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DR. If. O. FORRESTS NEW GUINEA PLANTS 
DICOTYLEDONS. 
POLYPETALS 
Bi E. (4. Baker, F.L.S. 
U A NUNC U LA CEiE. 
Clematis Vitalba L. Sogere, 686, 738 a. 
Dilleniace.e. 
Tetracera yolubtlts Merr. Mt. Koikoko, 3000 ft., 673. Large 
climber; widely spread in the Philippine Islands. 
Saurauja papuana K. Sebum. Sogere, 473.—S. uniflora 
Kidley. Sogere, 321. 
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Magnoliaceje. ‘ 
Michelia Forbesii Bak. HI., sp. n. Arbor alta ramulis teretibus 
i io veil is pubescentibus ; foJiis ehartaceis elliptic* is a pice subito aeumi- 
natis basi rotundatis vel late cuneatis novellis pubescentibus demum 
petiolis exceptis fere glabris, lamina 15-19 cm. longa, 8-10 cm. lata, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque 12-14, petiolo birsuto 25-28 inm. longo; 
Jioribus ignotis ; carpellis inter minores generis in capitulum lineari- 
oblongum coalitis numerosis lignosis 7-8 mm. longis et latis 1-2- 
spermis bivalvatim dehiscentibus; semin ibus glabris +0 cm. longis. 
Sogere, 442 c. A tall tree. Emit greenish orange, 5-10 cm. 
long, composed of numerous sessile 1-2-seeded carpels, which are 
smaller than those of J\L. Clicnnpaca L. 
H1M AN TAN 131? A C E A]. 
Himantandra nitida Bak. HI. & Norman, sp. n. Arbor alta 
ramis nigrescentibus lepidotis; foJiis ])etiolatis coriaceis supra insig- 
niter nitidis subtus squamulis cupreo-nitentibus omnino obtectis oval- 
ibus basi rotundatis apice obtusis vel subacutis, lamina 7*5-10*5 cm. 
longa, 4*0-5 5 cm. lata, petiolo 18-20 mm. longo, nervis latera¬ 
libus a costa utrinque numerosis arcu intramarginali conjunctis mar¬ 
gin ibus siccitate intlexis ; Ji or ibus axillaribus solitariis pedunculatis ; 
calyptris duabus 18-20 mm. longis extus squamulis cupreo-nitenti¬ 
bus obtectis apice subobtusis ; sta min ibus numerosis extimis sterili- 
bus anguste elongato-liguliformibus 24-25 mm. longis deinde stami- 
nibus fertilibus aequilongis staminodiis linearibus genullexis bine inde 
glandulosis; ovariis confertis, stylis brevibus, stigmatibus carnosis. 
Sogere, 2000 ft., 828 a. 
Differs from II. JBelqraviana Diels bv the shining broader 
coriaceous leaves and much longer stamens. 
Arbor 
s apice 
subacuminatis basi cuneatis papyraceis subtus squamulis cupreis 
obtectis, lamina 5-6*5 cm. longa, 17-23 mm. lata, petiolo 10-12 mm. 
longo, nervis lateralibus inconspicuis a costa utrinque numerosis arcu 
intramarginali conjunctis; Jioribus parviusculis solitariis peduncu¬ 
latis ; calyptris duabus +10 mm. longis extus squamulis cupreis 
Himantandra parvifolia Bak. HI. & Norman, sp. n. 
alta ramis griseis lepidotis glabris; foliis 
anguste 
oblongi 
