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four lobes of the calyx are almost renate and much overlapping ; the 
petals are oval or oblong and nearly 1 inch long ; the stamens number 
about 30, and the rather narrow ovary reminds of that of Myrtus 
(Rhodomyrtus) macrocarpa, 
BiECKEA FRUTESCENS. 
Linne Sp. PI. 358. 
Geelvink-Bay ; Beccari. 
CRASSULACE^. 
Bryophyllum calyctnum. 
Salisb. Paradis. Londin. t. 3. 
A cultivated plant, obtained in New Guinea during Capt. Moresby’s 
discovery-voyage was sent to me by Richard Merricks, Esq., of the 
Naval Depot of Auckland, 
CUCURBITACE/E. 
Alsomitha Hooke ri. 
F. V. M. Fragm. vi, 188. 
Audai ; Dr. Beccari. 
'rhe staminate plant, which alone I have seen, accords with Queens- 
land specimens. The tendrils are often bifid. The uniformly three- 
lobed calyx, exceptional in the order of Cucurbitacese, distinguishes 
mainly, if not solely, Alsomitra from Zanonia, inasmuch as simple and 
compound leaves occur also in Momordica, Anguria, Trianosperma and 
Cyclanthera. 
EPACRIDEZE. 
Styphelia troctiocarpoides. 
Mount Arfak, at a height of about G,000 feet ; Dr. Beccari. 
This is the first epacrideous plant, rendered known from New Guinea, 
though in all likelihood others will yet be detected there in the higher 
mountain-regions. The finder obtained neither flowers nor fruit, but the 
foliage leaves no doubt about the ordinal position of the plant, although 
its generic place remains thus uncertain. The leaves are scattered, 
lanceolar, gradually long-acuminated, flat, shining on both sides but paler 
