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I>R, IT. O. FORBEs’s NEW GUINEA PLANTS 
MeNISPERMACEaE. 
PARABiENA myriantha K. Schum. Sogere, 684. 
Chl^nandra oyata Miq. Sogere, 184. 
VlOLACEiE. 
Schuurmansia MiCROCARPA L. Cap. Sogere, 677.—S. Hen- 
ningsii K. Sebum. Sogere, 613. 
Alsodeia Astrolabes Laut. & K. Sebum. Sogere, 2000 ft., 
121; 2500 ft., 134. Small tree : fruit dark green, immature. 
Bixaceje. 
Cochlospermum Gillivraei Bentb. var. nov. papuanum Bak. fil. 
JRavri lignosi; foliis 3-5 rarissime 7, palmatilobis pro genere parvius- 
eulis longe petiolatis, lamina 4-6 cm. longa, utrinque glabra, lobis 
apice subacuminatis 35-50 mm. longis margine integris vel bine inde 
serratis, petiolis 45-7'5 mm. longis; Jioribus bermapbroditis ad 
apices ramorum paniculatis; sepalis 5, crassis inrequalibus, imbri- 
catis, interioribus quam exterioribus majoribus ; petalis 5, ovatis vel 
oblongo-obovatis 35-40 mm. longis ; staminibus numerosis, blamentis 
ftliformibus, antberis 3-4 mm. longis, basifixis apice poro deliiscenti- 
bus ; ovarii placentis parietalibus ; capsula ignota. 
Port Moresby, sine no. 
Differs from typical C. Gillivraei Bentb. by tbe leaves being 
smaller and tbe sepals unequal in length, tbe outer being shorter than 
tbe inner. 
TeRNSTROSMIACE^. 
Tremanthera Dueaurii F. Muell. in Viet. Nat. 1886, 168. 
S >gere, 1750-2000 ft., 260, 681, 783 b. Mt. Meroka, 2000 ft., 365. 
An erect shrub or tree up to 40 ft. ; bowers pink or pink-purple. 
Ternstrcemia sogerensis Bak. hi., sp. n. Hamuli cicatricibus 
foliorum delapsorum notati; foliis ad extremitates ramulorum dis- 
positis coriaceis oblanceolatis vel oblanceolato-spatlmlatis glabris 
apice obtusis vel subacutis basi in petiolum attenuatis cum petiolis 
5-6'5 cm. longis, 15-20 mm. latis; pedunculis brevibus 1-boris ; 
sepalis 5 valde imbrieatis rotundatis vel suborbicularibus rugosis 
glabris; petalis 5 basi connatis ; staminibus numerosis; antheris 
glabris basifixis vix 2 mm. longis ; fruclu ignoto. 
Sogere, 660. 
Noticeable for tbe oblanceolate coriaceous leaves and solitary very 
shortly pedunculate bowers. 
Differs in shape of leaf from T. papuana Lauterb. & T. Brit¬ 
ten iana P. Muell. 
Adinandra Forbesii Bak. hi., sp. n. Arbor alta, ramulis 
cinereo-corticatis glabrescentibus ; foliis crassiusculis, lamina ovato- 
oblonga fere glabra apice subobtusa basi late cuneata 5-8‘5 cm. 
longa, 3-3-5 cm. lata, petiolo 5-8 mm. longo ; floribus majusculis 
solitariis axillaribus pedunculatis, pedunculis 4—5 cm. longis apicem 
versus bracteis 2 munitis; sepalis semiorbicularibus valde imbrieatis; 
petalis crassiusculis imbrieatis ±2 cm. longis; staminibus numerosis 
pentadelpbis; ovario glabro 5-loculari apice in stylum sensim abeunte, 
ovulis in loculis numerosis; fructu ignoto. 
