1886.] G. King — New Sjpecies of Ficus from New Guinea. 401 



Sub-group I. — Male, gall, and fertile female 



flowers on the same receptacle . . . JJrostigma. 

 Sub-group II. — Flowers unisexual or neuter: male 

 and gall flowers in one set of re- 

 ceptacles, fertile female and neu- 

 ter flowers in another set Synoecia. 



Sub-group III. — Flowers unisexual : male and gall 

 flowers in one set of receptacles, 

 fertile female flowers only in an- 

 other set — • 



A. — Flower monandrous — 



a, Receptacles chiefly axil- 

 lary Sycidium, 



P, Receptacles mostly in 

 fascicles from stem 



and branches Covellia. 



B. — Flowers di-, rarely trian- 

 drous — 

 a, Receptacles mostly axil- 

 lary Eusyce. 



13, Receptacles mostly in 

 fascicles from stem and 



branches NeomorpJie. 



Amongst the new species which it is the chief object of this paper 

 to describe there are none belonging to the sections Falceomorplie or 

 Neomorphe. The species are as follows : — 



Urostigma. — Male, fertile female, and gall flowers in the same recep- 

 tacle ; stamen usually 1 ; stigma elongate, usually acute ; receptacles in 

 the axils of the leaves or of the scars of fallen^leaves, tribracteate at the 

 base ; leaves alternate, entire, coriaceous, or sub-coriaceous, rarely mem- 

 branous ; usually trees or powerful climbers ; epiphytal at least in early 

 life. 



Ficus hesperidiiformis, King ; a tree, glabrous in all parts except 

 the stipules which are minutely tomentose externally ; young branches 

 hollow, thick, marked with annular scars ; leaves coriaceous, alternate, 

 broadly elliptic-oblong, gradually tapering towards the apex which ends 

 in a short rather blunt point, the base rounded, edges entire ; lateral 

 primary nerves very numerous (40 or 50 pairs) running nearly at right 

 angles from the thick prominent midrib and anastomosing about '1 in. 

 from the edge, secondary nerves and reticulations minute but distinct, 

 the petiole from § to f as long as the blade ; stipules very large, coloured, 

 convolute, minutely tomentose on the outer, smooth on the inner surface j 



