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DR. H. O. FORBES’S NEW GUINEA PLANTS 
oblong-obovate ; also apparently No. 523 with very young inflor¬ 
escence. 
Adenostemma yiscosum Forst. Sogere, 858, 866. 
Siegesbeckia orientalis L. Sogere, 2000 ft., 141. 
Goodeniaceaj. 
Scasyola Lauterbachiana K. Krause. Sogere, 2000 ft., 361. 
This is probably the li Sccevola oppositifolia lloxb.” of Mueller’s 
Descript. Notes on Papuan PL ix. 63.—S. Forbesii K. Krause in 
Pflanzenreich, Monog. Good. 133. Sogere, 1800 ft., 952. 
VaCCINIACEAL 
Catanthera lysipetala F. Muell. in Journ. Bot. xxiv. 289 
(1886). Sogere, Mt. Gavvada +5000 ft., 419, 451. 
Dimorphanthera Forbesii F. Muell. Descr. Notes Papuan 
PI. ix. 63 (1890). Mt. Wori-wori, +5000 ft., 296, 768. 
D. Mooriiousiana F. Muell. Sogere, 3000 ft.,'764. Koikoko 
Bange, 2500 ft., 784. 
Myrsinaceal 
Msesa sogerensis S. Moore, sp. n. Arbuscula glabra; ramulis 
sat gracilibus foliosis lenticellis permultis prominentibus signatis; 
foliis oblongo-obovatis acuminatis apice ipso obtusis basi in petiolum 
circa 5 mm. long, attenuatis margine integris undulatisve mernbra- 
naceis pag. utraque opacis lineis nervilliformibus crebro percursis 
pleraque 7-11 X 25-4*5 cm. ; racemis axillaribus simplicibus vel ima 
basi solum ramosis foliis multo brevioribus ( + 1 cm. long.) ; bracteis 
bracteolisque subulatis circa *5 mm. long.; pedicellis robustis 1 mm. 
long.; calycis segmentis ovatis obtusissimis margine minute crenulatis 
dense rubro-lineatis ‘6 mm. long.; corolla medium usque divisse 
1*5 mm. long, lobis suborbicularibus dilute aurantiacis lineis rubris 
radiantibus eleganter percursis ; staminibus sat alte insertis antheris 
ovatis obtusissimis *5 mm. long, lilamentis circa jequilongis ; ovario 
anguste ovoideo stylo abbreviato incurvo levi coronato. 
Sogere, 2850 ft., 174. 
Close to M. striata Mez ; different inter alia in the inflor¬ 
escences simple except at the very base, the smaller orange-coloured 
flowers on short stout pedicels and the narrower smooth ovary with 
smooth style. 
M. rubens S. Moore in Journ. Bot. lii. 291 (1914). Sogere, 90. 
Ardisia (§Afcosmos) tristanioides S. Moore, sp. n. Frutex 
erectus, glaber ; ramulis subteretibus cortice fusco-brunneo obductis ; 
foliis breviter valideque petiolatis (pet. circa 5 mm. long.) lanceo- 
latis gradatim acuminatis apice obtusis basi obtusis tenuiter coriaceis 
utrobique nigropunctatis minutissimeque lepidotis 10-15 x 3-4 cm. 
costis lateralibus plurimis marginem versus arcuatis velut reticulum 
mediocriter eminentibus; inflorescentiis axillaribus (nonnunquam 
extra-axillaribus) sat longe pedunculatis (ped. 3-7 cm. long.) quam 
folia ssepius brevioribus laxe paucifloris floribus longipedicellatis 
(pedicellis 1-1*5 cm. long.) secus ramos racemosim ordinatis; calycis 
ultra medium divisi segmentis late oblongis obtusissimis margine 
