1887.] G. King — On some New Sjpedes of Ficus from Sumatra. 67 



perianth of 3 concave pieces ; gall flowers elongate, with a short, sub 

 terminal styl-e ; perianth 3-cleft ; (&) those containing female flowers 

 which are turbinate, the apex concave and the umbilicus depressed, the 

 base constricted into a stalk '4 in. long, length 1 in., breadth I'S in., pe- 

 duncle proper '2 in. long ; fertile female flowers pedicillate, the acheno 

 ovate-rotund, perianth undivided or splitting irregularly. 



Mount Dempe, in Eastern Sumatra, at an elevation of about 3000 

 feet ; Mr. H. O, Forbes, Herb. No. 2175. 



The elongate receptacles occur mostly on the stem, the globular on 

 the branches. The former contain perfect male flowers, scales with 

 rudimentary anthers, and gall flowers ; the latter perfect, fertilised, 

 female flowers, 



EUSYCE. 



Ficus dumosa, King. A shrub 3 to 9 feet high ; leaves long-petiolate, 

 membranous, from ovate- elliptic, acuminate, (rarely sinuate) to palmate, 

 with from 3 to 5 deep acuminate lobes, edges of all the forms irregu- 

 larly dentate, the apices of the lobes cuspidate, base cordate or rounded, 

 sometimes sub-auriculate, 5 to 7-nerved ; upper surface scabrid-papillose, 

 each papilla bearing a stiff hair, the nerves tomentose, hispid ; under 

 surface more sparsely hispid, hirsute on the nerves ; lateral primary 

 nerves 5 to 6 pairs ; reticulations distinct ; length of blade 5 to 9 inch- 

 es ; petioles slender, hispid, from 2 to 4*5 in. long ; stipules lanceolate, 

 hispid at first, subsequently glabrous, about '8 inch long ; receptacles 

 axillary, sessile, in pairs, depressed globose, with a small few-bracted 

 umbilicus, sparsely hispid when young, smooth, scarlet to lake red 

 when ripe, and from '5 to 1 in. across ; basal bracts 3, minute, 

 ovate, spreading ; male flowers on the receptacles with the gall 

 flowers and near the mouth only, the perianth of four broad dis- 

 tinct pieces, stamens 2 perfect, or sometimes only, perfect stamen with 

 a rudimentary pistil : gall flowers pedicillate or sub-sessile, the peri- 

 enth of 5 lanceolate, free pieces ; ovary globose, smooth ; style short 

 lateral, stigma infundibuliform ; fertile female flowers in distinct recep- 

 tacles, sub-sessile or pedicillate, perianth as in the gall flowers ; achene 

 obliquely ovoid, slightly viscid, minutely tuberculate, the style elongate, 

 lateral : stigma pyramidal. 



Kaiser's Peak, Mount Dempe, and other hills in Eastern Sumatra 

 from 2000 to 6000 feet, Mr. H. O. Forbes (Herb. No. 2291). 



This is closely allied to F. alba, Reinw., but it is well distinct, 

 differing from typical alba by its larger receptacles, longer petiolate, 

 thinner, leaves, which are sparsely hispid on both surfaces and not tomen- 

 tose below, I have not been able to find male flowers. 



