330 URTiCEiE. [Ficus. 



older than Roxburgh's, though not so appropriate, the plant being much less hispid than 

 the F. hirta. This and the two following species belong io Covellia, the most marked 

 among the genera proposed by Gasparrini and Miquel for the dismemberment of Ficus, but 

 which it seems much better to consider as sections only, of one most natui-al and weU-cha- 

 racterized genus. 



14. F. Harlandi, Benth., n. sp. Brandies glabrous or slightly strigose. 

 Stipules f in. long, glabrous. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, oval-oblong 

 or obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, 4 to 7 in. long, entire or slightly 

 sinuate-toothed, rounded at the base, glabrous or minutely punctate-scabrous, 

 on petioles of | to 1 in. Tigs on the old wood as in F. hispida, globular, 

 glabrous, about \ in. diameter, very shortly contracted at the base, on pedicels 

 of 4 to 12 lines, bracteate at the top. Flowers of F. hispida, except that the 

 style is rather longer. 



Hongkong, Wright, Harland. Not known out of the island. Allied to the N. Indian 

 F. congesta, but differs in inflorescence, the shape of the fig, and the longer style. 



15. F. chlorocarpa, BentJt., n. sp. A large tree, entirely glabrous. 

 Stipules 3 to 4 lines long. Leaves fi-om ovate-cordate or ovate-lanceolate to 

 oval-oblong, acuminate, 6 to 8 in. long, entire, cordate or rarely rounded at 

 the base, smooth and shining above, slightly punctate-scabrous underneath, 

 on petioles of 1 to 2 in. Figs in short clusters on the trunk and old branches, 

 globular, at least f in. diameter, glabrous and light-green, on pedicels of about 

 ^ in., bracteate a little below the top. Flowers of F. hispida. 



Hongkong, Champion, Wilford. Not known out of the island. 



6. PELLIONIA, Gaud. 



Flowers dioecious, in axillary cymes or clusters, without any dilated or suc- 

 culent receptacle. Male flowers : Perianth- segments 5 or sometimes 4, broad, 

 imbricate in the bud. Stamens as many, the filaments inflected in the bud. 

 Female flowers: Perianth-segments 4 or 5, naiTOW and unequal. Sterile 

 stamens usually as many. Ovary 1 -celled, with 1 erect ovule. Stigma sessile, 

 small, tufted. Nut seed-like, surrounded by the persistent perianth. Albu- 

 men little or none. — Herbs. Leaves distichous, alternate or unequally oppo- 

 site, usually very oblique. 



A small tropical Asiatic genus. 

 Leaves obtuse, less than 1 in. long. Sterile stamens in the female flowers 



lanceolate, inflexed 1. P. hrevifolia. 



Leaves mostly acuminate, 1^ to 3 in. long. Sterile stamens in the female 



flowers minute or none 2. P. scabra. 



1. P. brevifolia, Beuth., n. sp. A prostrate creeping herb, the leafy 

 branches 6 or 8 in. long, hispid. Leaves veiy obliquely obovate, obtuse, 

 crenate, |- to f in. long, pubescent, very unequal at the base, on petioles 

 rarely 1 line long. Female cymes almost sessile or on peduncles of 1 to 3 

 lines, seldom above 3 lines diameter. Perianth-segments veiy unequal, linear- 

 lanceolate. Sterile stamens lanceolate, bent in at about the middle. Nut 

 tuberculate. 



In ravines of Mounts Gough and Victoria, Wilford. Not seen in any other collection. 

 The specimens are all female. 



2. P. scabra, Benth., u. sp. Stems prostrate, pubescent, 1 ft. long or 



