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long, 14-2 in. broad, with a large lanceolate cusp and a few in- 
distinct teeth at the apex, rounded at the base, moderately firm 
in texture, dark green and rough with short bristly hairs above, 
pale green and densely pilose beneath, the distant arcuate 
ascending main veins, which anastomose in arches just within the 
margin, distinetly raised, and the intermediate veinlets less di- 
stinctly. Receptacles 1-3nate, from the slender leafy branches, 
pale brown, globose, 3 in. in diam., rough with short bristly hairs. 
Achenes obovoid, pale brown, glossy, with 3—4 lanceolate peri- 
anth-segments and a filiform style.—Central Madagascar, Baron 
1100! 
Ficus (S UnosrIGMA) XIPHOCUSPIS, n. sp. 
F. ramulis gracillimis hispidis, stipulis parvis lanceolatis, foliis breviter 
petiolatis oblanceolatis longe cuspidatis subcoriaceis venis primariis ex- 
sculptis, receptaculis globosis parvis sessilibus vel brevissime pedicellatis 
bracteis minutissimis. 
A tree, with very slender branchlets, rough with short ascend- 
ing bristly hairs. Stipules pale brown, j in. long. Leaves 
alternate; petiole 4-3 in. long, very scabrous; blade 3-6 in. 
long, 2-1 in. broad, with a lanceolate cusp 4-1 in. long, rounded 
at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, dark green 
above, pale green beneath, with 6-9 pairs of arcuate ascending 
main veins connected by a pair that run up from the base of 
the midrib just within the margin. Receptacles globose, pale 
brown, in. in diam., produced from the slender leafy branchlets. 
Achenes globose, nearly white, with about 4 lanceolate perianth- 
segments and an elongated style-—Between Tankay and the 
east coast, Baron 1554! 1646! 
Frcus ($ UnosrIGMA) CLAOXYLOIDES, n. sp. 
F. ramulis gracillimis hispidis, stipulis parvis lanceolatis, foliis breviter 
petiolatis oblongis conspicue cuspidatis basi deltoideis modice firmis 
utrinque viridibus glabris venis primariis arcuatis distantibus solum ex- 
sculptis, receptaculo parvo glabro globoso breviter pedunculato, pedunculis 
medio bracteis tribus minutis preeditis. 
A tree, with slender brown branchlets, very rough with short 
ascending bristly hairs. Stipules brown, lanceolate, under 4 in. 
long. Leaves alternate; petiole very short; blade 2—4 in. long, 
1-1? in. broad, with a distinct lanceolate cusp 4—4 in. long at 
the tip, subcoriaceous in texture, quite glabrous, dark green 
above, pale green beneath, with few distant ascending pale main 
