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folia multo brevioribus; pedunculis +1 cm. long., sub fructu circa 
usque 2 cm. elongatis ; bracteis subulatis 1—1*5 mm. long.; pedicellis 
2 mm. long. ; calycis 2 mm. long, segmentis triangularibus obtusis 
dorso carinulatis; corolla tubo calycem triplo excedente juxta 
medium dilatato superne intus villoso lobis ovato-oblongis obtusis 
circa 2 mm. long. ; staminibus paullo infra medium tubum affixis 
antlieris acuminatis 1*3 mm. long.; ovario subgloboso *4 mm. diam.; 
stylo brevissimo; stigmate capitato-oblongo apice breviter bifido 
*5 mm. long.; bacca nunc simplici nunc moniliformi segmentis 
subglobosis apice subito acutis vivis dilute tlavescenti-viridibus 
8-12 x 5-8 mm. 
Mt. Koikoko, 3000 ft. 591. 
The opposite comparatively lengthily acuminate very closely-nerved 
leaves afford an easy means of distinguishing the species. 
No. 668, also from Mt. Koikoko, in fruit and very early inflores¬ 
cence, appears to belong to an undescribed species of this genus. 
Cerbera Odollxm Gfaertn. Sogere, 2000 ft. 822. 
Alstonia ficifolia S. Moore, sp. n. Arbor glabra circiter 8-metra- 
lis; ramulis subteretibus vel angulatis primo vernicosis; / bills ternatim 
verticillatis petiolatis (pet. 1*5-2 cm. long.) obovato-oblongis apice 
obtusissimis nisi breviter cuspidato-acuminatis ipsoque obtusis basi in 
petiolum angustatis plerisque 9-12 x 4-6 cm. papyraceis costis 
lateralibus utrinque 8-12 aperte arcuatis pag. inf. (uti costa media) 
optime visis additis pluribus intervenientibus minus perspicuis usque 
rb 10 mm. a costa media progredientibus tunc in reticulum laxum 
transeuntibus ; cymis plurifloris quam folia multo brevioribus (usque 
3 cm. long.) pseudoterminalibus verticillatis pedunculis 1*5-2 cm. 
long, insidentibus; bracteis pusillis ovatis circa 1 mm. long.; pedicellis 
validis 3-4 mm. long. ; calyce 3 mm. long, lobis ovatis obtusissimis 
2 mm. long.; corolla tubo 13 mm. long, faucibus leviter dilatatis 
intus infra staminum insertionem piloso ceterum glabro lobis 
dextrorsum obtegentibus oblongis obtusis 8 mm. long. ; staminibus 
paullo infra fauces insertis antlieris acutis 1*4 mm. long.; ovario 
glabro e carpellis 2 sejunctis constituto circa 1 mm. diam.; stylo 
filiform! 8 mm. long.; stigmate oblongo apice breviter bifido *65 mm. 
long. 
Sogere, 2S00 ft. 74. 
On a cursory inspection this might be mistaken for A. macrophylla 
Wall., but a closer view shows the leaves to be broader and provided 
with fewer side-nerves, each pair separated by usually two or three 
nerves, less conspicuous, which run outwards for a little distance 
before being lost in the reticulum. The flowers of the two are quite 
different. 
Apparently allied to this is a flowerless specimen (No. 125 from 
Sogere, 2000 ft.) with follicles reaching nearly two feet in length. 
This may perhaps be A. longissima F. Muell., of which I have seen 
no specimen. 
YoacaNga papuana K. Sebum. Sogere, 480; 599 a. 
Ervatamia montensis, sp. n. Arbuscula glabra; ramulis gracilibus 
subteretibus cortice cin#reo obductis ; foliorum paribus saepe aliquanto 
disparibus lamina oblongo-lanceolata vel oblongo-oblanceolata acumi- 
