1886.] G. King — Kew Species of Ficus from New Guinea. 407 



tose : leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, membranous, inequilateral, 

 oboyate-elliptic, tapering gradually from above the middle to the blun- 

 tisb, very unequal, obscurely 5-nerved, base, and rather suddenly to the 

 shortly acuminate apex ; the edges minutely serrate ; the whole of the 

 under surface shortly fulvous-tomentose ; primary lateral serves 7 pairs ; 

 upper surface shortly adpressed-hispid, tomentose on the midrib and 

 nerves ; length of blade about 7 inches, petioles under '5 in, ; stipules 

 tomentose externally, glabrous internally, convolate, '5 in. long ; recep- 

 tacles on long peduncles, in short crowded panicles, from the stem 

 and larger branches, puberulous, sub-globose, about '25 in. in diam., 

 contracted at the very base into a short pseudo-stalk, at the junction o£ 

 which with the peduncle proper are 3 small triangular basal bracts : 

 peduncle proper nearly "5 in. long : young female flowers with a flattish 

 ovoid, smooth, ovary ; the style nearly as long as the ovary, lateral, 

 curved, hairy ; the stigma cylindric ; perianth gamophyllous, very short, 

 covering only the stalk of the ovary ; ripe female, male and gall flowers 

 unknown. 



New Guinea ; H. 0. Forbes, "No. 625. A species which, in the form 

 and arrangement of its receptacles, resembles F. condensa, King, and in 

 its leaves approaches stipafa, King, fasciculata, King, and Forhesii, King. 



Named in honour of Mr. L. Bernays, of Brisbane, whose efforts for 

 the exploration of New Guinea, and for the development of his own 

 Colony of Queensland are so well-known. 



EusTCE. — Flowers unisexual, male and gall flowers in one set of 

 receptacles, fertile female flowers in a distinct set of receptacles ; male 

 flowers with 2 stamens ; receptacles small, axillary ; scandent or erect 

 shrubs or small trees, rarely epiphytal ; the leaves alternate, softly hairy 

 or glabrous, not scabrid or hispid. 



Ficus Pantomana, King ; a glabrous climber ; leaves alternate, shortly 

 petiolate, coriaceous, almost exactly oval or ovate-oblong, entire, the apex 

 slightly acute, the base rounded or sub-cordate 3-nerved ; primary lateral 

 nerves 4 pairs, rather prominent on the lower surface, which has wide 

 obscurely tesselate reticulations ; length of blade 3 or 4 inches, width 

 1'5 in. to 2 in. ; petiole rather under '5 in. ; stipules ovate-acute, gla- 

 brous, '3 in. long, receptacles in pairs from the axils of the leaves, but 

 mostly from the scars of fallen leaves, smooth, globular, '4 in. in diam. 

 produced at the base into a pseudo-stalk nearly '5 in. long, at the junc- 

 tion of which with the peduncle proper are 3 minute bracts ; female 

 flowers pedicillate, the perianth deeply 4-cleft, the lobes shorter than 

 the ovate-oblong, smooth, pale-edged, ovary : style thick, lateral ; stigma 

 widely infundibuliform : male and gall flowers not seen. 



New Guinea, H. 0. Forbes, No. 185. I have not seen the recep- 



