64 G. King — New Species of ¥ic\is from New Guhiea. [No. 1, 



bracts noue ; pedicel '3 in. long, bearing 3 minute bracteoles below its 

 middle. 



New Guinea, Andai : D'Albertis (Herb. Beccari, P. Papuanae 

 No. 531). 



This has been collected only by Count D'Albertis. Its affinities are 

 with F. chartacea, Wall. 



Neomorphb. 



Fxcus gi'andis, King. A tree ; the young branches deciduously 

 hispid-tomentose ; leaves large, membranous, petiolate, ovate- elliptic, 

 the apex acute, edges irregularly and coarsely crenate-dentate, the base 

 rounded, not cordate, 7-nerved (2 being minute) ; primary lateral nerves 

 about 8 pairs diverging from the midrib at rather an acute angle ; the 

 under surface finely reticulate and with numerous minute white papillae, 

 rather softly and minutely pubescent especially on the midrib and 

 nerves ; upper surface scabrous from rather minute sub-adpressed 

 hairs ; length of blade 10 to 13 inches ; petiole deeply channelled, 

 pubescent, rather stout, 2*5 to 3*5 inches long ; stipules ovate-acumi- 

 nate, smooth inside, puberulous outside, about 1*2 inches long. Recep- 

 tacles on short, thick, multibracteate, tubercled, leafless branches from 

 the main stem, on long thin peduncles, depressed-globular or shortly 

 pyriform, the surface slightly verrucose and scurfy but without hairs, 

 red when ripe ; 1'4 in. long and 2 inches broad ; the apex very broad, 

 flat, slightly depressed ; umbilical scales numerous, prominent ; basal 

 bracts 3, large, ovate -triangular, acuminate, glabrous ; peduncles 

 nearly 3 inches long : male flowers with 1 or 2 stamens ; anther ovate, on 

 a thick filament ; perianth of 3 ; obcordate, inflated, hyaline, pieces : 

 gall flowers pedicillate or sessile, the style sub-terminal, perianth absent ; 

 fertile female flowers unknown. 



New Guinea : Sig. Beccari (Herb. Becc. No. 601). 



This vies with F. Boxburghii, in having the largest leaves and re- 

 ceptacles of any Asiatic member of the genus Ficus. 



Ficus D'Albertisii, King. A tree ; the young branches with an- 

 nular swellings at the nodes, completely covered with closely adpressed, 

 minute, rusty, pubesence ; leaves broadly ovate or elliptic, sometimes 

 obovate-elliptic, the apex acute, shortly cuspidate, the edges minutely 

 dentate or sub-entire ; base rounded, emarginate, or sub-cordate, some- 

 times unequal, 6-nerved ; primary lateral nerves about 7 pairs ; both 

 surfaces closely covered with very minute adpressed hairs, the upper 

 surface slightly harsh, the lower soft ; length of blade about 9 inches, 

 petiole about 1*5 in., pubescent, swollen at its insertion on the stem ; 

 stipules ovate -lanceolate, acuminate, adpressed-pubescent externally. 



