URTICACE^:. 



1-19 



Near F. SioinJimi King.; Init difiers from it iii tlie obovate leaves witli 



the much more rouiided 

 apex and the much more 

 cuneate base. 



10. Ficus retusa 

 LiNN.; Hayata 1. c. p. 69. 



11. Ficus cuspida- 

 to-caudata Hayata sp. nov. 

 (Fig. 43) Arbor radices 

 aerias liaud emittens 70- 

 80 ped. altus, ramis fulvo- 

 cineraceis ru<^'ulosis lenti- 

 cellis minutis notatis. Fo- 

 lia coriacea oblonga vel 

 obovato-oblonga 6-7 cm. 

 longa 4-4|- cm. lata apice 

 subito cuspidato-caudata, 

 (caudis circ. 1 cm. longis 

 2 mm. latis apice obtusis), 

 basi acuta margine integra, 

 venis venulisque supra mi- 



nus subtus plus distincte elevatis, venis lateralibus primariis utroque latere 

 costfe 8—9, venis secundariis cum primariis ])arallelis, venis tertianis minute 

 distincteque reticulatis, ])etiolis 2^-3 cm. longis. Receptacula plus minus 

 depressa globosa 6-7 mm. longa 7-8 mm. lata ad a])icem subplana ad cent- 

 rum tenuiter depressa basi sessilia subplana ad latus ramulorum oppositim 

 sita glabra Inevia, bracteis ad basin receptaculi 3 ovato-triangularibus 2 mm. 

 longis. Fl. gall. l)reve ])edicellati, ijedicellis 1 mm. longis glabris, periaiithii 

 segmenta 3 obovata 1 mm. longa apice rotundata. Ovarium (gall.) obovoideum 

 1 mm. longum vel ovoideiun. Rece])taculum iiitiis glabrum. 



Hab. Kwashoto, leg. T. SGma, Juli. 1913. 



Near F. Bevjamiana Linn.; but differs from it iu having much more 

 narrowly ciLspidate leaves with more or less cuneatc base. This new species 



Fig. 42; Ficm garanbiensis Hayata ; 1, aleaf; 2, 

 a receptacle ; 3, a male flower ; 4, 5, stamens ; 6, a gall- 

 flower ; 7, a galliferons ovary. 



