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bilicus depressed ; when quite ripe smooth, pinkish-red, mottled, 2 in. across: basal bract 



3, ovate-lanceolate, spreading. Male flowers only towards the mouth of the receptacles; the 

 perianth of 3 large, loose, inflated pieces, which quite cover the 2 elongate-ovate anthers. Gall 

 flowers pedicellate, with gamophyllous 3-cleft perianth which covers only the base of the 

 tubercular, ovoid ovary; style lateral, elongate; stigma dilated. Fertile female flowers 

 not seen. 



Sumatra, Padang, — JBeccari ( Herb. Beccari No. 854); on Mount Dempoo, at an elevation 

 of 5,500 it.,— Mr. H. 0. Forbes (Herb. Forb. No. 2265). 



This species comes near F. lanceolata, Ham., and F* glomerata, Roxb. Mr. Forbes's 

 specimens have narrower leaves than Sig. Beccarr s, but in other respects they are alike. 



Plate 220. — F. Eenrici, King. 1, leafy branch; 2, piece of stem bearing a leafless branch 

 with immature receptacles ; 3, immature receptacle from Sig. Beccari's specimens ; 4, narrowly 

 lanceolate leaf from Mr. H. O. Forbes's specimen— all of natural she; 5, a stipule; 



unexpanded male flower; 7, male flower opened out to show the 2 anthers; 8, gall 

 flower — all enlarged. 



204. Ficus Clarkei, nov. spec. 



A tall tree. The young shoots minutely scabrid-hispid. Leaves shortly petiolate, thinly 

 coriaceous, inequilateral, oblong, or narrowly elliptic ; the apex acuminate ; edges entire or 

 with one or two rather coarse teeth near the apex; base cuneate, 3 -nerved ; primary lateral 

 nerves at a wide angle to the midrib, 6 to 8 pairs, prominent beneath, as are the midrib and 

 reticulations ; both surfaces quite glabrous ; the lower obscurely minutely tuberculate ; length 

 of blade 6 to 10 in. ; petiole -4 in. ; stipules lanceolate, convolute, *5 in. long. Receptacles 

 in short, scariously-bracteate panicles from the stem and larger brauches; pedunculate 

 pyriform smooth, red when ripe, about 1 in. across ; the base contracted into a long stalk 

 at the junction of which with the peduncle proper are 3 ovate -lanceolate bracts ; peduncle 

 puberulous, *3 in. long. Male flowers in a zone near the mouth of the receptacles occupied by 

 gall flowers ; the perianth of 3 large, loose, thinly membranous, imbricate pieces which 

 completely enfold the stamens; stamens 2 or 3, on short filaments, the anther ovate, apiculate. 

 Gall flowers with a gamophyllous 3-cleft perianth, the segments of which are linear-lanceolate; 

 the ovary ovoid, slightly tubercular; the style lateral, thickened below, elongate; the stigma 

 cylindric. Fertile female flowers not seen. 



Khasi Hills, at 500 feet,— Mr. C. B. Clarke. 



Mr. Clarke describes the bark of this as whitish, and the trunk as tall and unbranchi n g, 

 and in these respects it agrees with F. pomifera, Wall, to which it is in other points also 

 allied. It differs, however, from pomifera in having shorter petioled, oblique leaves with a 



different venation. *••*.«._* 



Plate 221.-.F. Clarkd, King. 1, apex of leafy branch; 2, part of a branch from the stem 

 bearing two mature receptacles ; 3, apex of a receptacle ; 4, base of the same ; 5 st.pule* 

 all of natural size; 6, unexpanded male flower; 7, the 3 stamens of a male flower, the penanth 

 havins been removed ; 8, gall flower : enlarged. 



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205. Ficus Aruensis, nov. spec 



A tree. The yonng branches with short, adpressed, whitish pubescence. Leaves petiolate 

 sub-coriaceous, inequilateral, elliptic-lanceolate ; the apex acurmnate ; base cuneate ; edges 



