Puate 2676. 
CASTILLOA AUSTRALIS, Hemsi. 
Urticace®. Tribe ARTOCARPER. 
C. australis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species a C. elastica foliis minus 
hirsutis supra levibus, receptaculis distincte mig periauthio 
breviter 4-dentato, carpellis haud carnosis coriaceis differ 
or sempervirens trunco erecto levi, ramis petiole a succeo 
a (Pearce), novellis sericeis. Ramuli fructiferi crassi. Folia 
brevissime petiolata, coriacea, oblonga vel oblongo- tisk. 12-18 
poll. longa, 4-7 poll. lata, abrupte acuteque acuminata, basi cordata, 
margine undulata, supra glabra vel cito glabrescentia, subtns praecipue 
secus costam venasque hirsuta, venis primariis utrinque 17-19 arcuatis 
prope ma arginem conjunctis supra leviter impressis subtus elevatis ; 
stipulee ra acute, 14-2 ae longe, cito decidue. lores 
masculine igno Receptacula florun feinie inorum supra axillas 
foliorum solitaria, 13-14 poll. diam oats 0, stipitata, stipitibus crassis 
9-12 lin. longis ; ey multiseriate, acuminate. Nucule perfect 
tear 
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Peru : believed to be from the region of Cuzco (but the exact 
Heaters is unknown), at 4000 to 5000 feet, Pearce, January 1866. 
ichard Pearce, who collected for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 
labelled the specimens described above as follows: ‘Evg. tree with 
smooth erect trunk and horizontal branches al a clammy milky 
juice. Male fils.? Female creamy yell. Style and stigma fleshy. 
Stigma bifid cushion-shaped. Nuts in a fleshy head, eatable. Com. 
in woods 4-5000 ft., Jan. 1866. Moro Zungo. 
essrs Veitch, after much research, can only say that Pearce was 
somewhere in the region indicated at that dat 
This is all we know of CG. australis oy ‘present. —-W. Borrine 
Hemstey. 
Fig. 1, stipules; 2, a fe male infloresence ; 3.a female flower; 4, pistil with part 
of the ovary removed ; 5, an immature nut. ae except 1 enlarged. 
SERIES IV, VOL, vit. PART Iv. 7 
