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dr. h. o. forbes’s new guinea plants 
being new. Of course, Bitter does not include Wernham’s 3 spp. (Trans. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 119), both memoirs having been published during the 
war, ours in 1916 and the other 15 months afterwards. Together 
with the sp. here described, the affinity of which appears to be with 
S. torricellense Bitt., 27 Solanums are now known from New Guinea. 
ScROPHULARIACEiF. 
Ltndernia Crustacea F. Muell. Sogere, 918. 
Striga lutea Lour. Sogere, 921.—S. parviflora Benth. 848. 
CYRTANDRACE2E. 
TEsciiynanttius nummularia K. Sebum. ( Trichosporum num- 
mularium Burkill & S. Moore in Journ. Bot. xxxvii. 178 ; 1899). 
Sogere, 2000-2500 ft., 114, 184,301, 511. Flowers scarlet or purple- 
red.— M. Forbesii K. Sclium. ( Trichosporum Jdorbesii S. Moore, 
op. cit . 172). Sogere, 43, 218 a, 880. 
Dichotriciium Chalmersii F. Muell. Sogere, 776. 
Bcea Lawesii H. O. Forbes in Journ. Bot. xxv. 347 (1887). 
Astrolabe liange, 3500 ft., on steep escarpment, 850. 
Cyrtandra Schraderi K. Sclium. Sogere, 796. 
Bignoniaceje. 
Neosepiclea yiticoides Diels. Sogere, 437. A climber. Flowers 
pale orange spotted with crimson. 
Tecomanthe gloriosa S. Moore, sp. n. Scande?is ; caule subtereti 
cortice sordido obducto 7-8 mm. diam. ; foliis paripinnatis petiolo 
saltern 7 cm. long, una cum rhaclii foliolifera tereti necnon pubescente 
2 mm. diam. foliolis 10 inferioribus quam superiora paullo minoribus 
(illis 9-10x3-4 cm. his 11-12 x 4 - 2-4*5 cm.) omnibus oblongo- 
oratis acuminatis (acumine +1 cm. long.) apice acutis basi obtusis 
integris papyraceis in costa centrali pag. sup. itaque in costis pag. inf. 
strigilloso-pubescentibus alibi sparsim strigillosis costis lateralibus 
utrinque circa 9 pag. inf. pallidiori uti reticulum optime visibilibus 
petiolulis 5 mm. long, pubescentibus ; racemis e caule defoliato ortis 
plurifloris basi squamis parvulis subulatis perpaucis auctis circa 2 cm. 
long.; bracteis setaceis +4 mm. long.; pedicellis sub calyce aliquanto 
tumidis microscopice pubescentibus 5-12 mm. long. ; calyce cam- 
panulato in toto 23 X 11 mm. lobis triangularibus acuminatis 12 mm. 
long. ; corollce tubulosse ore necnon tubi parte sup. lactese parte inf. 
equidem roseo-purpureae tubo 7 cm. long, fere a basi dilatato juxta 
basin incurvo et 5—8 mm. lat. superne adusque 3*5 cm. ampliato 
deorsum puberulo lobis late triangularibus 12-15 mm. long, postico 
plane breviore ; capsula haud visa. 
Mt. Koikoko, 3000 ft., 495, 622. 
A very distinct species with the five pairs of pinnae to its leaves and 
flowers different in several respects from its few described congeners. 
Tecomanthe venusta S. Moore, sp. n. Scandens ; caule 3-5 mm. 
diam. crebro tuberculoso-lenticellifero ; foliis paripinnatis foliolis 4 
oblongo-ovatis acuminatis (acumine 5-10 mm. long.) basi obtusis 
integris papyraceis utrobique glabris 7-8 x 35-4 cm. costis lateralibus 
