The Compositae of the Malay Archipelago and New Guinea collected by O. Beccari have been studied by U. Martelli in 1883. Afterwards J. Mattfeld reconsidered some of Beccari’s Compositae, chiefly specimens of the genus Blumea, founding also a new species, Anaphalis arfakensis, on a Beccari specimen from Papua. The re-examination of the above mentioned collection brought to light some misinterpretations.