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dr. ir. o. forbes’s new guinea, plants 
lati 2 mm. long, segmentis per anthesin apertis deltoicleis obtusius- 
culis margine midis perspicue glanduloso-punctatis vix 1 mm. long.; 
corollce paullo ultra medium divisa3 4 mm. long, lobis sestivatione 
leviter dextrorsum obtegentibus oblongis obtusis apice paucipunc- 
tatis; starninibus inclusis juxta basin lobis insertis subquadratis 
•(5 mm. long, filamentis sequilongis ; ovario -; stylo crassiusculo 
1*5 mm. long. 
Sogere, 1750 ft., 614. 
The very short racemes of congested flowers and the non-sessile 
anthers, although curious features, are not of sufficient importance to 
warrant a special genus for this plant. 
Most probably to be referred here is No. 135 (Sogere, 2500 ft.) 
with ovate-lanceolate, acute, 13-16 x 4*5—6*5 leaves and globular 
ribbed fruits 4 mm. in diameter. 
Nos. 202 and 256, also from Sogere, are probably congeneric. 
These have large, papery, lanceolate, acuminate, up to 25 x 8 cm. 
leaves and strongly ribbed purple-red fruits measuring 8 mm. across. 
Almost all the species of Discocalyx are natives of the Philippine 
Islands; the one described above would seem to be the first from 
New Guinea. 
SAPOTACE2E. 
Sideroxylon Forbesii S. Moore, sp. n. Arbuscula, romis subtetra- 
gonis mox puberulis; foil is sat longipetiolatis (pet. supra late cana- 
liculatis 3 5 cm. long.) ovato-oblongis obtusissimis nisi retusis brevi- 
terve cuspidatis basi obtusis tenuiter coriaceis pag. utravis glabris 
pallideque nitidis 12-19 x 5*5-9 cm. costis lateralibus utrinque 20 in- 
tervallis inter sese sajpissime 7-9 mm. uti reticulum bene visibilibus ; 
fasciculis exaxillaribus plurifloris floribus 6—7-meris; pedicellis 
tenuibus ±6 mm. long, uti calyx subtilissime fulvis; alabastris 
crudis solum cognitis depresse globosis 2*5 mm. diam.; calycis seg¬ 
mentis suborbicularibus obtusis ; corollce lobis ovatis obtusis ; stami¬ 
nibus subsessilibus sagittulatis apice breviter appendiculatis; stcimi- 
nodiis flliformibus quain antherse brevioribus ; ovario depresso villo- 
sulo ; stylo glabro. 
Mt. Wori-wori, +5000 ft., 756. 
Prom S. novo-guineense K. Sebum, this is known by the larger 
leaves with more numerous and closer-placed lateral nerves ; also 
inter alia by the longer pedicels to the flowers. S. Kaernbachianum 
Engl, is in some respects more like it in foliage, but the leaves are 
described as being cuneately narrowed from the middle, and they 
stand on a much shorter stalk. 
Ebenaceal 
Diospyros papuana Valet. ? Sogere, 3000 ft., 276. A great 
tree : fruit white with a tinge of green. (Determined by Mr. Hiern.) 
S V MPLOCACEiE. 
Symplocos sogerensis Brand in Pflanzenreich, Monog. Sympl. 
49. Sogere, 1650 ft., 652. 
