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PLANTS FliOJI NKW CALEDOls^lA. 



Ficus Proteus, var. dentata Bur. Paonipai ; among i-ocl<s by creckslde ; 

 50 ft. 188i. SiiuU tree, 25 ft. Sprcadiii<r branches. Fruits dull grccu 

 tinged with brown. Litox creamy. 



F. RACEMiGEiiA Bur. Mont Canala ; wet forest; 1000 ft. ; mica scliists. 

 1203. Tree 25-40 ft. Weak milky latex. Fruits in big branching panicles 

 on main trunk. 



F. (yOMPTONii S. Moore, sp. nov. Arbo7' magna: ramuUs baud validis 

 sursum foliosis foliorum cicatricibus clypoiformibus crebro notatis minute 

 puberulis cito glal)risj stipulis oblongo-ovatis obtusis extus scriceis circa 



17x3-5 cm. oblongo-oblanccolatis sub apicc angus- 



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tatis apicc ipso obtusis retusisve basi iu petiolum latum 1-5-2 cm. long, 

 scnsim angustatis chartaceis utiiobique glal)ris costislatcralibus utrinquc 8-10 

 medium usque fere rcctis inde dichotomoarcuatis uti costa media reticulumquo 

 satis arctum pagina utravis pnccipue vero infcriori facile aspectabilibus ; 

 receptacuUs parvis 7 x G-5 nnn. biuis podunculalis subglobosis secus rliachin 

 efoliatampuberulam e trunco enatam 40 cm. long, ordinatis; peduncuUs minute 

 sericeis apice bracteas squannformes rotundatas ciliolaius gerentibus; Iracteis 

 receptaculi exteruis ovatis obtusis quam interiores oblongfc obtusa> decurvse 



2 mm. long, brevioribus; 



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obtusis rubro- 



punctatis *4 mm. long.; ovario subrecto quam porianfliii segmouta paullo 

 breviore in stylum vix terminalem apico sukr^qualiter bicrurum exeunte. 



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Ignambi; forest; 2000 ft.; gneiss. 



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•ecoptacles. 



1043. Different from F. racem'igera 

 ■egards naked-eye characters, iu foliage and pcdunclcd 



pube 



F. LEPTORiiAcms S. Moore, sp 



nov. JxamuUs tenuibus subterctibus 

 cito puberulis ; stipulis oblongis obtusis extus minute puberulis 

 1 mm. ioug. ; foUis 8-10x2'2-3 cm. pefiolatis (pet. 1cm. long.) oblongo- 

 lanceolatis obtusis vel obtusissimis basi obtusis 



laferalibns utidnque 8-10 jduribus abis valoris minoris iniervenientibus ultra 

 medium dichotomis inde valde arcualis ut cosia media reiicuhinume van. inf. 



chartaceis glabris cosli 



optime manifeslis; recrptaadis 7x7 mm. binis pcdunculaiis secus rhachin 

 tenuem rarissime foliatam puberulam dispositis ; peduncuUs minute puberulis 

 receplaculo jvquilongis supra medium bracteis parvulis squamiformibus 

 rotundatis .onustis ; rcceplamli bracteis internis lanceolato-oblongis obtusis 

 deflexis 2 mm. long. ; florum ? perianlhii segmentis 3 lanccolatis aculis 

 obtusisve -5 mm. long.; ovano ovoideo ])erianthium yix rcquante ; stijlo sub- 

 tcrminali bicruro. 



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Mt. Mou; forest; 3000 ft.; serpen! inc. 



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'o^\. Uranclilets (us also flower- 

 Fruit turning ornn^e-red \vlicn ripeuinn-. 



Eiisilj distinguished from F. Comptomi hy tlie small leaves and the ]oui;oi 

 peduncles bracteato near the middle. The perianth is difficult to sec, owhm- 



