibus epiphyllis ovatis, 
2 mm. longis, flavo-brunneis, approximatis ; stipulae minutae, triangulares. Inflorescentiae 
latérales et terminales paniculatae, cymose ramulosae et foliose bracteatae ; paniculae ad 1 2 
cm. longae, parce pubescentes; ramuli floriferi ex bractearum axillis alterni ; bracteae linearc- 
oblongae, petiolatae, ad paniculae apicem angustiores; petioli quam foliorum petiolis breviores 
