506 Hems ley, 
longiores), floribus numerosis quotannis ad apicem pedunculi confer- 
tissimis, pedicellis gracilibus (an vivis ?), 6-12 lin. longis. Flores 
cremei (fide Comins) circiter semipoll, diametro ; calycis minuti 
segmenta ovato-oblonga, obtusissima; corollae rotatae lobi obscure 
puberuli vel pulverulenti, late ovati, vix acuti ; coronae squamae amplae, 
ovoideae, compressae, subinflatae, apice emarginatae. Folliculi ignoti. 
San Christoval, Rev. R. B. Comins. 
The substance of the flowers may have been much reduced by 
immersion in boiling water before drying; but the corolla appears 
much less fleshy and the coronal scales much less crustaceous than in 
the allied species. 
Dischidia Milnei, Hemsl. n. sp. 
Folia carnosula, sessilia, reniformi-rotundata, 1-1J poll, diametro, 
glaberrima, venis immersis inconspicuis. Pedunculi crassi, folia vix 
aequantes, 2-cymosi, pedicellis confertissimis quam flores brevioribus. 
Flores cremei (fide Comins) 1J-2 lineas longi ; calycis lobi breves 
rotundati tenues glabri, corollae carnosae subcampanulatae, lobi erecti, 
obtusissimi, intus barbati. Fructus ignotus. 
Solomon Islands, without locality, Milne ; San Christoval, Rev. R. 
B. Comins. 
Myristica faroensis, Hemsl. n. sp. 
Arbor 15-pedalis (fide Guppy), ramulis fructiferis, crassiusculis, 
rigidis, rectis, glabris, cinereis. Folia petiolata, coriacea, utrinque 
glabra, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 6-9 poll, longa, 2J-4 poll, lata, 
obtusissima, basi obscure cordata, subtus pallidiora, subglauca, 
venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 12-15 subtus sat conspicuis, 
petiolo circiter semipollicari. Flores ignoti. Capsulde cymosae 3-6 
aggregate, distincte pedicellatae, oblongae, 1-1^ poll, longse, bre viter 
stipitatae, acuminatae, fulvae, demum bivalvae, pedunculo circiter pol- 
licari; semen oblongum, circiter 9 lineas longum, arillo coccineo 
tenuiter lacerato omnino involutum, testa Crustacea, albumine con- 
colori luteo. 
Faro, Solomon Islands, Dr. H. B. Guppy. 
There are two other apparently undescribed species of Myristica in 
the collections, but the material is hardly sufficient for description. 
Grammatophyllum Cominsii, Rolfe, n. sp. 
Folia linearia, acuta, 22 poll, longa, f poll. lata. Pedicelli 3 \ poll, longi. 
Sepala obovato-elliptica, obtusa, undulata, 1 \ poll, longa. Petala subor- 
