Ficus] ixvii. .M(iuA( i:.i:. 999 



Vixr. beroensis. 



A beautiful, evergreen tree, 20 to 30 ft. high or of vast size, copi- 

 ously lactescent, bx'oailly fromlose; branches pallid, firm, glabrous, 

 terete ; branchlets spreading, furrowed in the dry state, leafy, 

 nodulose, somewhat puberulous towards the extremities ; loaves 

 alternate, entire, ovate, very acutely acuminate or cuspidate at 

 tiie apex, obtusely nanowed truncate or subcordate and often 

 uneipial at the liase, thinly and i-igidly coriaceous, glabrous, 

 pale green especially beneath, sub-glaucescent especially alx)ve, 

 somewhat trinerved or unequally 5-nerved at or near the base, 

 minutely punctate, 11 to 5.} in. long by ; to 2 J, in. bro.ad ; venation 

 clearly marked and in relief on both faces ; lateral veins al)out 

 8 to 10 on each side in addition to the basal nerves, erect-pat(mt, 

 nearly straight for half their length, (hviding and anastomosing 

 within the margin; intermediate veinlets shorter; reticulation 

 complex; petioles furrowed, pallid, i to 11 in. long; stipules 

 deciduous ; receptacles mostly 2 together, axillary, subscssile or 

 sessile, crowded, pisiform, 1 to ^ in. in diameter, at first almost 

 hyaline and bright rosy, in full maturity purple, obsoletely hairy 

 with short white hairs, bracteate at the base, marked at the apex 

 with the small imbricate-lobulate oritice, but little juicy ; bracts 

 small, obtuse, puberulous or glabrescent ; male, female, and gall 

 flowers in the same receptacles ; male flowers with a solitary 

 stamen ; female flowers with, an elongated stigma. 



^lossAMKni.s. — At the rocky sides of the river Bero : i\. and ripe fr. 

 end of July 18.')9. Xo. 6379. On the gneiss rocks at the banks of the 

 river Bero near Boca do Rio ; without fl. or fr. July IHo'J. No. 6381. 



3. F. tuberculosa Welw. ms. in herb, sp. n. 



A tree, 20 to 25 ft. high, densely frondose all over and even 

 from a little above the base ; trunk nearly a foot in diameter ; 

 branches erect-spreading ; branchlets patent, sparingly lactescent, 

 leafy towards the apex, minutely papillose-pulverulent, smooth, 

 often with nodular protuberances or abbreviated shoots ] to .V in. 

 thick from which the peduncles take their origin ; leaves alternate, 

 crowded at the extremities of the branchlets, less crowded below 

 but usually with short internodes, entire, broadly ovate or oval, 

 cuspidate at the apex, obtuse or rounded-truncate at the some- 

 what unequal 3- to 5-nerved base, glabrous or nearly so, thickly 

 coriaceous in the living state, deep green and somewhat glossy 

 above, paler beneath, 3 to 9 in. long by l',' to 5.! in. broad; 

 lateral veins about 7 or 8 on each side in addition to the basal 

 nerve.s, impressed above, acutely prominent yellowish in the living 

 state and turning purple in the dry state beneath, spreading 

 at rather a wide angle, feebly anastomosing within the margin ; 

 tertiary veins patent, slender; reticulation minute, impressed; 

 interspaces inconspicuously papillose beneath, punctate aluive; 

 petioles moderately roltust, '^ to 2; in. long, puberulous or 

 niinutelv papillose-pulverulent ; .stipules comparatively small, 

 1 in. long, from a broad ba.se ovate, abruptly very acute, 



