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ON SOME >'EW SPECIES OF 



elastiea, being greatly tin: r and of a globular, not an ovoid, shape. When dry, the 

 receptacles a good deal resemble small oranges. 



Plate 22*5. — /'. htsperiduformis, King. I, branch with young leaves and mature 



receptacle; 2, fully-grown leaf-o/ natural size; 3, scale from inner wall of receptacle; 



4, male perianth; ft, anther; 6, the same opened; 7, gall-flower: enlarged. 



Fid I DHLFELTir, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal lv. ft. ii. 402. 



A tree; the bark of the young shoots pale and slightly puberulous; all the other parts 

 git brew except the midribs of he leaves and the receptacles. Leaves alternate, thinly 



oariaceou shortly petiolato, from oblong to obovate-elliptic, gradually narrowed to the 



rounded .">-ner\ 1 base; tho apex rather suddenly contracted to a short blunt acumen; the 



sdg iltne and slightly undulate; primary lateral nerves about 9 pairs, prominent on the 



ower sort » and forming bold intramarginal arches; the midrib prominent, sparsely 

 ii 0— nil | nhnnnt nt the rest of the lower surface glabrous and shining ; the minor nerves 

 md r icuhition strongly marked; upper surface dull, darker than the lower; length of blade 

 6 to 8 in.; width 3 to 8*25 in. ; petioles o in. long; stipules slightly shorter than the 

 petiole, lunoeolate, coi >lute. Receptacles axillary, in pairs, pedunculate, globular, with a 

 projecting cylindric pubescent umbilicus ; the sides pubescent when young, nearly glabrous 



when lult from *6 in. to 75 in. in diam.; basal bracts 3, small, reflexed; peduncle about 

 1 i long, totnentose. Male flowers only near the mouth of the receptacle, sessile; the stamen 

 pt n a short thick filament ; perianth of 5 narrowly semi-lunar pieces. Grall-flowers with 

 globular smooth, thin, naked ovary and a short lateral style; the perianth like that of the 



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nak I Ttile femal tlower with an ovoid, rather flattened, minutely tuberculate achene, and 



inform lateral style much longer than the ovary; the stigma triangular; perianth of 



4 broa 



v 



pieces. 



New * uin« 



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//. 0. Forbes, No. 59, and probably also 409, of which I have not complete 

 In iage thU •peci* much resemble tho Indian F. nervosa, Heyne ; but the receptacles 



■ hu re nu, I, la, ,• 1 . „, irc .,t ally is, however, F. puiinervis, var. Teymanni, which 



how v o , ""n "7!"; f ° rm ' teXtUre ' and nervation of its leaves - The flowers, 



h»«- ol |»tw ,1.11 r, and I have n doubt they are distinct species. 



ofna ):Zl stlw^f Ii J"****™*- 1. ^ipules ; 2, base of receptacle 



o/ *,/»*/ mm, 8, male flower ; 4, gall-flower ; 5, fertile female flower : enlarged. 



403 



Leaves 

 entire ; the base rounded, 



a I Lawes.i, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal \y. pl . H 

 - v. the ape* ^dually narrowed to 1 1^^^ TT/ T ^ " 



direrging km .be boll midrib at a wide an^le abonMn P ' ^ P 1 ™ 7 



"rf i <>'" r,,„„l,,i,>„s sn,all and ra.W dist „rt "' i 7™' "°* V* ^^^ °" dther 



■n* h, but rather dull when dry ; length of blade Zl « • T^* ! ^ SUrfaCeS ^e 



W in. ; stipul* narrowly lanceolatP ,„„! i 7 L ^ 5 Wldth 2 ' 5 in - i P eti °le 1 *>• to 



eceptac.ee row ded near Z^Z^Xl 1 ^^^ ** ^ " the petiole. 



in diam. contracted at the base into a s}lnr : ' !" pa ' rS ' Sessile > ^^drico-globose, -5 in. 

 largo, thick, smooth triangular scales th P , pS , eud °- stalk i umbilicus composed of 



«, scales, the Sld es smooth ; basal bracts coalesein. hZ an 



