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Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants. 
ACANTHACE^. 
Leptosiphonioi. 
Calyx consisting of five narrow gradually long-pointed segments ; 
tube of the corolla much elongated, very narrow and only at the 
summit widened ; lobes five, orbicular-ovate, twisted in bud, the upper 
and lower but slightly unequal ; stamens four, inserted near the summit 
of the corolla-tube ; the filaments connate in pairs towards their base ; 
anthers linear, uniform, fixed above the base, glabrous, not appendicu- 
lated ; style very long, capillary ; stigma consisting of two small linear- 
lanceolate recurved lobes, the lower somewhat longer than the other; 
ovary narrow, containing many ovules ; hypogynous disk annular, 
somewhat creiiulated ; capsule bicelled to the base, quadrangulato- 
linear, not stijutate ; seed 12-14, flat, almost orbicular; the funicles 
j)i'oduced into curved-subulate retinacles. 
A somewhat shrubby plant, with opposite entire leaves and racemosc- 
spicate large flowers, but few or one of them only fully developed. 
Leptosipiioxium Steicklandi. 
On the Strickland-River ; W. Baeuerlen. 
Height of plant to four feet. Leaves short-stalked, ovate- or eloti- 
gate-lanceolar, acuminated, attaining a length of seven and a breadth of 
tvv^o inches, as well as the branchlots almost glabrous. Inflorescence 
terminal. Bracts and bracteoles very small, from a dilated base narrow- 
linear. Calyx divided to near the base, inch long. Corolla of 
seemingly yellowish or perhaps whitish color, not spotted, slightly 
downy outside ; tube almost straight or slightly curved, to 2^ inches 
long, but only about ^ of an inch wide ; lobes nearly half an inch long 
or not much longer. Stamens and style short-exserted. Filaments not 
much different in length. Anthers pale, about ^ inch long. Ovary and 
style glabrous. Capsule measuring a little over one inch in length, 
dehiscent close to the base. Seeds not seen quite ripe. 
This plant, one of the most beautiful discovered during Captain 
Everill’s expedition, is dedicated to Sir Edward Strickland, K.C.B., 
who, as President of the Geographic Society of Australasia, devoted 
