1887.] G. King— 0»t some New Species of Ficus from Sumatra. 65 



1'5 in, long. Receptacles in small clusters from leafless ebracteato 

 tubercles on the stem, pedunculate, pyriform., the sides with numer- 

 ous vertical ridges and clothed with short adpressed, apparently deci- 

 duous, scurfy pubescence ; length 1'2 in., breadth 1 inch j the umbilicus 

 large, closed by 5 broad, rounded scales; basal bracts 3, ovate, decidu- 

 ous; peduncle stout, g-labrous, -75 in. long; female flowers sessile or 

 pedicillate, slightly rugose, the style long, terminal, hairy : male and gait 

 flowers unknown. 



Fly River, New Guinea, D'Albertis : (no number). Sumatra, 

 Beccari : (Herb. Beec. P. S. No. 736.) 



V. — On some New Species of Ficus fro7n Sumatra. — By George Kingj^, 

 M. B., LL. D., F. Jj. S., Superintendent J Botanic Garden, Calcutta. 



[Received April 1st ;— Read April 6th, 1887.] 



Amongst the collections of dried plants made by Mr. H. O. Forbes, 

 during the journey in Eastern Sumatra of which an account is given in 

 his interesting volume entitled, ' A Naturalist's Wanderings in the 

 Eastern Archipelago,' I find four undescribed species. Three of these 

 belong to the section Govellia, and one to Eusyce. They are as follows : — 



COVELLIA, 



Ficus hrachiata. King. A tree, the young shoots adpressed-pilose : 

 leaves thinly coriaceous, inequilateral, elliptic- lanceolate, the apex acute 

 or shortly acuminate, the edges entire or sometimes irregularly and, 

 minutely undulate ; base acute, obscurely 3-nerved ; lateral primary 

 nerves 8 to 10 pairs, sub-horizontal, rather prominent beneath and 

 adpressed -pubescent, as are the midrib and secondary nerves, the rest of 

 the lower surface puberulous or glabrous, the reticulations minute, indis- 

 tinct ; upper surface glabrous ; length o-f blade 4 to 5 inches ; petiole 

 •5 in. long ; stipules 1 in, long, glabrous. Receptacles borne on long 

 leafless, glabrous, very ramous branches which issue from the stem near 

 the ground, pedunculate, turbinate, verrucose, puberulous, about '5 in. 

 across ; the umbilical scales numerous and prominent ; basal bracts 3, 

 broadly ovate ; peduncle *35 in. long ; male and gall flowers not seen : 

 fertile female flowers mostly sessile, without perianth, the style elongate, 

 terminal and straight in young, lateral and curved in old, ovaries. 



Mount Dempe, Eastern Sumatra, at elevations of about 4500 feet : 

 Mr. H. O. Forbes (Herb. No. 2313). 



This approaches F. Miqueliij but has smaller, narrower leaves ; the 

 receptacles are also smaller and borne an much longer branches. 

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