82 THE FLORA OF THE DAKOTA GROUP. 



as figured iu the Flora of ]\Ioleteiu it inerel)' differs by the large size of the 

 leaves and the iiaiTOw inidi'ib, a difference not important enough to author- 

 ize the separation as a new species. 



The leaves vary from 12"'" to 22™' in length, and from 3™' 10 4.5"™ in 

 breadth, the petiole being 2.5"° long; the secondaries, though deeply cut 

 into the epidennis, are very thin, parallel from the base of the leaves, 

 diverging at an angle of 50°. 



Habitat : Near Fort Ilarker, Kansas. No. 2706 of the collection of the 

 U. S. National Museum. 



FlOUS IN.«QUALIS, Sp. UOV. 



PI. XLIX, Figs. 6-8; PL L, Fig. 3. 



Leaves of the same type as those of F. prcccursor and F. jmlcherrima, 

 being very imequal-sided, ovate-lanceolate, gradually acuminate, narrowed 

 to a thick, short petiole. Midrib thin toward the apex, gradually broad 

 toward the base; secondaries at shoi-t distances, parallel, equidistant, camp- 

 todrome. 



This species differs from F. precursor in the leaves being more sharply 

 aciuninate, the sides very unequal, and the petiole short and thick; the 

 secondaries are parallel, equidistant; their angle of divergence is the same, 

 but they do not ascend high along the borders, which they follow in close, 

 simple ifestoons. The nervation is comparable to that of F. Ji/nx Ung. (Fl. 

 von Sotzka, PI. xii, Fig. 3). The texture is as in F. pracursor. The secon- 

 daries, curved and camptodrome, do not ascend as high along the borders, 

 which they follow in simple areoles. 



The leaf (PI. L, Fig. 3) is large, less unequal-sided, and has a straight, 

 sharply pointed acumen. It has some likeness to the leaves of /'". magno- 

 licefoUa. 



Habitat: Near Fort Harker, Kansas. No. 2770 of the U. S. National 

 Museum collection. 



Ficus Sternbekgii, sp. nov. 

 PI. L,Fig.l. 



Leaves lanceolate, sharply acuminate, entire, triple nerved; incurved, 

 lowest secondaries very long, the others shorter, arcuate. 



This leaf is similar to that of F. Aglaja; described by Unger in his 

 Flora of Kuiiii iu Fubdui, p. 2i), PI. iv. Figs. 34-36. This is, however, 

 deprived of the petiole, and though this is the only apparent difference, it 



