ON SOME NEW SPECIES OF 



seen. 



the aims »•** A*** 1 Inixed with thefemales a11 0Yer the rece P tacle > P edi cellate; the 



.eriantb of 4 lanceul U pi., Receptacles containing male and gall-nowers not - 



New iuin. m.-//. 0. Forbes, No. 900. ^ 



Tail i well distinct from any other species of this group. Its nearest ally is F. apiocarpa 



Mmj 



Plat* 229A.—1 Sratchleyana, King. Fruiting-branch— of natural size. 1, young fertile 



female wer j 3, ripe achene of fertile female ; 3, neuter flower : enlarged. 



Sycidium. 



Ficus Arm in, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal lv. pt. ii. 404. 



A climbei ; the younir shoots covered with short, buff-coloured tomentum. Le 



ftltr> it nhoi ly pc iolatc, membranous, ovate-lanceolate, with a long acuminate apex ; the 



in 1 <u- sub-cordate, ft to7-nerved; the edges entire ; primary lateral nerves 5 to 7 

 pairs, diverging from the midrib at rather a wide angle; lower surface minutely tuberculate, 



^ ( 1 especiall on the midrib and nerves, the longer hairs with black enlarged bases; upp 



g, 



fl 



w« 



surfo scatn the midril) minut ly hispid; length of blade 2*5 in. to 3 in. ; breadth 1*25 in. ; 

 [m Am '2 in. 1 n^r, tomento ■; stipules, 2 to each leaf, subulate, rather longer than the 

 I* lift t nmn * atfij t,but ultimately glabrous. Receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, 

 mil globular, with rather a prominent umbilicus, shortly hispid-tomentose when youn 

 lahre* nt when mature, in. to -25 in. in diam. ; basal bracts none, but a few irregular, 

 *d, fleshy bracts along the sides; p duncles slender, about -2 in. long, tomentose. Male 

 rs numeral near tho mouth of th receptacle ; the perianth of 3 lanceolate pieces ; anther 

 br ' ll '° u « a lorn: stout filament. Gall-flowers with a pedicellate gamophyllous 

 1 « win h u leeply cleft int. , 4 linear curving lobes, which embrace the ovoid, smooth, 



• ry ; style lateral, from near the apex of, and half as long as, the ovary ; stigma 



»nf»" bohfonn. Female flowers milmown. 



N /C u'nea -//. Forbes, No. 609. 



1 is spe . appro he* F. ampeks, Harm., but its leaves are more inclined to be cordate 

 , " ?£"* at tk * P ' md ^ » less sca ^ and more hairy on the 



Guinea 



— p- -^ v»vvt 



I have named this aft Mr. Armit, of the Argus Expedition for the exploration of New 



.'■' ^ !!£5£f5. S'^J^^ ^^ 6 - »»" and apex of 



infaraeil 



»;e; 7, male flower; 8, perianth of gall-flower; 9, achene of same 



y v ? 



Covellia. 



ptle, ad 



F.cus C ■«,«,„, Kmg ,, j9mk As Soe ^^ h ^ .. 4oe 



- ^atn !*5i*: it? nodes ; the wk d - k b — ** *- 



alternate, thickly membranon S) ovate-lanceolate to ovate 



