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Dryadodaphne celastroides S. Moore in Journ. Bot. lxi. 109 
(1923). Mt. Wori-wori, 5000 ft., 724. 
Phoebe Forbesii Gamble, op. cit. 227. Sogere, 2500 ft., 215. 
Mt. Meroka, 1750 ft., 698. Gamble also quotes No. 805 for this, at 
the Museum Eugenia pergamacea Greves. 
Massoia aromatica Becc. Mt. Meroka, 2500 ft., 913. Beccari, 
ex litt. in herb. Kew, considered No. 800 (Koikoko Range, 2500 ft.) 
referable to this genus. Both specimens are very poor. The genus 
is but imperfectly known. 
Lits^a papuaiva K. Schum. ex descript. Mt. Koikoko, 2500 ft., 
624. 
Litsaea collina S. Moore, sp. n. Arbor majuscula; ramulis validis 
cito glabris cortice striato cinereo obductis 4-7 mm. diam. ultimis 
aliquanto compressis circa 2-3 mm. diam.; foliis alternis petiolatis 
(pet. fuscis T5-2'5 cm. long.) late ovatis nisi obovatis apice rotun- 
datis basi obtusis coriaceis glabris supra in sicco castaneis nitidisque 
subtus opacis 9-13 X 6- 8‘5 cm. costis utrinque 5-6 tenuibus pag. inf. 
leviter eminentibus sub margine arcuatis costulis reteque arctissimo 
utrinque subevanidis ; glomerulis axillaribus (pluribus ex axillis rami 
jam defoliati) rhacbi nodosse 4-8 mm. long, insidentibus pedunculatis 
(ped. circa 5 mm. long.) 4-floris ; involucri phyllis 4 glabris ext. 
minoribus orbiculatis in alabastro solum visis 3 mm. diam. int. 4 - 5 mm. 
diam. ; jloribus subsessilibus; periantliii tubo turbinato lobis 6 ovato- 
oblongis obtusis ; staminibus 9 introrsum spectantibus intimis bi- 
glandulosis; staminodiis 3 cordatis minutis ; jloribus $ ignotis. 
Mt. Gawada, 5000 ft., 538. 
The foliage is different from that of Papuan species hitherto 
described. The flowers being only in early bud, measurements are 
not given. 
Proteace^:. 
Helicia Forbesiana F. Muell. in Yict. Nat. iii. 63 (1886). 
Meroka, 343. Sogere, 387. Mt. Wori-wori, 5000 ft., 723. Koikoko 
Range, 2500 ft., 799. A large tree. Flowers in rich white trusses. 
THYMEL^ACEiE. 
Phaleria sogerensis S. Moore, sp. n. Erutex glaber; ramulis 
gracilibus teretibus bene foliosis ; foliis subsessilibus (pet. 4 mm. 
long.) oblongo-lanceolatis apice angustatis ipso acutis basi cuneatis 
tenuiter coriaceis in sicco brunneis vel brunneo-viridibus 7-12 x 
3-4’5 cm. costa media subtus valde prominente costis lat. utrinque 
circa 8 uti reticulum apertum tenuibus ; jloribus sessilibus in capitula 
pseudoterminalia pauciflora pedunculis 5-8 mm. long, insidentia di¬ 
gests ; perianthio anguste infundibulari 14 mm. long, ima basi 
1-5 mm. juxta medium vix 1 mm. sub limbo 3'25 mm. lat. limbi lobis 
late oblongis obtusis intus minute pubescentibus 5 mm. long. ; 
filamentis exsertis antheris linearibus obtusis 1-5 mm. long.; ovario 
oblongo apice villoso 2 mm. long. ; stylo glabro 16 mm. long, 
stigmate 125 mm. diam. 
Sogere, sine no. 
