104 



COVELLTA. 



upper surface; 4, stipule; 5, bract from peduncle {Nos. 3 to 5 are magnified about three 

 times)] 6, fertile female flower: enlarged. 



120. 



FlCUS STOLONIFERA, 110V. Spec. 



A tree ; the young shoots shortly hispid-pubescent. Leaves membranous, petiolate 



slightly inequilateral, elliptic or oblong- elliptic ; the apex shortly acuminate ; the edo-es 

 dentate ; the base rounded or slightly narrowed, not cordate, obscurely 3- to 5-nerved • 

 lateral primary nerves about 7 pairs, prominent and, like the midrib, hispid-tomentose on 

 both surfaces; under surface minutely hispid, upper surface minutely hispid and with 

 numerous small, black, harsh papillae ; length of blade 6 to 9 in. ; petiole 4 in. long, hispid • 



stipules ovate-acuminate, oblique, densely pubescent-hispid externally, 



35 



in. long. 



Receptacles borne on long, thin, flexuose, slightly adpressed-pubescent and rather scurfy, 

 leafless, stipulate branches; solitary, sessile, or on very short peduncles, globose, glabrous, 



with a few fleshy projecting scales near the apex, which form an irregular annulus round 

 the depressed umbilicus ; basal bracts none ; diameter *6 in. Fertile female flowers without 

 obvious perianth; ovary pedicellate, ovoid, smooth; style lateral, long, hairy; stigma 

 clavate. Male and gall flowers unknown. 



Sarawak in Borneo, — Beccari, Herb. Becc. P. B. No. 2799. 



In 



this 



? 



as in the allied 



specie 



> 



the 



ptacles are often buried in the ground 



This resembles F. hypogeea in having dentate leaves, but diff 



ers in its receptacle 



Plate 132. — F. stolonifera, 

 branch with mature receptacles 



Kins'. 



1 



of 



apex or leafy branch ; 2, part of a fig-bearing 



natural size 



> 



part 



of 



hairs ; 4, stipule ( ftos, 3 and 4 are magnified about three times) ; 



much enlurqed. 



a leaf to show the stiff 

 , fertile female flower : 



121. 



Ficus Arfakensis, nov. spec 



A tree ; the young shoots scurfy and softly pubescent. Leaves petiolate, sub coriaceous, 

 lanceolate, acute, gradually narrowed to the faintly- 3 -nerved base; edges entire; primary 

 lateral nerves 6 to 8 pairs, obsolete on the upper, prominent on the lower surface and, 

 like the midrib and secondary nerves, adpressed-pilose ; the rest of the lower surface 

 minutely white, tuberculate, sparsely pilose; upper surface sparsely covered with adpressed 

 whitish hairs; length of blade 4*5 to 7 in.; petiole pilose, 6 in. long; stipules linear- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, nearly 1 in. long. Receptacles bornn on long, ramous, slender branches 

 which emerge from the base of the stem and apparently creep on or beneath the surface 

 of the ground, pedunculate, ovoid, scabrid, slightly verrucose, 



45 in. across; umbilical 



scales numerous 



, prominent ; basal bracts 3, triangular. 



Mount Arfak, in New Guinea, at from 5,000 to 7,000 



ft. above the sea 



y 



Sig. 



Beecari (Herb. Becc. without number). 



The receptacle-bearing branches often carry towards their extremities small leaves 



and modified stipules. 



Plate 133. — F. Arfakensis, King. 1, leaf branch; 2, receptacle-bearing branch; 3, 

 bract from the same; 4, stipule— all of natural she 



y 



5, part of a leaf : enlarged. 





