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DR. H. O. FOREEs’s NEW GUINEA PLANTS 
to be conspecific. A small tree; flowers faded green colour.— 
C. Forbesii Gamble, op. cit. 146. Mt. Wori-wori, 4000 ft., 640.— 
C. apamjefolia Gamble, l. c. 146. Sogere, 3000 ft., 401. 
Cryptocarya rarinervia S. Moore, sp. n. Frut ex crebro ramosus ; 
ramulis tenuibus (1-2 mm. diam.) subteretibus mox glabris cortice 
rubido obductis; foliis sat longe petiolatis (pet. 1—1*5 cm. long.) 
ovatis caudato-acuminatis acnmine obtuso nisi obtusissimo basi breviter 
cuneatis tenuiter coriaceis in sicco castaneis supra nitidulis pag. utravis 
glabris 6-7 x 2*5-3*5 cm. costis supra leviter impressis subtus promin- 
entibus lateralibus utrinque 2-3 adscendenti-arcuatis juxta marginem 
anfractuosis aliis minoris valoris interpositis costulis paucis fere rectis 
pag. sup. uti reticulum sublaxum evanidis; inflorescentiis axillaribus 
terminalibusve foliis brevioribus (circa 4x2*5 cm.) pauciramosis 
ramis patentibus uti pedicelli floresque minute fulvo-tomentosis; 
pedicellis summum 2 mm. long.; bracteolis *75 mm. long.; perianthii 
tubo cylindrico 1 mm. long, segmentis ext. anguste ovato-oblongis 
intus pubescentibus 1 mm. long. int. obtusissimis quam ext. latioribus ; 
staminibus sen*, i et n *5 mm. long, antheris suborbicularibus *3 mm. 
diam. ser. hi. '6 mm. long, filamentis pubescentibus ; staminodiis 
breviter acuminatis basi pubescentibus dorso pilosis *4 mm. long.; 
ovario anguste oblongo-ovoideo glabro *75 mm. long.; stylo 1 mm. 
long. : stiff mate truncato. 
Mt. Koikoko, 3000 ft., 590. 
Near C. fagifolia Gamble. The more prominent points of dif¬ 
ference are found in the shape and nervation of the leaves and in the 
longer pedicels to the flowers of C. rarinervia. 
Cryptocarya myrcioides S. Moore, sp. n. Arbor?] ramulis 
subteretibus longitrorsum striatis sulcatisve mox glabris corticeque 
cinereo obductis ; foliis sparsis vel suboppositis (petiolis pubescentibus 
vel fere glabris 7-10 mm. long.) oblongo-lanceolatis raro oblongo- 
obovatis ssepius breviter acuminatis apice basique obtusis 7-12 X 3*5- 
4*5 cm. coriaceis in sicco castaneis supra glabris nitidisque subtus 
prsesertim in nervis sparsim fulvo-pubescentibus costis lateralibus 
utrinque 10-12 pag. inf. uti costulse eminentibus ; inflorescentiis 
axillaribus vel lateralibus foliis brevioribus (7x4 cm.) pluriramosis 
minute fulvo-pubescentibus pedunculo 1-2 cm. long, ramis stepius 
oppositis vel suboppositis patentibus minute bracteatis; pedicellis 
±1*5 mm. long. ; perianthii extus fulvo-pubescentis tubo brevi 
turbinato 1*25 mm. long, segmentis intus basi pubescentibus ext. 
ovatis obtusissimis int. ovato-oblongis obtusiusculis omnibus 2 mm. 
long.; staminibus serr. i et n 1*5 mm. long, connectivo obtusissimo 
filamento piloso ser. in 2 mm. long.; staminodiis cordatis acutis 
postice pubescentibus antice glabris ; ovario oblongo glabro 1*5 mm. 
long.; stylo 1 mm. long. 
Sogere, 410. 
Easily distinguished from C. 'Forbesii Gamble by the smaller 
leaves narrowed at the base and the small flowers with short perianth 
tube. 
Endiandra Forbesii Gamble, op. cit. 153. (F. papuana Laut. 
in Nov. Guin. Bot. viii. 819 (1911).) Mt. Gawada, 5000 ft., 543. 
