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Plate 2536. 



FICUS STENOPHYLLA, HemsL 



Urticace.e. Tribe Artocarpeje. 

 F. (§Eusyce?) stenophylla, Hemsl. (#p. nov.) j species foliis angustis 



a F. pyriformi receptaculis fcreviter pedunculatis sphaeroideis differt. 



Frutex paucipedalis, jam a 2 ped. altus fructificans, glaber vel 

 glabrescens, ramulis gracilibus internodiis brevissirais. Folia brevis- 

 sirae petiolata, tenuia, vix coriacea, lineari-laneeolata, 2-4 poll, longa, 

 4-8 lin. lata, utrinque attenuata vel basi subrotundata, lsevia, venis 

 inconspicuis. fleceptacula feminea tantum visa, subsessilia, vel 

 breviter pedunculata, conoidea vel sphseroidea, 4-5 lin. diametro, 

 glabra vel leviter puberula. Involucri bractece minutse, rotundatse, 

 persistentes. Bractece ad os receptaculi exteriores suberectae. 



China: Hainan, A. Henry, 8716; Szechuen, on the Min River, 

 E. Faber, 446 ; Hupeh, various localities, A. Henry, 2963, 4350, 



4350, A. 



It is with some amount of misgiving that this has been separated 

 from F. pyriformi.% Hook, et Am, though by a combination of 

 characters it is easily distinguished, at least so far as the material 

 under observation is concerned. — W. Dotting Hemsley. 



The large branch and figures 1-6 are Mr. Henry's 8716, ar,d the remainder his 

 446. Fig. 1, female receptacle; 2, section of the same ; 3, a flower; 4, pistil ; 5, ripe 

 achene in section ; 6, embryo. All enlarged. 



