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sliallowly cordate at the V^^e, thin in texture for the genus, 

 green and finely pubescent on both surfaces ; main veins distant 

 and forked before they reach the edge. Eeceptacles produced 

 copiously on short leafless branchlets, only seen in a young state, 

 very pubescent, as are the bracts and ascending pedicels. — Baron 

 4660 ! 4965 ! 



Ficus (§ TJrostigma) phanerophlebia, n. sp. 



t\ raraulis foliiferis graciUbus teretibus scabris, fohis breviter petlolatis 

 oblongis cuspidatis subeoriaceis utrinque viridibus facie scabris dorso sub- 

 tiliter pilosis venulis omnibus paUidis exsculptis, receptaculis parvis glo- 

 bosis glabris seaberuhs breviter pedunculatis, pedunculo minute bracteato. 



Leaf-bearing branches slender, very scabrous. Petiole also 

 rugose, |-| in. long; blade 3-5 in. long, 2-2| in. broad, deltoid 

 or rounded at the base, moderately firm in texture, pale green 

 beneath, with about 6 pairs of arcuate main veins, all the small 

 veinlets distinctly raised- Eeceptacles | in. in diam., produced 

 from the leafy branches ; peduncle ^ in. long, minutely bracteated 

 above the middle. — Baron 4474! Allied to F. claoxyloides^ 

 Baker. 



Tiers PACHTCLAPA, n. sp. 



F. ramulis foliiferis validis scabendis,foliis longe petiolatis oppositis vel 

 ftlternis cordato-orblcularibus rigide coriaceis utrinque viridibus scaberri- 

 mis dorso hispiduhs venulis omnibus exsculptis, receptaculis globosis mag- 

 nitudine mediocribus dense pubescentibus pedunculatis e ramis nudis ortis 

 solitariis basi baud braeteatis. 



Leaf-bearing branch \-l in. in diam. ; petiole erecto -patent, 2 in. 

 long ; blade 3-4 in. long and broad, conspicuously cordate, very 

 rough on the upper surface, pale green beneath, with all the 

 hispid veinlets raised. Leafless fertile branches more slender. 

 Peduncle pubescent, erecto-patent, minutely bracteate. Ee- 

 ceptacle globose, densely pubescent, ^ in. in diam. — Baron 4496! 

 Nearly allied to the Asiatic F. Mspida, L. fil, 



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Ficus (§ Covellta) pulvinifeea, n. sp. 



F. ramulis gracilibus apice pubescentibus, stipulis parvis lanceolatis, foliis 

 petiolatis cordato-ovatis acutis utrinque viridibus glabris veuis primariis 

 7-8-jugis arcuatis, receptacuHs magnis globosis e ramis foliatis ortis soli- 

 tariis basi bracteis tribus parvis ovatis suffultis, pedunculo piloso asceudente 

 receptaculo sequilongo. 



A tree, with rugose woody branchlets, pilose when young- 

 Petiole h in. lone: ; blade resembliner that of Povulus lasalmifera^ 



