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petiolatis oblongis acutis parvis rigide coriaceis venis subtilibus immersis, 
receptaculis parvis duris globosis glabris sessilibus vel brevissime peduncu- 
latis basi bracteis 3 minutis orbicularibus suffultis. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender subterete 
branchlets with pale-brown bark. Stipules lanceolate, acute, 
lin.long. Leaves alternate; petiole very slender, 3—? in. long; 
blade 1-12 in. long., 2-3 in. broad at the middle, acutely cuspi- 
date, deltoid or rather rounded at the base, rigid but thin in tex- 
ture, green on both surfaces, the veins beneath fine, immersed 
and indistinct, anastomosing in intramarginal arches. Receptacles 
copious, arising from the leafy branchlets, } in. in diam., with a 
hard shell, subtended at the base by 8 orbicular bracts, generally 
at the top of a very short peduncle, quite filled up inside by the 
fruits. Achene subglobose, glossy, pale brown, with about 4 
chestnut-brown lanceolate perianth-segments.—Bay of St. Au- 
gustine, Bojer! 
Ficts ($ Urostra¢ma) MELLERI, n. sp. 
Glabra, ramulis gracilibus, stipulis parvis lanceolatis, foliis breviter 
petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis basi rotundatis rigide coriaceis 
venulis faciei inferioris crebris subtilibus exsculptis, receptaculis parvis 
sessilibus glabris globosis, basi bracteis 3 orbicularibus minutis preditis. 
A tree 15 feet high, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 
branchlets, and dark brown bark. Stipules lanceolate, acute, 
iin. long. Leaves alternate ; petiole stout, 4—4 in. long. ; blade 
2-23 in. long, $ in. broad above the middle, obtuse, shortly 
rounded at the base, thick and rigid in texture, green on both sides, 
the close, fine, distinctly raised erecto-patent veins and veinlets 
connected by an intramarginal nerve. Receptacles copiously pro- 
duced from the leafy branchlets, sessile, pale brown, 4 in. in diam. ; 
subtended by three small orbicular bracts connate at the base. 
Achene shining, pale brown, with a filiform style and about 4 
lanceolate reddish-brown perianth-segments.—Tranomaro, be- 
tween Tamatave and Antananarivo, Dr. Meller! Central Mada- 
gascar, Baron 515! 1015! Gerrard 31! Lyall 150! Forest of 
Alamazaotra, Baron 1409! 1466! Fruit edible. Native name 
* Nonok.” A near ally of the Mauritian F. pyrifolia, Lam. 
Ficus ($ UnosrrGMA) SOROCEOIDES, n. sp. 
F. ramulis gracillimis hispidis, stipulis minutis lanceolatis, foliis breviter 
petiolatis oblongis cuspidatis basi rotundatis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus 
facie nitidulis dorso punetis elevatis scabris venis patulis exsculptis, 
