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to Its segments being pressed closely together and against the ovary. Hence 

 the description in that respect may not bo accurate. 



Ficus OREADUM S. ^loorc, sp. noy. RamuUs tcnuibus subtiliter pubcsccntibus 

 cito glabrcscentil)U,s ; stipuHs lanceolatis acuminatis cxtus microscopico pnbe- 

 rulis 7 mm. long.; foliis petiola is (pet. 5-8 mm. long.) ovato-oblongis obtuiis 

 Tcl obtusissimis nonnunqinun emarginatis basi rotundatis paullmnque obliqiiis 

 chartaceis glabris 6-8x3-3-5 cm. costis lateralibus iitrinque 7-8 propc mar- 





;in(Mn dicliotoniis iiocnon arcuatis ut cosfca media rcticulumcpc pag. utraquc 

 eniinentibus; receptaculis uscine 1x1 cm. binis splipcroideisramulis (secundum 

 cL detectorem ita(iuc s?ope cauli) insidentibus ; iiedunculis abbrcviatis (2 mm. 

 long.) infra receptaculum bracteas ])ai'vu]as sqnamiformes gcrontibus; recep' 

 tacnli bractois (^xternis late doltoidcis acutis obtusisve '75 mm. long, internis 

 oblongis obtusiri 2 mm, long. ; periantlui flb ^ segmentis 3 oblongis obtnsis 

 1-25 mm. long* ; staminc unico antbera quadrata quam fihimentum pauUo 

 longiore ; perimdhii flb ? segmentis 4 oblongis obtusis vix 1 imn. long, qnam 

 ovarium subglobosum longioribus ; sltjlo laterali clongato apico bicruro. 



Mont Mou ; forest margin; 1000 ft<; serpentine. 408. Banyan, often 

 cauliflorous* In shape the leaves of this arc somewhat like those of 

 I\ Proteus Bur., but unlike them in texture and smoothness. 



F. CRETACEA S. Moore, sp. nov. Frutex fere biorgjalis ; rcDiuiUs sat 

 tcimibus paucistriatis puberulis; stipidis ovalis acuminatis extus subtiliter 

 serieeis 8 mm. long. ; foliis petiolatis (pet. 1 cm. long,) oblongo-oblanceolatis 

 obtusis raro retusis sub a pice s^Tpc cuspidato-attenuatis basi rotundatis 

 obscureque cordatis pergamaceis glabris 12-18 X 3-5 cm. costa media subtus 

 promlncnte costis lateralibus utriiique 7-9 uti reticulum mediocritcr arctum 

 subtus bene aspectabilibus aperte arcuatis juxta marginem dichotomis; recep- 

 tacuUs 11 X 10 mm. 



glabris ; pednncidis receptaculo brcvioribus infra medium bractcatis 5 mm. 



solit; 



ariis axillaribus brcviter pedunculatis subglobosis 



long.; recejjtaculi bracteis internis obovatis vel oblongo-spathulatis obtusis 

 I'D mm. long. ; pcrianthu ? segmentis 3 ovato-oblongis' obtnsis rubro-punc- 

 tatis vix 2 nuiK long, aclhxuiio lute ovoideo paullo longioribus; ^^//?o laterali 



ovario circiter ix^quilongo. 



Mont Mou ; moist forest ; 800 ft. ; cretaceous. 506. Shrub 10 ft. 

 Brancblet of single specimen seen 2'5 mm. thick. la foliage a good deal 

 like some New C/aledonian specimens referred by authors, though apparently 

 wronglyj to /', \l ehbiana Miq.^ but known on sight from these by the longer 

 pedicels to the fruits. 



F. CAMPICOLA S. Moorc^ sp. nov. Frutcx suborgyalis ; ratnis mediocriter 

 validis cicatricibus foliorum mortuoruni clypeiformibus indutis puberulis mox 

 glabris ; stipidis ovatis acuminatis minute arcteque serieeis vix 1 cm. long. ; 



