1886.] G. King — Neiu Species of Ficus from New Guinea, 405 



breadth 1*25 in. ; petioles '2 in. long, tomentose ; stipules, 2 to each 

 leaf, subulate, rather longer than the petioles, tomentose at first, but 

 ultimately glabrous ; receptacles axillary, solitary, pedunculate, sub- 

 globular, with rather a prominent umbilicus, shortly, hispid- tomentose 

 when young, glabrescent when mature, "2 in. to '25 in. in diam. ; basal 

 bracts none, but a few irregular broad fleshy bracts along the sides • 

 peduncles slender, about "2 in. long, tomentose ; male flowers iium.erous 

 near the mouth of the receptacle, the perianth of 3 lanceolate pieces ; 

 anther single, broadly ovate, on a long stout filament ; gall flowers with 

 a pedicillate gamophyllous perianth which is deeply cleft into 4 linear 

 curving lobes which embrace the ovoid, smooth, shining ovary : style 

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

 infundibuliform ; female flowers unknown. 



New Guinea; H. O. Forbes, No. 609. This species approaches JP. 

 ampelas, Burm., but its leaves are more inclined to be cordate at the 

 base and acuminate at the apex, and they are less scabrous and more 

 hairy on the under surface ; while the receptacles are larger, more 

 hairy when young, and on longer peduncles, than in that species. 



I have named this after Mr. Armit, of the Argus Expedition for the 

 exploration of New Guinea. 



CovELLiA. — Flowers unisexual ; male flowers in the same recept- 

 acles as the gall flowers, monandrous, the perianth of 3 or 4 distinct 

 pieces : female flowers in separate receptacles from the males and galls, 

 pedunculate or sessile, the perianth gamophyllous, much shorter than 

 the ovary, or wanting, (rarely consisting of 4 or 5 pieces) ; the recepta- 

 cles on long sub-aphyllous branches issuing from near the base of the stem, 

 often sub-hypoggeal ; or on shortened branchlets (tubercles) from the 

 stem and larger branches ; or axillary : shrubs or trees, never epiphytes 

 or climbers. 



Ficus Miquelii, King : F. caulocarpa, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. 

 Bat. iii, 235, 297 (not JJrostigma caulocarpa, Miq. in Lend. Journ. Bot. 

 VI, 568) ; F. fistulosa, Kurz (not of Reinw.), Forest Flora B. Burmah, 

 II, p. 459, (partly) : a tree, the young branches adpressed-strigose ; leaves 

 alternate or sub-opposite, membranous, obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, 

 the apex suddenly contracted into a narrow tail about I inch long, edges 

 entire, base much narrowed 3-nerved ; lateral primary nerves 6 to 8 

 pairs forming an obtuse angle with the midrib; both surfaces pubes- 

 cent when young, becoming when adult almost glabrous ; length of 

 blade 4*5 to 8 inches ; petioles from '3 to "5 in. ; stipules lanceolate, 

 pubescent externally, '35 in. long ; receptacles borne on rather large, 

 panicled, scurfy, shortly bracteolate branches, which issue from the stem, 

 pedunculate, depressed-globular, pubescent, greenish when ripe and with 



