Descrijitive Notes on Papuan Plants. 
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S|)icuous ; some scattered orbicular flat glands on the lower leaf-page, 
especially near the base ; panicles axillary, shorter than the leaves ; 
primary and secondary peduncles abbreviated ; pedicels very short ; 
calyx rather long, Avhile in bud hornlike-pointed, soon slit unilaterally, 
finally cleft into two semilanceolar thinly acuminated lobes ; tube of 
the corolla much longer than the calyx ; stamens inserted near the 
middle of the corolla-tube ; filaments short-hairy except towards the 
summit ; anthers ellipsoid, bilobed downward ; style glabrous ; ovary 
globular, four-furrowed, thinly grey-velvety. 
On the Fly-Eiver ; D’Albertis. 
This species is closely akin to F. splendida ; the petioles are however 
thicker, the leaves of a firmer texture with stronger nervation and 
vonetation and also with a longer and more pointed terminal protraction, 
and they arc not shining ; the stalks and stalklets of the floAvors arc 
much shorter, by Avhich means the inflorescence becomes very con- 
tracted ; the bud of the calyx is longer and acutely pointed ; perhaps 
the fresh flowers and ripe fruits may exhibit other marks of discrimiiia- 
tiou. A comparison should still be instituted with F. Papuana from 
Andaj, described by the lamented Dr. Scheffer at p. 42 in the Annales 
du jardin botanique de Buitenzorg, volume premier ; but therein the 
narroAv acumination of the leaves is not alluded to, while according to 
Dr. Scheffer’s description the petioles of his plant are longer, the 
flowers larger, and the stamens inserted loAver on the corolla-tube. He 
records simultaneously the interesting observation, that sometimes all 
four of the large distinct fruitlets become developed. 
Faradaya ternifolia. 
Scandent ; leaves tcrnatcly verticillate, short-stalked, oblong-lanceo- 
late, short-acuminate, of thin chartaceous texture, shining on both sides, 
their ascending lateral nerves rather prominent underneath and also the 
veins conspicuous, orbicular glands beneath very scanty or absent ; 
panicle shorter than the leaves ; primary and secondary peduncles 
abbreviated ; pedicels very short ; calyx rather small, while in bud 
pyriform-ovate, rounded-blunt and only minutely apiculatcd, by longi- 
tudinal rupture soon imperfectly bivalvular ; corolla outside subtle- 
