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3-4 in. long, shortly cordate at the base, bright green above, 

 smooth and quite glabrous on both surfaces. Eeceptacle gla- 

 brous, |-f in. in diam. Peduncle erecto-patent, pubescent, | in. 

 long.— Baron 3406! 



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FlCUS (§ CoTELLIa) SAKALAVARUar, n. sp. 



F. raniuhs gracillbus pilosis, stipulis parvis lanceolatis, foliis breviter 

 petiolatis cordato-ovatis integris obtusis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus 

 facie scabris dorso pubescentibus venis priraariis paucijugis erecto-patentl- 

 bus, receptacuHs magnis duris globosis glabris breviter pedunculatis basi 

 bracteis parvis ovatis suffultis. 



Flowering branches slender, sulcate, densely pilose. Petiole 

 4-| in. long; blade 2-3 in. long, l|-2 in. broad at the middle, 

 shortly cordate at the base, bright green, glabrous and scabrous 

 above, paler green and pubescent beneath, with 5-6 pairs of 

 parallel erecto-j)atent main reins. Keceptacles produced from 

 stouter leafless branches, an inch in diameter, subtended at the 

 base by three small ovate bracts; peduncle about | in. long. 

 Baron 4885 ! Common in the Sakalava country. Native name 

 Adabo or AdaholaJiy. 



Ficus (§ Covellia) albidula, n. sp. 



F, ramuhs gracihbus pilosis, stipulis parvis lanceolatis, foliis distinete 

 petiolatis anguste oblongis obtusis subcoriaceis glabris facie viridibus dorso 

 albidulis venis primariis 6-7-JHgis arcuatis, receptaculis magnis solitariis 

 breviter pedunculatis e ramis foliatis ortis basi bracteis 3 parvis ovatis 

 suffultis- 



A tree, with slender branchlets, hairy only at the tip. Stipules 

 I in. long, equalling the petiole ; blade 2-3 in. long, |-1 in. broad 

 at the middle, obtuse, ratlier rounded at the base. Receptacles 



in. in diam., produced from the leafy branchlets ; peduncle 

 very short. — Baron 3525 ! 



Ficus (§ Cotellia) BOTEyoiDES, n. sp. 



F. ramulis gracilibus scabris, stipulis lanceolatis, foliis longe petiolatis 

 oblon*^o-lanceolatis actiminatis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus glabris, 

 venis primariis arcuatis 7-8-jugis, receptaculis magnis globosis e ramis 

 baud foliatis ortis dense caespitosis, basi bracteis tribus ovatis suffultis, 

 pedunculis elongatis glabris. 



A tree, with slender terete branchlets. Petiole 1-1| in. long ; 

 blade 4-6 in. long, 11-2^ in. broad at the middle, very acute, 

 deltoid at the base, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous 

 on both surfaces. Receptacles |-| in, in diam., j)roduced in 



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