252 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Expnanation OF Prate LXIX., representing Ficus Storckii, Seem.—Fig. 1, longitudinal section of 
receptacle; 2, female flower after the style has fallen off; 3, female flower; 4, pistil; 5, utricules :—all 
magnified. 
1l. F. Pritchardii, (n. sp.) Seem. (Tab. LXX.) ; arborea, glabra ; foliis alternis petiolatis ovato- 
oblongis acuminatis basi acutis obliquis integerrimis penninerviis, venis primariis utrinque 9-10 ; 
receptaculis cymoso-paniculatis ex trunco erumpentibus globosis pedunculatis basi bracteatis; fl. 9 
perigonio phyllis 3 ovatis obtusis glabris; stylo laterali.—Buke Levu Mountain, Island of Kadavu, 
in dense forests about 2000 feet above the sea (Seemann! n. 443). 
Named in honour of Mr. W. T. Pritchard, F.R.G.S., at the time of my visit H.B.M. Consul in Viti, 
who was present when I discovered this species. A tree 40 feet high. Leaves 5-6 inches long, 21-3 inches 
broad, underneath densely covered with minute dot-like warts. Receptacles in panicled cymes (perhaps 
branches with abortive leaves), which grow out of the trunk and old wood. Receptacle about the size of a 
large pea. . 
ExpLaNation OF Prate LXX., representing Ficus Pritchardii, Seem.—Fig. 1, receptacle; 2, see- 
tion of the same; 3, female flower ; 4, pistil :—all magnified. 
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12. F. theophrastoides, (n. sp.) Seem. (Tab. LXXI.) ; arborea, glabra; trunco erecto subsim- 
plici ; stipulis ovatis acuminatis; foliis alternis brevissime petiolatis obovato-oblongis acuminatis basi 
cordatis pinnatinerviis, nervis primariis utrinque 18-20 ; receptaculis axillaribus solitariis geminisve 
brevissime pedunculatis globosis, basi bracteis ovatis obtusis cinctis ; fl. ? perigonio 1-phyllo pistillo- 
que glabro.—Island of Ovalau, at Port Kinnaird (Seemann! n. 441). 
A small tree, in habit not unlike that of a Theophrasta or Orescentia regia, the trunk forming straight. 
generally simple poles, crowded at the point with large leaves. Leaves from 14-2 feet long, and from 5-7 
inches broad, leathery, entire. Receptacle from 14-2 inches diameter. 
ExpiaNnation oF Prats LXX. representing Ficus theophrastoides, Seem.—Fig. 1, receptacle ; 2, the 
same cut longitudinally ; 3, bract; 4, female flower ; 5, pistil; 6, young utriculus :—ail, with exception of 
Fig. 1 and 2, magnified. 
Svzonpo IV, ARTOCARPEJE. 
Represented in tropical Polynesia by Antiaris, Caturus, Artocarpus, and Trophis. 
- XVI. Antiaris, Leschen. in Ann. du Mus. vol. xvi. p. 476. t. 22; Trécul in Ann. Sc. Nat. 
ser. 3. vol. viii. p. 142. t. 6. f. 158-162. Flores monoici. Fl. d in involucro co-floro cc-phyllo, 
foliolis plurifariam imbricatis, receptaculum demum convexum cingentibus, dense congesti. Perigonia 
4- rarius 3-phylla, inter se aliquando connata; foliolis spathulatis, apice inflexis, zstivatione imbri- 
catis. Stamina 4, rarius 3, perigonii foliolis opposita, inclusa; filamenta brevissima; anther 
oblong:e, erectze, extrorse, biloculares, loculis connectivo lineari adnatis, rima longitrorsum dehiscen- 
tibus. Fl. 9 super receptaculum foliolis imbricatis instructum solitarii. Perigonium 0. Stylus 
brevis, 2-fidus, cruribus filiformibus. Ovarium involuero connatum, 1-loculare,1-ovulatum ; ovulum 
ex apice loculi pendulum, anatropum. Fructus drupaceus. Semen testa chartacea ; embryo exalbu- 
minosus, cotyledonibus plano-convexis crassis; radicula supera.—Arbores v. frutices lactescentes ;. 
foliis (in A. toricaria) distichis petiolatis integris integerrimis, nonnunquam dentatis, basi sspe 
cordatis, apice acutis v. acuminatis; stipulis 2 axillaribus, non amplexicaulibus ; inflorescentiis axil- 
laribus, masculis geminis v. pluribus femineis solitariis. 
Hitherto only three species of Antiaris were known, viz. A. toxicaria, Lesch. (the genuine Upas-tree 
of Java), A. innoxia, Bl., and A. macrophylla, R. Br. A fourth species (ramis foliisque utrinque velutinis) 
is cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. A fifth species was found by Thwaites in Ceylon, and 
