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IN'EOMORPHE. 



an of neural size ; 5, male flower, unexpanded; 6, stamens of the same, the perianth 1 

 been removed ; 7, gall flowers ; 8, fertile female flower : all enlarged. 



200. Ficus D'Albertisii, nov. spec. 



A tree. The young branches with annular swellings at the nodes, and completely covered 

 with close y-adpressed, minute, rusty pubescence. Leaves broadly ovate or elliptic, sometimes 

 obovate-elli P t lC ; the apex acute, shortly cuspidate; the edges minutely dentate or sub- entire; 

 base rounded, emargmate or sub cordate, sometimes unequal, 5- nerved; primary lateral 

 nerves about 7 pairs ; both surfaces closely covered with very minute, adpressed hairs; the 

 upper surface slightly harsh, the lower soft; length of blade about 9 in.; petiole about 1-5 

 in pubescent, swollen at its insertion on the stem ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 adpressed-pubescent externally, 1 5 in. long. Eeceptacles in small clusters from leafless 

 ebracteate tubercles from the stem, pedunculate, pyriform, the sides with numerous vertical 

 ridges and clothed with short, adpressed, apparently deciduous, scurfy pubescence ; length 

 1-2 m , breadth 1 in. ; the umbilicus large, closed by 5 broad, rounded scales ; basal 

 bracts 3, ovate, deciduous ; peduncle stout, glabrous, -75 in. long. Female flowers sessile or 

 dedicellate, slightly rugose ; the style long, terminal, hairy. Male and gall flowers unknown. 



Fly River, New Guinea,— VAlbertis (no number). Sumatra,— Beceari (Herb. Becc 

 P. S. No. 736.) 



Plate 216.— F. D'Albertisn, King. 1, apex of leafy branch; 2, branch with a fascicl 



of mature receptacles; 3, stipule-atf of natural size; 4, piece of a leaf to show the 



5, 



sessile and pedicellate fertile female flowers : enlarged 



201. Ficus sycOxMoroides, Miq. in. Ann. Mus Lugd. Bat. iii. 230, 295. 



A spreading tree. The young branches pilose. Leaves petiolate, thinly coriaceous, ovate- 

 elliptic ; the apex shortly acute ; the edges with a few irregular coarse teeth towards the apex, 

 or entire ; base rounded, 3-nerved ; lateral primary nerves about 3 pairs, prominent below, as 

 are the strong, transverse, secondary nerves ; upper surface glabrous ; the lower pubescent, 

 especially on the nerves; length of blade 3 to 5 in. ; petioles '8 in. to 1 in. long; stipules 

 lanceolate, acuminate, tomentose externally with glabrous edges, -5 in long. Eeceptacles in 

 short panicles from the stem and older branches, turbinate, much depressed, suddenly 

 contracted into pedicels about -5 in. long which are tribracteate at the base ; when ripe 

 about -5 in. across, glabrous or puberulous, marked by about 8 vertical ridges, which 

 are most conspicuous near the umbilicus. Male flowers near the apex of the receptacles 

 which contain the gall flowers, sessile, broad ; the perianth of 3 or 4 broad, lax, thin 



pieces which completely envelope the 2 almost sessile, broadly-ovate, apiculate anthers. 



Gall flowers with a perianth of 3 broad, ovate-rotund, distinct pieces ; the ovary ovoid, 



smooth; the style short, lateral, with a rather large, infundibuliform stigma. 

 Fertile female flowers not seen. 



Amboina, — De Jtretes. 



This resembles F. variegata, Bl., in a general way, but has much smaller and more 

 pubescent leaves; the receptacles of this are also much smaller and more depressed than 



those of varicguta, and the male flowers are much smaller and broader. Besides those 



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