FROM NEW GUINEA, 



FlCUS RHIZOPHOR^PHYLLA 



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Scandeut ; all parts glabro 



King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal W.pL ii. 410 



The leaves thinly coriaceous 



elliptic, tapering equally to either end ; the edges entire, 



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long pc iolos, narrowly 



cartilaginous, and slightly recurred 



when dry ; the midrib keeled, and very prominent on the under sur "' T 



12 rmirs or unwards. suh-hnnW*! «LLi„ JA i. / ne . ™ 8 ^ce; pro nary lateral 



, ^m-uviuwu^, scarcely visible on either nrf-iM . *~L _/ - \ 



zi i . • , e * under surface minutely 



12 pairs or upwards, sub- horizontal 



tesselate, dull ; upper surface very smooth, shining ; length ofblad 



the petioles 



globular, very minutely tuberculate, -25 in. in diam 



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35 in. : breadth 1-5 



tiole 1-3 to 1-8 in long; stipules linear-lanceolate, glabrous, as long as, * longer than 



prismatic peduncles thicker than the prismatico 



Female flowrrg 



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smooth ovaries ; style fr 



tmng cartilaginous 



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of the ovary which it slightly exceeds in length, straight, erect; perianth of 3 linear p 

 which rise from the margin of the peduncle. Male and gall-flowers unknown. 



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Forbes, No. 578 



Without having seen its male and gall-flowers, I put this species without hesitation into 



the section Eusyce, on account of its resemblance to F. olewfi 



King, a species from nmatra 



which has leaves very like this in texture and venation, but is smaller in all its parts, and 

 especially in its stipules. A farther indication of affinity is found in the fact that the gall- 

 flowers of olewfolia and the fertile females of this species have similar prismatic ovarii This 

 foliage also resembles the Australian F. eugenioides, Mull., which, however, has very d fFerent 



female flowers, and which moreover is monoecious and falls into the section Urostig 



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leaves of this are of a pale greenish yellow when dry; in shape and venation tin • much 

 resemble those of Rhizophora conjugata, Linn. 



Plate 232. — F. rhisophorcephylla 



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f ruiting-branch ; 2, stipules; 3, base and 



apex of receptacles — of natural size ; 4, fertile female flower: enlarged. 



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Ann. Boy. But. Gard. Calcutta, Yol. I. Appendix 



