112 



COVELLTA. 



Mount Dempe, in Eastern 



Sumatra, at 



an elevation of about 3,000 



Forbes (Herb. No 



Plate 145B 



2175) 



Mr. n. 



F. 



King. 



1 



? 



containing 



the stem 



only perfect female flowers 

 flower 



dimorpha, 

 male and gall flower 



apex of leafy branch 



2 



3 



? 



4 



stipules 



all 



ceptacle from a branch 

 tural size ; 5, male flower 



*ptacle from 

 sontainin^ 



the elongated receptacle; 7, fertile female flower— from the turbinate 



i 



6 



gall 



enlarged 



"ptacle 



134. 



Ficus Hemsleyana, nov. spec 



A tree ; the young shoots softly tomentose-pubescent. Leaves sub-sessile, membranous 



slightly inequilateral 



? 



owly oblong or elongate-lanceolate 



the apex produced into a 



lateral nerves 5 to 6 pairs 



long narrow tail; the base gradually narrowed, slightly auriculate on one side, '5-nerved 

 the edges subcrenate; primary 

 especially on the midrib and nei 



the reticulatio 



der surface pubescent 



surface glab 

 petiole *15 i 



minute, not very distinct 



the midrib and nerves pubescent; length of blade 7 to 11 



long, tomentose, adnate 



upper 



in. ; 



on one side to the auricle of the base of the 



blade ; stipules ovate lanceolate, 2 



20 from tubercular, much shortened branches from the 



to each leaf, scarious. Receptacles in clusters of 1 



to 



stem near the root: lonsr- 

 pedunculate, sub-globular, verrucose, scabrid, '25 in. across; the apex truncate, and the 

 umbilicus depressed ; basal bracts none ; peduncle slender, scabrid, ebracteate. Male flowers 

 few and only amongst the scales at the mouth of the receptacle ; stamen 1 or 2 ; the perianth 



of 2 lanceolate pieces which do not cover the anther or anthers. Gall flow 



with 



a 



bl untly 



4 -toothed, gamophyll 



perianth which almost envelopes the smooth, obliquely 



obovoid, elliptic ovary; style short, sub- terminal ; stigma dilated, oblique. Fertile female 



flowers not 



Sarawak, in Borneo, 



Plate 146 



%. Beccari (Herb. Becc. P. B. No. 2335) 



sptacles 



F. Hemsleyana, King 



1 



? 



a stem- tubercle bear 



o 



fascicles of mature 



2, a single receptacle; 3, apex 



of the 



same ; 4 



5, male flowe 



6, gall flower 



7 



j 



y of gall flowe 



, stipules 



laraed. 



II 



tural size 



> 



135. 



Ficus Scortechinii t nov. spec 



ha 



4 to 5 



small tree; the young shoots densely covered with adpressed, stiff, purplish-brown 

 which are ultimately deciduous. Leaves shortly petiolate, alternate, inequilateral, 



; the 



primary lateral nerves 

 pairs, not prominent; lower surface with very numerous, minute, white tubercles 



narrowly elliptic or obovate-elliptic ; the apex rather suddenly, narrowly cuspidate 

 base acute, minutely 3-nerved; the edges sub-crenate, undulate 



and a few adpressed white hairs on the 



midrib, nerves, and reticulations; upper surface 



? 



? 



glabrous ; length of blade 7 to 9 in. ; petiole densely covered with stiff purplish brov 



hairs *4 in. 



long; 



stipules 2 from the base of each petiole 



i 



ate. acuminate 



? 



35 



m. 



long 



Receptacles in fascicl 



of 



scarious externally, pilose like the petioles 



5 to 8 from small tubercles on the stem, 



glabrous; basal bracts 3, ovate, minute; peduncle -35 in. long, pubescent. Fertile female 



pedunculate, sub-globose 



j 



tically ridged 



j 



flowers pedicellate; the perianth gamophyllous, very short, forming a tube round the 

 lower half of the pedicel of the ovary ; achene obliquely ovoid, minutely tuberculate ; 



the 







