PRODROMUS MONOGRAPHIÆ FICUUM. 545 
subtus fuscescenti-nitidis quinquenerviis et utrinque 5-7- 
costatis, costis patulo-erectis, adultis glabris, nascentibus 
presertim subtus in nervis appresse hirtis, ramulis nascen- 
tibus, petiolis receptaculorum involucris externis stipulisque 
villosis. 
Has. In ripa canalis Tagipurn, Prov. Paraensis Brasiliæ, 
Martius ! 
Species distinctissima. Petioli 1-14 cent., folia 9-113 longa, 
41-51 lata, costis patule adscendentibus crassis subtus 
prominentibus ad margines confluentibus anastomosibus 
obsoletis serius tantum quidquam prominulis. Stipule 
lanceolatæ 1 cent. haud æquantes villosæ.  Receptacula 
nascentia germina axillaria gemmæformia, involucri phyllis 
extimis (ut in congeneribus deciduis) dense villosis parvis. 
54. U. fuligineum, n. sp.; ramis glabris ramulis petiolis re- 
ceptaculis foliisque subtus molliter hirtello-pubescentibus 
postea sparsim glabrescentibus, foliis densis breviter petio- 
latis ellipticis vel obovato ellipticis obtusis vel obtuso- 
apiculatis basi acutiusculis vel rotundatis, integerrimis, 
coriaceis, supra in nervis subhirtellis demum subglabratis, 
subtrinerviis et utrinque circiter 4-costulatis, nervis omni- 
bus subtus fere obtectis, receptaculis axillaribus geminis 
brevissime pedunculatis, involucro sub bilobo vel irregu- 
lariter truncato sustentis. n 
Has. Brasiliam, Gardner, n. 822! in herb. Hook. 
Arbor magna. Rami cortice subfuscescenti levi plicato. Folia 
in ramulis densa in sicco supra atrofusca, subtus fuligineo- 
hirta, costulis supra subdistinctis, subtus immersis, 43-61 
cent. longa, 2-34 lata, petiolis z cent. propemodum longis. 
Stipule ovatæ acutæ in gemmam ovato-conicam sericeo- 
hirtellam imbricato-convolutæ à cent. paullo superantes. 
Receptacula piso paullo majora patentim hirtella, ore 
bracteis 2 oppositis latis glabris aliis bracteas includenti- 
bus valvatim obvallato, basi involucro cum ped neulo — 
_ (2 mm.) parce piloso, vulgo irregulariter truncato. : 
|. 55. U. Hartwegii, n. sp.; ramulis petiolis stipularum dorso | 
foliisque junioribus in nervo medio hirtulis, foliis modice 
