402 G. King — New Species of Ficus from New Guinea. [No. 4, 



length of blade and of stipules 6 to 9 in., petioles 2'5 in. to 4!"5 in. ; 

 receptacles large, axillary, solitary, pedunculate, globose, smooth, ap- 

 parently without basal bracts, about 1*5 in. in diam., the walls very 

 thick; male flowers numerous, pedicellate, anther single, sub-sessile, 

 ovoid, its walls thick and cartilaginous, the dehiscence lateral, perianth 

 gamophyllous with 3 oblong blunt segments ; gall flowers with hard, 

 crustaceous, 3- sided ovary, thick short pedicel, and no perianth other 

 than the long, linear, subulate scales which spring from the walls of 

 the receptacle between the flowers ; fertile female flowers not seen. 



New Guinea; H. O. Forbes, No. 737. 



The material in my possession is not very abundant, and I have not 

 had the advantage of seeing Mr. Forbes's field notes. I presume this 

 is a tree. The leaves and stipules at once recall to mind those of F. 

 elastica. But the leaves of this are larger and the stipules are tomentose 

 externally. The receptacles are quite different from those of elastica^ 

 being greatly larger and of a globular, not an ovoid, shape. When dry, 

 the receptacles a good deal resemble a small orange. 



Ficus Fdelfeltiij King ; a tree, the bark of the young shoots pale and 

 slightly puberulous, all the other parts glabrous except the midribs of 

 the leaves and the receptacles ; leaves alternate, thinly coriaceous, shortly 

 petiolate, from oblong to obovate- elliptic, gradually narrowed to the 

 rounded 5 -nerved base, the apex rather suddenly contracted to a short 

 blunt acumen, the edges entire and slightly undulate ; primary lateral 

 nerves about 9 pairs, prominent on the lower surface and forming 

 bold intramarginal arches, the midrib prominent, sparsely adpressed- 

 pubescent; the rest of the lower surface glabrous and shining, the 

 minor nerves and reticulations strongly marked ; upper surface dull, 

 darker than the lower ; length of blade 6 to 8 inches, width 3 to 3*25 

 in. ; petioles '5 in. long : stipules slightly shorter than the petiole, lanceo- 

 late, convolute; receptacles axillary, in pairs, pedunculate, globular, 

 with a projecting cylindric pubescent umbilicus, the sides pubescent 

 when young, nearly glabrous when adult, from '6 in. to '75 in. m diam., 

 basal bracts 3, small, reflexed ; peduncle about '1 in. long, tomentose. 

 male flowers only near the mouth of the receptacle, sessile, the stamen 

 elliptic, on a short thick filament, penianth of 5 narrowly semi-lunar 

 pieces ; gall flowers with a globular smooth, thin, naked ovary and a 

 short lateral style, the perianth like that of the male : fertile female 

 flower with an ovoid, rather flattened, minutely tuberculate achene, and 

 a filiform lateral style much longer than the ovary, the stigma triangu- 

 lar, perianth of 4 broadly semi-lunar pieces. 



New Guinea, H. 0. Forbes, No. 59, and probably also 409, of which 

 I have not complete specimens. 



