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



^acles of this which contain the male and gall flowers ; but I put it into 

 this section with some confidence from its resemblance, in externals as 

 well as in the structure of the female flowers, to F. disticha., Bl. 



I have named it in honour of Mr. J. A. Pantou, a distinguished 

 Australian explorer. 



Ficus Baeuerleni, King : scandent, the young shoots puberulous ; 

 leaves coriaceous, shortly petiolate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 the base rounded or subcordate 5-nerved (2 of the nerves minute), the 

 apex gradually narrowed to a short point, the edges entire ; primary 

 lateral nerves 4 or 5 pairs, very bold (as is the midrib) on the under 

 Surface which is uniformly covered with very short soft brown tomen- 

 tum ; upper surface minutely tuberculate ; length of blade about 7 inch- 

 es, petiole "4 in. ; stipules convolute, pilose externally, rather longer 

 than the petioles ; receptacles axillary, pedunculate, solitary or in pairs, 

 depressed-globose, nearly 1 inch in diam., contracted at the base into a 

 short pseudo-stalk, at the junction of which with the peduncle proper 

 are 3 broadly triangular basal bracts ; peduncle proper "25 in. long, 

 tomentose ; female flowers with a perianth of 4 distinct fleshy pieces 

 which are shorter than the narrowly ovoid, smooth, ovary ; style slender 

 terminal; stigma halbert- shaped; male and gall flowers not seen. 



New Guinea; H. 0. Forbes, No. 378. 



This has a general resemblance to F. recur va, BL, in the form and 

 venation of its leaves and in the perianth of the female flowers. It is, 

 however, well distinct by the larger size of all its parts, but especially 

 of its receptacles which are ten times as large as those of recurva, 

 besides being pedunculate and of a different shape. This also resembles 

 lasiocarjoa, Miq. 



I have named this after M. Baeuerlen, of the expedition sent by the 

 Geographic Society of Australasia for the exploration of New Guinea. 



Ficus duriuscula, King, Monog. Indo-Malayan and Chinese Ficus; 

 a tree, all parts glabrous but rather harsh and sub-scabrid ; leaves petio- 

 late, membranous, elliptic narrowed to each end, or elliptic-lanceolate^ 

 the apex rather shortly acuminate, the edges undulate sub-crenate, base 

 boldly 3-nerved biglandular ; primary lateral nerves 4 to 6 pairs, thin 

 but strong, as are the midrib and secondary nerves ; reticulations minute, 

 very distinct on the lower surface ; both surfaces glabrous, the lower 

 harsh to the touch ; length of blade 5 to 10 inches ; petioles swollen at 

 either extremity, varying in length from "5 in. to 1 inch ; stipules 

 lanceolate, glabrous, '25 in. long ; receptacles axillary or in fascicles of from 

 3 to 6, from small broad flat ebracteate tubercles from the stem and 

 larger branches, pedunculate, globose, their sides slightly ridged to- 

 wards the sub-umbonate apex, glabrous, muriculate-scabrid, '5 in. across, 



