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C. Forbesii Rendle, sp. n. Frutex erecta, caudice sub apice 
8 mm. crass. ; foliis anguste oblanceolatis apice acutis basi in petio- 
lum longum attenuatis, 50-65 cm. long, (ciun petiolo), 2‘2-3 cm. lat., 
supra nitida striato-nervosa ; petiolo 12-15 cm. longo margine alato 
basi amplexicaule; inflorescentia terminalis pauci-ramosa, 12 cm. 
longa, ramis 2 brevibus (vix 3 cm. long.) ; flonbus . . . . ; bacca sub- 
globosa 6-8 mm. diam. rubescente breviter pedicellata, pedicello vix 
2 mm. long., 3-loculare, seminibus 3-4 in cpioque loculo, nitide atris, 
angulatis, 3 mm. longis. Dracaena sp. ? Ridl. 1. c. 35S. 
Sogere, 1800 ft., 258. Erect slirub, fruit from green to light red. 
October. 
Well distinguished from the other Papuan species by the long 
narrowly lanceolate leaves and the short scarcely branched inflor¬ 
escence. 
Dianella sp. Sogere, 2000 ft., 327. Flowers dark purple-blue. 
This specimen was assigned by Ridley, l. c. 358, to D. ensifolia 
lied., but agrees more closely with the description and figure of 
D. carinata Hallier, in Nova Guinea , viii. 999, t. 186, though the 
panicle is much longer, exceeding the leaves. There are no perfect 
flowers on the specimen. 
CoMMELINACEiE. 
Cyanotis capitata C. B. Clarke. South Cape, 919. 
FLAGELLARIACEiE. 
Flagellaria indica L. Sogere, river-side, 1750 ft., 688, 
flowers white and greenish white ; and at 2000 ft., 19, yellowish- 
white fruit. 
PALMACEiE. 
Ptyciiosperma caryotoides Ridl. 1. c. 358. Sogere, 2500- 
3000 ft., 93, 166, 307. 
P. Hidleyi Becc. in Nuov. Giorn. Ital. xx. 179 (sub P. litigiosa 
Becc.; Bidl. 1. c.). Sogere, 2500 ft., 72. 
Linospadix flabellatus Becc. Sogere, 2500 ft., 235. 
L. Foebesii Ridl. 1. c. Sogere, 2500 ft., 163, 211. Flowers 
green, fruit orange-red. 
Calamus waei-waeiensis Becc. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cal¬ 
cutta, xi. App. 71, t. 38. Sogere, Mt. Wori-wori, 5000 ft., 741. A 
climber with whitish-yellow flowers. 
The collection contains two other species, one with } r oung male 
flowers only, referred by Mr. Ridley to Nenga (Sogere, 2000 ft., 17), 
and one in fruit (Sogere, without number). 
Pandanace^e. 
Feeycinetia angustissima Ridl. 1. c. 359. Sogere, 2000 ft., 3. 
F. Foebesii Ridl. 1. c. Sogere, Mt. Koikoko, 2500 ft., 628 a ; 
Mt. Meroka, 352. Fruit bright scarlet. 
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