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dr. h. o. forbes’s new guinea plants 
Sogere, 59 (Hb. DeCand.).—D. stellato-pueerulum C. DC. /. c. 
197. Sogere, 525.—D. Kunthianum Miq. Sogere, 994. 
Dysoxylon (Eudysoxylon) lactiflorum Bak. fil., sp. n. Arbor 
alta; foliis 3-jugis, foliolis ellipticis vel ovatis vel oblongis apice 
acutis vel subacuminatis basi cuneatis chartaceis glabriusculis, nervis 
lateralibus subtus prominulis utrinque 13-16 erecto-patulis, paral- 
lelis ; foliolis distalibus, 12-14 cm. longis 4-4 5 cm. latis, proxima- 
libus minoribus 8-9 cm. longis; petiolulis 5 inm. longis; paniculis 
cum foliis oriundis multitloris ; calyce 9*5 mm. longo, lobis latis ; 
petalis 5 extus sericeis 10 mm. longis; disco tubuloso ; tubo stamineo 
extus glabro ; anther is 10, intra marginem tubi; ovario piloso ; stylo 
erecto; stigmate capitato. 
Mt. Wori-wori, 5000 ft., 731. Great tree; flowers cream-white. 
The noticeable features are the leaves with about 3 pairs of leaf¬ 
lets, the many-flowered panicle of cream-white flowers, the 5 petals 
externally sericeous, glabrous staminal tube, and prominent disc. 
Chisocheton sogerensis Bak. fib, sp. n. Arbor mediocris ; foliis 
multijugis (10-19), foliolis lineari-oblongis, 3-8 cm. longis, 1- 
1*5 cm. latis, sessilibus vel subsessilibus, foliolorum rhachi hirsuta; 
i njl ores cent ia 2—7 cm. longa, gracillima, pedunculis pilosis ; foribus 
pedicellatis, calyce dentato, externe hirto in toto 3-4 mm. longo; 
petalis 4, rarissime 3, 8-9 mm. longis externe hirtis; anther is 8, 
H-l mm. longis, staminorum tubo externe glabro 8-9 mm. longo ; 
fructu externe hirsuto, 10-12 mm. longo, 8-10 mm. lato. 
Mt. Gawada, 6000 ft., 518 (in flower). Sogere, 852 (in fruit). 
Moderate tree, flowers pure white. A rather anomalous species with 
linear-oblong leaflets, in 10-16 pairs; flowers slender, petals generally 4, 
rarely 3 ; ovary surrounded by a tubular disc. 
C. Forbesii C. DC. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1903, 168. Sogere, 
714 (Hb. DeCand.).—C. noyoguineense C. DC. 1. c. 169. Sogere, 
sine no. (Hb. DeCand.) 
Dasycoleum Forbesii Bak. fil. & Norman, sp. n. Arbor alta ; 
foliis magnis in specimine nostro 4-jugis an pluribus, foliolis magnis, 
25-35 cm. longis 4-8 cm. latis apice breviter acuminatis papyraceis 
utrinque glabris, nervis lateralibus utrinque 14-18 subtus cum costa 
prominentibus, petiolulis 5-8 mm. longis; paniculis elongatis multi- 
floris usque ad 40-45 cm. longis ramis inferioribus 10 cm. longis 
superioribus brevioribus ; floribus albis +1 cm. longis ; calyce cupuli- 
formi dentibus subnullis ±3 mm. longo; petalis angustis subco- 
hserentibus 10 mm. longis; tubo stamineo extus cum petalis aliquid 
cohserentibus 7 mm. longis, antheris longiusculis +3 mm. longis ; 
ovario hirto 4-loculari superne in stylum hirtum attenuato, stigmate 
circulari; fructu ignoto. 
Sogere, 2000 ft., 834; Mt. Wori-wori, +5000 ft., 714. Great 
tree with white flowers. 
Amoora Kohituka W. & A. Sogere, 2000 ft., 384. Large tree; 
fruit very bright scarlet; seeds capsular, light red. 
Amoora sogerensis Bak. fil., sp. n. Arbor ; foliis petiolatis 
imparipinnatis +3-jugis cum impari, petiolo communi subtereti foliolis 
membranaceis glabris oblongis vel ellipticis apice acuminatis vel 
obtusis basi cuneatis lamina foliorum distalium H-15 cm. Ion mi 
