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with 8-4 lanceolate perianth-segments and a filiform style.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron 1682! A near ally of F. Baroni. 
Ficus ($ Urostiema) BARONI, n. sp. 
F. ramulis validis glabris rugesis, stipulis magnis ovatis cuspidatis dorso 
pilosis, petiolo elongato facie plana canaliculata, foliis magnis oblanceolato- 
oblongis subobtusis basi deltoideis rigide coriaceis utrinque glabris venis 
primariis erecto-patentibus exsculptis, receptaculo magno duro sessili 
globoso, bracteis 3 magnis orbicularibus stipato. 
Branchlets J in. in diam., with glossy brown bark, rough with 
many channels. Stipules 3 in. long, rigid in texture. ^ Leaves 
close, alternate; petiole 1-14 in. long, with a deeply channelled 
flat face; blade like that of Prunus Laurocerasus in size, shape, 
and texture, 6-8 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, subacute, narrowed very 
gradually to the base, furnished with 8-9 erecto-patent main 
ribs, anastomosing by fine intramarginal arches. Receptacles 
crowded, sessile, depresso-globose, glabrous, coriaceous in texture, 
4 in. in diam., the rigid brown basal bracts 1 in. long and broad. 
Achene pale brown, with 3—4 whitish lanceolate perianth-segments 
and a filiform style.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1683! 
Ficus ($ Sycomorvs) POLYPHLEBIA, n. sp. 
F. ramulis gracilibus hispidis, stipulis magnis lanceolatis acuminatis, foliis 
breviter petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis subobtusis basi rotundatis modice 
firmis utrinque glabris venis permultis subtilibus immersis, receptaculis 
ad ramos crassos efoliatos productis confertis breviter pedunculatis globosis 
majusculis pilosis. 
A much-branched tree, with slender terete pilose ultimate 
branchlets. Stipules 3 in. long. Leaves alternate, crowded to- 
wards the tip of the branchlets; petiole 4-4 in. long, stout, 
densely pilose; blade 3—4 in. long, 1-13 in. broad, subobtuse, 
rounded at the base, moderately firm in texture, dark green above, 
pale green beneath, glabrous except the midrib, with 6-8 pairs 
of slightly raised ascending main veins connected by fine anasto- 
mosing veinlets just within the margin aud very numerous 
visible intermediate fine immersed veinlets. Receptacles pro- 
duced in clusters from the stout leafless old branches on short 
rugose peduncles, 4 in. in diam., rugose, mamillate at the apex, 
filled up with the fruits. Achenes shining, globose, dark brown. 
Style filiform.— Banks of rivers Imerina forest, Tankay and 
Betsimiaraka, Baron 1582! 
