URTICACEyE. 



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Near F. SwinJicei KING.: but differs from it in the obovate leaves with 



the much more rounded 

 apex and the much more 

 cuneate base. 



10. Ficus retusa 

 LINN.; HAYATA 1. c. p. 69. 



11. Ficus cuspida- 

 to-caudata HAYATA sp. nor. 

 (Fig. 43) Arbor radices 

 aerias hand emittens 70- 

 80 ped. altus-, ramis fulvo- 

 cineraceis rugulosis lenti- 

 cellis miiiutis notatis. Fo- 

 lia coriacea oblonga vel 

 obovato-oblonga 6-7 cm. 

 longa 4-4J cm. lata apice 

 subito cuspidato-caudata, 

 (caudis circ. 1 cm. longis 

 2 mm. latis apice obtusis), 

 basi acuta margine Integra, 

 venis venulisqiie supra mi- 

 nus subtus plus distincte elevatis, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere 

 costge 89, venis secundariis cum primariis parallelis, venis tertianis minute 

 distincteque reticulatis, petiolis 2^-3 cm. longis. Receptacula plus minus 

 depressa globosa 6-7 mm. longa 7-8 mm. lata ad apiceni subplana ad cent- 

 rum tenuiter depressa basi sessilia subplana ad latus ramulorum oppositim 

 sita glabra lasvia, bracteis ad basin receptacnli 3 ovato-triangularibus 2 mm. 

 longis. Fl. gall, breve pedicellati, pedicellis 1 mm. longis glabris, perianthii 

 segmenta 3 obovata 1 mm. longa apice rotundata. Ovarium (gall.) obovoideuni 

 1 mm. longum vel ovoideum. Receptaculum intus giabrum. 



HAB. Kwashoto, leg. T. Soar A, Juli. 1913. 



Near F. Benjamiana, LINN.; but differs from it in having much more 

 narrowly cuspidate leaves with more or less cuneate base. This new species 



Fig. 42; Ficus garanbiervsis HAYATA; 1, a leaf; 2, 

 a receptacle ; 3, a male flower ; 4, 5, stamens ; 6, a gall- 

 flower ; 7, a galliferons ovary. 



