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receptaculis parvis globosis pilosis breviter pedunculatis basi minute 
bracteatis. 
A much-branched tree, with very slender branchlets, rough 
with short ascending bristly hairs. Stipules minute, lanceolate. 
Leaves contiguous, alternate; petiole 4 in. long; blade 1-14 in. 
long, j in. broad, obtusely euspidate, broadly rounded at the 
base, firm and rigid in texture, bright green and glossy above, 
pale green beneath, rough with raised points, the distinet spread- 
ing pale raised 5-6-jugate main veins anastomosing distinctly 
just within the edge. Receptacles few, green, globose, pilose, 
produced from the slender leafy branches, shortly peduncled, 
subtended by 3 minute deltoid bracts at the base.— Central 
Madagascar, Baron 1014 ! 
Ficus ($ UROSTIGMA) LONGIPES, n. sp. 
Glabra, ramulis gracillimis, stipulis minutis lanceolatis, foliis longe 
petiolatis oblongis conspicue cuspidatis modice firmis, venulis primariis 
5—6-jugis exsculptis arcuatis, receptaculis parvis globosis glabris peduncu- 
latis, pedunculis medio minute bracteatis. 
A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with very slender ultimate 
branchlets. Stipules acuminate, j-l in. long. Leaves alternate ; 
petioles very slender, scabrous, i-i in. long; blade 13-23 in. 
long, about an inch broad at the middle, furnished with a con- 
spicuous lanceolate cusp 1-1 in. long, deltoid at the base, mode- 
rately firm and thick in texture, bright green and glabrous on 
both surfaces, with 5-6 pairs of arcuate ascending main veins 
anastomosing just within the edge, the other veinlets fine, 
immersed, and indistinct. Receptacles produced from the leafy 
branches, glabrous, globose, firm in texture, 4 in. in diam. Pe- 
duncle 2 in. long, with 3 minute bracts at the middle. Achenes 
whitish, globose, with 3-4 pale lanceolate perianth-segments. 
Style elongated.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1948! 
Ficus ($ UnosrTIGMA) BRACHYCLADA, n. 8p. 
F. ramulis gracilibus teretibus hispidis, stipulis parvis lanceolatis, foliis 
breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis cuspidatis basi deltoideis sub- 
coriaceis facie scabris dorso dense pilosis venis multis exsculptis, recepta- 
eulis globosis parvulis scabris distincte pedunculatis, pedunculis medio 
bracteis tribus minutis preeditis. 
A. tree, with slender terete branchlets, very rough with short 
spreading bristles. Stipules lanceolate, 4 in. long. Leaves 
alternate; petiole about 2 in. long, densely pilose ; blade 6-8 in. 
