1886.] G. King — New Species of Ficus from New Guinea. 411 



broadly ovate, blunt, puberulous ; peduncle '1 in. long, densely puberu- 

 lous ; ripe receptacles unknown ; male flowers with 2 nearly sessile anthers 

 and a perianth of three distinct pieces ; gall flowers with sub-glo- 

 bular smooth ovary, short thick lateral style and truncate stigma ; female 

 flowers unknown. 



New Guinea ; Fly River, No. 49, D'Albertis. This is apparently 

 a shrub or small tree. It approaches F. erecta, Thunbg. ; but is distin- 

 guished from that species by its smaller leaves which have more 

 numerous and more horizontal primary lateral nerves than those of 

 erecta; and by its adpressed strigose much smaller receptacles. 



Ficus soronensis, King, Monogr. Indo-Mal. and Chinese Ficus ; 

 young parts puberulous ; leaves narrowly elliptic, tapering to either end, 

 the apex shortly acuminate ; the base acute, 3-nerved ; the edges entire ; 

 primary lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs, not very prominent ; under surface 

 sub-scabrid from numerous minute black tubercles, the reticulations 

 open and rather distinct ; length of blade 2 to 4 inches ; petioles "S in. 

 long ; stipules lanceolate, scarious, puberulous, "4 in. long, persistent ; 

 receptacles in pairs from the axils of the leaves or of scars of fallen 

 leaves, pedunculate, globular, sub-scabrid, minutely tuberculate, the 

 umbilicus prominent ; basal bracts none, but a few verruciform bracts on 

 the sides of the receptacle ; peduncles with one or two bracteoles, '15 in. 

 long ; female florets sessile or pedicillate, perianth of 3 or 4 pieces ; 

 achene sub- trigonous, slightly hairy near the apex, style lateral, stigma 

 cylindric truncate ; male and gall flowers not seen. 



New Guinea, Soron, Beccari's Herb, P. P. No. 458. This comes near 

 some of the forms of F. erecta^ Thunbg., but differs in having the under 

 surface of the leaves more tuberculate and much smaller receptacles. 

 It is not, however, far removed from erecta. 



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