COLLECTED IX DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 149 



1 cm. longa vel majora, ochreo-viridia, parce pubescentia, intus hirta ; bractese ostii 

 plures, lanceolatae, acuta?, glabrae. Flores masculi desunt. Flores feminei : 

 Sepala 3, oblonga, obtusa, glabra. Fistilluin ovoideum, pedicellatum, roseum, 

 stylo brevi. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Allied to F. hirta, Vabl, but tbe leaves are very different and tlie sepals of the female 

 flower three only. The iiedicel of the pistil has a few hairs at the base. The gall-ovary 

 is ovoid-elliptic, smooth. 



FiCTJS (§ 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. 

 Stipulce oblongiB, obtusse, glabra?, membranacese, 3"5 cm. longa?, 7 mm. latse. 

 Receptacula in ramis longis crassis tenuiter ramulosis hirtis prostratis fasciculata, 

 bracteis caducis ovatis acuminatis glabris 5 mm. longis suffiilta, adulta pyriformia, 

 1 cm. louga, 6 mm. crassa, glabra, ad osteolum squamis erectis coronata, breviter 

 pediceliata ; bracteolse ad basin 3, ovatse. Squamce ostioli superiores orbiculares, 

 peltatse, infer lores ovatse, acutse, deflexse, majusculse. Receptaculum intus albo- 

 hirsutissimum. Flores feminei : Sepala 4, spathulata, glabra, ovario sequilonga. 

 Fist ilium ovoideum vel rhomboido- ovoideum compressum, sessile, stylo longo 

 laterali, stigraate obliquo. Acluenia rubra, la;via. 

 Canoe Camp, 170 ft. New Guinea, without precise locality (Lauterbach 171, in 

 Herb. Kew.). 



This remarkable species is allied to F. Vrieseamis, 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 lig and the hairy inside of the receptacle are very 

 unusual characters. 



V Ficus (§ Covellia) tubbinata, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, ramis castaneis gracilibus infra nudis. Folia alterna, ovata, tenuiter • 

 coriacea, elliptica, subacuta vel obtusa, Integra, ad basin pauUo angustata, 8 cm. 

 longa, 35 cm. lata, nervis 7 paribus, petiolis 1"2-1"5 cm. longis. Stipulce lanceo- 

 latae, acuminatae. Receptacula axillaria, bracteis miuutis ovatis amplexicaulibus 

 suffulta, turbinata, 0"5 cm. longa, 0*7 cm. lata, in medio latissima, versus basin 

 angustata, glabra, pallida, pedunculis gracilibus 5 mm. longis furfuraceo 

 pubescentibus ; bracteae ostii ovatse, obtusse, glabrae. Flores masculi cum femineis 

 mixti. Flores masculi : Sepala 3, ovata, oblonga, incurva. Stamina 6. Flores 

 feminei sessiles : Perianthium nuUum. Ocarium subovoideum, stylo brevi erecto. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



