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rufous- or ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves nar- 
rowly obovate, apex rounded, base cuneate, char- 
taceous, glabrous above except for the midrib; 
lateral nerves from 14 in the smaller leaves to 
24 in the larger ones on each side of the midrib, 
united to form a strong intramarginal vein 4-5 
mm. from the edge with a finer less distinct one 
very close to the margin, slightly raised, connect- 
ing veins and veinlets clearly discernible in the 
dried specimens, densely rufous- or ferruginous- 
pubescent beneath, lateral nerves and connecting 
and reticulate veinlets raised and prominent; 
blade 13-28 cm. long, 6-9 cm. wide, petiole 
densely tomentose, 1.5-3 cm. long. Racemes 
mostly on the older wood below the leaves, very 
densely flowered, 24-30 cm. long including the 
short peduncle; rachis, pedicels, and flowers 
densely rufous- or ferruginous-tomentose; pedi- 
cels in pairs, slender, 4-5 mm. long. Petals (peri- 
anth segments) 7-8 mm. long, glabrous on the 
inner face, ovary densely clothed with rather 
long reddish hairs, stipitate; stipes glabrous, 
style glabrous, grooved, gradually thickened to- 
wards the top; stigma pyramidal; hypogynous 
gland very prominent, entire, horseshoe-shaped 
or almost annular. 
Southeast New Guinea: Koitaki, alt. ca. 1,500 
ft. in rain forest, C. E. Carr No. 12058 ( fls. ) , 
April, 1935 (tree 12 m.; fls. golden-yellow, 
tipped brownish-orange, style bright yellow- 
green, stigma deep green). 
Though fruits are unknown, I have trans- 
ferred this to Einschia Warb. owing to its close 
relationship to F. mfa Warb., from which it 
differs chiefly in being smaller in all its parts. 
The description has been drawn mainly from 
isotype material but a few notes from Sleumer’s 
original description have been incorporated 
mainly to give variation in size of leaf and a 
few other characters. The species is known only 
from the type gathering. 
3. Finschia ferruginiflora sp. nov. 
Fig. 1 
Arbor 30 m. alt., trunco per radices adventitios 
ad 1.5 m. altos supra terram elevato, cortice 
bruneo lenticellarum rimis notato, ramulis vali- 
dis, partibus novellis ferrugineis mox glabris. 
Folia utrinque glabra, anguste obovata, apice 
rotundata, basi cuneata in petiolum validum 
angustata, chartacea, nervis lateralibus primariis 
utrinsecus 18-20, utrinque prominentibus, in 
venam intramarginalem 4-5 mm. a margine 
arcuatim confluentibus, venulis in sicco laxe 
reticulatis supra parum subtus distinctius ele- 
vatis; lamina 14-22 cm. longa, 3.5-5 cm. lata; ! 
petiolus 1-1.5 cm. longus. Racemi densiflori, 
axillares, saepe ex axillis foliorum delapsorum 
orti, breviter pedunculati, cum pedunculo 13-18 
cm. longi, cum floribus pilis ferrugineis den- 
sissime obsiti; pedicelli graciles, ca. 1 cm. longi; 
torus obliquus, glandula hypogyna integra hip- 
pocrepiformi; petala (perianthii segmenta) 7-8 
mm. longa; pistillum 1.2 cm. longum, ovario 
unilaterali fusco-piloso stipitato, stipite cum 
stylo glabrescenti. Fructus indehiscens, globosus, j 
ca. 5 cm. diam., fere vel omnino sessilis, peri- 
carpio tenui, endocarpio osseo 7-8 mm. crasso, 
sutura visibili sed indistincta. 
Northeast New Guinea: Kuminkira, Aiyura, 
alt. about 5,000 ft., L. S. Smith N.G.F. 1093 
(Type: flowers) October, 1944 (tree 100 ft., j 
with adventitious roots up to 4.5 feet above the 
ground; bark brownish, slightly dotted with 
pustular lenticels, very finely longitudinally 
cracked with a few small corky scaled patches; 
flowers rusty brown, style green with green 
stigma). Bracken Ridge, Aiyura, alt. about 
6,000 ft., L. S. Smith N.G.F. 1060 (fruits) Oc- 
tober, 1944 (tree 100 ft., trunk raised on a adven- 
titious roots up to 3 feet above the ground; bark 
brownish with small pustular lenticels some- 
times arranged in short longitudinal rows; fruits 
globular, brownish; seeds cooked and eaten by 
the natives ) . 
4. Finschia chloroxantha Diels (1916: 204) 
Figs. 2, 3 
Grevillea densiflora C. T. White ( 1922 : 25); 
H. Sleumer (1939: 129). 
Grevillea elaeocarpifolia Guillaum. (1932: 
87). 
