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dense clusters; peduncles sometimes an incli long; bract small, 

 o\site.—£aron 3803 ! 



Ficus (§ Cotellta) teichoclada, n. sp. 



F.ramulis gracilibus pubescentibus, stipulis lanceolatis pilosis, foliis longe 

 petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis integris subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus gla- 

 bris venis primariis arcuatis 8-10-jugis, receptaculis magnis globosis pubes- 

 centibus solitariis e ramis foliatis ortis, basi bracteis 3 parvis ovatis suf- 

 fultis, pedunculis brevibus dense pilosis, 



A mucli-branched erect shrub, with slender sulcate branchlets. 

 Petiole i in. long ; blade 3-4 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad, subacute, 

 rounded at the base, moderately firm in texture. Eeceptacles 

 ^-| in. in diam., produced singly from the slender branchlets just 

 below the leaves ; peduncle |-^ in. long.— ^aron 3547 ! 



Pile A maceopoda, n. sp. 



Dioica, herbacea, glabra, caule simplici erecto, foliis oppositis ajqualibus 



longe petiolatis oblongis aciiminatis crebie subtiliter serrulatis membrana- 



ceis, floribus fcemineis in foliorum axillis dense glomeratis, perianthii seg- 



mentis ovatis obtusis inaequalibus, achenio ovoideo compresso duplo 

 brevioribus. 



Stems herbaceous, erect, simple, moderately stout, a foot long. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. long, l^-l^ in. broad, deltoid or rather rounded 

 at the base, membranous, triplinerved, finely sharply serrated, 

 especially in the upper half ; petiole l-li in. long. Flowers in 

 sessile clusters, in the axils of the central leaves. Achene ovoid, 

 glossy, pale drab, half a line long. Male flowers not seen 



Baron 4450 ! 



HEXADONTUM 



Dioicum, glabmm, caulibus caespitosis simplicibus debilibus apice solum 

 fohatis, stipulis magnis lanceolatis persistentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis 

 oblanceolatis supra medium conspicue dentatis, floribus masculis in folio- 

 rum axilhs glomeratis, bracteis magnis ovatis foliaceis, perianthio membra- 

 naceo globoso segmentis 4 iuaequalibus linearibus, antheris 4 subsessilibus. 



Stems slender, decumbent and then ascending, 3-12 in. long. 

 Leaves 4^G on a side, alternate, |-1 in. long, l-| in. broad, dark 

 green, membranous, slightly insequilateral, with about six large 

 teeth in the upper half or third, the lower half entire, with a vein 

 just within the margin connecting the main veins. Flowers in a 

 sessile cluster in the axils of the leaves. Bracts l-\ in. long, the 

 outer sterile. Perianth a small membranous bag, with 4 unequal 

 erect segments.— i?rt?-o« 505 ! 4059 ! 4475 ! 



