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1 em. longa vel majora, ochreo-viridia, parce pubescentia, intus hirta; bractese ostii 
plures, lanceolate, acute, glabre. Flores masculi desunt. Flores feminei: 
Sepala 3, oblonga, obtusa, glabra.  JPistillum ovoideum, pedicellatum, roseum, 
stylo brevi. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Allied to F. hirta, Vahl, but the leaves are very different and the sepals of the female 
flower three only. The pedicel of the pistil has a few hairs at the base. "The gall-ovary 
is ovoid-elliptie, smooth. 
Ficus ($ COVELLIA) OVALIFOLIA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Ramus crassus, setosus. Folia maxima, ovata, cordata, serrata, membranacea, 32 cm. 
longa, 30 cm. lata, supra sparse breviter hirta imprimis in nervis, subtus in nervis 
et reticulationibus hirta, nervis e basi radiantibus costa inclusa 5, nervis superne e 
costa ortis 7-8 paribus, nervulis parallelis, petiolis 8-16 cm. longis validis hirtis. 
Stipule oblongse, obtuse, glabre, membranacee, 3:5 cm. longe, 7 mm. late. 
Receptacula in ramis longis crassis tenuiter ramulosis hirtis prostratis fasciculata, 
bracteis caducis ovatis acuminatis glabris 5 mm. longis suffulta, adulta pyriformia, 
1 em. longa, 6 mm. crassa, glabra, ad osteolum squamis erectis coronata, breviter 
pedicellata ; bracteole ad basin 8, ovate. Squame ostioli superiores orbiculares, 
peltata, inferiores ovate, acute, deflexze, majuscule. Receptaculum intus albo- 
hirsutissimum. Flores feminei: Sepala 4, spathulata, glabra, ovario æquilonga. 
Pistillum ovoideum vel rhomboido-ovoideum compressum, sessile, stylo longo 
laterali, stigmate obliquo. Achenia rubra, levia. 
Canoe Camp, 170 ft. New Guinea, without precise locality (Lauterbach 171, in 
Herb. Kew.). 
This remarkable species is allied to 7. Vrieseanus, Miq., from which it differs in its 
large ovate-cordate serrulate leaves, its shorter-pedicelled figs, densely white hairy 
within, its perianth of four spathulate narrow lobes, and sessile achenes. The large 
peltate scales in the mouth of the fig and the hairy inside of the receptacle are very 
unusual characters. 
Ficus ($ COVELLIA) TURBINATA, Ridl., sp. nov. : 
Arbor glabra, ramis castaneis gracilibus infra nudis. Folia alterna, ovata, tenuiter 
coriacea, elliptica, subacuta vel obtusa, integra, ad basin paullo angustata, 8 em. 
longa, 3:5 em. lata, nervis 7 paribus, petiolis 1:2-1:5 cm. longis. Stipule lanceo- 
late, acuminate. Receptacula axillaria, bracteis minutis ovatis amplexicaulibus 
suffulta, turbinata, 0°5 cm. longa, 07 cm. lata, in medio latissima, versus basin 
angustata, glabra, pallida, pedunculis gracilibus 5 mm. longis furfuraceo 
pubescentibus; bractew ostii ovate, obtuse, glabre. Flores masculi cum femineis 
mixti. Flores masculi: Sepala 3, ovata, oblonga, incurva. Stamina 6. Flores 
feminei sessiles: Perianthium nullum. Ovarium subovoideum, stylo brevi erecto. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
