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twice as long the chestnut-brown fruit, which is tipped with a 

 cylindrical style. — Baron 2536 ! 3305 ! 



FlCTTS (§UROSTIGMA ?) TRICHOPHLEBIA, 11. Sp. 



F. ramulis glabris, stipulis parvis pilosis coriaceis, foliis alternis longe 

 petiolatis cordato-orbicularibus cuspidatis integris subcoriaceis facie scabris 

 dorso pubescentibus, receptaculis globosis pilosis parvis ad ramos efoliatos 

 paniculatis, bracteis minutis deltoideis. 



A shrub, with moderately stout sulcate woody glabrous branch- 

 lets. Leaves 5-7 in. long and broad, deeply cordate at the base, 

 deltoid with a small cusp at the apex, green on both sides, very 

 scabrous above, clothed all over with short fine brown pubescence 

 beneath, with about 5 pairs of strong erecto-patent main veins ; 

 petiole 2|—3 in. long ; bracts under an inch long. Eeceptacles 

 globose, pilose, \ in. in diam., mammillate at the apex, arranged in a 

 cojjious terminal panicle on leafless branchlets ; bracts 3, minute, 

 deltoid ; pedicels |-§ in. long. Ovary with a long unilateral 

 style. Perianth-segments lanceolate, as long as the ovary and 

 style. Fruit subglobose, dark brown. — Baron 2417 ! 



Ficus (§TJkostigma) apodocephala, n. sp. 



F. ramulis validis glabris, stipulis magnis lanceolatis membranaceis, foliis 

 alternis petiolatis oblongis pedalibus rigide coriaceis utrinque glabris, 

 venis primariis 8-10-jugis ascendentibus intra marginem anastomosantibus, 

 receptaculis sessilibus axillaribus parvis globosis pilosis, bracteis 3 magnis 

 deltoideis coriaceis suffultis. 



A shrub, with strongly-angled glabrous branchlets | in. in diam. 

 Stipules brown, membranous, H in- long. Petiole varying in 

 length from 1 to 3 inches ; blade nearly a foot long, 4-4£ in. 

 broad, obtuse, rounded at the base, rigid in texture, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces, with 8-10 pairs of strong ascending 

 main veins anastomosing in arches within the margin. Eecep- 

 tacles globose, sessile, geminate in the axils of the leaves, £ in. in 

 diam., subtended at the base by three large coriaceous persistent 

 deltoid bracts. Perianth-segments lanceolate. Ovary with a 

 long style. — Baron 2521 ! 



UrERA SPHiEROPHYLLA, n. Sp. 



Sarmentosa, ramulis gracilibus glabris apice parce setosis, foliis petio- 

 latis orbicularis cuspidatis modice firmis glabris ad costam faciei infe- 

 riors parce hispidis, floribus fcemineis in paniculas axillares ramulis 

 divaricatis spicatis dispositis, ovario glabro ovoideo obhquo, stigmate 

 magno capitatb. 



