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veins, connected by a pair that run up from near the base of the 
midrib all along just within the margin. Receptacles globose, 
glabrous, 1 in. in diam., produced from the slender leafy branches 
on ascending peduncles j—L in. long, with 3 minute bracts about 
the middle. Achenes glossy, pale brown. Female perianth with 
3—4 lanceolate segments. Style filiform, elongated.—fForests of 
Central Madagascar, Baron 1074! Top of Ifody Mountain, Baron 
1374! Andrangaloaka, Dr. Parker! Native name, “ Ki Vozo." 
Ficus ($ UROSTIGMA) TRICHOPODA, n. sp. 
F. ramulis validis apice pubescentibus, stipulis ovato-lanceolatis, petiolo 
elongato piloso, foliis magnis ovatis subobtusis rigide coriaceis facie 
glabris dorso obscure pilosis venis primariis ascendentibus solum ex- 
sculptis, receptaculo duro globoso parvo pedunculato basi bracteis 3 orbi- 
eularibus suffulto. 
A tree, with the ultimate branchlets 4—3 in. thick, terete, with 
pale brown bark, shortly pubescent towards the tip. Stipules 
about 3 in. long. Leaves alternate; petiole 13-2 in. long, 
shortly densely pubescent; blade half a foot long, 3-4 in. broad, 
subobtuse, broadly rounded at the base, rigidly coriaceous, 
glabrous and rather glossy above, pale and obscurely pubescent 
beneath, with 8-9 pairs of erecto-patent fine main veins which 
anastomose in arches just within the margin. Receptacles 1-2- 
nate, on short stout pubescent peduncles, globose, j-j in. in 
diam., clasped at the base by 3 orbieular bracts j; in. in diam. 
Achene ovoid, with 3-4 pale brown lanceolate perianth-segments 
and a long style.— Central Madagascar, Baron 1655! 1663! 
Ficus ($ UnosrIGMA) TRICHOSPH ERA, n. sp. 
F. ramulis validis apice pubescentibus, stipulis ovatis cuspidatis, petiolo 
elongato, foliis oblanceolato-oblongis magnis rigide coriaceis subobtusis 
basi deltoideis vel breviter rotundatis utrinque glabris venis primariis 
erecto-patentibus exsculptis, receptaculis globosis sessilibus dense pilosis 
bracteis 3 magnis orbicularibus suffultis. 
A tree, with rugose branchlets 1-3 in. in diam., pubescent to- 
wards the tip. Stipules about 4 in. long, rigid in texture, pilose 
on the back. Leaves alternate; petiole 1-12 in. long; blade 
6-8 in. long, 21-3 in. broad, rigid in texture, green and glabrous 
on both surfaces, with 6-8 pairs of erecto-patent raised main 
veins anastomosiug by distinet arches within the margin. Re- 
ceptacles globose, sessile, 4 in. in diam., densely pilose, furnished 
at the base with 3 large orbicular bracts. Achene brown, globose, 
