THE IAME FORSTERA LTNN. 
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It seems clear that the plant chosen by Linne to bear the name 
Forstera was not that which is now so named; was it one of the 
ten ? Could it have been a small specimen of Galinia P 
The question here raised will probably not readily be answered, 
but my attention having been accidentally drawn to them, they seem 
sufficiently curious to be submitted to the notice of others. 
NEW GENUS OF LAUEACEaE FEOM NEW GUINEA. 
Br Spencer Le M. Moore, B.Sc., F.L.S. 
Dryadodaplme, Lauracearum e tribu Ferseearum genus novum. 
Flores unisexuales, tetrameri, <5 solum obvii. Ferianthii tubus 
turbinatus, anthesi peracta ovoideus; limbi segmenta 8, biserialia, 
icstivatione imbricata, exteriora quam interiora paullo majora. Stamina 
perfecta 4, seriem extimam constituentia; antherse latse, 2-locellatse, 
extrorsse. Staminodia serr. II et III subulata haic quam ilia mani¬ 
festo minora additis aliis serr. IV et V minimis, omnia uti stamina 
eglandulosa. Arbor magna, glabra. Folia opposita vel subopposita, 
coriacea, penninervia. Flores pedicellati, basi bibracteati, in cymas 
axillares breves paucifloras digesti. 
D. celastroides, sp. unica f ramulis tetragonis bene foliosis cortice 
brunneo obductis; foliis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis obtusis vel apice 
rotundatis basi in petiolum latum +7 mm. long, cuneatim angus- 
tatis margine undulato-crenulatis pag. sup. nitidulis pag. inf. opacis 
4-6 X 2-3 cm. costis lateralibus mconspicuis reticulo (pag. inf. solum 
viso) maxime laxo ; cymis circa 3 cm. long. ; pedunculis circa 1 cm. 
long, pedicellos duplo excedentibus; bracteis ovatis obtusis concavis 
2 mm. long. ; receptaculo sub llore U5xl'7 mm. postea 4x3 mm.; 
jloribus sec. cl. detectorem viridibus; perianthii segmentis ext. 
ovatis obtusis 3 mm. long. int. ovato-oblongis obtusis 2 5 mm. long.; 
antheris ovatis apice attenuatis ipso obtusis basi latis carnosulis; 
staminodiis ser. II U25 mm. ser. Ill 1 mm. long. 
Mt. Woriwori, +5000 ft. H. O. Forbes, 724. 
This very distinct genus is evidently related to Fndiandra. The 
opposite (sometimes subopposite) leaves and tetramerous Bowers, with 
several series of small eglandular staminodes behind the stamens, are 
the distinguishing features. As the specimens lie upon the sheet 
their appearance is that of a celastraceous plant.^. 
A WOELD-CODE OF PLANT NOMENCLATUEE. 
An attempt to combine the best features of the International 
Eules and the Type-basis Code has been published by Mr. Sprague in 
Science , n. s. lvii. 207 (Feb. 16, 1923), under the heading Sugges¬ 
tions for a World-Code of Plant Nomenclature.” His proposals may 
be summarised as follows :— . 
1. Acceptance of the type-concept, with provision tor the recogni¬ 
tion of “ substitute types.” _ . „ , 
2. Acceptance of a list of generic “ nomina conservata to be 
