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10. S. odontophylla Perk. n. sp. — Frutex vel arbor; rami subteretes, 2 — 3 mm 
lata, juniores fusco-tomentosi demum glabrescentes ; folia opposita, petiolata, petiolo 5 — 
6 mm longo, juniore fusco-tomentoso, adulto glabro, anguste oblonga vel obovato-ob- 
longa, 14 — 16,5 cm longa, 3,75 — 4.5 cm lata, chartacea, acute breviterque acuminata, 
basi cuneata vel longius attenuata, in parte 2 / 3 superiore margine manifeste irregulariter 
dentata vel margine dentibus paucis instructa vel rarissime integra, supra glabra, subtus 
parce pilosa, nervis venisque supra vix conspicuis, subtus manifeste prominentibus, nervis 
lateralibus 9 — 12, marginem petentibus demum margine eleganter inter sese curvato- 
conjunctis. Inflorescentia axillaris racemo congesto brevi similis circa 2 cm longa; 
rhachis inflorescentiae fusco-tomentosa; bracteae minutae, ovatae, tomentosae, caducae; 
flores tf non plane evoluti, 3 mm diam., pedicellati, pedicello 1 — 1 ,25 cm longi, fusco- 
tomentosi; receptaculum depresse globosum, lignosum, extus basin versus dense ceterum, 
parce pilosum, intus glabrum; tepala 4, per paria cruciatim imbricata, minuta; stamina 4, 
sessilia, ovata, inferne pilosiuscula, in receptaculi medio dense adpressa, antherarum 
loculis thecam apicalem horizontalem rima introrsa, dehiscentem formantibus. 
Neu-Guinea: Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, in den Wäldern des Kaui-Gebirges, 1000 m 
s. m. (R. Schlechter n. 17847, im Oktober < 908 blühend). 
11 . S. symplocoides Perk. n. sp. — Frutex vel arbor; rami inferne subteretes, 
superne applanati, 3 — 4 mm lati, juniores aureo-tomentosi, demum glabrescentes; folia 
opposita, aurea, petiolata, petiolo crasso, 5 — 6 mm lato, aureo-piloso, oblonga vel anguste 
oblonga, 14 — 15 cm longa, 4 — 5,5 cm lata, apice breviter acuminata, apice ipso ob- 
tusiuscula, vel interdum acutiuscula, basi cuneata, coriacea, integra vel denticulis minutis 
distantibus, 2 — 4 ornata, juniora supra pilis aureis parce instructa, adulta glabra, subtus 
pilis aureis adpressis induta, nervis venisque supra parum conspicuis, subtus valde 
prominentibus venis dense reticulatis, nervis lateralibus circa 1 3, marginem petentibus, 
juxta marginem anastomosato-arcuatis. Flores Q pedicellati, pedicello crasso 8 — 10 mm 
longo, piloso; receptaculum coriaceum, extus pilis aureis adpressis ornatum, intus pilo- 
sum; carpella numerosa, in disco sessilia, multiseriata. 
Neu-Guinea: Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, in den Wäldern am Goridjoa, 1200 m s. m. 
(R. Schlechter n. 19825, im Juni 1909 mit junger Frucht). 
Nota. Species S. pyctioneurae valde similis; itaque eam generi S. adjunxi, quamquam 
Ovaria florum 2 mihi suppetentium defloratorum a typo generico valde recedunt. 
12. S. pycnoneura Perk. n. sp. — Frutex vel arbor; rami subteretes, 1 — 4 mm 
lati, juniores fulvo-tomentosi, adulti glabrescentes ; folia opposita, petiolata, petiolo 9 — 1 mm 
longo, fulvo-tomentoso, oblonga vel interdum ovata, 9,5 — 12 cm longa, 3,80 — 4,70 cm 
lata, coriacea, apice acuminata, apice ipso acutiuscula, basi cuneata, integra vel inter- 
dum ultra medium distincte et remotissime et irregulariter dentata vel denticulis 1 — 3 
ornata, raro integra, juniora utrinque flavescenti-fusco-tomentosa, adulta supra in nervo 
mediano pilosa, ceterum glabra, subtus pilosa, praecipue ad nervös venasque, nervis 
venisque supra inconspicuis subtus valde prominentibus, venis dense reticulatis, nervis 
lateralibus 7 — 9, marginem petentibus demum margine eleganter inter sese curvato- 
conjunctis. Inflorescentia axillaris, racemosa, circa 2 cm longa; rhachis inflorescentiae 
flavescenti-fusco-tomentosa; flores qj* non plane evoluti, pedicellati, pedicello 3,5 — 
4 mm longo, tomentoso, receptaculum depresse globosum, 3 mm diam., chartaceum, 
extus tomentosum, intus glabrum; stamina 4, ovata, subsessilia, in receptaculi medio 
dense adpressa, 0,75 mm lata, inferne pilosiuscula. 
Neu-Guinea: Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, in den Wäldern des Maboro (R. Schlechter 
n. 19517, im Mai 1909 blühend). 
1 3. S. Forbesii Perk. n. sp. — Frutex vel arbor, monoica; rami subteretes, 2 — 
4 mm lati, ad nodos applanati, juniores dense aureo-fusco-tomentosi, adulti glabres- 
centes; folia opposita, petiolata, petiolo 5 — 8 mm longo, juniore tomentoso, adulto 
glabro, oblonga, 10,5 — 16 cm longa, 5 — 8 cm lata, (verosimiliter etiam satis longiora, 
sed folia majora in specimine haud bene conservata), apice acuta (an semper?), basi 
cuneata vel late cuneata, chartacea vel subcoriacea, juniora supra praecipue ad nervös 
