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truncatis margine integris nisi liac atque iliac repandis papyraceis 
opacis in sicco viridibus plerisque 6-8 x 5-7 cm. costa media subtus 
eminente costis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 (quorum 2 vel 3 basi approxi- 
matis) pag. utravis bene obviis reticulo satis arcto pag. inf. eminente; 
flonbus in cymas axillares (in axillis summis) breves paucifloras quam 
folia multo breviores (circa 2*5x2 cm.) digestis; bracteis foliaceis 
lanceolatis inferioribus ad 1 cm. long, ultimis modo 2-3 mm.; pedi- 
cellis +2-5 mm. long.; calycis vix usque medium divisae 5*5 mm. 
long, lobis ovatis obtusiusculis ; corolla tubo calyce breviore (2*5 mm. 
long.) lobis oblongo-spathulatis 3 mm. long. ; staminibus ori insertis 
breviter exsertis antlieris oblongis obtusis 1*25 mm. long.; ovario 
depresse globoso 2-loculari loculis 2-ovuUtis 1 mm. diam.; stylo 
2*5 mm. long, ramis abbreviatis divaricatis *25 mm. long. 
Near Kerepunu, sine no. 
This is believed to be the first recorded occurrence of the genus in 
New Guinea. The broad rotundate leaves together with the short 
axillary few-flowered inflorescences serve to distinguish the species. 
Tourneeorxia sarmenxosa Lam. Sogere, 2500 ft., 156. 
COJCVOLVTJLACEJE. 
Erycibe Helwigii Train. Sogere, 439. Fruit rich orange-red. 
Mt. Koikoko, 3000 ft., 669. 
SOLANACEJE. 
Solanitm btelorttm Lour. Meroka Mts., 2500 ft., 882.— 
S. verbascifolium L. Sogere, 2000 ft., 10. 
Solanum turraeaefolium S. Moore, sp. n. Frutex P inermis; 
ramis gracilibus bene foliosis arete breviterque stellato-tomentosis ; 
foliis sa?pe geminatis geminis inter se insequalibus brevipetiolatis (pet. 
tomentosis 5-8 mm. long.) oblongo-oblanceolatis breviter acuminatis 
acumine obtuso margine lobulatis vel lobulato-undulatis basi cuneatis 
pag. sup. glabris in sicco viridibus brunneisve subtus tomento stellato 
brevi arcto fulvo vel fulvo-griseo obsitis plerisque 7-10 X 2*5-3*5 cm. 
rarius 3-6 x 2-2*3 cm. costis lateralibus pag. inf. eminentibus utrinque 
5-6 prope marginem dichotomis costaque intramarginali hac atque 
iliac incompleta valde anfractuosa efformantibus ; Jloribus in racemos 
laterales (sc. plane extra-axillares) paucifloros fulvo-tomentosos 3-4 cm. 
long, digestis; pedicellis tenuibus usque 15 mm. long, sed saepe 
brevioribus ; calycis campanulati tomentosi 4 mm. long, segmentis 
5 late triangularibus acutis marginibus membranaceis 1*5-2 mm. long.; 
corolla alte partita (tubo circa 2 mm. long.) lobis oblongis obtusis 
6*5 X 1*5-2 mm.; antlieris superne attenuatis 6 mm. long.; ovario 
ovoideo 1 mm. long.; stylo 1*5 mm. long. 
Near Kerepunu, sine no. 
One of the specimens has evidently borne a fruit, as marks on the 
sheet indicate. This fruit appears to have measured about 15 mm. in 
diameter; the supporting pedicel is 2 cm. long and swollen in its 
distal half. 
A very distinct species, in shape of leaf recalling Turrcea lietero- 
pliylla Sm. The Papuan Solanums have been monographed recently 
by Bitter (Bot. Jalirb. lv. 59-113), most of the 23 species enumerated 
