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Order SAPINDACEZ. 
NEPHELIUM, Linn. 
N. Winterianum (n. sp.) (After the Hon. F. P. Winter, C.M.G.) A tall 
shrub or small tree. Leaves pinnate; leaflets irregular, probably usually 4, 
opposite or alternate glabrous, 3 to 4 in. long, sessile or tapering at the base 
into a short petiolule, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes forming an 
elongated blunt apex, underside pale, margins entire. Panicle axillary or 
lateral, racemose, branching from near the base, these lower branches often 
much longer than the rest of the panicle, branches bearing small clusters of 
2 or more pedicellate, small, white flowers. Calyx minute. Petals with scales 
on face near the base. The fertile stamens 8, twice as long as the petals, fila- 
ments hairy at the base. Staminodia with orange-coloured sterile anthers. 
The fertile stamens arranged on one side of the flower; the staminodia on the 
other, or the flowers unisexual; the male with an abortive ovary and the female 
with abortive anthers. Hypogynous scales glabrous, obtuse. Ovary shortly 
stipitate, prominently 3-winged; style rather long, flattened, stigma shortly 
lobed. 
Hab.: Bay, foot of Mount Trafa'gar. 
Order ARALIACER. 
MERYTA, Forst. 
M. colorata (n. sp.) A tall succulent shrub attaining 8 or more feet in height ; 
the whole plant more or less clothed with somewhat pungent deciduous hairs. 
Leaves alternate, the lower ones more than 2 ft. long and 6 in. broad, lanceo- 
late in outline, margins much undulate and often broken, lateral nerves 
prominent, parallel with thinner cross reticulations, colour somewhat dark- 
purple; petioles very stout, about 6 in. long; the leaves on the upper part of 
the plant near the inflorescence much smaller on shorter petioles. Flowers in 
terminal panicles, probably becoming lateral by the growth of the terminal 
shoot. Peduncle about 14 in. long; branches dichotomous, purple, bearing 
small sessile clusters of small flowers. Calyx 4-lobed. Petals 0. Stamens 4, 
filaments broad, spreading. Anthers large, white, 2-celled. _ Ovary sessile, 
depressed, somewhat 4-angled. No fruit obtained. 
Hab. : Gira River, New Guinea, 
Order RUBIACEX. 
IXORA, Linn. 
I. timorensis, Dene., var. A tall shrub or small tree, the branches more 
or less flattened at the ends. leaves oblorg, thin, coriaceous, 6 to-12 in. 
long, 2 to 4 in. broad, tapering to the base and apex. Petioles short and 
stout, glabrous on both sides, the parallel nerves and reticulations fine. 
Stipules fugaceous, only seen near the ends of the branches, shortly connate 
within the petioles, short, very obtuse with flattened cusps. Inflorescence in 
terminal trichotomous panicles, the common peduncle very short; but the 
two lowest branches, which start from its base, sometimes being absent, it 
appears then to be long, owing to the great distance to the next pair of 
branches. Flowers white, often stained with pink, on short slender pedicels. 
Calyx minute. Corolla-tube slender, hairy inside; lobes 4, linear, about 3 
lines long. Stamens 4, inserted at the orifice of the corolla-tube ; filaments. 
glabrous, short. Anthers twice as long as the filaments, twisted, basal lobes 
prominent. Style slender, hairy, except near the top and bottom. Fruit not 
seen. 
Hab. : Margin of small bay, foot: of Mount Trafalgar, New Guinea. 
