EUSYCE. 



161 



long. Receptacles pedunculate, in pairs, axillary when young, globose, slightly constricted at 

 the base, sparsely adpressed hispid; 



the 



umbilicus large and 



prominent: basal bracts 3 



broadly ovate, blunt, puberulous; peduncle -1 in. long, densely puberulous ; ripe receptacles 



known. Male fl 



with 2 



Gall flowers with sub-globul 



smooth 



le anthers 



a perianth of 3 distinct pieces 



ary; short, thick, lateral 



- 



stigma 



ptacles bearing fertile female flowers unk 



*yi 





cate 



New Gui 

 This is 



Fly River No. 49, D'Albertis 



apparently a shrub or small tree 



It 



pproaches F. erecta. Thunb 



o 



but 



IS 



distinguished from that species by its smaller leaves, which have more numerous and more 

 horizontal primary lateral nerves ; and by its adpressed-strigose, much smaller receptacles. 



Plate 204A.— Branch of F. pauper. King, with mature 



1 



stipule; 2 & 3 



ptacles 



4 



5 



receptacles 



a basal bract : 5 & 6, male flowers 



tural 



7, gall flower 



(young) 



Nos. 1 to 7 are muck enlarged, 



190. 



Ficus Soronensis, nov. spec 





The young parts puberul 



Leaves membr 



y 



tap 



to 



either end, narrowly 



ellipti 



5 



or ovate-lanceolate 



the 



apex shortly acuminate ; the edges entire ; the base acute 



3-nerved; primary lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs, not very prominent 



d 



face 



sub-scabrid from numerous 

 distinct; length of blade 2 to 4 



minute, black tubercl 



petioles *3 



the reticulat 



open and rati 



in. ; 



pules lanceolate, scarious, 



puberulous 



4 in. long, 



persistent. Receptacles in pairs from the 



of the 1 



or 



from the scars of fallen leaves 



pedunculate, globular, sub-scabrid 



> 



minutely tuberculate 



th 



umbi 



of the 

 flowers 



3us prominent ; 

 ptacles ; peduncles 

 sile or pedicellate 



basal bracts none, but a few verrucose bracts 



th 



sidt s 



with one or two bracteol 



> 



15 in. long. 



Fertile female 



P 



th of 3 or 4 pieces 



achene sub-trigonous, slightly 



hairy near the apex 



tyle lateral; stigma 



ylindrical, truncate 



Male and gall flowers 



not seen. 



New Guinea, — Sot 



B 



Herb., PL Papuanae, No. 458 



1 



der 



com 

 face 



near some of the forms of F. erecta 



j 



Thunbg., but differs in having th 



the leaves moi 



tuberculate, and in having much smaller receptacl 



It 



is not, however, far removed from erecta. 



Plate 205 A. — F. Soronensis, 



King. 



Fruiting branch 



natural awe. 1, stipule; 2, receptacle— magnified three times; 

 en largca. 



with mature receptacles 

 . fertile female flower: much 



All three kinds of floivei 



in the same receptacle (as 



Urostigma) 



191 



Fie us 



Wall. Cat. 4517; Miq, in Lond. Journ, Bot, vii. 



453 



Mus. Lugd. Bat iii. 295 (excl. sy 



F. gemella, Wall. Cat. 4516 



F. 



) ; Brandis F< 



An 



Flo 



424 



> 



Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 454 



nn. Mus. Lugd. Bat iii. 

 Miq. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 



295. 

 439 



7 



F. densa, Miq. I.e. 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat 



453 



F. Fieldwgir 



j 



iii. 2S0, 294 



) 



