

SYCIDIUM. 



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flower (from the same receptacle as No. 102); 4, fertile female flower with perianth; o, fertile 



achene with the perianth removed : enlarged. 



9i. Ficus madurexsis, Miq. in Ann. Mm. Lugd. Bat. iii. 222 291. 



A small tree, the young branches and young petioles with minute, stiff, adprcssed hairs, 

 ultimately glabrous, but always harsh and sub-scabrid. Leaves long-petiolate, oblanceolate, 

 rather abruptly and shortly cuspidate, gradually narrowed from above the middle to the acute 

 3-nerved base; edges coarsely serrate; length of blade to 9 in.; lateral primary nerves 

 about 6 pairs, rather prominent below ; the midrib with a few scattered adpivaed-aetote bail 

 otherwise both surfaces quite glabrous ; upper surface shining, under surface minutely 

 punctate ; petioles very faintly scabrid, 1 to 2 in. long; stipules {fide Miquel) subcoriaceous, 

 ovate-lanceolate, nearly glabrous, about 1 in. long. Receptacles shortly pedunculate, Bolitan 

 axillary, sub-globose, with few-bracted small umbilicus, glabrous but slightly seabridi 

 basal bracts absent; about 4 in. across (yellowish red when ripe, — fide Mi(juel); peduncles 

 smooth, # 3 in. long, with an obscure bract about the middle. Fertile female flower* si ^ile 

 perianth campanulate, 5 -cleft ; achene ellipsoid, smooth; style lateral. Male and gall fl o w * 



not seen. 



Madura, — De Vriese. 



This is closely allied to copiosa, but has axillary, not fascicled receptacles. It is a very 

 little known plant, DeVriese's being the only specimens extant. 



Plate 104. — Fruiting-branch of F. Madurensis, Miq. 1, apex of receptacle; 2, base of the 

 sarne— 0/ natural size ; 3, fertile female perianth; 4, achene: enlarged. 



95. Ficus mespiloides, nov. spec 



A tree; the young shoots with long, tawny, adprcssed, rather stiff hairs, which are 

 ultimately deciduous. Leaves rigid and rather harsh to the touch, sub-coriaceous, petiolatei 

 elliptic, inequilateral; the apex shortly cuspidate; the edges entire, recurved; the has 

 arrowed, cordate, or emarginate. sometimes oblique, 5- to 7-nerved; primary lateral nerrefl 



. UUIU.CLLU9 U± dlia»i.gxxi.c*vvyj 



about 6 pairs, prominent beneath and, as well as the midrib, minutely adpreased-pube 

 cent; the rest of the under surface puberulous and obscurely and minutely tuherculate 

 upper surface minutely lepidote, glabrous, rigid; length of blade 5 to 7 in.; petiol 



fy, and with a few scattered, adpressed, fibrous hairs, -4 in. long; stipules ovate-acute 



apex 

 long 



j 



pilose externally -4 in. long. Receptacles sessile, axillary, solitary, sub-jrlobo e (the bam 

 and apex truncate), the surface with many faint vertical ridges especially towards the 



slightly; when young scurfy-pubescent; when mature nearly glabrous, an incn 

 by 1-3 in. broad; the umbilicus large, wide, surrounded by a rigid, but in no 

 way projecting, annulus; basal bracts 3, leaving an annular scar where they fell off. 

 Fertile female flowers ellipsoid, rather flat, smooth; the style long, terminal; perianth of 

 3 lanceolate dark-coloured free pieces. Male and gall flowers «^ n ° wn / 



New Guinea, on Mount Arfak,-^. Beccari. (Herb. Becc. 1. I. 902) 

 Plate 105,-Branch of F. mespiloides, King, with a mature receptacle. 1, receptacle, 

 2, stipule-«« of natural size; 3, fertile female flowers: enlarged. 



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